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So I went in to do my regular sponge filter maintenance... and there were shrimp babies all over it.  It's it ok to postpone the filter cleaning until they're old enough to... like... move? What are some other measures I can do in the interim to ensure the water stays healthy? 

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Most of the shrimplets should jump off as you lift the sponge out of the water. One or two might hang on, but if you put the sponge in a bucket of similar water and let the detritus settle, you should be able to net the baby shrimp out and transfer them back to the tank. Sure, there could still be an accidental loss in this whole process. But  my guess is if you're seeing babies now, there will more than likely always be babies in there from this point forward.  So clean your filter and shoo off and/or rescue as many as you can.

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