Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...

**Rob in Puyallup** · 02-18-2013, 01:40 AM

:-) Can almost see what's behind, or around them, one.

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NYC-shrimp · 02-18-2013, 11:04 AM

Awesome!

**Rob in Puyallup** · 03-04-2013, 02:17 AM

All is well in the Opae ula tanks.

Over the past 10 days or so I put another one together. This one has no filtration, no airstones. No live rock. An LED lights it up.

This is more like the traditional set up.

What it does have is African Cichlid Sand (a mixture of aragonite and black sand) and a whole bunch of lava rock. Oh, and a chunk of lace rock.

Water set at the specific gravity of about 1.012, like the other tanks.

There'll be very infrequent feeding in this tank.

Let's see how it goes...

**Rob in Puyallup** · 03-04-2013, 02:27 AM

Meanwhile, under the fluorescent in my spare room...

I keep several small quarantine vessels under my grow lights. Most of the space is taken up by orchids.

In one of the containers is a small live rock. It has some great macro algae growing on it, is why I bought it several weeks ago. It cost me $2.00.

I didn't realize until I got home with it that it was carrying several hitchhikers. Namely a snail and two tiny hermit crabs.

I've ignored the rock and contents, just topping the container off with distilled water when necessary.

Today while topping it off I saw some unexpected movement. Seems one of the hermits hatched some eggs!

**Rob in Puyallup** · 03-04-2013, 02:28 AM

Their tiny home...

**Rob in Puyallup** · 03-04-2013, 02:53 AM

PS: There's at least 10 of these in the bowl.

**dougolasjr** · 03-04-2013, 12:36 PM

cool stuff.

**Rob in Puyallup** · 03-05-2013, 01:36 AM

A heck of a lot more than 10 baby hermits.

Here's the parents:

**Rob in Puyallup** · 03-05-2013, 02:09 AM

Some of the babies tonight... some changes noted overnight...

**ravensgate** · 03-05-2013, 03:19 AM

OMG how CUTE!!!

ProduceGuy · 03-08-2013, 04:12 AM

I really enjoyed reading this whole thread tonight. I really like your new setup. Looking forward in hearing more about it.

**Rob in Puyallup** · 03-08-2013, 04:48 AM

Thanks Greg...

Wondering what part of Idaho you're in.

Mom was born in Boise, I spent summers in the Gooding/Bliss/Hagerman area.

ProduceGuy · 03-08-2013, 03:35 PM

I'm in Meridian. Meridian and Boise have grown so much that they now touch each other, so pretty much the same thing.

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Originally Posted by Rob in Puyallup

Thanks Greg...

Wondering what part of Idaho you're in.

Mom was born in Boise, I spent summers in the Gooding/Bliss/Hagerman area.

**Rob in Puyallup** · 03-08-2013, 03:54 PM

Small world!

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ProduceGuy · 03-08-2013, 03:57 PM

Rob,

How many Opae's do you plan to get before you start selling some here and there? Or do you? If you plan on getting rid of a few (say 20?), please let me know

02-18-2013, 01:40 AM	#511
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,273	Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... :-) Can almost see what's behind, or around them, one. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III using Tapatalk 2 __________________ 35 gal Hex Shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danio ;29 gallon Endler's only;Petco Bookshelf 6.6 gal Crystal Shrimp and Hitchhiking CPD fry tank; Bookshelf 6.6 gal Brackish Opae Ula Shrimp; Fluval Ebi 7.9 gal assorted Shrimp only.; 10 gallon Opae Ula tank, started Nov 21, 2012. Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...Journal Now... I'm out of room!

03-04-2013, 02:17 AM	#513
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,273	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... All is well in the Opae ula tanks. Over the past 10 days or so I put another one together. This one has no filtration, no airstones. No live rock. An LED lights it up. This is more like the traditional set up. What it does have is African Cichlid Sand (a mixture of aragonite and black sand) and a whole bunch of lava rock. Oh, and a chunk of lace rock. Water set at the specific gravity of about 1.012, like the other tanks. There'll be very infrequent feeding in this tank. Let's see how it goes... __________________ 35 gal Hex Shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danio ;29 gallon Endler's only;Petco Bookshelf 6.6 gal Crystal Shrimp and Hitchhiking CPD fry tank; Bookshelf 6.6 gal Brackish Opae Ula Shrimp; Fluval Ebi 7.9 gal assorted Shrimp only.; 10 gallon Opae Ula tank, started Nov 21, 2012. Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...Journal Now... I'm out of room! Last edited by Rob in Puyallup; 03-09-2013 at 03:17 AM.. Reason: I'm still a dork.

03-04-2013, 02:27 AM	#514
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,273	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... Meanwhile, under the fluorescent in my spare room... I keep several small quarantine vessels under my grow lights. Most of the space is taken up by orchids. In one of the containers is a small live rock. It has some great macro algae growing on it, is why I bought it several weeks ago. It cost me $2.00. I didn't realize until I got home with it that it was carrying several hitchhikers. Namely a snail and two tiny hermit crabs. I've ignored the rock and contents, just topping the container off with distilled water when necessary. Today while topping it off I saw some unexpected movement. Seems one of the hermits hatched some eggs! Attached Thumbnails __________________ 35 gal Hex Shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danio ;29 gallon Endler's only;Petco Bookshelf 6.6 gal Crystal Shrimp and Hitchhiking CPD fry tank; Bookshelf 6.6 gal Brackish Opae Ula Shrimp; Fluval Ebi 7.9 gal assorted Shrimp only.; 10 gallon Opae Ula tank, started Nov 21, 2012. Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...Journal Now... I'm out of room!

