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Have you noticed if the ML’s eat anything off of the sponge filter, or are they just hanging out?

Vorteil wrote:All my tanks are bare bottom except for one. other then that one they all have lava rock for the substrate. I did not completely fill the ML tank since I ran out of lava rock. I feed frozen blood worms, brine shrimp, live brine shrimp, and some flakes. Since I do feed there's a need for filtration I believe. I'm very pleased with these shrimp but they do tend to hide in the rocks.

Man, they are well feed. Berried?

I never see them picking at anything on the sponge. Just hanging out on it. No berried right now but I've seen molts.

Vorteil wrote:I never see them picking at anything on the sponge. Just hanging out on it. No berried right now but I've seen molts.

Looks like in no time you will see berried ones.

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I'm hoping they don't berry. I'm not prepared to even try to transfer & raise the you. Maybe in the summer when more tanks get set up.

They recycle the larvae anyway .

Quick question:

Has anyone thought about Metabetaeus larvae feeding on Opae Ula larvae with that spear?

Algae In Space wrote:Quick question:

Has anyone thought about Metabetaeus larvae feeding on Opae Ula larvae with that spear?

Possibility. Is it a larva after the molt stage?

Larva after hatching.

Algae In Space wrote:Larva after hatching.

Yeah, as you know the spear appears after the first molt. That would be amazing to see it use the spear to catch prey. : )