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Okay... Here's the new home to the new light. After cycling the Sexy Shrimp, the hermits, snails and a few other inverts will find their way here...

Added a new LED unit today. Just on this tank for a try out, will be going over my 10 gallon Sexy Shrimp and hermit crab tank once it's cycled.

Can you see the color difference? There's more of a blue actinic look to the new light.

PS I found a reef shop just south of Bellevue (east of Seattle) today that has a very small collection of opae ula. Kept in marine/reef conditions. Sells them for .99 cents each. Stock was so limited I couldn't see any.

Shop owner is looking for a source. I'll keep em in mind.

Unfortunately, Ken, it's not as bright in person. The camera deceives.

There is quite a heavy bio-film "slick" on the waters surface, (see the bubbles?). I'm wondering how much light it's absorbing...

Well... this sucks. I got up a few minutes ago (yup! I'm a graveyard shifter!) to find the LED unit over this tank had died. It had only been up and running on this tank, so for only how long? (I'll have to go check! LOL!) I was thinking "Well, that's a shame. Good thing I have another one just...

The home she's about to be dropped in to...

and... I found one of her future roomies! There's nearly 25 of them in the tank. No water movement, no shrimp. They're ALWAYS out and about in my other tanks.

I'm a bit concerned. Are they still alive? I've not found any bodies.

Okay. Maybe I'm spoiled.

and another...

and another. The shots are terribly out of focus.

Okay... After a bit of gentle persuasion I was able to catch one of the berried females from the Filtered 10 gallon tank. After a slow and easy acclimation I will put her in the new unfiltered 10 gallon opae tank. I look forward to seeing something move in this tank, there's absolutely no water move...

and LOOK! an opae out in the open, chowing down on some Lace Rock dust:

A closeup of the lava rock that was "bubbling" last week is now coated with algae, the bubbling pretty much over.

The new un-everything 10 gallon tank this morning.

A fair bit of algae is coating parts of the glass, rocks and sand. The snails have left trails in it.

+repeat+

(it wasn't me. )

Will get some pics when I can, Ken. Thinking of trying to catch this lady and throw her in the new un-everything tank. There's about 25 opae ula in it and I only see the shrimp if I use a mirror aimed behind the rocks, and that's like 2 or 3 shrimp. At least if I put her in it I'd see the drifting l...