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Re: Odin's Metabetaeus lohena (Alpha Opae ula) tank!

PostPosted:30 Oct 2017 10:43
by Beano
Sorry I can’t focus the Camera well as they are tiny and transparent. I get an error when I try to upload the video file from my iOS device

Re: Odin's Metabetaeus lohena (Alpha Opae ula) tank!

PostPosted:30 Oct 2017 10:45
by Beano
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Odin's Metabetaeus lohena (Alpha Opae ula) tank!

PostPosted:30 Oct 2017 10:56
by odin
Oh wow they look great, I’ve never seen any larvae in my tank unfortunately. Lots of berried females though!


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Re: Odin's Metabetaeus lohena (Alpha Opae ula) tank!

PostPosted:30 Oct 2017 17:25
by opae ula related
Awesome. Can you put up a pic of your tank? Do you live near the ocean?

Re: Odin's Metabetaeus lohena (Alpha Opae ula) tank!

PostPosted:31 Oct 2017 08:40
by Beano
odin wrote: 30 Oct 2017 10:56 Oh wow they look great, I’ve never seen any larvae in my tank unfortunately. Lots of berried females though!


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Odin, you need to remove the berried female into a separate breeder tank because adult alphas eat the larvae. They love live food. I feed them live baby brine shrimp and they are all gone within 24 hours. In my breeder tank I have a small breeding box with small slots so the larvae can escape from the mother.

Re: Odin's Metabetaeus lohena (Alpha Opae ula) tank!

PostPosted:31 Oct 2017 08:43
by Beano
opae ula related wrote: 30 Oct 2017 17:25 Awesome. Can you put up a pic of your tank? Do you live near the ocean?
Ok I’ll take a couple of shots of my breeder tank when I get back home later. I move the larvae from the breeder tank into a large 7 litre food plastic container. The reason is because all the larvae have died in the past and it’s easier to move and clean the food container. I stay on a small hill in Singapore :smile:

Re: Odin's Metabetaeus lohena (Alpha Opae ula) tank!

PostPosted:31 Oct 2017 09:18
by Beano
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This is the 11 litre tank where my alphas live

Re: Odin's Metabetaeus lohena (Alpha Opae ula) tank!

PostPosted:31 Oct 2017 09:21
by Beano
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This is the breeder tank with the breeder box floating in it. There is currently one berried alpha hiding behind the marimo ball in the box

Re: Odin's Metabetaeus lohena (Alpha Opae ula) tank!

PostPosted:31 Oct 2017 09:22
by Beano
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This is the 7 litre plastic food container larvae tank I currently use to house the alpha larvae

Re: Odin's Metabetaeus lohena (Alpha Opae ula) tank!

PostPosted:31 Oct 2017 09:22
by odin
Looks very practical, I wasn’t aware they ate their young as rampant as that.. I thought I’d at least see some the next day or there abouts lol.


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