Moving my opae ula shrimp and mts from a 20oz orb to a 2.5 gallon nano cube.
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Moving my opae ula shrimp and mts from a 20oz orb to a 2.5 gallon nano cube.
Hello! I want to move my opae ula shrimp and mts from a 20oz orb (Not sealed) to a nice 2.5 gallon nano cube. How would I safely remove my opae ula shrimp and mts from the orb into a 2.5 gallon nano cube? Well first ill have to buy a refractor meter, more aragonite sand and marine salt. I want buy black lava rock. Right now I have 3 red lava rock some little mixture of black and red lava rock. Macro algae and caulerpa algae. should I place the lava rock into tupperware? Once I cycle the nano cube, should I pour everything in the tupperware and drip acclimate the shrimp and mts? Then pour everything in the nano cube? I think I have 11 opae ula shrimp and 5 mts. 2 opae ula shrimp are juvenile and 3 other shrimp are berried. I never made the brackish water, as the orb was a kit I bought on Ebay. Thank you!
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Re: Moving my opae ula shrimp and mts from a 20oz orb to a 2.5 gallon nano cube.
Hi, I'll do my best to reply since you have not had any replies yet. I set up my tank that's also 2.7gal and transferred from an ecosphere and its been five years, so sorry if I am a little rusty.
Once I cycled my tank with the appropriate lvl of salinity, I just poured my shrimp in. They are hardy and as long as the water is the correct salinity, its fine. I included the water from the ecosphere for the good bacteria to help establish the tank. I think MTS must be acclimated though so be careful. I rinsed my lava rock I got from a LFS with distilled water and cycled my tank with it in it. Not sure what role the tupperware is playing in your setup /: I might be misunderstanding. Hope this helps a little and good luck. OH, and be careful with your berried shrimps. From what I've read, the stress of moving may cause them to drop eggs.
Once I cycled my tank with the appropriate lvl of salinity, I just poured my shrimp in. They are hardy and as long as the water is the correct salinity, its fine. I included the water from the ecosphere for the good bacteria to help establish the tank. I think MTS must be acclimated though so be careful. I rinsed my lava rock I got from a LFS with distilled water and cycled my tank with it in it. Not sure what role the tupperware is playing in your setup /: I might be misunderstanding. Hope this helps a little and good luck. OH, and be careful with your berried shrimps. From what I've read, the stress of moving may cause them to drop eggs.
Re: Moving my opae ula shrimp and mts from a 20oz orb to a 2.5 gallon nano cube.
Hey! Thank for replying I still haven't made a new tank yet, but now I know what I'm going to do. I'm going use a 2 gallon cookie jar. What meant by "tupperware" is like one of those glass bowl tupperware. Once the salinity is good, I will slowly dunk the orb into the water, and let them swim out. The water from the orb won't mess up the new 2 gallon water salinity? I also, don't need to acclimate the shrimp, just the MTS?
I still haven't made a new tank yet, but now I know what I'm going to do. I'm going use a 2 gallon cookie jar. What meant by "tupperware" is like one of those glass bowl tupperware. Once the salinity is good, I will slowly dunk the orb into the water, and let them swim out. The water from the orb won't mess up the new 2 gallon water salinity? I also, don't need to acclimate the shrimp, just the MTS?Re: Moving my opae ula shrimp and mts from a 20oz orb to a 2.5 gallon nano cube.
Forgot to reply to your comment... lolshrimpnoobie1 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 11:15 am Hi, I'll do my best to reply since you have not had any replies yet. I set up my tank that's also 2.7gal and transferred from an ecosphere and its been five years, so sorry if I am a little rusty.
Once I cycled my tank with the appropriate lvl of salinity, I just poured my shrimp in. They are hardy and as long as the water is the correct salinity, its fine. I included the water from the ecosphere for the good bacteria to help establish the tank. I think MTS must be acclimated though so be careful. I rinsed my lava rock I got from a LFS with distilled water and cycled my tank with it in it. Not sure what role the tupperware is playing in your setup /: I might be misunderstanding. Hope this helps a little and good luck. OH, and be careful with your berried shrimps. From what I've read, the stress of moving may cause them to drop eggs.