Inherited Heavily Pregnant Shrimp In Uncycled Tank

[kbod]

explanation , today (sunday) called at pet shop to get some plants , while i was there they had a problem with tanks and theyd found 2 very heavily pregnant shrimp in a tank that needed clearing emergency and didnt have anywhere else to put them,they offered them to me free as shop was closing.

but my quarentine tanks only been running a week,the guy said it would be ok and no loss if they didnt make it ...i dont see it like that i think any loss is a shame,got the feelin he was gonna dump them if i didt have them ,so of course i did,

i cant put them in my 2 small tanks as poss tb, my 200 litre is in a fishless cycle only started doing few days,

all i have is this small quarentine tank thats been running for a week .... or lots of empty tanks and equipment .. what do i do

i will be setting up a shrimp tank but its not even started yet ..

whats best chance for the adults as well as poss babies ?, how, when ,where will they lay eggs ? if eggs survive how do they hatch,? what do they feed on ?

abit out my depth plz help as want to make good of a bad situation .

 

[minxfishy]

They create very little bio load, so use the Qt tank, put a small filter in and do regular w/c.

 

[TylerFerretLord]

Put some plants in with it, they'll take in the minor amount of ammonia it will produce. Make sure the plants haven't been treated with anything. Duckweed is great for this.

 

[kbod]

thanks will have to get it 2moro as shops all shut now .