Cherry shrimp in the filter

[verucaproduce]

Well, this is my first foray into keeping shrimp and as I expected, some of my cute little (and I mean leeeeettle) cherry shrimp have ended up in my filter. I have one of those silly whisper in-tank filters (not extremely powerful) which now is housed in a piece of pantyhose.

When I finally move these shrimp to my 29 gallon what should I do to keep them out of my hob? Do I need to use a piece of pantyhose or is there some kind of sponge that will fit over the intake? Will the sponge on the intake affect the way the filter works?

 

[Tiffi]

The pantyhose is a good idea, you can use it when you vacuum the gravel.

I always use an Eheim prefilter. Never had shrimp (Amanos and Bees) in my filter again.

 

[verucaproduce]

This is going to be a really stupid question. What exactly is a prefilter?

 

[Tiffi]

It's not a stupid question, if you would know what it is you might already have one .

Look here or google for other places, that offer it:
http://www.aquariumguys.com/eheimprefilter.html

Only thing would be that you have to see if it fits on your filter intake or that you can make it fit. I "made" it fit onto my Fluval intake 8) .

 

[Andos99]

A prefilter is a small mechanical filter attached to the input of another filter. Usually a sponge.

You should also be careful of what you stock with your shrimp. Most community fish with a mouth large enough will eat them. I tried cherry shrimp once and they just ended up being an expensive snack for my rainbows.