Halocaridina rubra - Opae Ula, Hawaiian red shrimp

Opae Ula (Halocaridina rubra) has many names, but I still like to call it Opae Ula (sounds special ;-)

They are a bit smaller than the more common shrimps, fully grown size is around 1.2cm - 1.5cm. They have a lavae stage but doesn't require special treatment to raise the young. And if you treat them nicely, they can live up to 20 years. A special shrimp, eh?

Breeding frenzy

The CRS I got from Ricky have been in breeding frenzy. I count 4 berried today and male shrimps are still flying. May (and hope to) see more berried mama tomorrow. I got these from Ricky on March 29, one got berried the day after. So by end of April I should see some babies.

And see the males going crazy looking for newly molted females.

First OEBT

My first OEBT, I got 11 of these plus 10 mischling. One of the mischling looks like a panda. But it's still small to tell. I got these on April 11, 2012.

For my short term memory ...

I don't want to keep looking up these terms. Will keep updating, let me know if you find something that should be added here.


Japanese lines
Hikata/HKT 博多蝦
Nishikiebi /NSK 錦蝦
MunEchika Fish Farm/MFF ?? 

Taiwanese lines
Yuken, YU CRS Centre

Canadian lines
EbiLei (well, that's me ;-)