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Visited an Anchialine pool in Maui.

PostPosted:26 Dec 2021 07:40
by opae ula related
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Visited an Anchialine pool in Maui.

PostPosted:26 Dec 2021 07:42
by opae ula related
Seems like all the Opae ula are all white/clear. Last pic is a screenshot of them if you can spot them. More to come.

Re: Visited an Anchialine pool in Maui.

PostPosted:26 Dec 2021 08:07
by odin
Loverly photos! All that black lava rock!!! It’s near to impossible to buy here in the UK, we just have the brown stuff. I managed to strike it lucky and get a box of the black stuff for my main tank. :tongue:

Re: Visited an Anchialine pool in Maui.

PostPosted:26 Dec 2021 17:39
by opae ula related
odin wrote:Loverly photos! All that black lava rock!!! It’s near to impossible to buy here in the UK, we just have the brown stuff. I managed to strike it lucky and get a box of the black stuff for my main tank. :tongue:
Nice!

Re: Visited an Anchialine pool in Maui.

PostPosted:26 Dec 2021 18:16
by odin
opae ula related wrote: 26 Dec 2021 17:39
odin wrote:Loverly photos! All that black lava rock!!! It’s near to impossible to buy here in the UK, we just have the brown stuff. I managed to strike it lucky and get a box of the black stuff for my main tank. :tongue:
Nice!
I keep trying to talk my wife into letting us go to Hawaii to visit the pool, one day I’m sure we will go

Re: Visited an Anchialine pool in Maui.

PostPosted:27 Dec 2021 05:43
by Vorteil
Looks great. Are there any public places vs state parks or reserves? I saw how there was a sign that said closed to the public.

Re: Visited an Anchialine pool in Maui.

PostPosted:27 Dec 2021 18:43
by solomalawi.
opae ula related wrote:Seems like all the Opae ula are all white/clear. Last pic is a screenshot of them if you can spot them. More to come.
Why is it that they are all white? Some say the little red color is due to the fact that they don't eat algae produced by sunlight, but I don't think that's the problem here.

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Re: Visited an Anchialine pool in Maui.

PostPosted:27 Dec 2021 19:50
by odin
I think depending on the island and location the pool is that Opaeula species has different colour red, some even have a clear stripe.

Re: Visited an Anchialine pool in Maui.

PostPosted:28 Dec 2021 16:06
by Javik
Great photos, the similarity to some of the pools on the Galapagos islands is very interesting.

Re: Visited an Anchialine pool in Maui.

PostPosted:29 Dec 2021 03:28
by opae ula related
Vorteil wrote:Looks great. Are there any public places vs state parks or reserves? I saw how there was a sign that said closed to the public.
Probably all of the public places are gone. : (