CRS babies

[thelobster]

oh wow...for some reason i thought they lay them somewhere till they hatch...

anyways hopefully they will survive cause the tank they are in are anything but ideal for them to breed according to general saying

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[NeonShrimp]

That's good to hear. Let us know how it goes!

[LGHT]

Originally Posted by ununknown

Hey why would you guys move em to a new tank? Is it to keep em safe?..or Is it just because you want more shrimp in different tanks?

I basically moved my entire colony to a new tank because the aquasoil in my old tank needed to be either replaced or cleaned. Basically after a couple of years there was just too much mulm and soot build up under the first inch of soil. I think it's just a situation with my tank because 1. It has been running for over 2 years and 2. I have a ton of shrimp in the tank so the waste builds up pretty fast. Now that I have 2 tanks I plan on keeping the higher grades in 1 tank and the lower grades in the other tank. This should hopefully give me at least 2 more years before I have to do anything to the tank again.

[NeonShrimp]

Interesting, so do you try to suction the waste when you do water changes or do you just remove and replace the water?

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Originally Posted by NeonShrimp

Interesting, so do you try to suction the waste when you do water changes or do you just remove and replace the water?

I don't use a standard gravel vac because I have sucked up a few tiny shrimpletts in the past that didn't make it. I basically have a air hose cut on an angel with a long type of chopstick taped to it. I use it as the same way as a gravel vac would be used. I basically stir up the soil to get the lower layers into the water column and then suck out the soot with the hose. It's a time consuming process, but I only do a w/c every 4-6 weeks so it's not that bad.

[lauraleellbp]

I like the taped chopstick idea- that's quite clever!

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Originally Posted by lauraleellbp

I like the taped chopstick idea- that's quite clever!

It's a tip I got from TAF II when I used to breed Angels. It was the only way to clean the fry's bare bottom tank without sucking up the just born fry.