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I use them. And I have tried both ways. The problem is ... no one told the shrimp that they have to eat within the bowl. Shrimps like hoarding food and WILL drag food out of the bowl. However, it is better than not having a bowl where food will just fall between the substrate. Pushing the bowl into the substrate increases the chance of the substrate falling in. It is more stealth looking but if you have OCD (like me) about keeping substrate out of the bowl then this method is not for you.?

Just got back from holidays so was away for almost 2 weeks. Good news is that it doesn't look like I killed all the shrimp yay! I see some juveniles now too so it seems there were babies in there that survived also. I did lose 2 berried females before I went away but I know I have at least one female left in there which is good, I had a high percentage of males to start with so good to know not all is lost. Thanks for all the help and advice. Will slowly rebuild from here.

Well damn you sure are a few years behind in giving me birthday and christmas presents. Another thing, you can breed two shrimp together you want babies to look like but alot of the time it wont actually happen that way if they are not pure line bred shrimp. For example, You got and buy 2 pairs of Alleged Pure crystal black shrimp and they breed for you only to find you have discolored black and browns in the colors cause people lie a lot about their shrimp unfortunately. It is possible over a long time to do breed higher quality shrimp from lower grades but it is very time a tank extensive. If you in a position it is often simpler to try and buy a couple of high quality proven genetic shrimp and toss them in with the ones you have that are close or at what you want. Brought back memories of when i used to have shrimp /sigh