Leo2o915 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 On a tank with fry and shrimp and shrimplets how can I get it clean without taking a shrimp or fry TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo2o915 Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOzzie59 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo2o915 Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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