flower
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Originally Posted by Wartooth1 http:///t/390862/how-long-can-a-protien-skimmer-be-turned-off-for#post_3463790
@ Flower after messing with this thing for the last few days I do believe it is possible to "hoard" some of the shrimp by simply not turning the air pump the device is attached to on. Without the bubbles the shrimp tend to stay in the "collection chamber" and don't get pushed out into the secondary chamber where the shrimp are eventually released into the tank... so yeah, even though it's not designed to hoard the shrimp, it is certainly possible.
So far, even when the thing is functioning as intended you don't really see tons of baby shrimp being pushed out anyway... just a few at a time. But last night after the lights have been off for a few hours I noticed tons of the little guys swimming around like little bugs so at least now I know they're surviving to hopefully grow up to become a nice snack!
Here's a pic of the thing just so y'all know what I'm talking about.
You dump several scoops of eggs into the chamber at the upper right and bubbles are pumped through the main chamber. This shakes the eggs around and eventually they are deposited at the chamber at the bottom left. Notice all the eggs already deposited at the bottom. In this pic I turned off the air pump so you can see all the baby brine that hatched but are still in the main bubbly chamber (yes all those little specs are alive). However with the bubbles on, the shrimp that hatched in the left chamber have no where to go but up, which is where they are released into the tank.
And once all the eggs hatch and there are still shrimp stuck in the main chamber, all you got to do is take off the plastic roof and they can escape that way.
The newly hatched shrimp is what I would want...looks perfect for my possible dream needs. I was told that the shrimp have shells that drop to the bottom once hatched...do you have a way of cleaning those out?
Originally Posted by Wartooth1 http:///t/390862/how-long-can-a-protien-skimmer-be-turned-off-for#post_3463790
@ Flower after messing with this thing for the last few days I do believe it is possible to "hoard" some of the shrimp by simply not turning the air pump the device is attached to on. Without the bubbles the shrimp tend to stay in the "collection chamber" and don't get pushed out into the secondary chamber where the shrimp are eventually released into the tank... so yeah, even though it's not designed to hoard the shrimp, it is certainly possible.
So far, even when the thing is functioning as intended you don't really see tons of baby shrimp being pushed out anyway... just a few at a time. But last night after the lights have been off for a few hours I noticed tons of the little guys swimming around like little bugs so at least now I know they're surviving to hopefully grow up to become a nice snack!
Here's a pic of the thing just so y'all know what I'm talking about.
You dump several scoops of eggs into the chamber at the upper right and bubbles are pumped through the main chamber. This shakes the eggs around and eventually they are deposited at the chamber at the bottom left. Notice all the eggs already deposited at the bottom. In this pic I turned off the air pump so you can see all the baby brine that hatched but are still in the main bubbly chamber (yes all those little specs are alive). However with the bubbles on, the shrimp that hatched in the left chamber have no where to go but up, which is where they are released into the tank.
And once all the eggs hatch and there are still shrimp stuck in the main chamber, all you got to do is take off the plastic roof and they can escape that way.
The newly hatched shrimp is what I would want...looks perfect for my possible dream needs. I was told that the shrimp have shells that drop to the bottom once hatched...do you have a way of cleaning those out?
