5th Opae Ula Aquarium—finally cycled!

[Aquarimax]

Your vivarium is so cool! Great YouTube channel, too

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

[Aquarimax]

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.

[Aquarimax]

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

[Mustafa]

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.

It never gets old.

[Oople]

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!

[Aquarimax]

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

[John]

Thanks for sharing! I am glad that your shrimp are doing so well! Keep us posted!

[Aquarimax]

Will do! I recently added a few Malaysian Trumpet Snails, thinking the others had died off, only to see a pretty large one that has to have been there for a long time. Also, I think I had underestimated the number of shrimp in there .