Very nice tank. How many opae ula do you have in there?
Halocaridina wrote:Very nice tank. How many opae ula do you have in there?
Around 300 or so :D
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Around 300 or so :D
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I was thinking, the Opae ula i purchased and had shipped to me have started breeding well but not as constantly as id of hoped for up till now, my question is do you think this is due to my setup differentiating from their original homes/tanks? And if so do you think the offspring i have now will breed more consistently as they have been born and raised in my tank and are 100% used to the parameters? Just something that got me thinking really as the babies would not need to ever adapt.
How many months did it take from purchased to first berried? Your Alpha tank like 2 months? It was around 3 months for my 1st tank.
I think so to your question. It is like me moving to the UK.
Takes time to get settled from the stress of traveling in a small bag and a new home/environment Also depends on the new tank/owner and if the tank was established or not. I think a lot of variables.
I agree & think offspring will breed more consistently since they were born/raised and by the time they can get berried have live their "juvenile" time there with very little stress.
I think so to your question. It is like me moving to the UK.
Takes time to get settled from the stress of traveling in a small bag 
and a new home/environment 
Also depends on the new tank/owner and if the tank was established or not. I think a lot of variables.I agree & think offspring will breed more consistently since they were born/raised and by the time they can get berried have live their "juvenile" time there with very little stress.
Why wouldn't the Opae Ula share his food? Because he was a little shellfish 
They started breeding about 10 months or so after getting them, they were very young though. If I have a huge influx in a year or so time I will know the shrimps born this time around are much more comfortable breeding because of their environment never changing.
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Last edited by odin on 01 Nov 2016 09:24, edited 1 time in total.
Young ones is a variable.
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Another topic - See pic at above link that shows all the opae ula were banded. This pic was also in the Anchialine book.
It was interesting that all were banded, too bad she never answered your question.
http://smalltalk.staradvertiserblogs.co ... xperiment/
Another topic - See pic at above link that shows all the opae ula were banded. This pic was also in the Anchialine book.
It was interesting that all were banded, too bad she never answered your question.
Why wouldn't the Opae Ula share his food? Because he was a little shellfish
opae ula related wrote:Young ones is a variable.Lol yea it's annoying but I've gotten used to it :p
http://smalltalk.staradvertiserblogs.co ... xperiment/
Another topic - See pic at above link that shows all the opae ula were banded. This pic was also in the Anchialine book.
It was interesting that all were banded, too bad she never answered your question.
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Spotted a larvae swimming around my breeder tank today! Then spotted the mom shrimp with anther 4 or 5 ready to be released which i assume is where the 1st larvae came from. Pretty cool surprise
, Get lucky with a video of the release. 
Why wouldn't the Opae Ula share his food? Because he was a little shellfish
Id love that but shes right at the back of the tank in the dark!