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I had one that would ALWAYS carry a piece of his plant in his claw. And when then the plant turned brown, he’d literally clip a fresh strand to carry around. He’d even eat while still holding his plant 😂
I really appreciate that Clint explains terms that laypeople may not be familiar with. He has such a good balance of treating his viewers as intelligent and curious and not having a background in animal husbandry/biology.
I really appreciate the inclusion of specialty terms visually typed out on the screen, since the auto-generated captions sometimes get them very wrong.
Please consider doing one on Hermit Crabs. People need to understand they aren't throw-away pets you get at the beach and expect to live a couple of months. The pet trade in them is horrible and if you're going to rescue some, you should know how to give them the best chance. Maybe you could even collaborate with Crab Central Station or another channel to get their wisdom to your audience and vice versa....
I have no plans on getting a Hawaiian Volcano Shrimp but I still clicked on this as fast as I could. It’s just fun to learn about creatures from someone as passionate as Clint.
6:25 For reference, I have a 20 gallon tank with hundreds of these guys and I often go for months without giving them any food at all. Most of their diet consists of biofilm that they constantly scrub off of surfaces. They'll certainly love getting a feast of pellet food, but it is best to keep things spartan most of the time. I'd also warn to be very careful where you buy them from, as a fair number of people still take them from the wild. As easy as they are to keep, they breed slowly compared to other pet shrimp, so few people keep them in commercial quantities. Lastly, I'd advise a dark substrate (like black sand) and a few rocks for a calcium source instead (holey rocks are a popular kind), as their colors tend to be more intense on a dark substrate.
@@Ryodraco All great points! I am sad they are still collected from the wild. No need for that…they breed so readily, even if they are not nearly as prolific as Neocaridina
@ It depends on the size of the shrimp population, but if you see any visible algae on the glass, they probably don’t need any additional food. I tend to feed 1-4 times a month, depending on population density.
Can you really run an aquarium with these guys without a filter long-term? I'd be fine with putting in a bubble sphere or something along those lines though. These little critters are hard to get here in germany, but I would like to get some to reproduce in a 30l tank. Aside from filters causing more work (duh), I am also worried about them killing of the little larvae, as well as just... looking ugly in the tank and taking up space.
I've been keeping these for 15 years or so, and honestly, the big problem with them is that the vast majority are taken from the wild, and property development has resulted in large scale loss of habitat (their anchialine pools aren't common, and they tend to be in places where people want to live), and they're threatened in the wild. They do breed in captivity, slowly, but again, most are taken from the wild. (They won't start breeding for 6 months or so once your tank is set up). Cherry shrimp (or any color of neocaridina) are a much better option for most people because they're larger, breed more rapidly, only require fresh water, and are still very easy to care for. Spirulina is also a good food, and it's fun to watch the shrimp skim the surface of the water while feeding.
Good point…I have been breeding them for so many years that I sometimes forget that, but it is true that many are taken from the wild. There is certainly no need for that anymore. Potential keepers should look for captive bred stock, which fortunately is not difficult to find. I do enjoy feeding spirulina and watching them skim the surface. 👍
@@Aquarimax I agree 100%, and I wasn't trying to be critical of you in any way. Unfortunately they're also sold on auction sites and such fairly frequently in bulk to salt water aquarists as seahorse food and the economy of keeping them in tanks for sale just doesn't really work as well as being able to scoop them out of a hole in the ground where they just "magically" appear. I would also dearly love access to any of the other opae ula (there are at least two other species found in association with these, one of which is predatory).
My mother had one of these sealed "biosphere" things with shrimp inside. She worked an office job for years where she kept it on her desk. At some point during some moves and a switch to remote work, it was lost in a box somewhere, presumed dead. 10 years later, and I'm not exaggerating here, she found it while unpacking after we moved houses. When she looked inside, she didn't see anything, and understandably assumed it was empty and the shrimp had all died from being in total darkness for so long, as well as being quite long passed the "expiration date" given on these products. Fast forward, literally another few months later, I was taking a look at it because I'd noticed it sitting out for the first time. I asked her if she'd gotten a new one, and she said no that was just the old one and there was nothing in it anymore. This confused me, because I could CLEARLY see a shrimp swimming around happily inside. I asked her if she was SURE this wasn't a new one, and she asked why. I tried to tell her there was a shrimp inside, and she kept dismissing it as possibly the body of one of the original shrimp. I had to hold the thing in front of her face while she was trying to work to get her to see the shrimp in there, blatantly still alive. That thing lived for another 3-4 years after that, before mysteriously disappearing one day. These little guys are crazy. Knowing what we know now, we wouldn't get another one, and already were a little better educated when we'd discovered the sphere with the shrimp still inside. But it had been so long, we didn't want to mess with it. If it ain't broke, you know? To call these guys hardy would be an understatement.
