Asmack Arabia
Filipino expat in Saudi Arabia
Forum posts
46
Contacts
13
About me
Filipino
Lives in Al Ahsa
Registration: 26 August 2012
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
yes, temperature is an important factor here in the middle east. unless you can ensure to have a controlled temp for your tank, it is not wise to go ahead with your plan esp. if you always go out of town. Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
@ simboy, thanks! any shop in manama? i was told budaiya is far and outside the city. Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
hello, i am going to bahrain tomorrow and stay for up to 3 days. Can you please tell me where's the best place to buy aquarium fish and plants? Is that in budaiya? need your replies ASAP. thanks! Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
@simboy thanks for your concern. there is already a forum created in saudi arabia for planted tanks. unfortunately, again, there's almost nil activity going on there. at least here, once in a while, someone will post a message. so at least ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
@simboy unfortunately, i'm limited to what's available here in saudi arabia. doesn't have visa yet to go outside the kingdom. i hope not, but most likely what you saw are baby lobsters which a lot of people mistake as shrimps. but if ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
Does anybody here knows where I can get cherry shrimp (Neocaridina davidi var. red) or any aquarium shrimp from? Still have no luck finding one. Read More
Planted aquariums in Saudi by TR-Mavi
Hello there :) I am new to this blog been in Saudi for a year and I'm into planted aquariums I normally get some plants when I travel and I just found an amazing shop I'm Doha Qatar aquaart.com.qa/ Aqua art have many plants and shrimp etc. they ...
hi ciko, sorry for the late reply. there is one in dammam but it is not entirely dedicated to planted tanks. it sells live plants once in a while so you may have to check it every now and then. btw, i sell my excess plants from time to time. pm ... Read More
Planted aquariums in Saudi by TR-Mavi
Hello there :) I am new to this blog been in Saudi for a year and I'm into planted aquariums I normally get some plants when I travel and I just found an amazing shop I'm Doha Qatar aquaart.com.qa/ Aqua art have many plants and shrimp etc. they ...
that is nice to hear. i get my plants online. doha is like 3 hours away from my place so i will for sure find a way to visit it soon, inshallah. i really need some amano shrimps as i am having a difficult time with bba. what plant species are you ... Read More
Planted aquariums in Saudi by TR-Mavi
Hello there :) I am new to this blog been in Saudi for a year and I'm into planted aquariums I normally get some plants when I travel and I just found an amazing shop I'm Doha Qatar aquaart.com.qa/ Aqua art have many plants and shrimp etc. they ...
@Chalcosoma sweet. i hope they do have amano shrimps or even red cherry shrimps. hopefully soon i would be able to visit their shop. anyone here wants to join me? :-) Read More
Planted aquariums in Saudi by TR-Mavi
Hello there :) I am new to this blog been in Saudi for a year and I'm into planted aquariums I normally get some plants when I travel and I just found an amazing shop I'm Doha Qatar aquaart.com.qa/ Aqua art have many plants and shrimp etc. they ...
@ tr-mavi hi, nice to see someone here who is into planted tanks as well. i have been keeping planted tanks for so many years now. the website you saw, i think, no longer exists. i phoned them before but there was no answer. as for any plant shops ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
hello, does anybody here knows where to buy some golden or blue ramirezi and kribensis? Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
hi wassim, i think i know that shop you are describing about but i am just too far away from it. since you regularly visit it, please let me know if you see some ramirezi, and siamese algae eater or this is a long shot but i'l mention it anayway, ... Read More
can you bring your 32" LED TV to the philippines as a luggage?
