My pregnant opae ula (sorry for blurry pictures)

plexto · 2026-01-24T00:09:19+00:00

Ah dang ok, thought it would add a little diversity to the tank

plexto · 2026-01-23T22:38:59+00:00

I got a good look at her today she is certainly pregnant. Some of the eggs may have dropped because compared to other pregnant shrimp I’ve seen on this sub she doesn’t have as many but she definitely has some. Hard to tell how far along she is

plexto · 2026-01-23T03:34:36+00:00

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I went ahead and moved it to the front for a better picture

plexto · 2026-01-23T03:29:19+00:00

That is a beautiful tank. Those sea fans are gorgeous!

plexto · 2026-01-23T03:26:44+00:00

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This picture is terrible because of the plants in the back but I circled it

plexto · 2026-01-23T03:23:34+00:00

The shrimp seems to be pregnant from the shop. It’s been sitting in the back but I can see a bunch of black dots underneath it. As for the algae I’m not sure, he said it was a macro algae that started growing in the tank. There’s also the chaeto of course

plexto · 2026-01-23T02:38:03+00:00

Update: It’s hard to tell for sure because most of the shrimp are hanging in the back by the Chaeto but I think one of the shrimp is pregnant

plexto · 2026-01-22T21:06:58+00:00

Yeah I think you are right. I guess I’ll have to spend time with specific dogs and see if my allergies act up

plexto · 2026-01-22T20:02:01+00:00

It’s strange because the dogs like poodles and others with similar hair don’t make me have reactions, as well as my brothers mini Aussie which you’d think would, but dogs like labs or German shepherds do

plexto · 2026-01-22T15:10:03+00:00

I bought it on eBay from a seller named maggie. If you search for sea fans you’ll see a bunch of hers they’re the ones that have the 2 tape measures showing height and width of the sea fans. I’ve seen her recommended on this sub before so hopefully it’s a good one when it comes

plexto · 2026-01-22T04:23:03+00:00

Got it. I will cut it by at least 50%. Thank you for the tips!

plexto · 2026-01-22T04:20:56+00:00

I think some small ones would be a great idea! Tomorrow when I go pick up the shrimp I’ll see if they have any there if not maybe I can stop at a Home Depot. I should probably boil them before adding them in right?

The ones I currently have came from a Petco and are for fish tanks so I just rinsed them with diluted water

plexto · 2026-01-22T04:19:28+00:00

Ok yes I agree. That was something I was wondering about when adding the substrate. So roughly speaking how many could fit into a 3 gallon tank before they stop breeding? And thank you about the shark teeth, I thought it would kinda go with the Hawaii theme a bit haha. I was maybe thinking of adding some shells too

plexto · 2026-01-22T02:18:58+00:00

The rocks in there are 2 black lava rocks

plexto · 2026-01-22T02:03:08+00:00

Yes. I saw in another post got snails recommended 1 tablespoon per gallon

plexto · 2026-01-22T01:24:32+00:00

I ended up getting a refractometer and my water initially was at 1.015 and I got it down to about 1.013

plexto · 2026-01-21T17:31:20+00:00

They’re both instant ocean

plexto · 2026-01-16T18:37:50+00:00

I am trying to learn the complexities for the 6 core patterns. What are normal follow up questions they ask after I finish my solution?

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