5 gallon opae ulas journal

[R_sustaita]

what is TPT? thre are alot of people seling crs and cbs here in houston. ask EK. and Tim

[Ca Nguyen]

TPT = the planted tank

[madehtsobi]

the planted tank.

yeh tim didnt have much to sell and quoc doesnt either. thats y i was wanting to do the group buy!

[R_sustaita]

oh the planted tank. i dont go there often. lol

oh ok, i hear ya. tim had several for sale about a month ago. i was going to get some from him but thats when i was told to cycle first so i didnt get anything from him.

[Totenkampf]

texsun may have some to sell, and tim knows another guy who is breeding. i met him but didnt catch his name, very knowledgable tho

[Ca Nguyen]

bikeguru have a very nice breeding set up too, but he doesn't advertise, so you might have to pm him.

[Ca Nguyen]

ok, new opae came in. the auction was for 20. i recieved 19. counted over and over.

2 were DOA 1 is half missing, and one is doing loop a loop in my tank with everything between the head to first pair of swimmerets is paralized. i wouldn't expect it to live.

so, here goes...


came to me in an envelope, not a box. this sure is promising.


oh wait, there is a box after all!


inside are my opae in a kordon breathing bag, heat pack, and news paper.


already, i see a dead opae and a half opae


one of the 3 pictures i sent to the seller. i get 2 dollars back for the 2 dead. there is no way i can prove he shorted me 1 opae as he said i could simply remove one. so i told him to keep the 2 dollar, cause that's how much his character is worth to me.


sitting in a container for drop acclimation.

my observation is that i can tell this group from my group as my group is much more red. but i think they're just clear from being ship in the dark. we'll see in a few days

[madehtsobi]

Yeh ben is out for now..

Wow he skimps on $2!!!

Just leave negative feedback!!!

[R_sustaita]

Yeah man bad feed back or complain on paypal and they will give you the money back.

[Ca Nguyen]

in all fairness, he did offer 2 dollars back. it was the 1 shrimp short that he wouldn't admit. but whatever. that's fine. i left a neutral feed back since this is the first time i've paid for a heat pack and actually got a heat pack. plus this is my first 2nd day shrimp delivery ever.

[R_sustaita]

And from hawaii!

[Ca Nguyen]

look what i found today. molting is part of their reproductive cycle! this could be me first pregnant shrimp.

trying not to get my hope up too high. but sure would be nice.

[R_sustaita]

good luck man.

[Ca Nguyen]

thanks. i actually caught the one that molted, she got a big fat saddle. did a water test today. big fat 4.0+ ammonia. turn out the sponge filter die when i moved it from fresh water to brackish. i immediately do a 60% water change with water from my reef tank and fresh tap water. these guys had show no sign of stress under this ridiculous amount of ammonia for days! seeing how the shrimps are already here... i will be doing 50% water changes every day until it is cycle.

[R_sustaita]

wow, good thing you got it in time. other wise there was a $100 bill to the trash.