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Vorteil's Metabetaeus Lohena aka Alpha Opae Ula 10 Gallon Tank

PostPosted:10 May 2019 22:31
by Vorteil
Pics of my Alpha Opae Ula tank. I do run a sponge filter since I feed about every other Day. Not the easiest to get pics since they are constantly moving around. They do stay hidden in the rocks and do come out when fed.

10 Gallon
AquaTop 40 Sponge Filter
Diet: Frozen blood worms, frozen brine shrimp, live brine shrimp, flake food.
Bare bootom with lava rock

Re: Vorteil's Metabetaeus Lohena aka Alpha Opae Ula 10 Gallon Tank

PostPosted:11 May 2019 00:27
by Algae In Space
Cool. I would so wish to know how long the alphas live...

Re: Vorteil's Metabetaeus Lohena aka Alpha Opae Ula 10 Gallon Tank

PostPosted:11 May 2019 00:28
by Algae In Space
Frozen blood worms... sounds like a Klingon nouvelle cuisine!

Re: Vorteil's Metabetaeus Lohena aka Alpha Opae Ula 10 Gallon Tank

PostPosted:11 May 2019 04:55
by opae ula related
You need a video of them eating live food!

Re: Vorteil's Metabetaeus Lohena aka Alpha Opae Ula 10 Gallon Tank

PostPosted:11 May 2019 13:18
by Algae In Space
I second that! :grin3:

Re: Vorteil's Metabetaeus Lohena aka Alpha Opae Ula 10 Gallon Tank

PostPosted:13 May 2019 00:20
by Vorteil
Ok the next time & get live brine shrimp I'll video it. I've seen mine jump off the sponge to grab a bloodworm. When I put the cube of frozen worms in I swish it around in the water I guess the smell of it causes all the ML to come out. I know for sure I cannot keep the ML & Opae Ula together if I expect the Opae Ula to breed successfully.

Re: Vorteil's Metabetaeus Lohena aka Alpha Opae Ula 10 Gallon Tank

PostPosted:18 May 2019 22:16
by odin
opae ula related has bred Opae ula in a tank with Alphas albeit not a full tank with that many alphas lol.

Re: Vorteil's Metabetaeus Lohena aka Alpha Opae Ula 10 Gallon Tank

PostPosted:19 May 2019 16:26
by opae ula related
odin wrote:opae ula related has bred Opae ula in a tank with Alphas albeit not a full tank with that many alphas lol.
That’s true. Might be different if a lot of ML.

Re: Vorteil's Metabetaeus Lohena aka Alpha Opae Ula 10 Gallon Tank

PostPosted:13 Jun 2019 21:33
by Vorteil
Tanks starting to get more algae so I decided to add 5 nerite's. I stuck the other 5 in one of my opae ula tanks. Still need more.
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Re: Vorteil's Metabetaeus Lohena aka Alpha Opae Ula 10 Gallon Tank

PostPosted:13 Jun 2019 21:34
by odin
Those nerites are beautiful!


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