Yeah, I went fishing for some endlers from my colony to give a friend and I
caught some 1/$ inch baby shrimp, drain that water and carefully watch the
bottom.

tose (LeighMo) wrote in
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So...any tips on how to catch these guys and safely relocate them? I
recall that they came shipped with a little piece of foam in their
bags, and I believe
I read that this is necessary to give them something to cling onto,
else they become overstressed and can easily get sick/die.

True. It's very important to give them something to cling to. It
doesn't have to be foam. It can be plant clippings. (When I plan to
buy shrimp, I take plant clippings from my tank to the LFS to put in
the bag for the trip home.) Or anything else light enough that it
won't hurt the shrimp if it bangs into them.

They won't pinch you. You can capture them and relocate them, but you
will probably have to remove all plants and decorations and lower the
water level to only an inch or two first. I did that with my ghost
shrimp, when I changed their substrate from plain gravel to Flourite.
It may help to use two nets, one to chase the critters toward the
other.

And keep your eyes open. You may find you have more shrimp than you
started out with. :-) Also watch for shrimp clinging to the plants
as you remove them.


Leigh

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