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Nice video! Can you post larger pics that give an overview of your tank? And where did you get that black lava rock? Is that real Hawaiian black lava rock?

BTW does anyone believe the superstition that you will have years of bad luck if you use real black lava rock from Hawaii?

The University of Hawaii has a great document that describes in scientific terms the natural habitat and the feeding and reproductive habits of the Hawaiian Red Shrimp (Halocaridina rubra). The document is titled Feeding, Reproduction, and Sense Organs of the Hawaiian Anchialine Shrimp Halocaridina ...

Don't use coral or marine live rock. Too many organisms and organic material that will decay in non-full strength saltwater, even when cured for a long time. I would recommend using dry eco rock or dry pukani rock. It has no living or dead material on it. It looks incredible and has many interior no...

Cotigirl, I have no idea what kind of string algae that is. The black lava rock that is attached to is a part of the original rock that came in the eco-sphere that these shrimp were rescued from. The shrimp will climb on it, but I've never seen them graze off it. They spend more time grazing on the ...

Hey, Cotigirl, great pics!! Those are killer macro shots. I wish I still had 100mm macro lens for my Canon. I don't have an Opae Ula tank right now, but when I did, I tried adding 3-4 drops of PhytoPlankton once a week to my tank when I had larva swimming at the top of the water column. I noticed th...

I found a CD of old images of my shrimp tank from back in November 2007. You can see all 52 on my Picasa page here: http://picasaweb.google.com/ernopena/OpaeUlaHawaiianRedShrimpNov2007 http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/_misc/shrimpies/erniepena_shrimpy_15.JPG http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/_misc/shrimpies/...

I found a CD of old images of my shrimp tank from back in Novenber 2007. You can see all 52 on my Picasa page here: http://picasaweb.google.com/ernopena/OpaeUlaHawaiianRedShrimpNov2007 http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/_misc/shrimpies/erniepena_shrimpy_15.JPG http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/_misc/shrimpies/...

You can tell these shrimp have been feeding well, by the dark blue-green mass in the thorax and in the full intestine. The spirulina algae wafer gets pounced on within minutes. After an hour, I'll remove the uneaten portion.

If you go to the Member Galleries section of this site, you can see some old/new photos of my Opae Ula tank from Feb 2008. Unfortunately, I no longer have this 2.5G tank with breeding population of almost 100. I had to give this up to a friend when I moved from Los Angeles to New York. I hd much suc...

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