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Spotted 3 larvae swimming free today and the mom still has 1 or 2 eggs to release.




My Opae ula hanging out!

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[caine]

Nice. Looking forward to the day I can have such a big group.

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[opae ula related]

Nice "hanging out" pic

[odin]

Another berried female has shown up in my big tank Heres a few shots,




I also took some photos of the current larvae which are around a week old? give or take (i lose track of time lol) and a few shots of the previous batch of baby shrimps. I also got a photo of the thorned zebra nerite to show @Priscilla which has no markings on his new developed shell extension, sort of similar! Plus a few other photos,

[opae ula related]

Nice. I can zoom on Tapatalk and it is so clear.

[odin]

Well i finally pushed GO and purchased an upgrade tank for my shrimp, it will replace my larger tank that has the majority of the shrimp in. I purchased this one, it should be here on the 25th of November... Its the tank only so no lights, stand etc and i had to source the glass lid and runners to hold it in place myself which was so hard to find as its sold as a open top tank.... i dont like that idea.



Its 140litres (37 gallons) and 800mm x 400mm x 450mm tall compared to my 67litre it should provide them with more room It was a steal of a buy so i couldnt say no!

Only thing i need to sort out now is how to attach some lights, in the image its an open top tank so the light bracket sits on the tank edge but when you have the glass lid on it stops you being able to do this. Im not really sure what i can do? maybe suspend a LED light above? I'm also pretty nervous to move all shrimp to one of the 30litre cubes until i have their old tank broken down and replaced with the new one. I have baby shrimp, larvae and berried shrimp and id hate to leave any behind when i remove the sand and stuff or cause the berried ones to drop their eggs from stress.

[opae ula related]

Wow, that is going to be huge!!! Any place to keep the old one and the new one?

Here is an idea to have room for the lights by leaving a gap with these glass holders.

[odin]

I will give that a go! Im going to have to get rid of the old tank as i just dont have the space lol. My tank is on an old solid wood desk and i thought while i have free space on it why not fill it with extra tank

[opae ula related]

Instead of moving it to the 30l tank, can you siphon enough water to buckets to be able to move it temporarily to the floor? You can filled it back up or use some for the new tank. This way there will be little stress and a lot way easier then catching them with a net. Also I have a technique to catch a few Opae Ula at a time without a net by using a straw. I will record and share when I get the chance. I was thinking a tube like this would work even better.. This is the technique- when they eat a pellet like crab cuisine with many opae ula on it, I would slowly place the straw near them and let gravity work. It works well when 10+ or more is on a pellet. I usually catch 5 at a time with just a straw. Less stress than a net.

[odin]

Thanks for the tip! Its the larger 67litre im breaking down and will be storing all the opae ula from that in the 30litre untill i can swap the large tanks over and then transport them all back again