Oh mate I wish I had dropped them off yesterday. What a nightmare, I got into work today to find my carpet soaked and death of biblical proportion. I've had the lily pipes since before Christmas and the filter lying around for years. Had a quiet day at work so thought I'd sort it out, been waiting for the chance for ages.
The intake of the filter was covered in dead shrimp and all the others were all piled on top of each other in one corner. Not sure if it was the shrimp died then got sucked to it or died by getting stuck to the filter. Either way things went wrong quick. Managed to rescue some babies from the canister. Still can't get the canister to seal though, keeps weeping where the tubing joins the taps. I've had to leave it in a bucket. Had four paracetamol and my head still pounding. I'll have a run down tomorrow and see how they're getting on. Up to press looks like I lost about 20 adults not sure about babies. On the bright side they were starting to move about again when I left.