Opae Ula Shrimp Brackish Tank Full Build 

It's a gorgeous tank! Not enough people keep these cool shrimps. I'm setting up a tank for them myself so I found this super helpful. Thanks a lot! :)

I started out with 16 shrimp, a small Horned Nerite snail and some brackish water macroalgae in a one gallon tank. 18 months later and there are at least 60 shrimp of varying sizes. I used plain aquarium gravel and a piece of lava rock. I add a piece of cuttlebone every now and then as a calcium source.

Excellent video! I started out with 2 Opae Ula in 2009 that I bought at a local fish store. They came with 2 Opae Ula in a pint jar and now I am up to a one gallon round jar. Now in 2021 I have about 30 shrimp. I keep giving some away so I can keep my tank at a manageable size to set on my side table where I enjoy watching them all the time. They have brought me many years of joy. After going from a square jar to a round jar my shrimp are a lot happier because they keep circling around the bowl like they are on a long journey! Hoping I can find a round 2 gallon somewhere. It took about 5 years for my first female to have babies. I am getting ready to go to a 2 gallon because my female shrimp keeps having babies and I don't want for them to become overcrowded. I have never done a water change except when I increase my aquarium size, just top off with distilled water because of evaporation. I also have NEVER had to feed them because my natural lighting keeps the algae at the right amount to keep them happy!! Good luck with your tank and hope you have many years of enjoyment like I have!!

I was having a hard day and this video made me tear up in a good way. They looked so happy going from the tupperware to the big tank

How long did it take to cycle this tank? And is it possible to do a fish-in cycle with these shrimp in case somebody (obviously not me) is impatient?

You don't have to be so exact with the salinity. The shrimp are very tolerant of fluctuations.

Beautiful set up! I just ordered this tank and supplies I can’t wait to rehome my opae :) thanks for sharing!

Thank you for showing us how to set up the tank.

Very informative video, thankyou very much!

Well done video with great explanations. Have you considered setting a small corked jar setup for these guys? Almost like a desktop shrimp jar.

outstanding video! thanks so much! im preparing my tank now this was so helpful!!!

Can you share a link for that tank?

I didn't know about thiese srimps before. They look Amazing. And a very beautyfull buildt. And very informativ. Thank you.

I hope you don’t mind me asking, but can you please share the bleeder’s website? I’m thinking about trying this. 😊😊😊

nice vid. lovely tank. it's been two years, hows the shrimps doing in this tank? any babies :)?

someone sells these on etsy in a sealed bottle. however, i wanted shrimp in an actual tank, and thats how i went down the rabbit hole of now getting my first neocaridina tanks :)

Where did you get your Chaeto from and are they still doing well in the tank?

You said you got that rock from buceplant, but aren't they USA based? Or are you too? Otherwise must cost a fortune in shipping??

if any one in the uk looking for these shrimp send me a pm

i loved this video and your voice was so calming :)

Wow great video it helped me a lot. I was wondering if you can put spider wood etc. in it or if it’s just better to do lava rocks?

Who is the breeder you purchased your shrimp from?

Could you share the breeder's info/website?

One of the best shrimp/set up vids I’ve ever seen

Great video and beautiful tank. They are very fun and easy to keep. I have 3 tanks ranging from 1-5 gal, and each behaves so differently. Different types of algae grow, differently colored shrimp and even different activity levels in each tank....even though all from same source.

Aren't you supposed to cycle your tank before adding the shrimp?

What a calming video

Does the Hawaiian Shrimp require an air pump to survive?

Why there was one had green saddle?

That’s so cool! What breeder did you get them from?

I really want to try this. But I have never tried keeping a brackish water tank before. Would this be a good tank setup for a newbie?