No matter what, cherry shrimp are so calming to watch and just pass time like it’s nothing. You are the reason we get to experience this, so thank you!
with regards to the hang on back/ canister filter intakes i find that a polyester scouring pad works quite well to keep baby shrimp out of pumps, just remember placing anything over an intake does affect the flow but also provides extra mechanical filtration.
Love your passion Richard, always draws me in. I have a question for you, I have just set up a heavily planted 200l aquascape which will have a community of micro fish. I still want a Shrimp colony though, for seeding the tank with neos how many would you recommend? The more the merrier?
Hey. Thanks for the kind feedback. The answer is exactly as you say, the more the better. I would start with a minimum of 10, but that depends on your budget 👍🏻
Hi Richard Nicki from Young Australia. Loving your videos. My shrimp are breeding well. I have been reluctant to add leaves to my tank for two reasons. 1. Worried their decay may cause an ammonia spike in my 20 litre tank. 2. If using leaves from my garden I worry I might poison the tank if pesticides present. We are on a rural property. Want to use unboiled autumn leaves as feel it may be more nutritious than boiled. Some people give them a good rinse and soak them for a day or two first. If shrimp are eating the biofilm and not the leaf then boiling won’t hurt but would it even get rid of pesticides if they were present? Have you thought about doing a video on this? 🙏
Hello Nicki. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Now, I am no expert in the art of removing pesticides from leaves, but I would imagine boiling the leaves would remove any nasties. Personally I find boiling the leaves for a few minutes also helps make sure they sink when added to the tank. Once autumn hits the UK, which is usually late September to early October, I intend to put out a video on using Oak leaves. I don’t find boiling the leaves has any long term effect on biofilm development on the leaves. Hope all that helps. Have a great day 👍🏻
I would suggest that temperature, tank size and the age of the shrimp are three more reasons. If the water is very cold, if the tank is over crowded or very small, or if the shrimp are too young, you won't get any breeding.
Love your content.. Question 🙋🏻♂️ , I have floating plants in my 10gal cherry shrimp tank. As we know the duckweed spreads quickly to the point I have to remove some. Are there baby shrimp in there? I see them upside-down eating. Just not sure if they lay eggs in there. I wouldn't want to participate in the decline of my shrimp colony. 😬😁
@@FishKeepingAnswers thank you for the advice!! I usually put the duckweed in a little holding jar and see if anything drops before I completely toss them out. ❤️
Hi. I don’t use much cholla wood, but only because I don’t have good access to it locally. I would certainly use more of it if I had it Thanks for going the team 🫶🏻
I definitely overfeed my shrimp have formed a army easily over 150++ shrimp lol i had like 14 in march, put some in the tank im gifting to my sis for her bday in august waiting for summer so i can sort them as the breeding tub doesnt have a heater in it so in summer i dont run heaters so all the water should be temp matched within 1 degree. should be able to get myself a nice line of red cherry and some orange shrimp too the rest will go into my 110L indoor pond as culls and they can enjoy their lives there
@@FishKeepingAnswers I'm finding even with cutting back on feeding and doing little and often so no left over food that the water is really cloudy I have ordered a better filter as I think mine is just bare minimum,I have done a 50%water change but just wondered if there was one you would recommend I fully understand it will not be crystal clear and maybe I was not expecting my little dudes to be this messy👍
So, you could have two different problems. The first is cloudy water as goldfish are typically fairly messy, and the second could be due to a bacteria bloom (not as bad as it sounds). Take a minute to check this video. ua-cam.com/video/2oFRZZ8JHuA/v-deo.html Also, if I may be 100% honest, 30 liters is really small for two fancy goldfish. Unfortunately a lot of shops (especially here in the UK) will happily sell small tanks and goldfish without letting the buyers know they are far too small. Sadly, you might need to consider a larger tank in the future. 😏 I currently keep 4 fancy goldfish in 180 liters, and that requires an internal filter, a canister filter and weekly 75% water changes. I would get them a larger tank, but my wife would probably divorce me 😂😂😂
@@FishKeepingAnswers I have watch that video and it looks like I'm having a bacteria bloom,I will persever with it and let it run its course as it is sounds like it's trying to sort itself out,gotta trust the process,Dovey and Spooner are happy,active and eating well so it is just a case of hanging tight with 🙈thank you for your help 👍
I just put cherry shrimp in with my rubber nose plec (by exceedingly unusual combination of circumstances they actually bred and I have two baby rubbernose... this is super rare apparently) they are OK and won't eat baby shrimp? I though I would be safe with them? The genuinely just sucker the glass and wood... but they do eat algae wafers and pellets as well.
