Lizzyduff Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Matt Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I would say just watch parameters. A "dirty" sponge filter is going to have tasty food for babies. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzyduff Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 Oh. God. I didn't even think of feeding them. I never intended to breed shrimp... guess it just seemed like some thing that might accidentally happen waaaaay in the future. Ugh. Thank goodness.  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMiller2020 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 What type of shrimp j/w  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolstoy21 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) 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. Edited March 1, 2022 by tolstoy21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzyduff Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 2:11 PM, JMiller2020 said: What type of shrimp j/w  Cherries and blue velvet neocaridina 🥰 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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