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

**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-21-2013, 01:36 AM

Filter feeding in the bookshelf:

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**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-25-2013, 12:46 AM

To catch up here...

Phosphates were not the problem in the 10 gallon tank. Neither was overfeeding, only thing I can figure is the intense lighting. When I removed the LEDs the cyanobacteria (the new growth) changed from green-brown to a quite attractive bluegreen.

Yesterday I dosed the tank with Maracyn 2, the beginning dose for a 10 gallon freshwater tank, which is the contents of two packets. Today I added one.

Here's a picture taken just after the second dose. No changes yet, and the water is still clear.

**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-26-2013, 01:33 AM

Day three of Maracyn 2: Seems the bluegreen cyanobacteria has darkened in color, heading toward a pea-green now. Hoping that means the antibiotic is beginning to work!

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**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-26-2013, 02:12 AM

A bad pic of one of the now settled opae ula larva in the 10 gallon tank:

**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-26-2013, 02:56 AM

A few pictures from the bookshelf tank tonight...

The red macro algae sprouting out of the live rock:

**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-26-2013, 02:58 AM

A new anemone of some sort. I can't see it without the camera it's so small, it's tentacles are waving in the current:

**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-26-2013, 02:59 AM

One of the berried opae:

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**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-26-2013, 03:00 AM

The other one:

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**Soothing Shrimp** · 01-26-2013, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob in Puyallup

A new anemone of some sort. I can't see it without the camera it's so small, it's tentacles are waving in the current:

Are you sure it isn't hydra?

**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-26-2013, 03:36 AM

They're all related somehow. :-)

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**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-26-2013, 03:38 AM

It is bigger with more tentacles than what I would call a hydra.

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**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-26-2013, 04:33 AM

Whoa!

If you look close you'll find THREE berried Opae Ula now. Getting better all the time!

**dougolasjr** · 01-26-2013, 04:40 AM

Are the adults or baby opae in any danger from the anemone.

**Rob in Puyallup** · 01-26-2013, 04:43 AM

Too small for anything but the cyclop-thingies at this point, I'm thinking. Will be watching closely :-)

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somewhatshocked · 01-26-2013, 01:51 PM

It appears to be an Aiptasia - definitely remove it. They have the ability to sting your shrimp. Way worse than hydra.

Get it out quickly before it starts to populate your tank. At that point, it'll be next to impossible to eradicate them.

Glad to see all of those berried mamas, though! You're going to have quite the colony.

01-21-2013, 01:36 AM	#256
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Filter feeding in the bookshelf: Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III using Tapatalk 2 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!

01-25-2013, 12:46 AM	#257
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... To catch up here... Phosphates were not the problem in the 10 gallon tank. Neither was overfeeding, only thing I can figure is the intense lighting. When I removed the LEDs the cyanobacteria (the new growth) changed from green-brown to a quite attractive bluegreen. Yesterday I dosed the tank with Maracyn 2, the beginning dose for a 10 gallon freshwater tank, which is the contents of two packets. Today I added one. Here's a picture taken just after the second dose. No changes yet, and the water is still clear. 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!

01-26-2013, 01:33 AM	#258
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... Day three of Maracyn 2: Seems the bluegreen cyanobacteria has darkened in color, heading toward a pea-green now. Hoping that means the antibiotic is beginning to work! 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!

01-26-2013, 02:12 AM	#259
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... A bad pic of one of the now settled opae ula larva in the 10 gallon tank: __________________ 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!

01-26-2013, 02:56 AM	#260
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... A few pictures from the bookshelf tank tonight... The red macro algae sprouting out of the live rock: 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!

01-26-2013, 02:58 AM	#261
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... A new anemone of some sort. I can't see it without the camera it's so small, it's tentacles are waving in the current: 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!

01-26-2013, 02:59 AM	#262
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... One of the berried opae: Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III using Tapatalk 2 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!

01-26-2013, 03:00 AM	#263
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... The other one: Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III using Tapatalk 2 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!

01-26-2013, 03:36 AM	#265
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... They're all related somehow. :-) 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!

01-26-2013, 03:38 AM	#266
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... It is bigger with more tentacles than what I would call a hydra. 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!

01-26-2013, 04:33 AM	#267
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... Whoa! If you look close you'll find THREE berried Opae Ula now. Getting better all the time! 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!

01-26-2013, 04:40 AM	#268
dougolasjr Invert Addict (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 768	Are the adults or baby opae in any danger from the anemone. __________________ BAMA AGAIN!!! ROLL TIDE ROLL!!! -Doug

01-26-2013, 04:43 AM	#269
Rob in Puyallup Opae Ula Crazed. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 1,253	Re: Opae Ula, Hawaiian Red Shrimp, SuperShrimp, whatever... Too small for anything but the cyclop-thingies at this point, I'm thinking. Will be watching closely :-) 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!

01-26-2013, 01:51 PM	#270
somewhatshocked Obsessed? Maybe (View User Tanks) PTrader: (262/100%) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,550	It appears to be an Aiptasia - definitely remove it. They have the ability to sting your shrimp. Way worse than hydra. Get it out quickly before it starts to populate your tank. At that point, it'll be next to impossible to eradicate them. Glad to see all of those berried mamas, though! You're going to have quite the colony. __________________ 12gal Long \| 20L Shrimp Tanks \| 3gal Longs \| 10gal \| 45-F \| 5.5gal Tigers \| 20cm Cubes

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