journal How do you save your baby shrimp fry while cleaning?

[pineapples1]

Hi I've been keeping shrimp for about a year now and I just wanted to find out how everyone else cleans the tank without throwing away babies?

I siphon an icecream bucket of water out then sit it under a light and fish out any fry with a syringe. Have any of you got different/better strategies?

Here is my 30L 'jungle' tank I've got RCS, Red Rilli and there was three Caridina Spp that have recently had babies I kind of scaled it to start with but I've gradually added things until it went wild.

Here are some pics

Caridina Spp Female

Rescued Caridina Spp Babie (these guys are so small I suck them up with a syringe after siphoning)

https://vimeo.com/168918484

Here is a baby RCS on some cholla wood (at the bottom near the sand)

Adult Cherry

Red Rilli

Buried Cherry

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[OzShrimp]

I personally dont have any specific methods other then putting the gravel vac into the soil and moving it tends to scare them away. I have lost plenty being sucked up though lol