Cycling my largest Opae ula aquarium ever

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Cycling my largest Opae ula aquarium ever

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I have been keeping Opae ula for a little over 20 years. I have a 2 gallon, a 3 gallon, 5.5 gallon, and a 10 gallon dedicated to these shrimp. I have recently set up another 2 gallon and now a 20 gallon. Here is a shot of part of the 20 gallon tank. It’s got several weeks to go before it’s ready for shrimp, but as you can see, it’s got Muatafa’s macroalgae and some
MTS snails.
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Oh wow Aquarimax :smt006 you have alot of tanks. Are there reason behind?
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you have alot of tanks. Are there reason behind?
I do have a lot of tanks… I guess I have a lot of reasons, too 🤣
One is positive redundancy. If something were to happen to one of the tanks, I’d still have others.
Another is that one of the tanks is in my office at work to help me de-stress.
An additional reason is that I like to tinker with different setups and see what I (and the shrimp) like best. For example , I have some tanks with macroalgae, some without, and one or two with mini moss balls.
I have also drawn quite a few others into the opae ula hobby. 🦐🦐🦐
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Aquarimax wrote: Wed May 21, 2025 4:43 am
you have alot of tanks. Are there reason behind?
I do have a lot of tanks… I guess I have a lot of reasons, too 🤣
One is positive redundancy. If something were to happen to one of the tanks, I’d still have others.
Another is that one of the tanks is in my office at work to help me de-stress.
An additional reason is that I like to tinker with different setups and see what I (and the shrimp) like best. For example , I have some tanks with macroalgae, some without, and one or two with mini moss balls.
I have also drawn quite a few others into the opae ula hobby. 🦐🦐🦐
Ahh I see you do like variety of setup, that explained :smt023
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