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I was trying to find the answer to this question online. Maybe someone here can help... Does the intensity of red color in Halocaridina rubra (Hawaiian Red Shrimp, Opae Ula) indicate health? The reason is that I came upon these photos from Scott Santos's research website. Then later I read somewhere...

While doing research about Halocaridina rubra (opae ula), I found this interesting website by Scott Santos, Asst Professor of Marine Biology at Auburn University. He's done a lot of reseaarch about Anchialine pools and the species of animals that live in them. Here is the link to his photo gallery: ...

So, twice a week I pull the air pump and the diffuser stone from my other tank and place it in my opae ula tank, to circulate the water and accelerate the air exchange. The air flows only for an hour or so in the morning. From older posts in this forum, one would believe that this type of water circ...

So, I've been looking for lava rock for a while now, and everything I've found is the red, high clay content lava rock from mainland North American sources. I have not yet found Hawaiian black lava rock yet. I bought a bag of lava rocks for barbecue grills from Lowe's, and it was all red lava rock t...

Hey Mothi,

would you mind reposting all of those pics that once appeared in this thread? They're all gone now... Thanks

Here's two pics of my tank of rescued opae ula. They originally came from 3 cheap "ecosphere"-type jars. http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/misc/opaeula_tank1.jpg http://www.hotlikewasabe.com/misc/opaeula_tank2.jpg I rescued all 14 shrimp from a friend's parents' house over 2 months ago and plac...

Hey, I'm putting together a new larger tank for some Opae Ula I rescued from 3 of those ecospheres. I'm trying to find some Hawaiian high-velocity ejectile pumice, same as from FukuBonsai, but can't find any here in LA. The red-brown stuff you find in Home Depot and Lowe's is all California desert l...