[vance71975]

Originally Posted by DiscusIt'sWhats4DinneR

okay guys...
i have THREE amano shrimp carrying eggs at this moment!
i noticed another this morning.

ive got to do something fast. im about to catch all these suckers and throw them in the eclipse plastic prison til they drop all their eggs.

now im trying to figure out how i can syphon off all but the last bit of water and pour salt water into the eclipse...i cant think of any good ways that wont pull the shrimp out with the water.

i might do this a better way and go out and grab a good marine salt mix, that way i can add it to the existing water.
eh..
and i have to get te green water, i still havent made that.
i get sidetracked

I would Get Instant Ocean Or better yet Reef Crystals. Distilled Water mix it up Ahead of time in a bucket with a Power head and a heater the longer you "age" the water this way the better.

You don't have to Siphon off all of the water, just leave an inch or so and fill with SW once the mommy's are out.If you Don't have a Refractometer i would get one(bout 30 to 60 bucks) If you don't want to buy one a Hydrometer would work but they aren't as accurate.You are going for 1.025 Salinity for Full Salt Water and 1.010 if you are aiming for Brackish.

Since you don't have a Cycled SW tank for this you will more than likely want to do a water change every other day, At least 1g on a tank this size, so i would buy a mid size box of salt and a BUNCH of distilled water.

As far as Green water DON'T make your own TOO much risk of contamination, DT's Brand Phytoplankton is the best most stores that carry SW fish carry it and i have yet to see a Pet supplies plus or Petco that doesnt have it!