go to some local pond and gather some decomposing leaf litter out of the water and put it in. then you can really see what nature can provide you with^^
So good to see a mini ecosystem grow, I started one last week with neo caridinas and did the same in the spring with tadpoles and now the time has come for the hind legs to be formed. Can't wait to be the mini frogs.
hi nick can you please ask adrian what the exact bunnings and ebay lights he uses in his fish room bud your the best please let us know bud happy fish keeping
You're doing very well in improving your documatary skills. Adding all of the foley noises was a really nice touch. When watching a nature doc, you take for granted how much foley adds to the storytelling and it made a difference here.
The water cannot flow through the sand quickly and therefore the lava rock cannot have a filtering effect. Aquariums require a break-in period of 2-6 weeks before animals should be added. This is the only way to guarantee a stable environment. You could stabilize the water directly because you took the equipment from existing tanks. However, this is the exception and not obvious for beginners. Also, how much work and experience you put into the care and water values on a daily basis is not visible here and should be communicated to people so that they know how to replicate this. And especially if you choose light sources (like here) with a high UVC content, this can quickly have a negative effect. All in all a good video. I would really appreciate it if you would clarify a bit more. Wish you all the best. Kind regards
@@BeJoyBoo if you only add a few insects (snails, shrimps, etc.) the plants and the substrate will process the waste into good stuff. (To say it as easy as possible.) 🙂
exactly what I was wondering. I had read so much about making a shrimp tank. stumbled across this vid and it almost seems like he was trying to say you dont need to do anything to the water or let anything cycle or break in. confusing for people new to the hobby like myself
The shrimp-in-a-garbage-can video inspired me to start a neo colony in a 10 gallon water cooler. Best idea ever! Some old substrate, moss, and driftwood, on the bottom. A cheap grow light, red root floaters, a heater and sponge filter…. Every couple weeks I catch a bunch with the bottle method. I keep the best, good ones go into my display tanks, and I sell the less impressive adults with the RRFs and moss. I wouldn’t really describe it as a money maker, but I have made a lot of friends.
@@hydecarolan4497 On Keeping Fish Simple's (this video) youtube channel, he took garbage cans and some SUPER cheap accessories and bred a ton of shrimp
Fluval granules and Aquion Omnivore, and a few times a month they get fish flake. Don’t introduce shrimp until angry the moss and RRF have started growing.
Shrimps needs nature not a clean tank - cardina K11 i have. Then you have happy shrimps. I haven't cleaned my tank over 9 years - 30 Liter Nano Cube. Only the front glas here and there, but not the sides or backside. They need it to eat from it. Only Lava i have on the ground 4 cm high and lot of moss and some wood. The secret is to have snails inside - as more as better. They have a connection to the shrimps. They feed the shrimps and give them what they need. I have over 160 shrimps in the tank - they love each other, and i started with 3 little shrimps and made everything wrong. Then i started to lose the interest on it, watched it, but stoped cleaning it ... and since this time ... i have happy shrimps. They only get hot boiled leave, which i let cool down before they get it, like making a tea, to kill the bacterias from it, before i feed them with it. They love it. They are super cheap because i dont need to buy anything for them. They are happy and i have fun, even if new friends dont understand why this tank looks like a wild tank. And i have to explain them - that i am only happy if they are happy.
I'm currently inspired to make a horticultural aquarium with shrimp and snails. Watching this video gave me confidence and feels like a great kickoff point for my research. Thanks! =]
Wow! I absolutely loved this little project of yours nick, you have created something about beautiful in such a small space mate and to see it full of life is heartwarming to see. Love the names of the parents too mate, cant believe there is baby shrimp. Great job as always mate 😊
@@Xxluna_werewolfxX cherry shrimp do well with beginners, easy to keep and breed. They will survive cold water but you will need a heater if you want to breed them.
Nice. I have one too. Also with filter. But believe it or not. The ones in the jar are superbig and healthy. With all respect. I even sometimes forget to give them food but they have enough in the jar to eat probably. Like to watch
Day 347 The war continues. My room is under enemy occupation. Shrimp raiding parties are scouting the passageway. Any glass container is being transformed into new shrimp maturation hatcheries. My spies inform me that weapons research has reached the nuclear stage. Evacuation is my only hope. Or I learn how to make Shrimp Cocktails.
