How To Clean A Shrimp Tank

pippoodle

RIP Dear nan 22/03/1925 --11/03/2009

Snails.

You can take water off of the surface or below it, and you should check in the bucket to make sure you have not taken any shrimplets out by mistake.

as long as you dont have any amano shrimp cos they kill snails

i very rarely hoover the gravel in my shrimp tank i do it about once every 6 weeks and its fine as long as you dont over feed you shouldn't get that much waste and you shouldn't remove the skeletons (shedded ones) from the tank cos the shrimps get nutrients from them .

When doing the water changes i do them from the top of the tank only and use a white bucket so i can see any i sucked up accidentaly and also when getting rid of the water i put it through a sieve -- some of the very young shrimplets are neally see through and might even get missed in the bucket .

try that see how you go

"Snails"
- Never heard of that before. What type? How many?

"i very rarely hoover the gravel in my shrimp tank... ...you dont over feed you shouldn't get that much waste... ...shouldn't remove the skeletons... ...white bucket/put it through a sieve..."
- Interesting advice! When you say not much waste, surely the shrimp make their own waste on the bottom. Is this what the snails clean up?
- leave the skeletons. Didn't know that. Guess it makes life simpler too.
- white bucket and sieve. Thats a great idea. Simple but I bet it gives you peace of mind.

Thanks for all the advice. :good:

pippoodle

RIP Dear nan 22/03/1925 --11/03/2009

The amount of snail i used to have proves Amano don't eat them... Snail eatng snails do though

As for cleaning the tank i find taking water from the surface and moving the gravel cleaner around lots when near the bottom of the tank scares the shrimplets out the way!

it proves your shrimp didnt eat them lol

i said in another post that the snails were a couple of years old so wether they were on their last legs and the shrimps finished them off
but they deffo ate them they dragged them out of the shells and then ate them i was upset lol

RadaR

The things we do for our fish..