Amazing things often come in small packages…this is certainly true of these little shrimp! You got some amazing macro shots. 😍 As always, I had a marvelous time filming this with you all! Thank you for having me. 😁 Out of curiosity, are your shrimp breeding yet?
I think this is the first time I'm going to get the a pet entirely because of a youtube video. I've got a bunch of cool ideas for tanks for these little guys already!
my sister got one of those sealed glass "tanks" as a birthday gift in about 2008-ish. there were 3 in it, one died after maybe a year or two, another after maybe 5. can you believe that the last shrimp lasted until 2023?! that little guy saw her graduate high school, college, and move out of state! i'm so glad to know what species it likely was. maybe she'd be interested in having some in a real tank now!
If she's looking for a slightly more involved pet (and when I say slightly I mean only slightly), she might be interested in neocaridina shrimp. Neocaridina shrimp come in a really stunning variety of colors but they aren't quite as hardy or as low-maintenance as these little guys. (Maintenance on volcano shrimp is 0 out of 10, maintenance on neos is like 1 out of 10.) Neos might need a heater depending on the ambient temperature where you keep them, they are freshwater, and you want to set up an aquarium (or large vase) for a month before you introduce neos. Light is also important - natural light or an artificial aquarium light. If you've got a stable aquarium then neos will happily graze on the algae that naturally forms so a lot like volcano shrimp, once you've got the basic set up done all you really need to do is to top up the tank with distilled water. There are some great examples of mini shrimp tanks with amazing aquascaping on here but even if you aren't aiming for a competition level aquascape you can still have a very beautiful aquarium just using a bit of driftwood and some aquatic moss. Where I am it's not very popular but I have no idea why. You can have a fascinating little ecosystem brimming with life, with a variety of plants growing in it, sitting on a table. You can even grow certain plants out the top of an aquarium like peace lilies or devil's ivy. Once it's set up it requires as much maintenance as a potted plant.
Their natural habitat basically being an eternal puddle explains everything about why they're so easy to care for. No flow of water, not a lot of oxygen diffusion, rare meals.
Ross the type of person to lift up a rock, see a small invertebrate nobody would notice, and think to himself: "I should get myself a colony of these."
I work at a fish store that specializes in saltwater. I don't know how may times I've had the "Salt doesn't evaporate, topoff with RODI" conversation. haha
Our science center has a huge volcanic shrimp tank. When my kids were little, it's lose them for hours at the shrimp tank. That was back when you could only get wild collected shrimp, so they couldn't have them. Now my grandkids each have their own tanks that are over a decade old.
Oh my gosh! I’ve been in love with shrimp for a few years now, but haven’t gotten any because with my adhd I was worried about neglecting them and forgetting water changes or feeding routines. I think this species is actually a game changer that means I can finally get shrimp! Thank you Clint and Russ for showcasing this species!!!!
You've really got me on the point that I can't think of a good reason not to get these. It sounds like I could stick them in a jar on my desk and just watch them sometimes
We keep a very small flutter of Amano Shrimp in a 60L Walstad setup (we don't want them to multiply; they do breed, though) and they're so much fun. The kids love them, my partner and I watch them zoom around to zone out during work breaks. Shrimps are awesome!
@mjp121 - I was wishing for some Tardigrades (and a microscope) one day, when I looked outdoors at the rain and the puddles and realized that I already have some! Still need the microscope, though.
The way my eyes widened when I saw clint was talking about my favorite shrimp! I keep these little guys in a 6 gallon and I have so many itty bitty babies right now! The dive into brackish wasn't really all that hard when it came to these guys since they're so tolerant to a range of salinities.
@ No, they don't. I have a rainbow of neocaradina in a 2.5 gallon plastic tank, and I haven't done anything but add water to it in maybe six months. They could thrive even in those enclosed systems he's complaining about. And without the brackish water nonsense.
@AzrielleWilliams Heh, at least you're honest enough to admit that your take on him is cultish, like how dare someone disagree. I wasn't telling anyone what to do, any more or less than he was.
This might be the first time one of these videos has convinced me to actually get a pet. I’ve been thinking about getting a small tank with cherry shrimp, but maybe volcano shrimp would be better.