I have a question, I have a fish community tank full of platys, gourami, glo tetras, cory doras, zebra danios and a dwarf crayfish, and i just bought just 2 rcs just 3 months ago, and I just saw babies just recently. Oh my question, how come the my fishes don't eat them? My plants are Stticta, java moss on rocks and driftwood, valesneria, dwar sagitaria and water wisteria. And will they still keep breeding?
They are eating them. You just didn't notice. If you have a high yield of babies, some will make it to adult but you could have 10x or 20x more if left alone.
Hi Richard, could you give me tips to increasing shrimplet survival rate? I succesfully breed shrimp and keep the water stable. But the amount of shrimplet always decreasing each day. From 30 to 5 in a span of a week. I kept them in shrimp only tank without fish and i see no predators like planaria or hydra. My shrimp are just fine with no death. some say the shrimp is hiding but it's been a few day i'm not seeing the exact amount of shrimplet showed up. Could you give me advice so my shrimplet survive? Thankss
Hi. It’s hard to give advice in specific circumstances, but do you ever see the dead bodies? If you feed a stable sinking food, do the babies come out. For example, if I plop a lump of Repashy at the very front of a shrimp tank, all the shrimp are drawn to it, allowing me to see who is in the tank.
Hi Richard, Is it possible for red cherry shrimp to become crystal red? I’m breeding red Cherry shrimp only but I just noticed around 4 of my babies shrimp coloration look like crystal red. Now they grow into juvenile shrimp and still maintaining those red and white colour. Any thoughts?
Hi. It isn’t possible for Red Cherry Shrimp to become Crystal Red Shrimp as they are two different species of shrimp. However, you do get Red Cherry Shrimp that have colourless patches on their bodies. These are known as Red Rili Shrimp. I hope this helps 👍🏻
Can be high temperature reason why shrimp aren’t breeding? I’m asking because I have shrimp since winter and they reproduced beautifully, but since the summer came and temperature in my aquarium increased to 25°C (google says it is 77 degrees Fahrenheit) I don’t see any of the females have any eggs. Young shrimps are still fine and growing. I have white pearl shrimp and I was told that temperatures up to 28°C are fine but I can’t find any other reason why they stop breeding.
High temperature could potentially cause then to stop breeding. I suspect, when the water cools, they will start reproducing again. Would love to hear how you get on 🫶🏻
Mine breed at 23c to 25c summer comes and my tanks also go to 25c off ambient. Are you feeding them anything with any protien? And are you sure you have males seeing as they are snowball shrimp.
So i have over 300 in a tank but how to harvest them to sell?? Do i always leave the big breeder parents and only harvest babies or catch babies and let them grow out in a separate tank from the parents Thanks
In the early days, we made the mistake of catching out and selling our best shrimp. This meant our customers were super happy, but the quality of our colony decreased over time. The solution: decide how many you want to keep (let’s say 100 to keep things simple). Remove your BEST 100 shrimp first and set them a side. Next, catch and count all the remaining shrimp (let’s say 200 for easy math). You now place those 200 in a separate tank and return the original 100 to the breeding tank. Now your main colony can get on with the job of making more shrimp and you have a set number you can sell. It does mean having more than one tank, but with a bit of forward planning, that additional tank will pay for itself many times over. Hope that helps 🤞🏻
I've just had a female molly in my cherry shrimp tank to have babys witch it did now my question is would the shrimp find baby fish a predator fish ? There literally 2 days old the baby fish ?
The simple rule here is, if the shrimp will fit in the mollies mouth, they will eventually end up there! You will be fine for a few days or even a couple of weeks 🤞🏻
I don’t know the answer to that question. I would be included to drop a single lentil in and see what happens. If they don’t/can’t eat it, just remove it. Would love to hear your feedback after trying 👍🏻
@@FishKeepingAnswers unfortunately I dont have a shrimp colony (will get in next month) . I am from Mahabubnagar,India .Here there are only "3" aquarium shops with only common and popular fishes like betta and mollies, no aquatic plants or shrimps. I plan to introduce aquatic plants and shrimps in here. (wish me luck)
It always surprises me to see Richard with a shaved head in the thumbnails! I wish I could get all or mostly females. My snowball shrimp lean more towards male I think. It's going to take awhile to get this colony going. 😮💨 I think too, ppl who are buying shrimp online, a lot of sellers specifically say they're only shipping juvenile shrimp. So it'll be a few months till they're mature and start mating.
