MelbourneGlobal Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Does pantyhose really save baby shrimp getting sucked into the powerhead? CRS & RCS? Has anyone successfully done this? Can the babies get sucked and trapped against the pantyhose from the water flow/pressure? On a side note I've got shrimp carrying eggs. Do I do anything for the potential babies? Do they just feed the same as the adults? When would they start to appear visible to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lodo Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 They eat the same as the parents. To stop them getting sucked into a filter you can get mesh guards for inlet pipes, or use sponge filters. Sponge filters are good as shrimp love eating off them. You generally notice shrimp babies fairly easily as little white specs on your glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelbourneGlobal Posted August 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Thanks I tried sponge filers But I hate the noise so I don't use them. I like my tanks silent. Well my CRS are really heavily with lots of brown eggs. Hopefully there will be some white specs soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lodo Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 If you get a good quality air pump it should be silent. We run a pond air pump to 10 sponge filters and you can't hear anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrimpdog Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 I use panty hose on all of my shrimp tank intake filter stems, it saves debris clogging canister filter so service times are extended on your filter also it does stop baby shrimp from being sucked into filters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_97 Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 I used to keep shrimp and I too had success with panty hose to stop the shrimplets getting sucked up. The only problem I found was it may sometimes reduce the flow, so making sure you clean it is a necessity. As for the shrimplets, they will eat the same as the adults, mine seemed to love decomposing IAL. They should be visible straight away, but mine seemed to hide for the first few days. Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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