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Vorteil wrote:How close is that one to the beach? Looks like there's beach sand in that pool. What island are you on?

Beach is around 25 to 30 feet away. See pic. Big Island.

Algae In Space wrote:Hey another question: Have you seen other species in the pools??? Alphas, crabs, ...?

. See other Opae shrimp top center？ no Alpha . No larvae. Did see a bird skeleton, must of died and eaten by by shrimp？

A bird skeleton

Oh that black one is a cute shrimp too! Interesting - it does not look like any of the shrimp in the holy book!?

Is the green stuff in this pic only algae or seaweed as well?

Algae In Space wrote:A bird skeleton

Oh that black one is a cute shrimp too! Interesting - it does not look like any of the shrimp in the holy book!?

Is the green stuff in this pic only algae or seaweed as well?

It is called opae huna, I think it is the book somewhere.
I assume algae can grow on sea weed.

Algae In Space wrote:A bird skeleton

Oh that black one is a cute shrimp too! Interesting - it does not look like any of the shrimp in the holy book!?

Is the green stuff in this pic only algae or seaweed as well?

Here is pic of the bird skeleton. I could be wrong, it could something else.

Also a dead crab.

opae ula related wrote:

Algae In Space wrote:Hey another question: Have you seen other species in the pools??? Alphas, crabs, ...?

. See other Opae shrimp top center？ no Alpha . No larvae. Did see a bird skeleton, must of died and eaten by by shrimp？

I noticed there were Alphas. Here is a pic of a live crab. See it?

This pool is overgrown with this plant and covered the whole pool.



Pic of pool with lots of leaves with a tree nearby.



This one is almost no water but I saw Opae Ula in it.



Closer look of the pic above.

opae ula related wrote: ↑05 Apr 2019 06:59

Algae In Space wrote:A bird skeleton

Oh that black one is a cute shrimp too! Interesting - it does not look like any of the shrimp in the holy book!?

Is the green stuff in this pic only algae or seaweed as well?

Here is pic of the bird skeleton. I could be wrong, it could something else.

Also a dead crab.

Interesting! Yeah a crab! So nice to see that many Opae Ula! Are the feeding on the carcases in the picture?

opae ula related wrote: ↑05 Apr 2019 07:06

opae ula related wrote:

Algae In Space wrote:Hey another question: Have you seen other species in the pools??? Alphas, crabs, ...?

. See other Opae shrimp top center？ no Alpha . No larvae. Did see a bird skeleton, must of died and eaten by by shrimp？

I noticed there were Alphas. Here is a pic of a live crab. See it?

I can see it! It's a pretty crab. But could it be a Pele ramseyi? Looks very different.

And you're right the shrimp in the other pic does look like Opae Huna.

opae ula related wrote: ↑05 Apr 2019 07:37
This pool is overgrown with this plant and covered the whole pool.



Pic of pool with lots of leaves with a tree nearby.



This one is almost no water but I saw Opae Ula in it.



Closer look of the pic above.

That's great! Thanks for sharing.

Oh yeah there are Opae Ula in the the tiny pond!! That's amazing. They even use this tiny waterbody. The diversity is fascinating to me. I wonder what that plant in the first pic is?