I own Neocaridina davidii, freshwater shrimp. They are great - and come in lots of different colours as well! Totally easy to keep in a planted aquarium 30 liters upwards.
When I’m ready for water pets again, these are the ones I want! I miss my aquariums but don’t have the space for any now. Someday, I’ll have my dream shrimp setup 😅
Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. I occasionally have to leave town for a month which is the main reason I have not had fish or shrimp. I see some Hawaiian Volcano Shrimp in my near future.
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but their Hawaiian name is ʻōpae ʻula, literally translated to red shrimp! I keep mine in black sand and lava rocks. They look absolutely stunning on the black! I also feel like it mimics their natural environment a bit more.
With a tank that tiny, I wouldn't bother buying your own salt. I'd go to a local (reputable!) fish store with a saltwater section and ask if you could pretty pretty please have a gallon or two.. if you bring your own bucket to transport/mix in and some grocery store gallons of RO or distilled water, they'll likely be willing to check your specific gravity, too. Though I guess take this with a grain of (marine lol) salt because I do have a good relationship with my LFS 🤷
I took this comment to heart and did just that! They were absolutely kind enough to give me a gallon and even some freshwater algae! Thank you for your comment and advice!
Very annoyed this didn’t get into my recommended feed. Thank you for the community post, often that’s the only way I can see you’ve uploaded something new.
My wife’s grandmother has kept salt water fish for decades, but in recent years she’s had a hard time keeping up with their maintenance. I wonder if I might be able to convince her to get a tank of these and then let her other tanks naturally dwindle, she would still be able to see the vibrant colors and movement without going through hundreds of dollars a year on supplies.
10:20 I like to add half a gallon of mustard to my ten gallon tank. Not really but I discovered these shrimp on Maui when I was hiking and was absolutely amazed because they were just in this random little pool.
Glad to see you doing more aquatic pets! Shrimp are one of the easiest to keep, and opae ula is a staggeringly long-lived animal too. I don't have them because they're hard to get a hold of where I live, but I do have a big colony of plain old Neocaridina, and they thrive despite being kept in a tank with large fish that aren't averse to hunting them down. A cover of guppy grass does wonders to protect them. Also, you don't need to keep them in a sealed container - a large tank with a colony of dozens is an amazing sight. As for handleability, well, they will handle you instead of the other way around. Neos, at least, will actively seek your hand if you put it into the water, because they want to eat the bits of dead skin on your hands. They will give you a shrimp manicure, and they won't take no for an answer. You should cover some oddball fish like banjo catfish or upside-down catfish sometime. The latter in particular are very personable and intelligent animals, very easy to train to eat out of your hands. And for those of you who want a "spicy" animal without the risk of death, some larger catfish come with venomous spikes and can "tag" you, although never with anything stronger than bee venom. Their mouths are not to be underestimated either, I've had my 8-inch aluminum catfish miss its food and make a dent on my finger instead.
I set up a half gallon jar 5 years ago woth 10 shrimp. I feed them a crab cuisine pellet 4 times a year, i have dozens now and they tend to breed every spring. I do recommend some places to hide, volcanic rock os excellent for them.
@JaniceinOR the shrimp, snails, and beneficial bacteria break it down. They live for as long as 20+ years so you won't have them dying too often. They are also really small.
Shrimps are amazing. Years ago I had a tank of glass shrimps and I loved those little guys. They would sit on my hands when I was aquascaping. Truly delightful critters!
What a great episode. Anytime I can learn about a bio setup that makes it simple, I'm all for it. My pacman frog has a bio setup, and all I have to do is keep the soil moist with distilled water, and fill soil holes (from the plants eating nutrients) occasionally. You've inspired me to try keeping these guys in a beautiful planted tank. I have a great tank, I've just been waiting. (Aqueon 6 gallon). Folks, do a lot of research and spend the money up front. In the long run, it's way cheaper than a cheap setup, and it's less maintenance. It takes patience to get it all right before you add the animals, but it's totally worth it. My local saltwater only store has them. They also have seahorses. I'd say that's what you'd want to look for locally. Not at a damn mall store
Effing rad! I thought about keeping these when I had dwarf seahorses. I ended up just keeping brine shrimp. I'd love to see a video on all the colored shrimps available now. I'd love to keep blue shrimp, but it seems like they're hard to keep. I live in the desert, so Coldwater shrimp are probably a no go for me. I'm not wanting to invest in a chiller.