Put daphnia in the shrimp tank. The daphnia population will explode and they will eventually have so much daphnia (lack of predators) that their life cycle comes to an end they die which provides protein + calcium (the daphnia shell) for your shrimp. Daphnia + algae + enough plantgrowth (that give dead leaves) will basically give you a selffeeding shrimp tank 😈
I have 5 females and 1male. Sadly, although there is nothing wrong with being so, I think my male is Gay. He shows no interest in any of my females. :-)
No matter what, cherry shrimp are so calming to watch and just pass time like it’s nothing. You are the reason we get to experience this, so thank you!
I love your channel ! Ty so much . I 4 cherry shrimp and 4 yellow , 1 blue. Hope I get babies 😢
Hey, glad you are enjoying the videos. 🤞🏻 for sone babies 👍🏻
with regards to the hang on back/ canister filter intakes i find that a polyester scouring pad works quite well to keep baby shrimp out of pumps, just remember placing anything over an intake does affect the flow but also provides extra mechanical filtration.
Great comment. Thank you 👍🏻
thanks for making a video on everything a person like me would need
Pleasure 💪🏻
Good stuff Richard u are the. Best fkn teacher thankyou I love ur videos
Great video, Richard!
Thanks 🙏🏻
Looking forward to the new series of videos
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What about Reticulated Hillstream Loaches?
I have a canisters filter in my shrimp tank should i biy shrimp filter gaurd
Personally, I would put an intake sponge over the strainer 👍🏻
Love your passion Richard, always draws me in. I have a question for you, I have just set up a heavily planted 200l aquascape which will have a community of micro fish. I still want a Shrimp colony though, for seeding the tank with neos how many would you recommend? The more the merrier?
Hey. Thanks for the kind feedback.
The answer is exactly as you say, the more the better. I would start with a minimum of 10, but that depends on your budget 👍🏻
@FishKeepingAnswers thanks mate, I have a small tank filled with Shrimp so I can move a few across. Saves on dosh.
🤜🏻
Hi Richard
Nicki from Young Australia. Loving your videos.
My shrimp are breeding well. I have been reluctant to add leaves to my tank for two reasons.
1. Worried their decay may cause an ammonia spike in my 20 litre tank.
2. If using leaves from my garden I worry I might poison the tank if pesticides present. We are on a rural property. Want to use unboiled autumn leaves as feel it may be more nutritious than boiled. Some people give them a good rinse and soak them for a day or two first. If shrimp are eating the biofilm and not the leaf then boiling won’t hurt but would it even get rid of pesticides if they were present?
Have you thought about doing a video on this? 🙏
Hello Nicki. Glad you are enjoying the videos.
Now, I am no expert in the art of removing pesticides from leaves, but I would imagine boiling the leaves would remove any nasties. Personally I find boiling the leaves for a few minutes also helps make sure they sink when added to the tank.
Once autumn hits the UK, which is usually late September to early October, I intend to put out a video on using Oak leaves.
I don’t find boiling the leaves has any long term effect on biofilm development on the leaves.
Hope all that helps. Have a great day 👍🏻
Thanks Richard
I would suggest that temperature, tank size and the age of the shrimp are three more reasons. If the water is very cold, if the tank is over crowded or very small, or if the shrimp are too young, you won't get any breeding.
Love your content.. Question 🙋🏻♂️ , I have floating plants in my 10gal cherry shrimp tank. As we know the duckweed spreads quickly to the point I have to remove some. Are there baby shrimp in there? I see them upside-down eating. Just not sure if they lay eggs in there. I wouldn't want to participate in the decline of my shrimp colony. 😬😁
I would suggest agitating the duck weed with your fingers before removing it, that way any baby shrimp will swim off before you remove it 👍🏻
@@FishKeepingAnswers thank you for the advice!! I usually put the duckweed in a little holding jar and see if anything drops before I completely toss them out. ❤️
Hi Richard. What’s your view on cholla wood? Thanks for doing this for us! Much appreciated. I just subbed!
