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I think topping up as far as you can before you start is a good idea. If you waterchange out the bag water and replace with mainly tank water I don't see what's wrong with putting the bag in the water at the end and just let the shrimp escape in their own time. No need for netting that way...

float the bag in the bucket to do the dripping, clothes peg it to the side, when your done then float the bag in the tank to equalize the temp

3 to 4 hours is what I do too. If the room is cold I put a tub of water with a small spare heater below the tank and float the bag and drip into that. Also 1 drip a second or so. Towards the end I speed that up and waterchange several times, so that by the end the water in the bag is pretty much...

`I think sometimes the females are new to it and its just inexperience and they accidentally drop some. There are some accounts of people getting eggs from a dead berried female and getting them to hatch, so I don't know if this could work for you? I wouldn't worry though as if you are seeing a...

Thanks! ... some more photos then? Give me an excuse to try my new camera

... also called 'Rocket Panchax'

An African fish, born outdoors in Scotland now living in Welsh water. We either call her Looby Loo or Lindy Lampeye!

same as bogwood, the powdered one called 'Baby Pro' from freshwatershrimp seems to work well, but I haven't tried the more expensive ones so can't compare

Hiya, I don't think you should worry about lowering gH 5, as any much lower and shrimp might not moult easily. Same with pH, since I think you have adaptable types of shrimp, and its more important to keep it steady than low.

A big friends grandsons were growing tadpoles at the top of the garden, a noble pursuit, but the tank is better than that?!

F1 tank., 2' by 1' footprint

Ha! and by the way I had to remove the pygmy cory, which turned out to be a good move anyway ... but thats another story

I keep Amano shrimp in here, with Norman's lampeyes and chilli reds, the last few months I added RCS and they are taking over