Im gonna watch you’re channel now since Brian Barczyk sadly passed away. I watched him when i was a kid and watched him till i was an adult, may he rest in peace. But keep up the work man! I love your videos.❤
I feel like this was made for me, I love shrimp, hate the idea of water changes and on-going water maintenance but wouldn't mind the one time set up of a tank, definitely need to look into these guys! :D
Thank you so much for making this video. These are absolutely the best pet shrimp for me. I absolutely loved these shrimp a few years back. I bought triops because of one of your videos (haven't gotten the water for them yet) but I've toyed around with the idea of restarting a shrimp tank for years. Even went so far as to start buying new things to set up a home for them a year or so ago...before postponing the plans until a more suitable time presented itself. Thank you for all your hard work and help.
Thank you Clint snd Rus, for introducing people to these fascinatingly wonderful decapods. They are truly without a doubt, the best pet animals!!!!!!! The appreciation is astronomical!!!!!!!👍🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😊🤝.
This is wonderful, I'm so excited. Now, does anyone have a recommendation for sourcing lids for glass containers? What am I looking for, just little glass or plexiglas plates with a hole in them somewhere? I loved that crayfish discussion; that was my childhood too, in a shale creek in Ohio. I remember finding natural rock funnels and carefully wedging my large aquarium net in with rocks, and then going upstream and lifting rocks and swishing methodically all the way down 3-6 feet of creek to scare everything down into that net. I would get crayfish, darters, dragonfly larvae, all sorts of cool stuff.
These look lovely. I imagine spending money to create some fun aquarium for them that they can interact with(like a miniature town or smith of this sort) and enjoy them so much!🙂
Yep I'm getting some. My friend had a thriving bowl with a small light above it that helped the moss inside grow. The snail actually had babies since they don't need a mate to do that and she had to rehome those, so that's a warning.
Shrimp are the best! I've had ghost shrimp, cherry shrimp, and amano shrimp. They're such wonderful creatures and the female ghost shrimp will actually interact and even come to the surface to take food right out of my hand. I hadn't heard of Hawaiian volcano shrimp, but I am delighted you chose to highlight them! I might need to think about getting some!
I am an absolute shrimp lover, and despite knowing Caridina and LOVING Neocaridina species, this was the first time I had heard of HALOCARIDINA, and of these Volcano Shrimp. Maybe its because I'm in a tropical region but I don't think I can find these out here. Thank you for making this video!! I love finding out about new shrimp
Aquarimax’s opae ula video is how I first discovered Aquarimax Pets and I’m pretty sure Aquarimax Pets is why the algorithm first recommended Clint’s Reptiles for me. I have come full circle and maybe this is the sign I needed to actually start an opae ula tank lol
That was my childhood too. When the bad man came, he would set up a net behind me and startle me so I would jump back. It was the only way, I was an extremely squirrely lad.
I keep freshwater shrimp as part of community aquariums and because of the large tanks, fish waste, plants and frequent feeding, the only problem I have is limiting the numbers of shrimp. In one of my tanks I started with 6 and now must have about 100 in there. And I must have removed a further 200! If you have wood above the surface of the tank, especially if it has a small waterfall over it, the shrimp climb out of the water and graze in open air for a while, which is entertaining to watch and amazing the first time you see them do it....
I am so glad I clicked on this video, I'd seen listings for these shrimp in the past and just assumed they were a "special morph" of Neocardina shrimp and had avoided them not wanting to pay the price I've seen them for. I had no clue these were such a hardy, different species!
Without even clicking on the video i knew it was going to be a Russ video. I was right. That's great though, i love when Russ brings one of his many little friends.:)
I didn't think it could get any better than a beetle in a box of sand but here we are with an easy aquatic arthropod that is also incredibly cool to watch! Wow!
I want opae ula so badly - rus turned me onto them on his channel. I’m just waiting until I have a more stable lifestyle so that I don’t have to worry about moving with them! So funny to watch Clint exclaim about their ease of care.
Oh my god. I gave away my fish tank because it was so much work to do water changes, but these guys sound like the weird in-between between a triop and frog I've been wanting! this is incredible.... EDIT: Got a tank, some calcium sand, and some brackish water! The Petco employees were super nice and gave me some saltwater from their tank. Letting it cycle!
I'll admit I've been given as a birthday present a biosphere with some of them inside... And they are tiny, very tiny, like 5-10x smaller than the ones in the video. Somehow, 15+ years inside the sealed sphere and they're still going, although I assume by now quite a few generations have passed.