Hi. I don’t use much cholla wood, but only because I don’t have good access to it locally. I would certainly use more of it if I had it
Thanks for going the team 🫶🏻
You're the besttt 🍻
Too kind 🫶🏻
Can I use oak leaves that fell 1 year ago. Thank you
If they are dried and clean, then yes. I plan to do video video on using oak leaves when they start to fall in September or October 👍🏻
I definitely overfeed my shrimp have formed a army easily over 150++ shrimp lol i had like 14 in march, put some in the tank im gifting to my sis for her bday in august waiting for summer so i can sort them as the breeding tub doesnt have a heater in it so in summer i dont run heaters so all the water should be temp matched within 1 degree. should be able to get myself a nice line of red cherry and some orange shrimp too the rest will go into my 110L indoor pond as culls and they can enjoy their lives there
This is an unrelated question to the video but struggling with keeping my 30ltr tank clean i have 2 fancy goldfish ,what filter would you recommend?
Hi. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Can I ask you to define ‘clean’? As in algae or detritus or something else? 🙂
@@FishKeepingAnswers I'm finding even with cutting back on feeding and doing little and often so no left over food that the water is really cloudy I have ordered a better filter as I think mine is just bare minimum,I have done a 50%water change but just wondered if there was one you would recommend I fully understand it will not be crystal clear and maybe I was not expecting my little dudes to be this messy👍
So, you could have two different problems. The first is cloudy water as goldfish are typically fairly messy, and the second could be due to a bacteria bloom (not as bad as it sounds). Take a minute to check this video.
ua-cam.com/video/2oFRZZ8JHuA/v-deo.html
Also, if I may be 100% honest, 30 liters is really small for two fancy goldfish. Unfortunately a lot of shops (especially here in the UK) will happily sell small tanks and goldfish without letting the buyers know they are far too small. Sadly, you might need to consider a larger tank in the future. 😏
I currently keep 4 fancy goldfish in 180 liters, and that requires an internal filter, a canister filter and weekly 75% water changes. I would get them a larger tank, but my wife would probably divorce me 😂😂😂
@@FishKeepingAnswers I have watch that video and it looks like I'm having a bacteria bloom,I will persever with it and let it run its course as it is sounds like it's trying to sort itself out,gotta trust the process,Dovey and Spooner are happy,active and eating well so it is just a case of hanging tight with 🙈thank you for your help 👍
Glad to hear it. All the best 👍🏻
I just put cherry shrimp in with my rubber nose plec (by exceedingly unusual combination of circumstances they actually bred and I have two baby rubbernose... this is super rare apparently) they are OK and won't eat baby shrimp? I though I would be safe with them? The genuinely just sucker the glass and wood... but they do eat algae wafers and pellets as well.
Hello i have a question if your going to start with 10 shrimps for breeding how many males and females are optimal?
Hi. In an ideal world, 7 female and 3 males. All being well the population will expand rapidly 👍🏻
@@FishKeepingAnswers tysm for answering my question i appreciate it alot
good video
🙏🏻
I have a question, I have a fish community tank full of platys, gourami, glo tetras, cory doras, zebra danios and a dwarf crayfish, and i just bought just 2 rcs just 3 months ago, and I just saw babies just recently. Oh my question, how come the my fishes don't eat them? My plants are Stticta, java moss on rocks and driftwood, valesneria, dwar sagitaria and water wisteria. And will they still keep breeding?
They are eating them.
You just didn't notice.
If you have a high yield of babies, some will make it to adult but you could have 10x or 20x more if left alone.
Hi Richard, could you give me tips to increasing shrimplet survival rate? I succesfully breed shrimp and keep the water stable. But the amount of shrimplet always decreasing each day. From 30 to 5 in a span of a week. I kept them in shrimp only tank without fish and i see no predators like planaria or hydra. My shrimp are just fine with no death. some say the shrimp is hiding but it's been a few day i'm not seeing the exact amount of shrimplet showed up. Could you give me advice so my shrimplet survive? Thankss
Hi. It’s hard to give advice in specific circumstances, but do you ever see the dead bodies? If you feed a stable sinking food, do the babies come out. For example, if I plop a lump of Repashy at the very front of a shrimp tank, all the shrimp are drawn to it, allowing me to see who is in the tank.