I did the same thing recently. I bought some shrimp for a different tank and decided to keep the water they came in, in a 2 gallon jar for whatever reason. Turns out there were 10 baby shrimp I had not seen in that water and I decided to turn the jar into their home. In two months time I now have tons of baby shrimp and a jar full of guppy grass.
This is very cute and interesting! Starting to rethink my nano aquarium plan into shrimp ecosystem - btw how do you distinguish their gender and are they like more advanced hobbyist type? Cuz I am new and few of my local breeders do have shrimps (but either didn't know) wouldn't say it's male or female when ask Any suggestions? Do you think this would be appropriate for a relatively newbie or should I still with betta and molly (had them as a child) 😅
Hey mate, great vid! What kind of bulb did you use in your lamp? Just a normal one or was it special? Did this work without issues? I'm trying to find out if I can use my Ikea table lamp with a normal or special bulb for my 45 Liter aquarium but there are not much info on this topic unfortunately....
For me, successful project must follow to successful breeding.Till mama shrimp already carried her eggs I cant tell if they would breed with provided conditions
Please answer this as my shrimp are in danger I made a 1.5 gallon jar aquarium with hygrophila stricta, guppy grass, cabomba, bacopa, and duckweed But my shrimps ate suffocating and 3 died so i need to know how to oxygenate the water Do i add more plants? Do i take out the duckweed?
That's cool, I did the same with leftovers and cuttings from my other tanks. I had my doubts but it is working a lot better than I expected. Yours looks nicer tho than mine
I seen you made this little shrimp tank 6 months ago, how’s it doing, shrimp still alive, have you had to clean or do water changes, I would like to start on myself. If possible can you do a short update video on it. Thanks
Could this setup be done in a closed system? I teach high school biology and would like to do a closed aquarium style ecosystem as a class project, but I want all the creatures to be safe and thrive.
I can't classify shrimps, In China, people called all of the shrimps that are not colorful as black shell shrimp. And snails also, red snails with semitransparent shell we call it "apple snail"
I have my jar since a year, it was from IKEA for spaghetti, I never feed the shrimps they just have plenty of algae from plants. they're very relaxed and thrive well in it.
I want to do this too and I just have a question, did you wait a few weeks before adding the shrimp? And also if you did, did you put any liquid fertilizer during the cycling? Oh and last thing, do you do any water changes?
I dont get it. You put a berried shrimp in a jar with good water parameters and a place to hide and you were surprised some of the eggs hatched? Shrimp dont become couples and mate for life. Youre better than this Dude
hi mate i love ya videos quick question can you try find out the exact bunnings lights your mate adrian used in his fish room please mate keep it up bud going great
i love this concept! i have a bowl on my table, my shrip already gave birth 2 times. i had some baby fish in my bigger aquarium but most of the babys were eaten after 2 days. so i decided to put them in the bowl too since they are so small. they are doing so well! i have the bowl like a dutch hybride/ walstad methode. i used pottingsoil and pond soil. then topped it of with some nice round grain of poolfiltersand. its great aeration. i didnt used hardscape so i could put more plants. and i used snails who dig themself and the substrate all around. i use a little piece of black alder to control my ph since i have a high kh. and i used some little pieces of cattapa leaves becouse we all know how well they are. a month ago i introduced a little colony of DAPHNIA. use HAVE to get them. when you look some information up about them you can find out that thay eat algea, and the clean water! they are perfect creature to have between the size of a shrimp and the macro creatures like the copepods we saw in your video :) thanks for sharing KFS! :D ps just uploaded a video from it, if your curious about it you could have a look :)
What sort of potting mix did you use? I’m in Australia and can’t find a potting mix with no fertiliser. Also would love a pic of your bowl. I have a shrimp bowl too sort of like the Walstad method but I have an air stone in it. Thanks
That was so cute to watch. And you've build them a beautiful world to live in.
go to some local pond and gather some decomposing leaf litter out of the water and put it in. then you can really see what nature can provide you with^^
So good to see a mini ecosystem grow, I started one last week with neo caridinas and did the same in the spring with tadpoles and now the time has come for the hind legs to be formed. Can't wait to be the mini frogs.
Didn’t know I could be so invested in a shrimp love story. Theo and Ellie are too cute
Me too, I didn't realize they were so sociable.
What should Theo and Ellie's couple name be? Thellie?
Tip, you can use beach soil or forest soil but clean and rinse very well or the soil will put many unwanted bacteria in the tank 😊 😊 😊 😊
where's the part 2?
I looked for your updated video but couldn't find it. Did you make it yet? Very excited to see it!
