Opae'ula, Hawaiian red shrimp in a 8 gallon Biorb commercial spherical acrylic tank. Shrimp where originally purchased from Ecosphere associates in Arizona and FukuBonsai in Hawaii. They are going on 3 years total that I have had them. Started with approximately 25-30 and now there are at least 60-70. The shrimp have spawned at least 2-3 times that we have noticedl. Also a 6In. Ecosphere that I have unsealed. Both tanks are fed a very small amount of dried Algae shrimp food from FukuBonsai. I do a yearly 50% water change using filtered water and Instant Ocean sea/salt mixture. Use the following parameters when setting up a Opae'ula tank: Temperature 60F 85F, Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, PH 8.2 8.4, Specific gravity 1.0125 to 1.015. David Fukumoto is an authority on the life history and care of these little shrimp. He refers to them as Micro-Lobsters on his website. Go to Fukubonsai dot com if you'd like to purchase some. He sells complete tanks and can offer much customer support. Good luck with setting up your own tank of Opae'ula
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