Hi Richard,
Is it possible for red cherry shrimp to become crystal red? I’m breeding red Cherry shrimp only but I just noticed around 4 of my babies shrimp coloration look like crystal red. Now they grow into juvenile shrimp and still maintaining those red and white colour. Any thoughts?
Hi. It isn’t possible for Red Cherry Shrimp to become Crystal Red Shrimp as they are two different species of shrimp. However, you do get Red Cherry Shrimp that have colourless patches on their bodies. These are known as Red Rili Shrimp. I hope this helps 👍🏻
Can be high temperature reason why shrimp aren’t breeding? I’m asking because I have shrimp since winter and they reproduced beautifully, but since the summer came and temperature in my aquarium increased to 25°C (google says it is 77 degrees Fahrenheit) I don’t see any of the females have any eggs. Young shrimps are still fine and growing. I have white pearl shrimp and I was told that temperatures up to 28°C are fine but I can’t find any other reason why they stop breeding.
High temperature could potentially cause then to stop breeding. I suspect, when the water cools, they will start reproducing again. Would love to hear how you get on 🫶🏻
Mine breed at 23c to 25c summer comes and my tanks also go to 25c off ambient. Are you feeding them anything with any protien? And are you sure you have males seeing as they are snowball shrimp.
Do you have a place to buy shrimp from? The links not working. Love your vids.
Hi. Website had crashed. Try link again and it should work 👍🏻
So i have over 300 in a tank but how to harvest them to sell??
Do i always leave the big breeder parents and only harvest babies or catch babies and let them grow out in a separate tank from the parents
Thanks
In the early days, we made the mistake of catching out and selling our best shrimp. This meant our customers were super happy, but the quality of our colony decreased over time.
The solution: decide how many you want to keep (let’s say 100 to keep things simple). Remove your BEST 100 shrimp first and set them a side. Next, catch and count all the remaining shrimp (let’s say 200 for easy math). You now place those 200 in a separate tank and return the original 100 to the breeding tank.
Now your main colony can get on with the job of making more shrimp and you have a set number you can sell.
It does mean having more than one tank, but with a bit of forward planning, that additional tank will pay for itself many times over.
Hope that helps 🤞🏻
thanks bro just got some blue dreams
💪🏻
I've just had a female molly in my cherry shrimp tank to have babys witch it did now my question is would the shrimp find baby fish a predator fish ? There literally 2 days old the baby fish ?
The simple rule here is, if the shrimp will fit in the mollies mouth, they will eventually end up there! You will be fine for a few days or even a couple of weeks 🤞🏻
can shrimps eat lentils?
I don’t know the answer to that question. I would be included to drop a single lentil in and see what happens. If they don’t/can’t eat it, just remove it.
Would love to hear your feedback after trying 👍🏻
@@FishKeepingAnswers btw do you think DIY food will work? (if yes plz share a recipe)
@@FishKeepingAnswers unfortunately I dont have a shrimp colony (will get in next month) .
I am from Mahabubnagar,India .Here there are only "3" aquarium shops with only common and popular fishes like betta and mollies, no aquatic plants or shrimps. I plan to introduce aquatic plants and shrimps in here. (wish me luck)
Why are you picking on me 😂😂😂😂
😂 sorry about that 😂
It always surprises me to see Richard with a shaved head in the thumbnails!
I wish I could get all or mostly females. My snowball shrimp lean more towards male I think. It's going to take awhile to get this colony going. 😮💨
I think too, ppl who are buying shrimp online, a lot of sellers specifically say they're only shipping juvenile shrimp. So it'll be a few months till they're mature and start mating.
Oh yeah! Time to update the image 🤔😂
@@FishKeepingAnswers 🤣 maybe... Unless you like the skinhead look🤣
😂
Put daphnia in the shrimp tank. The daphnia population will explode and they will eventually have so much daphnia (lack of predators) that their life cycle comes to an end they die which provides protein + calcium (the daphnia shell) for your shrimp.
Daphnia + algae + enough plantgrowth (that give dead leaves) will basically give you a selffeeding shrimp tank 😈
I have 5 females and 1male. Sadly, although there is nothing wrong with being so, I think my male is Gay. He shows no interest in any of my females. :-)
😂