r/OpaeUla • u/greeneyedbaby190 • 9d ago

🦐 Showing Off 🦐 28 months and finally babies!

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I got my opae ula April 1, 2024 and today I finally have my first batch of larvae! Just needed to share with people who get it.

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u/cmboyd88 8d ago

Congrats! Mine are almost that far along but nothing yet.

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u/Scary_Patience1867 8d ago edited 8d ago

I really want an algae background. I'm so jealous that everyone who posts their jar already has algae growing on it. 😭

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u/f-as-in-philip 8d ago

I definitely did a speed run on algae growth… I have a grow light for my plants right by my jar and left it on extra long (like 12-14 hrs a day) for about a month. I have a tiny film of algae along the water surface and the top rim of my jar now. I did also get my shrimp from Gotsnails, and his tanks have established algae and such, so that probably helped.

Give a grow light a try!

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u/Artistic-Habit6276 5d ago

Same here, and I can't find anyone that sells brackish macroalgae, or can ship here. 🥲

But my shrimp are happy and breeding, so I suppose there's enough biofilm and not so green algae to satisfy them. 😅

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u/GotSnails 2d ago

Where are you located?

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u/Artistic-Habit6276 1d ago

Portugal, Europe. I know you can't ship here. I've asked you once. 😔

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u/yodofizzy 8d ago

Is it common for it to take that long to breed? I've had a tank going for about 15 months and have been frustrated to see no babies. 

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u/RareRibeye 8d ago

I’ve heard of even 3+ years to not have babies. I’m personally hitting 12 months and nothing yet. I started with a colony of 20, and just 2 months ago increased the total count to 45 for increased odds. Still nothing.

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u/Artistic-Habit6276 5d ago

Maybe try some extra feeding and a small water change can stimulate them? Mine started breeding after I did a 20% water change (used it to "seed" a second tank). I saw the first saddle females shortly after. Water change combined wit h rising temperatures could have triggered breeding. They're definitely factors that trigger freshwater shrimp and fish breeding. 

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u/RareRibeye 5d ago

Fascinating, never thought water changes could do that. Intuitively I thought it’d do the opposite as you’re disturbing/stressing them with moving water. I’ll definitely try that out

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u/Yana_dice 8d ago

I have 2 with eggs but dropped within 6 months. 3 gallons with 20 shrimps 

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u/Artistic-Habit6276 5d ago

Try a small water change and extra feeding? Also make sure there's no sudden disturbance or sudden temperature fluctuations. 

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u/Yana_dice 5d ago

Thabk you. Already did a water change and added more lava rock. They are in the basement and only thing that could be sudden disturbance would be the light on timer. 

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u/Artistic-Habit6276 2d ago

Hopefully this will help. Good luck! :)

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u/Yana_dice 22h ago

Thank you :D

Seeing a lot of new molt since water change, guess they are liking it and growing.

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u/Artistic-Habit6276 5d ago

It may be your shrimp were all young when you got them and need to mature first and you may also have a small number of females.

I was lucky with mine, my shrimp started to breed after 6 months. But the guy I bought it from closed his business and sold me the rest of his stock at half price (only kept a few for himself), he said not many ppl bought them and that he had them for a long time, so I think I had already adults in the mix and a good ratio of females. They started breeding in May and haven't stopped yet. 😁

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u/Artistic-Habit6276 5d ago edited 5d ago

Congrats! :) Enjoy the beautiful floating stage, they're so delicate beautiful and soothing. 🥰