First Baby Shrimp in New Tank!

[i<3Opae]

Yesterday I noticed babies in my one-year-old Opae Ula tank!! I'm sooo excited!!! I wanted to share the good news and thank all the people on this site who care about these shrimp and don't hesitate to share stories and advice. It certainly changed the way I set up and maintain (aka do nothing~~) a tank. It's a totally different experience compared to my other tank. So stress free and easy, save for the patience part haha. Hope you enjoy the picture I snapped of some of the babies. I counted them several times, there are about 10-12 of them.

First Babies in 5 Gallon Tank

[shanster66]

That's awesome! Great tank, thank you for sharing. I hope mine will get to be like that.

[Zlatan2601]

Awesome! Nice picture and cool rock! How many opae did you start with one year ago?

[i<3Opae]

Thanks! I started with 40 in this tank.

[Ula Hula]

Congrats! I have a 5-gallon tank too. I got 26 shrimp in September. I'm hoping to get babies before the end of the year -- fingers crossed! Question: Do you ever feed your shrimp? I toss mine a tiny shrimp pellet every couple weeks (there's next to no visible algae in the tank anymore), but I'm wondering if I should stop doing that.

[i<3Opae]

Thanks! I don't feed my shrimp cus there is always visible algae even with snails. With this particular new tank, there was actually too much algae on the glass, so I knew I didn't have to feed them extra. Maybe stop feeding for a while and see what happens! Overfeeding definitely is worse than underfeeding when it comes to opae ula.

[Ula Hula]

Okay thanks! I do have an LED light on at least 12 hours a day so there is probably stuff growing that I can't see that they're eating.

[Mustafa]

Congratulations! And your patience was rewarded in the end....