Love how you named the duo🎉❤
I used to have the exact same thing with snowball shrimp as well!
Well need more this type of videos so relaxing
Such a beautiful clip
hi nick can you please ask adrian what the exact bunnings and ebay lights he uses in his fish room bud your the best please let us know bud happy fish keeping
Thinking of doing something similar, do you top of the tank with regular tapwater?
How can u know its good bacteria or worms or bad worms?
Does anything leave the tank?
shrimp can live without oxygen pump?
Does shrimp require air pump?
Do your shrimps come to top of water and try to cross on leaves? Why do they do that?
How are the shrimps???
hi
is it really that shrimple???
Real talk can u eat those shrimp
You're doing very well in improving your documatary skills. Adding all of the foley noises was a really nice touch. When watching a nature doc, you take for granted how much foley adds to the storytelling and it made a difference here.
as shrimple as can be
The water cannot flow through the sand quickly and therefore the lava rock cannot have a filtering effect.
Aquariums require a break-in period of 2-6 weeks before animals should be added. This is the only way to guarantee a stable environment.
You could stabilize the water directly because you took the equipment from existing tanks. However, this is the exception and not obvious for beginners.
Also, how much work and experience you put into the care and water values on a daily basis is not visible here and should be communicated to people so that they know how to replicate this.
And especially if you choose light sources (like here) with a high UVC content, this can quickly have a negative effect.
All in all a good video. I would really appreciate it if you would clarify a bit more.
Wish you all the best.
Kind regards
Did they add enough plants to not need an airpump/water filter?
@@BeJoyBoo if you only add a few insects (snails, shrimps, etc.) the plants and the substrate will process the waste into good stuff. (To say it as easy as possible.) 🙂
@@NeverSeb and oxygen for the little guys to do their clean up work? Haha
@@BeJoyBoo yes, H²0 contains Oxygen. And plants can convert CO² into O². Yes, there is more than enough Oxygen for them.
:)
exactly what I was wondering. I had read so much about making a shrimp tank. stumbled across this vid and it almost seems like he was trying to say you dont need to do anything to the water or let anything cycle or break in. confusing for people new to the hobby like myself
no way my guy found a random mango i threw away
Ecosystems are so cool! So far I've only made terrestrial ones. Yours is looking quite lovely!
The shrimp-in-a-garbage-can video inspired me to start a neo colony in a 10 gallon water cooler. Best idea ever! Some old substrate, moss, and driftwood, on the bottom. A cheap grow light, red root floaters, a heater and sponge filter…. Every couple weeks I catch a bunch with the bottle method. I keep the best, good ones go into my display tanks, and I sell the less impressive adults with the RRFs and moss. I wouldn’t really describe it as a money maker, but I have made a lot of friends.
Shrimp in a garbage can video?
@@hydecarolan4497 On Keeping Fish Simple's (this video) youtube channel, he took garbage cans and some SUPER cheap accessories and bred a ton of shrimp
What do u feed
Fluval granules and Aquion Omnivore, and a few times a month they get fish flake. Don’t introduce shrimp until angry the moss and RRF have started growing.
This is SOOO adorable and it’s like u have another world in your room.
Glad everyone else has success with shrimp.
I just spend money and Kill them.
what kind of setup are you using? Watch a few FatherFish videos for great advice on a natural tank setup
Anyone who can write me the name of that worm, I want to look it up but probably I write it wrong and can 't find it.
plants do you use
Shrimps needs nature not a clean tank - cardina K11 i have. Then you have happy shrimps. I haven't cleaned my tank over 9 years - 30 Liter Nano Cube. Only the front glas here and there, but not the sides or backside. They need it to eat from it. Only Lava i have on the ground 4 cm high and lot of moss and some wood. The secret is to have snails inside - as more as better. They have a connection to the shrimps. They feed the shrimps and give them what they need. I have over 160 shrimps in the tank - they love each other, and i started with 3 little shrimps and made everything wrong. Then i started to lose the interest on it, watched it, but stoped cleaning it ... and since this time ... i have happy shrimps. They only get hot boiled leave, which i let cool down before they get it, like making a tea, to kill the bacterias from it, before i feed them with it. They love it. They are super cheap because i dont need to buy anything for them. They are happy and i have fun, even if new friends dont understand why this tank looks like a wild tank. And i have to explain them - that i am only happy if they are happy.
