jackbailey Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Hi guys, I've been lurking around here for a while now, and you've all helped me so much when it came to setting up and cycling my tank, so I thought it was about time I made my first post. I've had my tank since October - and I added 10 RCS in November, it's running a double sponge filter, a piece of wood with Java moss tied to it and moss balls, it's a 12 litre so nothing special at all. But now my colony has increased rapidly so I'm looking to treat the shrimp to a new home. I want either the 35L Dennerle Scapers or the 30L Dennerle Nano Cube - not decided yet. But when I do purchase and switch over, am I best cycling the tank before I add the shrimp or will using the same filter, wood and moss be okay? Thanks EDIT: Forgot to ask the best way to catch my shrimps, there's a lot of them in there at the minute, I've seen the bottle trap idea floated about on here a few times. I was just wondering if there was any other ways to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Netting muscles for catching shrimp. You'll be sore until you are used to it. Welcome! jackbailey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Welcome Jack! For catching shrimp I use a glass shrimp catcher I ordered from your side of the pond. I love that the shrimp never have to leave water like they would with a net and thay are easy to catch in it. svetilda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbailey Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Yeah, i may have to invest in one of those. I had to rescue a shrimplet that I'd accidentally syphoned up the other day using a test tube from the API master kit, whoops! Wygglz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zodiac Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 i catch shrimp i sell. i use a 3D shrimp net. i couldn't imagine doing 100 shrimp at a time with that glass thing. cycle and age the tank for a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I have moved shrimp into a new tank by just putting a used sponge filter in the new tank and letting it run for a day or so. Aging the tank is good, especially for the babies, since they need that biofilm. If I do that, I will add a fish or two to keep the cycle going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josu2 Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I moved ~100 shrimplets and 5 adults from a 5g to a 10g with nothing more than a cheapo small fish net that came with my first 1g aquarium kit. It wasn't super fun, but it worked out okay. The main thing with those kinds of nets is getting the shrimp out cleanly...especially if the target container is not very large. Not difficult to have the poor thing spill out onto dry land. I now have a 3D net that I bought from Ken's Fish (available all over, cheapest at Ken's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jynn Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I use two nets to catch my shrimp. I sneak up behind them with one net, then spook them from the front with other and they dart backwards into the one behind them. Wygglz, 35ppt and Kat 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbailey Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 thanks for all the help guys and gals Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbailey Posted July 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Little update, my girlfriend bought me the dennerle scapers 35l for my birthday. I spent my birthday setting it up and swapping everything over (it wasn't at all stressful haha!) Well after two weeks I have my first lot of shrimplets in the new tank. I'd count that as a success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Tank looks great and love the wood. jackbailey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem_xxiii Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Happy Belated Bday and congrats on the new tanks and babies! jackbailey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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