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The shrimps looks all find when I returned from a 3 day get away... I didn't notice any death so far....but then again, the dead were probably eaten anyways. I took the liberty and removed the fiddler crab so that the shrimp don't have to worry. about 1/6 of the shrimps look pale (not sure if the sa...

Ahh Crap...came home today and most of the Opae shrimps are not active...just sitting around, still see them kinda forging, but don't see any free swimming around the tank. the Temp is at 76......I'll raise it to 78-80 and see if they become more active... Humm...hopefully they're not dying (crossin...

Oh shoot...I forgot to ask the following Does the PH matter...cuz I haven't check the PH nor do I have a test kit for it. Saw these Rocks on auction, and they said the rock "acturally buffers pH by leaching calcium carbonate into the water"...will that affect my Shrimps ? Just wondering. T...

While observing the tank, I noticed that the fiddler crab isn't trying to catch the Opae on purpose, it would bump into them most of the time, or snap at them (missing 100%) when it the Opae gets in the way. I can't figure out if the shrimps are stressed or not (how can you tell ?) I also purchase s...

Today is the first day that I got my shrimps. I had a 10 gallon tank with nothing but a fiddler crab in it for the longest time. and today, I just received the Opae Shrimps that I ordered. To my suprise, all had survive the transit =) (about 30 of them) Anyways, after 10-15 minutes of making sure th...

Cornel:

Mind if I ask what kind of substrate you are using ??

and how often do you change the water since you don't have a filter ?

I'm still planning to use the power filter, just hope it won't affect the little guys so much

Thanks for the info..

Hopefully I'll get more responses !!

I’m a newby at this, and would like to have everything prepared before getting the Hawaiian Red (Opae-ula) that I want. I was exposed to these fascinating little guys a few years back when I brought an Ecoshpere from Brookstone for a girl that I liked. Never having the courage to give it to her I en...