03-04-2013, 02:28 AM	#515
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,273	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... Their tiny home... Attached Thumbnails __________________ 35 gal Hex Shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danio ;29 gallon Endler's only;Petco Bookshelf 6.6 gal Crystal Shrimp and Hitchhiking CPD fry tank; Bookshelf 6.6 gal Brackish Opae Ula Shrimp; Fluval Ebi 7.9 gal assorted Shrimp only.; 10 gallon Opae Ula tank, started Nov 21, 2012. Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...Journal Now... I'm out of room!

03-04-2013, 02:53 AM	#516
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,273	PS: There's at least 10 of these in the bowl. __________________ 35 gal Hex Shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danio ;29 gallon Endler's only;Petco Bookshelf 6.6 gal Crystal Shrimp and Hitchhiking CPD fry tank; Bookshelf 6.6 gal Brackish Opae Ula Shrimp; Fluval Ebi 7.9 gal assorted Shrimp only.; 10 gallon Opae Ula tank, started Nov 21, 2012. Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...Journal Now... I'm out of room!

02-18-2013, 11:04 AM	#512
NYC-shrimp Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: New York city Posts: 5	Awesome!

03-04-2013, 12:36 PM	#517
dougolasjr Invert Addict (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 779	cool stuff. __________________ BAMA AGAIN!!! ROLL TIDE ROLL!!! -Doug

03-05-2013, 01:36 AM	#518
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,273	A heck of a lot more than 10 baby hermits. Here's the parents: Attached Thumbnails __________________ 35 gal Hex Shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danio ;29 gallon Endler's only;Petco Bookshelf 6.6 gal Crystal Shrimp and Hitchhiking CPD fry tank; Bookshelf 6.6 gal Brackish Opae Ula Shrimp; Fluval Ebi 7.9 gal assorted Shrimp only.; 10 gallon Opae Ula tank, started Nov 21, 2012. Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...Journal Now... I'm out of room!

03-05-2013, 02:09 AM	#519
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,273	Some of the babies tonight... some changes noted overnight... Attached Thumbnails __________________ 35 gal Hex Shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danio ;29 gallon Endler's only;Petco Bookshelf 6.6 gal Crystal Shrimp and Hitchhiking CPD fry tank; Bookshelf 6.6 gal Brackish Opae Ula Shrimp; Fluval Ebi 7.9 gal assorted Shrimp only.; 10 gallon Opae Ula tank, started Nov 21, 2012. Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...Journal Now... I'm out of room!

03-05-2013, 03:19 AM	#520
ravensgate Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (40/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: Tennessee Posts: 2,243	OMG how CUTE!!! __________________ 12G Rimless Club Jaime (yes, I'm a girl)

03-08-2013, 04:12 AM	#521
ProduceGuy Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Idaho Posts: 45	I really enjoyed reading this whole thread tonight. I really like your new setup. Looking forward in hearing more about it. __________________ Currently breeding: Blue Pearls ~~~~~~~~~~ Crystal Reds S+ Blue Velvets ~~~~~~~~~ Orange Eyed Blue Tigers Cardinals ~~~~~~~~~~~ Tangerine Tigers Yellow Neo's ~~~~~~~~~~Opae Ula's (Someday) Painted Fire Reds ~~~~~~~What's next???

03-08-2013, 04:48 AM	#522
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,273	Thanks Greg... Wondering what part of Idaho you're in. Mom was born in Boise, I spent summers in the Gooding/Bliss/Hagerman area. __________________ 35 gal Hex Shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danio ;29 gallon Endler's only;Petco Bookshelf 6.6 gal Crystal Shrimp and Hitchhiking CPD fry tank; Bookshelf 6.6 gal Brackish Opae Ula Shrimp; Fluval Ebi 7.9 gal assorted Shrimp only.; 10 gallon Opae Ula tank, started Nov 21, 2012. Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...Journal Now... I'm out of room!

03-08-2013, 03:54 PM	#524
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,273	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... Small world! Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III using Tapatalk 2 __________________ 35 gal Hex Shrimp and Celestial Pearl Danio ;29 gallon Endler's only;Petco Bookshelf 6.6 gal Crystal Shrimp and Hitchhiking CPD fry tank; Bookshelf 6.6 gal Brackish Opae Ula Shrimp; Fluval Ebi 7.9 gal assorted Shrimp only.; 10 gallon Opae Ula tank, started Nov 21, 2012. Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever...Journal Now... I'm out of room!

03-08-2013, 03:57 PM	#525
ProduceGuy Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Idaho Posts: 45	Rob, How many Opae's do you plan to get before you start selling some here and there? Or do you? If you plan on getting rid of a few (say 20?), please let me know __________________ Currently breeding: Blue Pearls ~~~~~~~~~~ Crystal Reds S+ Blue Velvets ~~~~~~~~~ Orange Eyed Blue Tigers Cardinals ~~~~~~~~~~~ Tangerine Tigers Yellow Neo's ~~~~~~~~~~Opae Ula's (Someday) Painted Fire Reds ~~~~~~~What's next???

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