I'm so glad I've learned about these today. I've been wanting to get an aquatic pet but have been held back by lack of money. I'm definitely going to get some of those
❤❤❤BEST PET VIDEOS❤❤❤ BTW I love the bulleted graphics. They are very helpful and are an added visual interest. I actually might get some of these. I don’t do well with aquatic pets but I think I can handle these. I’d like to have a little tank with something in it. Would you also be able to do some aquarium decorations with these like a sunken pirate ship with some hardscaping or do you need to keep it somewhat simplistic? Are there other plants in addition to algae that you could put in there, too?
I keep shrimp. I have Glass Shrimp, Crawfish, Mosquito fish, various mixed colored shrimp HAD cherry shrimp... Make sure you have a overheat protection heater. I lost all my reds to a malfunction, now the big tank has the non reds and mixed colors... and a new heater that boasts overheat protection. Poor snails and baby mosquito fish barely survived. If you pair your shrimp with some snails, scuds, tiny fish and plants you can make a super healthy tank with low cleaning.
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would these be good in a turtle tank
When Clint said "that is my childhood," I imagined him darting backwards as a kid. 😂
I'm glad I wasn't the only one
Omg same 😂
Only getting caught when something is presented in front of him and a net behind him.
I acted like a Dinosaur into my teens
Naruto backwards darting
The hardest part of owning an Hawaiian Volcano Shrimp is trying to get the insurance to cover the volcano.
😂🤣
Damn near impossible! But it can be done! Think of all the aquariums with the volcano next to the pineapple!?
I had one that would ALWAYS carry a piece of his plant in his claw. And when then the plant turned brown, he’d literally clip a fresh strand to carry around. He’d even eat while still holding his plant 😂
like a security blanket, that's adorable.
mage class
I really appreciate that Clint explains terms that laypeople may not be familiar with. He has such a good balance of treating his viewers as intelligent and curious and not having a background in animal husbandry/biology.
A true educator!
I really appreciate the inclusion of specialty terms visually typed out on the screen, since the auto-generated captions sometimes get them very wrong.
Please consider doing one on Hermit Crabs. People need to understand they aren't throw-away pets you get at the beach and expect to live a couple of months. The pet trade in them is horrible and if you're going to rescue some, you should know how to give them the best chance. Maybe you could even collaborate with Crab Central Station or another channel to get their wisdom to your audience and vice versa....
I totally agree!! They’re commonly sold at big box pet stores with horrible setups and painted shells 😭 Clint can totally make a difference here 😁
I have no plans on getting a Hawaiian Volcano Shrimp but I still clicked on this as fast as I could. It’s just fun to learn about creatures from someone as passionate as Clint.
So you now have plans on getting the shrimp?
There's no reason not too! Seriously... I'm tempted
One shrimp: shrimp.
Many shrimp:✨shrimpies✨
Baby shrimp: shrimplets
Shrimpies and shrimplets is absolutely correct. It’s what I call my neocaridina
I also call mine shrimbos, and skramps.
Shrimplets*
shromps
6:25 For reference, I have a 20 gallon tank with hundreds of these guys and I often go for months without giving them any food at all. Most of their diet consists of biofilm that they constantly scrub off of surfaces. They'll certainly love getting a feast of pellet food, but it is best to keep things spartan most of the time.
I'd also warn to be very careful where you buy them from, as a fair number of people still take them from the wild. As easy as they are to keep, they breed slowly compared to other pet shrimp, so few people keep them in commercial quantities.
Lastly, I'd advise a dark substrate (like black sand) and a few rocks for a calcium source instead (holey rocks are a popular kind), as their colors tend to be more intense on a dark substrate.
@@Ryodraco All great points! I am sad they are still collected from the wild. No need for that…they breed so readily, even if they are not nearly as prolific as Neocaridina
Thank you for all the info!
How do you decide when to feed them?
@ It depends on the size of the shrimp population, but if you see any visible algae on the glass, they probably don’t need any additional food. I tend to feed 1-4 times a month, depending on population density.
Can you really run an aquarium with these guys without a filter long-term? I'd be fine with putting in a bubble sphere or something along those lines though.
These little critters are hard to get here in germany, but I would like to get some to reproduce in a 30l tank. Aside from filters causing more work (duh), I am also worried about them killing of the little larvae, as well as just... looking ugly in the tank and taking up space.
