5th Opae Ula Aquarium—finally cycled!

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Amazing. That is you? Great video. Thanks for sharing.
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Your vivarium is so cool! Great YouTube channel, too :smt023
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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.
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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. :mrgreen:
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Super Jess wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:30 am Your vivarium is so cool! Great YouTube channel, too :smt023
Thank you! Like Opae Ula, these beetles are among the easiest office pets. ;-)
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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. :lol:
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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
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Aquarimax wrote: Tue May 21, 2019 8:42 am 1AEB854D-65FB-4462-A61E-58A9946E0C16.jpegI’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. :lol:
It never gets old. :D
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Really nice setups! I especially like how you used a photo of the natural habitat for the tank background. I think I’m going to have to switch out the background for my tank now!
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You can never have too many tanks. It is always "I don't have enough tanks".
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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 floating larvae. Here is a photo of a berried female from a week or so ago (lots of algae on th front glass, I have been feeding a bit too much 🤣
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