Question on cleaning sand bed

[Leo2o915]

On a tank with fry and shrimp and shrimplets how can I get it clean without taking a shrimp or fry TIA 

[Daniel]

Probably not the answer you are looking for, but I would wait a bit longer before cleaning. If you cleaned, most of the items you would remove would be items the fry, shrimp and shrimplets really like, i.e. algae and detritus.

In a tank with babies I would place their needs above aesthetics at least temporarily.

Edited August 27, 2020 by Daniel

[Leo2o915]

46 minutes ago, Daniel said:

Probably not the answer you are looking for, but I would wait a bit longer before cleaning. If you cleaned, most of the items you would remove would be items the fry, shrimp and shrimplets really like, i.e. algae and detritus.

In a tank with babies I would place their needs above aesthetics at least temporarily.

So just remove water and that’s it ? How long should I wait ? 

[KBOzzie59]

I'd probably just water change for 30+ days with new fry and shrimplets.  When you do vacuum it, vacuum into a bucket!  If you do pick up a couple little ones you can net them out of the bucket and put them back.

[Daniel]

I would do what @KBOzzie59 suggests and siphon into a bucket (preferably white for high contrast shrimplet hunting). The just hatched shrimplets can be pretty small.

Here is one I saw today on a hornwort leaflet. It was not much bigger than the period at the end of a sentence!

I can never find them all, so I put my waste water into an outdoor pond and there has built up a nice colony of shrimp in the pond also.

[Leo2o915]

24 minutes ago, Daniel said:

I would do what @KBOzzie59 suggests and siphon into a bucket (preferably white for high contrast shrimplet hunting). The just hatched shrimplets can be pretty small.

Here is one I saw today on a hornwort leaflet. It was not much bigger than the period at the end of a sentence!

I can never find them all, so I put my waste water into an outdoor pond and there has built up a nice colony of shrimp in the pond also.

Nice awesome thanks for the heads up what I do right now is I add filter floss to the end of the hose so just in case it sucks anything in I don’t have to worry too much about it getting out or I also have one with a Pre filter sponge in it