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Not much to update actually Simon. I had to take a break from breeding attempts with the bettas because Tessa got injured and she’s taken a while to recover. In the meantime I bred some CPDs, and now their fry are in the tank I was using to breed the bettas. In terms of the BN spawn, they’re all doing well it seems. I haven’t seen the fry much lately but I think they’re just learning how to hide in the tank now.

Yeah that’s not a problem because I have to take the inlet end of once a week or two to remove any waste that wasn’t able to get in. The spaces in the end cap are less than a mm ive had week old snails all over it and they have had zero problems but I would rather be on the safe side with the shrimp thanks again

It maybe a good idea to put sponge over the inlet as the pull of the water with 400l/h may be strong and you won't want any nay shrimps draw into the filter. I would get course sponge so it doesn't restrict the flo inward too much, and you will need to keep removing it and squeezing it in a cup of tank water every so often (maybe twice a week should be sufficient, but you won't really know until you try) so it doesn't get blocked and burn out the pump motor! You will probably see shrimp grazing on it often. As you say, occasionally the shrimp will swim in the flow of water but generally most of the time they prefer quite still water. Simon

Is there anything you can update on this Crabby, would be great to hear! Simon