[KribsDirect]

Even if you raised her to understand not to touch it, like you would the oven or toilet bowl.. there is still the chance for accidents. I'd try to move it to an area where she doesn't play and attempt to barricade it with a baby gate/fence if I had to. If you can't relocate it or make the situation safer somehow, then I'd take it down for now. You can start it back up again when you feel its time.. but that's just my opinion. Move it out of the way. Or maybe a new stand with a larger base is in order?

 

[KribsDirect]

I don't know anything about shrimp.

I do know that even if it is very stressing on the fish..when I changed my tanks over not long ago, I just drained the water down to a very low level and then tipped the tank on its side a little to pool them up and scoop them out and into a waiting bucket. I also mounded up the substrate on one side and let the water fill in on the other as a pool to scoop from. I suck at netting fish and would spend hours stressing them out even more, so since I was breaking it down, it worked for me.