Breeder boxes are nice for selective breeding and rearing young but I think the biggest problem with it, is that it isn't fool proof.
You have a chance of the young ones slipping through the cracks at the area where water returns to the tank. Have seen a lot of posts like that before.
Another thing is the box itself isn't "baby ready". Are most if not all of the side walls of the breeder box filled with algae for babies to eat off of? If its too clean, the babies won't get much natural food.
Also for ADA soil I experienced that it takes about 6 months plus in order for it to take off. Before that it is prone to random ammonia spikes, pretty much less stable.
Overall I personally don't like the breeder box idea other than to use for selective breeding only. If you are getting berried shrimps, you are doing something right so don't try to fix what isn't broken so I would just let the babies have it their way in their normal tank. Moving berried moms around, even in the same water conditions will stress them out, increasing the chance of dropping eggs.
Good luck!
You have a chance of the young ones slipping through the cracks at the area where water returns to the tank. Have seen a lot of posts like that before.
Another thing is the box itself isn't "baby ready". Are most if not all of the side walls of the breeder box filled with algae for babies to eat off of? If its too clean, the babies won't get much natural food.
Also for ADA soil I experienced that it takes about 6 months plus in order for it to take off. Before that it is prone to random ammonia spikes, pretty much less stable.
Overall I personally don't like the breeder box idea other than to use for selective breeding only. If you are getting berried shrimps, you are doing something right so don't try to fix what isn't broken so I would just let the babies have it their way in their normal tank. Moving berried moms around, even in the same water conditions will stress them out, increasing the chance of dropping eggs.
Good luck!
