oodelally
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I was just wondering how you all upgrade your shrimp tanks. I have a 3.5g bow front shrimp tank with a filter that attaches to the rim. I recently got a 5 gallon to upgrade it that I plan to use a sponge filter in.
When I first set up this shrimp tank I took out the cherries from my main tank and many of the adults didn’t survive the first few days. I’ve heard that they can be sentive the parameter changes and that adult shrimp have trouble adjusting to new environments which I think contributed to the die off. I obviously don’t want this happening again so I’m using the same type of sand in the 5 gallon as I did in the 3.5g and a putting everything that is currently in there into the new tank and only adding a new piece of driftwood. I plan on using the same water too.
I could either cycle the new tank with just some sand, the new driftwood, and sponge filter, or try to attach the old filter in there with clips or something, or at the very least stick the cartage and sponge that’s over the intake in there for a bit. Even with it cycled perfectly I’m still worried about how the change will affect the adults.
I’m also worried that the sponge filter has too powerful of vibrations since the one in they are using currently is very low flow and basically doesn’t have any at all. Is this something that can affect them?
When I first set up this shrimp tank I took out the cherries from my main tank and many of the adults didn’t survive the first few days. I’ve heard that they can be sentive the parameter changes and that adult shrimp have trouble adjusting to new environments which I think contributed to the die off. I obviously don’t want this happening again so I’m using the same type of sand in the 5 gallon as I did in the 3.5g and a putting everything that is currently in there into the new tank and only adding a new piece of driftwood. I plan on using the same water too.
I could either cycle the new tank with just some sand, the new driftwood, and sponge filter, or try to attach the old filter in there with clips or something, or at the very least stick the cartage and sponge that’s over the intake in there for a bit. Even with it cycled perfectly I’m still worried about how the change will affect the adults.
I’m also worried that the sponge filter has too powerful of vibrations since the one in they are using currently is very low flow and basically doesn’t have any at all. Is this something that can affect them?