I'm currently inspired to make a horticultural aquarium with shrimp and snails. Watching this video gave me confidence and feels like a great kickoff point for my research. Thanks! =]
You, too, huh? I feel the same :).
Fantastic camera work, I love seeing the little creatures so close and so clear 👍 😊
bro using microscope to film 😢
How long did you wait after set up to introduce the shrimp?
Wow! I absolutely loved this little project of yours nick, you have created something about beautiful in such a small space mate and to see it full of life is heartwarming to see. Love the names of the parents too mate, cant believe there is baby shrimp. Great job as always mate 😊
Such an amazing video! Could you try to breed ember tetras next?
how long from making the ecosystem until you added the shrimp?
Curious about the temperature control. What is the temp in the room the jar is in? I really want to try this but we keep it kinda cold, like 68-70
You can keep cherry shrimps. They like cold water and don't need heater
@@encyclopigeon-thepigeonvlo3937 any good beginner shrimp? (Low maintenance,little supplies etc)
@@Xxluna_werewolfxX cherry shrimp do well with beginners, easy to keep and breed. They will survive cold water but you will need a heater if you want to breed them.
Great audio mixing/editing, awesome vid love these little docos 😁😁
This is one of my favourites videos of yours
Can you upload more please?
i didnt even click this but from my kitchen i recognise the voice now i might aswell sub i fucks wit u homie
Update pls😢😢😢😢😢
Doesn't surprise me you had success. That's an ideal shrimp hotel!
Nice. I have one too. Also with filter. But believe it or not. The ones in the jar are superbig and healthy. With all respect. I even sometimes forget to give them food but they have enough in the jar to eat probably. Like to watch
Great, really great, superb 👌
What are the aquatic plants you have placed inside the jar???
When you top-up the water try to do it without creating too much turbulence. Use a surface to break the fall of the water stream.
Amazing guy can you ship fish to nz
Great storytelling and videography as always!
Kewl. I have wanted to raise little shrimp too but have not found any healthy one near me. In good time I suspect.
Day 347
The war continues. My room is under enemy occupation. Shrimp raiding parties are scouting the passageway. Any glass container is being transformed into new shrimp maturation hatcheries.
My spies inform me that weapons research has reached the nuclear stage.
Evacuation is my only hope.
Or I learn how to make Shrimp Cocktails.
I did the same thing recently. I bought some shrimp for a different tank and decided to keep the water they came in, in a 2 gallon jar for whatever reason. Turns out there were 10 baby shrimp I had not seen in that water and I decided to turn the jar into their home. In two months time I now have tons of baby shrimp and a jar full of guppy grass.
Get them a bigger tank. 2 gallons is way too little. It’s like you being stuck in an elevator
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Nick, when you added the water to the jar, did you use RO water or just tap? Would the TDS eventually get to high, or will you do small water changes?
This is very cute and interesting! Starting to rethink my nano aquarium plan into shrimp ecosystem - btw how do you distinguish their gender and are they like more advanced hobbyist type? Cuz I am new and few of my local breeders do have shrimps (but either didn't know) wouldn't say it's male or female when ask
Any suggestions? Do you think this would be appropriate for a relatively newbie or should I still with betta and molly (had them as a child) 😅
Hey mate, great vid! What kind of bulb did you use in your lamp? Just a normal one or was it special? Did this work without issues? I'm trying to find out if I can use my Ikea table lamp with a normal or special bulb for my 45 Liter aquarium but there are not much info on this topic unfortunately....
For me, successful project must follow to successful breeding.Till mama shrimp already carried her eggs I cant tell if they would breed with provided conditions
Please answer this as my shrimp are in danger
I made a 1.5 gallon jar aquarium with hygrophila stricta, guppy grass, cabomba, bacopa, and duckweed
But my shrimps ate suffocating and 3 died so i need to know how to oxygenate the water
Do i add more plants? Do i take out the duckweed?
Lol what's with the ASMR going on in in this video. The narrative is relaxing but also a bit soppy. I absolutely love your channel though. Thanks.
I have two kids and their names are theo & ellie 😊 iimagine my fave when you introduced the first two shrimps 😂
That's cool, I did the same with leftovers and cuttings from my other tanks. I had my doubts but it is working a lot better than I expected. Yours looks nicer tho than mine
This video was so cool! From story telling, to the fine editing was perfect! Keep it up! I really want to make one of these now too! Lol
i have a ten gallon planted aquarium, about one year old, with around 60 shrimp now. I started with 8. What do I do to make them stop breeding?