do you mean as check-in or carry on? with check-in there is no problem. but for carry-on, it depends on which airline you will be flying with. Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
hello all, would do a massive trimming of my planted tank, its a jungle already. i'd like to sell the cuttings as a package - SAR 85.00 shipped. - glossostigma elatinoides (2 cups) - bacopa caroliniana 5-10 stems - bacopa monnieri 5-10 stems - ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
try pharmacy or veterinary shops. most likely, they have it. Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
hi simboy, i have an ice probe chiller that i never used. maybe you would be interested. check this out. http://www.novatecproducts.com/iceprobe_aquarium_chiller.htm Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
hi tech6477 i sent you a pm. my email add is asmackarabia@gmail.com. thank you. Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
hello, my planted tank now looks a jungle. need to prune heavily. would like to sell some plants. i have for sale the following: Lindernia rotundifolia Glossostigma elatinoides Sagittaria subulata Sagittaria platyphylla corkscrew vallisneria ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
hello guys, i have some extra black zebra nerite snails (Neritina natalensis sp. "Zebra") which I would like to swap with anyone who has other algae eaters, like otocinclus or red cherry shrimps. nerite snails are very good algae eaters but will ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
anybody here knows where to buy f/w shrimps? I badly need some coz my tank is being overrun by all types of algae - bba, gsa, thread.... Let me know if you have any leads... Thank you. Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
hello, i have some extra vallisneria rubra in my tank which I want to dispose of. Vallisneria rubra has a reddish tint on their leaves which I really like coz I am big fan of vallisnerias in general. If you want to swap with another plant or buy ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
Hello everyone, I have some aquarium stuff (eheim filter and pumps, co2 regulators, tunze pumps, etc..) I bought online this year but never really used and now I want to get rid of. I plan to sell them on eBay but wanted to offer here first. If ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
@Mohsen Ali: i have 2 new CO2 regulators i bought a few months ago but never used. got a little confused with the fittings between european and american. one is aqua medic (european) and the other is SMITH CO2 REGULATOR CGA320 MED DUTY SERIES ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
@ZoRo10, what kind of tank would you like to keep? freshwater, planted, marine? Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
wow, you are very knowledgeable about this things. i'm impressed. actually, i am not so novice either. :) can we chat via email? much easier to do it there. you can pm me ur add. thanks! Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
i have a LOT of chinese algae eaters already. :D its because its the only algae eating fish i can find besides the janitor catfish which is just too big to stay or hang around on top of the fine leafed plants. i am searching for otos, shrimps and ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
thank you hassan. actually, i dont need anymore equipment. what i need are algae eating fishes and more plants. what kind of aquarium you keep? Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
by the way, where do you buy your fishes? Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
could you show me some pics of your tank please? it is my dream to own 1 as big as those. Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
cannot imagine how BIG is 780 and 650 gallons (US)! :cool: Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
that would be nice..am excited to chat with him. Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
kool male, thanks a lot. wish you're into planted tanks too! :) Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
wow! it's HUGE. i could swim inside there! you must be really hooked on this. as for me, i am keeping planted tank(s). i have been searching in vain for quite some time now for good algae eaters - otocinclus, shrimps and nerite snails. but i can't ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
yeah, thanks a lot for your offer. will inform if in case (???) i will visit bahrain. you said you are keeping african cichlids. how many gallons are they? Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
yes, i am using co2 injection and fan units w/c cools down the water to about 26 celcius during midday. i am interested to visit these shops because a couple of times happened already that the stem plants did not survive the transit when i bought ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
hi kool male have you tried keeping live plants before? what kind of plants are sold in those pet shops you mentioned? it is because mostly, pet shops are selling not true aquatic plants which will just wither away eventually in the aquarium. Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
hello violet sub, i am here in saudi arabia and so far, no regular shipments of true aquatic plants are coming in regularly at the pet shops. i am buying my plants online - from plantedtanks.co.uk. it is in the UK and their prices are quite cheap ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
hello michael, would it be possible to include some fishes for me when you ship in from abroad? thanks. Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
where will you buy it from? and how do you get the necessary permits? Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
By the way, I found a fish breeder in Bahrain here in 天美麻豆. He's username is bfb, Mr. Ghulam. He just sent me a message that he will have some red cherry shrimps in a few weeks time. What kind of fishes do you keep? Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
Hi Michael, Thanks for the effort. But at least, we got some positives from that! If freshwater fishes sell out in 2 days time, it could mean there are a number of fishkeepers in Bahrain and there may be enough numbers to form a club! Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
Thanks Michael. Wow, it seems you have visited almost all the shops there in bahrain. i will find a way how to get in touch with aqua art. the first hassle in going to qatar is i need first to secure an exit re-entry visa. i will check with aqua art ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
Hello Michael, I would like to ask you if you know any specialized aquarium shops (planted tanks, etc..) in Bahrain, particularly those selling aquarium shrimps, snails, and other algae eating fish. I am currently having trouble with algae growth ... Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
Hello Space Cowboy, Glad to know you are interested. As for the big hardware, I am sure there are a number of shops in Bahrain. But for the supplies, quality supplies that is, I always get them from Amazon and eBay. Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
That would be nice. Yes, I am keeping a planted tank here in saudi arabia. i have been keeping plants for more than 15 years now. Sadly, fishkeeping here in the middle east seems to be at its infancy. How about you? What do you keep? Read More
Bahrain Aquarium Club by Chalcosoma
Hello everyone My name's Michael, I'm Canadian and I've been living in Bahrain for about 6 months with my wife and will be here for years. I am crazy about freshwater aquariums and love keeping fish, plants, etc. as close as possible as they would ...
Hello Michael, I am Lex from Philippines but is now working in Saudi Arabia. Just like you, I am searching for any aquarium clubs around here but to no avail. So I got this idea to just start one myself. And so I searched the internet and I found ... Read More