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    How to do a water change with shrimp without sucking out the newborns

    Anyone have any tricks to share here? I siphon water into a white bucket so I can try to spot the little guys but my eyesight is less than perfect.

    What is the secret to doing a water change without sucking the newborns up?
    Jarrod - Houston, Texas
    150 gallon - my African cichlid monster tank (I know it isn't a big as yours)
    17 gallon - Threadfin rainbows and corys lightly planted
    5 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder
    3 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder
    Tags: shrimp, water change
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    I put a women's knee-hi on the gravel vac prior to the water change, held in place with a rubber band. Works great.

    Mark
    What are the facts? Again and again and again--what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore devine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable "verdict of history"--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your only clue.

    Robert Anson Heinlein

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    • #3
      Originally posted by wesleydnunder View Post
      I put a women's knee-hi on the gravel vac prior to the water change, held in place with a rubber band. Works great.

      Mark
      Can you still get the "poo" out doing this?
      Jarrod - Houston, Texas
      150 gallon - my African cichlid monster tank (I know it isn't a big as yours)
      17 gallon - Threadfin rainbows and corys lightly planted
      5 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder
      3 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder

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      • #4
        Originally posted by jarrodaden View Post
        Anyone have any tricks to share here? I siphon water into a white bucket so I can try to spot the little guys but my eyesight is less than perfect.

        What is the secret to doing a water change without sucking the newborns up?
        I have to confess I do the same thing. ) And I also watch as I'm pouring the old water into the toilet, and stop pouring every once in a while to triple check.
        "Millennium hand and shrimp!"

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          Originally posted by jarrodaden View Post
          Can you still get the "poo" out doing this?
          The tiny shrimp poo, yes.

          Mark
          What are the facts? Again and again and again--what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore devine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable "verdict of history"--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your only clue.

          Robert Anson Heinlein

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