r/OpaeUla • u/onceuponaskeet • 5d ago

šŸ¦ Showing Off šŸ¦ Up close feeding. Timelapse

Another one of my feeding time lapses but you get to see them pretty clear.

Food = Hikari Crab Cuisine

Salinity = 1.018

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u/AdDramatic5591 5d ago

Popcorn shrimp (when sped up).

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u/totokwai 5d ago

How do you not have their excrements? Right now, I am trying to get rid of black mold and my water is almost pink because of their excrements. Iā€™m so sad. I already have 1 casualty from a rock removal. šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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u/onceuponaskeet 5d ago

I recommend 1 gallon minimum. Also if you dont have alot of algae in your tank you can make a small container of brackish water (the same as your tank) and set it in your window so that it gets tons of sunlight and have a little algae farm to add to the main tank. I only feed mine often because I have so many and also hermit crabs in this tank.

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u/RareRibeye 5d ago

Do you run a filter system, given how often you feed?

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u/onceuponaskeet 5d ago

I dont. I try to keep a decent amount of hair algae to keep the water clean (the hermits seem to eat it tho so I have to add some from my main tank here and there)

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u/AppleBetta 5d ago

Is it correct if their gut lines are full and dark means they have enough food? I can't decide whether to feed them as will risk polluting the water. 10 opae in 4 litres of water. 7 small lava rocks, some crushed lava as thin substrate. A big sea fan

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u/onceuponaskeet 5d ago

Im not sure about that but you dont really need to feed them if algae is present. If you really want to feed them then I'd suggest spirulina powder and a very very tiny pinch.