im getting a shrimp tank woo hoo.......

DrVader said:
I do not have much experience with shrimp, but am curious what you guys do with substrate vacs and these guys.... do you just vac normally and find they move out of the way? Even with a grate on the python I'd fear sucking them into the flow.
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I usually wind up getting two or three every time, but I feed the water into a bucket first, so I can fish them out. They haven't yet evolved to have a fear of the gravel vac...here's hoping!
 
all those shrimp I listed will interbreed resulting in offspring that would probably look similar to the wild type neocaridina. You can take a look at my compatibility chart which should help you identify species that can be housed together without crossing.

I rarely gravel vac as all my tanks and tubs are drilled to speed up water changes (i just attach my hose and open a ball valve to drain them). When I have used my gravel vac I have found that shrimp (much like fish) do not like the suction force and will try to swim away from it. If you are careful it shouldn't be a big problem. Just go slowly and try to avoid sucking them up and they generally do the same.
 
msjinkzd has mentioned attaching a brine net over regular small-diameter tubing with a rubber band and just taking it slowly but I'm still not quite sure how the poop gets past the brine net (care to clarify jinkzie?). I use 1/2" tubing and vac slowly, pausing the siphon to shoo away any curious shrimp. Gives me another excuse to stare at the tank :)
 
a brine shrimp net won't work. When I tried cleaning a canister filter I dumped a bunch of the muck at the bottom of the filter into a brine shrimp net to try and save the shrimp that were living in my filter. The muck couldn't get through the mesh so I poured in nasty black crap and clean looking water came out. Kinda cool but all my shrimp stayed in the muck so it didn't help me much. If you have the gravel vac attachment the actual suction at the end of it is not all that strong and shrimp will try and swim back out if they accidentally go into it so just watch what your doing any you should be fine.
 
oblongshrimp said:
all those shrimp I listed will interbreed resulting in offspring that would probably look similar to the wild type neocaridina. You can take a look at my compatibility chart which should help you identify species that can be housed together without crossing.

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right after i posted i found the compatibility chart

thanx for all your help!
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I have used a net with success, especially in shrimp tanks as the waste is low. What works even better is a coarse sponge stuck in the siphon tube. Most of the time I don't bother with any of this and just take my time using a small siphon.
 
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