I'm doing a freshwater dip to get a camel shrimp to bug out of my Lr. How long do I need to dip each piece of rock for? Will my bacteria die off the rock with a dip? How long will my Lr be safe out of the water as I want to take it out one pie e at a time and don't have enough water buckets to keep it submerged in salt water after the freshwater dip.
Lr freshwater dip
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lilmatty5dimes
Reef enthusiast
If you dip it in fresh water it'll kill all your bacteria off the rocks. so you wont have to worry about it after the dip.
Northstar24
The Tang Herder
If the shrimp is in the rock when it's dipped in freshwater it shouldn't take long for it to bug out.
Live Rick should be fine out of water for a short time, but I would have water ready for a water change in case some die off causes a mini cycle
Live Rick should be fine out of water for a short time, but I would have water ready for a water change in case some die off causes a mini cycle
little_fish
Moderator
instead dipping them in freshwater, heat up some saltwater and squirt it in the hole he is hiding in, he will come flying out
Bifferwine
I am a girl
It's better to figure out which rock he's in and dip only that one rather than all your rocks.
Ulta
REEFER
Do like little fish said if you want to keep your rock "live"
I can't find anything one way or the other. Does anyone have any experience with camel shrimp burrowing? I have squirted hot water into his hole, removed his home and freshwater dipped it and pulled very rock out and inspected every crevice with a flashlight and Houdini the camel shrimp STILL eludes me!!!!! I was wondering if he will burrow in the substrate?
