Sandyjo Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 So I have a thriving cherry shrimp colony (only shrimp and snails pond, ramshorn and trumpets that hitched rides in) in a 20 gallon. The tank is about a year old. The sword's have done amazing, so much so I need to move the giant one to a different tank. Setting up a new 75 gallon in next few weeks and intend to move the big sword and it's small offshoot into that tank and move the smaller sword (on far right)to closer to where big sword is now...how would you do it? All at once or move one plant at a time, would you move out as many of shrimp as possible or leave in? Never made such a drastic change and hoping to stress the shrimp out as little as possible. Thank you for your thoughts 🦐❤️🌱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 as for the plants, just pick them out of the substrate using care not to do too much damage to the roots. move them to the new tank, and fertilize. i would likely move a couple of plants, and let the new tank get up and stabilized before i moved the rest, and the shrimp. plants will have little issue with the move, shrimp can be sensitive, so i would give the new tank some time first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 You can do it either way, Amazon swords are extremely resilient, I would trim the roots back a good amount it encourages new root growth and helps the plant to get established in the new tank. Also don't forget to add root tabs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I agree with Jungle Fan, you should cut your roots back to three inches long, the roots will still be long enough to hold the Amazon in place while it grows new roots. If your Amazon has been in place for an extended period of time, the roots will be expansive, maybe even reaching the other end of the tank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Goldfish Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Older thread but thanks for the info. I’m redoing my 125 dirt planted tank and need to move four 10 year old Amazon swords. I thought about buying new ones but I’m gonna try to move them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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