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odin wrote:Do you just have the 2? ive seen they are pretty hard to get a hold of. Maybe one day i will get some :)
Would they attack normal Opae'ula in the same tank?

yes, just the two. when she was berried i moved the opae ula and tankmates into their own 7.5 g tank hoping it won't stress the alpha. yes, they are called alpha for a reason ;) , the opae ula would "popcorn" or move out of there way when the alpha move/walked around. what's cool is alpha can walk/move backwards and is sensitive to light. if i shine a flashlight, they sense it and hide compared to opae ula where they don't seem to sense it that much.

now just the two in their own tank with two hawaiian draft snails. they just hide all the time and i think they come out at night mostly. vampire shrimp

Sounds interesting! I may have to get some this summer :)

Can you put up some photos of your alpha tank setup? Do you use a filter etc?

odin wrote:Sounds interesting! I may have to get some this summer :)

Can you put up some photos of your alpha tank setup? Do you use a filter etc?

My first tank. They are hiding of course.

Just a simple tank with no filter.

I like that a lot!, i have a sea fan skeleton but i ran out of room to put it in my tank, i had to import it from the US over here in the UK. I'm not sure if im aloud any more shrimp tanks :)

my opae ula tank. trying to make a backdrop of algae hair so it will be all green in the back and hide the heater also.
I got the lava rock, white coral and gravel from hawaii when i went there.

Very clear water you have there!, this is my communal Opea'ula tank. Blacksand and ocean rock... doesnt look pretty but the shrimp seem happy enough :)

odin wrote:Very clear water you have there!, this is my communal Opea'ula tank. Blacksand and ocean rock... doesnt look pretty but the shrimp seem happy enough :)

nice!! lots's of hiding places.

thanks, its pretty holey and hollow underneath for plenty of hiding spots.

Hi all!

Thanks for letting me join Odin - your help has been invaluable already on the US forum! Started cycling yesterday - bit worried as may have some contamination as hadnt enough RO water to do all the gravel washes (took about 10 lots of water) and used tap water instead :( Rest of tank is RO & instant Ocean as suggested. Still got quite a lot of stuff on my shopping list, but here's my 30ltr tank so far....

Welcome! that tank looks awesome, the shrimp will really love that setup! If you have any questions or concerns just jump on here and put up a post, doesn't matter how trivial you think the question may be.

Don't worry about the substrate being washed in tap water, you can always do a few partial water changes along the way if you wish. Set your tank temp so you get 20 -> 22 degrees, and just make sure its sitting right because i have to have my heater set to 24 degrees just to get the water to sit at 21 degrees.

The bubbles will disappear off the walls soon too.