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Hopefully it’s ok to resurrect an old thread. 🤣 I still have the same tank I show in this thread (as well as some that are older.) I’ve never done a water change, and there are probably a couple of hundred shrimp in this 5.5 gallon. There are usually a few berried females, and most often, some float...

Here is a very short video clip one of two berried females in the tank. The very pale Opae had just been introduced to the aquarium.
https://youtu.be/yBn8tc-WQws

I’ve been keeping and breeding these shrimp for more than a decade, yet I am still ecstatic when I spot the first berried female in this new setup.

Super Jess wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:30 am Your vivarium is so cool! Great YouTube channel, too

Thank you! Like Opae Ula, these beetles are among the easiest office pets.

Vorteil wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:48 pm Amazing. That is you? Great video. Thanks for sharing.

You’re welcome! I’m glad you liked it. Opae Ula are on of the many species I share my home with.

Thank you! I moved my beetles home to work on a breeding project, and now the Opae Ula aquarium is looking pretty algified. Just a step in the process though.

Here is my beetle vivarium:
https://youtu.be/cgV3NaXdBpc

I would love to show the beetle vivarium, but I don’t think I am allowed to on this forum, am I?

Vorteil wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 11:18 pm I like the look of the tank.

Thank you! I have made several in the past, but as far as design is concerned, it is the one I am most satisfied with. That said I will probably keep tweaking it.

It certainly looks much bigger than 5 gallon! :shock: Yeah that is pretty fast, did it get a lot of light? Hopefully you got some shrimp assigned for transfer from your other tanks haha. I found some 4-6” lava rocks that worked out pretty well, they give the illusion of a larger tank. I was fortuna...

Thank you! That is indeed algae on the glass...Fortunately it cycled pretty quickly! I set up the tank on 3/11/19, and the algae appeared overnight between the 3/28/19 and 3/29/19. I’m sure it helps that I took the moss ball and macroalgae out of one of my thoroughly established tanks, where I had b...

https://www.aquarimax.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/07D961DE-5A89-4096-9681-C1816FEA0615-1024x768.jpeg I am excited that my newest Opae ula aquarium is finally cycled! Just thought I’d share. So far, nothing but a mini moss ball and Mustafa’s Macroalgae in there. I’d have been wanting to add some ...

I have seen this in my tanks too...sometimes attributable to making a change in the aquarium, (such as moving some lava rock) but other times, I don’t do anything at all, and the shrimp act like they’ve all had on of those crazy energy drinks!

Nice hardscape...beautiful setup all around, really! I am setting up my 5th tank, just added the substrate (black sand/fine gravel with aragonite), Mustafa’s macroalgae, and one of my mini moss balls today. Now comes the waiting!

Love that mossball pic! Congrats! I got one about 4(?) years ago now, it has produced quite a few buds, the largest appears to be about 1/4 the size of a mature mossball.