Anyone know about Opae'ula/Red Volcanic/ Hawaiian shrimp?

[sed03f]

I have never heard of one of those (still new to equipment), would a submersable power head suffice?

is there a reason the heater is sideways? I did break one verticaly once, when the bottom hit gravel, im so glad their sophisticated enough not to of fryed me.

 

[red_wall]

Im pretty sure that other site did it, but just in case -

http://www.petshrimp.com/hawaiianredshrimp.html

 

[sed03f]

I have already read that one, and most of the ones on google and yahoo, Im looking for some personal experience other than the countless number of ppl that say dont feed them

 

[sed03f]

can you put some in a 5g or is that too small? How would I go about cycling a brackish tank ready for these guys? Would it be different than normal?

 

[southerndesert]

A 5 gallon will be fine for these shrimp and simply start adding salt at about a half a cup a day until you reach 1.012 specific gravity or so. You can get a gauge for measuring salt at your LFS.

Bill

 

[sed03f]

what plants do you have in there? Will jave fern work?

 

[sed03f]

what is mts?

 

[NickD]

what is mts?

Malaysian Trumpet Snails.

 

[sed03f]

Thank you, I have some of them in my tank, I was wondering what they were called, they came in by plants, They are getting big

 

[southerndesert]

I have no plants in the tank, some macro algae came with the shrimp, but it has mostly been eaten now and I tried moss and it died. I currently have no plants in the tank, but bio film is growing well and the shrimp are happy as can be. Halocaridina rubra are very active in my experience and always moving around feeding.

Bill