Showing posts with label Opae ula. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Opae ula. Show all posts

Saturday, June 8, 2019

Opae Ula Again

I've been trying to set up this habitat for some opae ula (Hawaiian Alchialine Pond Shrimp) for quite some time now.  I finally got around to doing so -




Wednesday, August 1, 2012

New Shrimp!!!

I ordered a colony of Opae ula (the Hawaiian name for the indigenous Anchialine Shrimp). We got them in today and got the tank setup. I have seen these guys through the years - at the Waikiki Aquarium and in stores on Oahu where they are kept in sealed containers in "ecosystems". After doing a bunch of research, I got this colony from Fuku-Bonsai on the Big Island. The kids are pretty excited (and so am I)!