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Found this morning in the old 10 gallon tank. The first berried opae ula!

Jill... it's already started forming on the new 10 gallon tank.

Probably copepods. If they are, I'm thinking they wouldn't scare the opae ula.

Here's a pic of the scum in the Bookshelf tank tonight...

I'm thinking it's perfectly natural, and fine for the shrimpies, Jill.

There's a bit of a film on the surface of the water in my bookshelf tank. It's a bit green in the color. Think it's single celled algae. The Opae Ula frequently hang upside down under it scraping off the good bits.

Not saying that's what you have there....

The other this morning.

One of the hermits... Some great coralline algae on it's adopted shell.

Hi Harry, From what I've noticed the hermits (at least in my tanks with live rock) don't go after the same foods as the opae ula. They tend to spend most of their time on the live rock while the shrimp target the sand, the tank surfaces, the sponge filter and the barely noticeable algal film on the ...

The other... in terrible focus... LOL!

One of the hermit parents and the anemone.

Naw...

A water slide.

Harry... I have two blue legs in my old 10 gallon tank and two red legs (which are slightly larger), in the Bookshelf.

Ken: I have my fingers crossed!

Hi Harry... Please keep in mind that I have the hermits in brackish tanks with live rock. The crabs munch on the live rock for much of the day, finding who knows what for dinner. They're very good at keeping it clean. I've read that they eat algae, diatoms and cyanobacteria. They also scavenge. I do...