Shrimp lover Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I am redoing my shrimp tank, and I need to take all my shrimp out so I can add substrate! I have about 25 or so in my 20 gallon planted tank! I saw on YouTube a shrimp trap, but I don't think my shrimp will fall for the food! Any suggestions on what to do? Thanks JosephKex, Edwardnah, MableBile and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I moved 150 shrimp from one tank to another. Removed ALL plants/decoration anything they can hide in. The just start scooping out with a net and done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp lover Posted June 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Ok, I think I will do that! It's going to be hard to find the babies though! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atiba Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Net out all the ones you can and then try the YouTube water bottle shrimp trap when the lights shut off. Elo500 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Yep. Build up those netting muscles. Careful with bottle traps. Not very much O2 gets into them because of still water, and you can wind up with dead shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyana Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I'm going through this now, I have about a 100 babies but don't want to take the tank apart so it's slow going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roborep1 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 What about substrate? How do u handle that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Are you moving them all to a new tank? If so, I would take out all the plants/leaves/wood and whatever shrimp you can find... and then leave the tank running for at least a few weeks. Then I would net up babies as I found them over time. I am dealing with the same issue - I want to set up a new tank and move them all, but I don't know how I could possibly find all the babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Yep. Build up those netting muscles. Careful with bottle traps. Not very much O2 gets into them because of still water, and you can wind up with dead shrimp. perhaps a stainless mesh tube with a funnel door? BTW, my smallest shrimps *love* fresh watermelon. Would make a good trap bait. Shrimp lover 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp lover Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Nevermind, I'm not going to be taking the shrimp out! I don't want to stress them out! I just got 2 berried mamas Lyana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoStDisco Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 perhaps a stainless mesh tube with a funnel door? BTW, my smallest shrimps *love* fresh watermelon. Would make a good trap bait. Do u boil the watermelon first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 No need to boil. Here's what I do: use a small amount of the white part, a small amount of pink is OK. More than that and I start to worry about too much sugar. Can go directly into tank, but to be safe, I soak it for a few minutes in a cup of water, to leach out sugars. It takes a few days for them to gradually pick away at it, leaving absolutely nothing in the end. As opposed to other foods I use, the littlest shrimps are frequently seen on the watermelon. Along with other tank microfauna. You've been warned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phreeflow Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Yep. Build up those netting muscles. Careful with bottle traps. Not very much O2 gets into them because of still water, and you can wind up with dead shrimp. Sage advice! I tried this trap to capture Endlers as I had hundreds of them in a thickly planted tank and it was getting too tedious to net them. I threw some food in a bottle with inverted top, filled with tank water, and let it sink into the tank. Checked back in 10 minutes and saw some trapped in there. Was working great so I left it in to trap more as i watched a show, came back to find a bunch of dead or gasping fish. The trap works great but you'll have to sit in front of the tank to monitor it and empty it periodically. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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