Great job! I really enjoyed this video, the close-ups were superb! Do you have an update? Would love to give this a try.
I seen you made this little shrimp tank 6 months ago, how’s it doing, shrimp still alive, have you had to clean or do water changes, I would like to start on myself. If possible can you do a short update video on it. Thanks
Could this setup be done in a closed system? I teach high school biology and would like to do a closed aquarium style ecosystem as a class project, but I want all the creatures to be safe and thrive.
I'm new to shrimps and I'm wondering how you acclimated them to the jar? 😮 like you just put them right in no drip acclimating?
If you see this, please send positive vibes my way. I’ve been struggling with health issues for years and could use your prayers.
Thanks from Tucson AZ USA. Very nice video. The project turned out well.
I can't classify shrimps, In China, people called all of the shrimps that are not colorful as black shell shrimp. And snails also, red snails with semitransparent shell we call it "apple snail"
Pleasant Sunday morning treat, glad your posting frequently again Much appreciated
did you have to do anything to make the water/jar safe for them? any sorts of cycling of the water or checking levels?
I have my jar since a year, it was from IKEA for spaghetti, I never feed the shrimps they just have plenty of algae from plants. they're very relaxed and thrive well in it.
I want to do this too and I just have a question, did you wait a few weeks before adding the shrimp? And also if you did, did you put any liquid fertilizer during the cycling? Oh and last thing, do you do any water changes?
I have a question, they can survive without oxygen pump?
Give it another 3 or 4 months and you will have enough for a shrimp cocktail.
I dont get it. You put a berried shrimp in a jar with good water parameters and a place to hide and you were surprised some of the eggs hatched?
Shrimp dont become couples and mate for life.
Youre better than this Dude
Getting inspiration from Tanner Serpa of YT-site Serpa Design?
Hey Nick your videos are awesome keep up the good work I learnt a lot from watching your videos I will have to give that a go 😊😊
Do you treat the water with anything before adding it to the tank? I know some additives can be bad for arthropods
aluminum ball helps grow detergent-cleaning properties so shrimp may help sewage problems
hi mate i love ya videos quick question can you try find out the exact bunnings lights your mate adrian used in his fish room please mate keep it up bud going great
respect bro i tried to to this and all my shrimp dies the next day as i put random stuff in the water and just chucked the shrimp in.
How do I fix low oxygen levels? they are all hanging out at top of water :(
I didn't realize you could keep shrimp in a jar...
What nutrients did you use ?
Always fun to experiment, looks good!
i feel peace watching this tiny ecosystem
What kind of plant did you find the shrimp on at 4:42? Is it similar to Parrot's feather?
Any updates on this? Want to know if you made any changes. Thanks
i love this concept! i have a bowl on my table, my shrip already gave birth 2 times. i had some baby fish in my bigger aquarium but most of the babys were eaten after 2 days. so i decided to put them in the bowl too since they are so small. they are doing so well! i have the bowl like a dutch hybride/ walstad methode. i used pottingsoil and pond soil. then topped it of with some nice round grain of poolfiltersand. its great aeration. i didnt used hardscape so i could put more plants. and i used snails who dig themself and the substrate all around. i use a little piece of black alder to control my ph since i have a high kh. and i used some little pieces of cattapa leaves becouse we all know how well they are.
a month ago i introduced a little colony of DAPHNIA. use HAVE to get them. when you look some information up about them you can find out that thay eat algea, and the clean water! they are perfect creature to have between the size of a shrimp and the macro creatures like the copepods we saw in your video :) thanks for sharing KFS! :D
ps just uploaded a video from it, if your curious about it you could have a look :)
What sort of potting mix did you use? I’m in Australia and can’t find a potting mix with no fertiliser. Also would love a pic of your bowl. I have a shrimp bowl too sort of like the Walstad method but I have an air stone in it. Thanks
Heyy, what are the dimensions of jar and link to buy??
This is so cute! But I have a question - what do you do about population control
How to breed wild shrimp.wild shrimp not the fancy ones
Looks very nice. Please watch a few FatherFish videos on how you can make it a bit more efficient!
damn bruh how do u even know the name of those worms and little organisms🥲
Why did you wait 42 days before topping up with water?
How often do you feed?? How may hours of light do you give it??
If you're not using pond water where is the food coming from?
I need to know what lightstand and bulb you're using
do you make and ship kits????
that would be awesome