I need a little bit of advice please.

[scootamum]

It doesn't matter how I do it, or how careful I am, I always seems to end up syphoning shrimplets out of my tank during water changes.

Has anyone got any good tips on how I can avoid this?

Thanks!

 

[boots]

i use a nylon stocking over the hose

 

[JohnC]

I use a longer syphon on shrimp tanks so I can watch if I'm sucking any up and stop the flow (pinching the hose) to let them swim out again.

 

[scootamum]

i use a nylon stocking over the hose

Thanks - I think I'll try this method.

 

[scootamum]

I use a longer syphon on shrimp tanks so I can watch if I'm sucking any up and stop the flow (pinching the hose) to let them swim out again.

I use a really narrow tube, with my finger partially over the tank end of it to prevent shrimplets from being sucked up. The shrimp I am accidentally sucking up are really teeny tiny (not even 1/2 cm in size), so I don't even notice them swimming nearby.

It's only because I always check my water bucket with a torch before I dispose of the water, that I notice them swimming around in there. I rescued six from my bucket on Saturday.

 

[mr. luke]

I use a mit of mesh over the inlet and syphon from the surface rather than the substrate