KOCHI: Tony Vargheese is an IT professional. However, he has a past time endeavor that brings him home Rs 10,000 a week. On his terrace, Tony has created an aquarium. Never jump into guessing that it is the usual fish breeds that make Tony’s aquarium artful. He has made some work to bring in beautiful shrimp from foreign countries to swim on his terrace in Kochi, Thevara.

Tony had a thing for aquascaping and tried working on it during his spare time. He later learned about how useful shrimps can be to help destroy moss spread in tanks. At the start, he bought two shrimps, one each at Rs 500. It was a courier delivery specially made from Bangalore. He was soon enmeshed in aqua scaping and shrimps that he started researching more about it. It was a late revelation for Tony about how lucrative the business can be. Japan and Thailand top the list in business when it comes to keeping artful and decorative fish in tanks. Tony tried emulating the big business work of such countries from 2019. Within one year time, the turnover received surpassed the initial set-up cost.

The ph level of the water is maintained at 6-7. Caridina and neo-caridaina shrimps in yellow, blue, and green colors are available for sale. The shrimps are 1 inch in length. In their short life span of 1 year, shrimps mate starting from the fourth month, laying more than 40 eggs. More in Kerala will surely go the shrimp way emulating Tony to get their pockets filled.