Handy little hint

[ineke]

every now and then I find a shrimp climbing airlines or heater cables and have lost the odd one from climbing out. I found that the little plastic tabs from the end of a plastic bag of bread fits nicely over the tubing and acts as a barrier to the shrimp stopping their little escapade! The tags are also handy to number and put onto electric cables so you know which tank they come from when you have multiple heaters and lights. Saves me ages with having to follow cables back to tanks before switching them on and off. As I have 12 tanks that equates to 12 of everything so it saves quite a bit of time to have the cables numbered

[OzShrimp]

sadly i only have 1 tank so :P

[jayc]

Great tip and so simple.

I've lost count of the number of dried up, shrivelled shrimp carcasses I've found behind my tanks.

Going to start collecting those tabs asap.

[ineke]

I didn't want to admit I had lost quite a few too! I also tape the gaps on the lids  but the tags are much easier 

[kizshrimp]

Awesome idea. 

[NoGi]

Hey such a simplistic but great idea. Keep them coming.

[Jenbenwren]

That's a great idea Ineke!!! I'll be saving and using our bread clips from now on

[2OFUS]

Smart thinking 99 :)