Re: First timer here! Can you add empty hermit shells to opea ula jar? As much advice appreciated
PostPosted:02 Oct 2025 21:46
In the uk? I will have to check this out as it will be much easier then
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Re: First timer here! Can you add empty hermit shells to opea ula jar? As much advice appreciated
PostPosted:02 Oct 2025 21:53
In the uk? I will have to check this out
Re: First timer here! Can you add empty hermit shells to opea ula jar? As much advice appreciated
PostPosted:03 Oct 2025 05:45
Hi @Naz i don’t see why not? Give it a try and let us know how it goes.
Re: First timer here! Can you add empty hermit shells to opea ula jar? As much advice appreciated
PostPosted:04 Oct 2025 19:16
Hey guys, so I set everything up today (super excited) was told reading between 1.008-1.018 for salinity is best for the opea ula. This is the reading I got using instant ocean and a refractometer. Any good?
Just need some confirmation if I have got it right
Just need some confirmation if I have got it right
Re: First timer here! Can you add empty hermit shells to opea ula jar? As much advice appreciated
PostPosted:04 Oct 2025 19:26
Sorry another question, I got some dried coral and it smelt a bit chemically. Is this normal?
Upon washing it it keot giving of a few bubbles
Upon washing it it keot giving of a few bubbles
Re: First timer here! Can you add empty hermit shells to opea ula jar? As much advice appreciated
PostPosted:04 Oct 2025 19:27
1.010 is fine, no need to adjust.
Re: First timer here! Can you add empty hermit shells to opea ula jar? As much advice appreciated
PostPosted:04 Oct 2025 19:45
@odin thank you for confirming 
Re: First timer here! Can you add empty hermit shells to opea ula jar? As much advice appreciated
PostPosted:06 Oct 2025 10:24
Re: First timer here! Can you add empty hermit shells to opea ula jar? As much advice appreciated
PostPosted:06 Oct 2025 10:41
opaeforever wrote: ↑06 Oct 2025 10:24I agree, a photo is always a great help!Naz wrote: ↑04 Oct 2025 19:26 Sorry another question, I got some dried coral and it smelt a bit chemically. Is this normal?Got photo ? If in doubt better don’t use .
Upon washing it it keot giving of a few bubbles
Re: First timer here! Can you add empty hermit shells to opea ula jar? As much advice appreciated
PostPosted:06 Oct 2025 11:02
@odin o did not think of taking a photo at the time. I gave it a good wash and it was when I was washing it that there was just a few bubbles forming on my hands when I decided to smell it and it smelled a little chemically to me.
I have already put it in the jar and has been sitting there since saturday. However when pouring water into the jar no bubbles were formed at the time.
I read after that they sometimes wash dried coral with bleach solution and I am praying this is not the case. Do you think I should just remove it??
I have already put it in the jar
and has been sitting there since saturday. However when pouring water into the jar no bubbles were formed at the time. I read after that they sometimes wash dried coral with bleach solution and I am praying this is not the case. Do you think I should just remove it??