I've been keeping these for 15 years or so, and honestly, the big problem with them is that the vast majority are taken from the wild, and property development has resulted in large scale loss of habitat (their anchialine pools aren't common, and they tend to be in places where people want to live), and they're threatened in the wild. They do breed in captivity, slowly, but again, most are taken from the wild. (They won't start breeding for 6 months or so once your tank is set up). Cherry shrimp (or any color of neocaridina) are a much better option for most people because they're larger, breed more rapidly, only require fresh water, and are still very easy to care for. Spirulina is also a good food, and it's fun to watch the shrimp skim the surface of the water while feeding.
Good point…I have been breeding them for so many years that I sometimes forget that, but it is true that many are taken from the wild. There is certainly no need for that anymore. Potential keepers should look for captive bred stock, which fortunately is not difficult to find. I do enjoy feeding spirulina and watching them skim the surface. 👍
@@Aquarimax I agree 100%, and I wasn't trying to be critical of you in any way. Unfortunately they're also sold on auction sites and such fairly frequently in bulk to salt water aquarists as seahorse food and the economy of keeping them in tanks for sale just doesn't really work as well as being able to scoop them out of a hole in the ground where they just "magically" appear. I would also dearly love access to any of the other opae ula (there are at least two other species found in association with these, one of which is predatory).
I like this, cherry shrimp would make a lot more sense for a palladium anyways.
They're definitely a shrimp I would want to purchase from a breeder rather than from a big distributor.
That's really sad, they have such a cool habitat :(
My mother had one of these sealed "biosphere" things with shrimp inside. She worked an office job for years where she kept it on her desk. At some point during some moves and a switch to remote work, it was lost in a box somewhere, presumed dead. 10 years later, and I'm not exaggerating here, she found it while unpacking after we moved houses. When she looked inside, she didn't see anything, and understandably assumed it was empty and the shrimp had all died from being in total darkness for so long, as well as being quite long passed the "expiration date" given on these products.
Fast forward, literally another few months later, I was taking a look at it because I'd noticed it sitting out for the first time. I asked her if she'd gotten a new one, and she said no that was just the old one and there was nothing in it anymore. This confused me, because I could CLEARLY see a shrimp swimming around happily inside. I asked her if she was SURE this wasn't a new one, and she asked why. I tried to tell her there was a shrimp inside, and she kept dismissing it as possibly the body of one of the original shrimp. I had to hold the thing in front of her face while she was trying to work to get her to see the shrimp in there, blatantly still alive.
That thing lived for another 3-4 years after that, before mysteriously disappearing one day. These little guys are crazy. Knowing what we know now, we wouldn't get another one, and already were a little better educated when we'd discovered the sphere with the shrimp still inside. But it had been so long, we didn't want to mess with it. If it ain't broke, you know? To call these guys hardy would be an understatement.
Amazing things often come in small packages…this is certainly true of these little shrimp! You got some amazing macro shots. 😍 As always, I had a marvelous time filming this with you all! Thank you for having me. 😁 Out of curiosity, are your shrimp breeding yet?
I've got a whole bunch of babies!
@ I am not surprised, but I am delighted!
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Any plants or decor you can recommend for these shrimp, besides the algae?
I think this is the first time I'm going to get the a pet entirely because of a youtube video. I've got a bunch of cool ideas for tanks for these little guys already!
my sister got one of those sealed glass "tanks" as a birthday gift in about 2008-ish. there were 3 in it, one died after maybe a year or two, another after maybe 5. can you believe that the last shrimp lasted until 2023?! that little guy saw her graduate high school, college, and move out of state!
i'm so glad to know what species it likely was. maybe she'd be interested in having some in a real tank now!
My thoughts too. If they can survive that, they are ridiculously hardy.
If she's looking for a slightly more involved pet (and when I say slightly I mean only slightly), she might be interested in neocaridina shrimp.
Neocaridina shrimp come in a really stunning variety of colors but they aren't quite as hardy or as low-maintenance as these little guys. (Maintenance on volcano shrimp is 0 out of 10, maintenance on neos is like 1 out of 10.)
Neos might need a heater depending on the ambient temperature where you keep them, they are freshwater, and you want to set up an aquarium (or large vase) for a month before you introduce neos. Light is also important - natural light or an artificial aquarium light. If you've got a stable aquarium then neos will happily graze on the algae that naturally forms so a lot like volcano shrimp, once you've got the basic set up done all you really need to do is to top up the tank with distilled water.
There are some great examples of mini shrimp tanks with amazing aquascaping on here but even if you aren't aiming for a competition level aquascape you can still have a very beautiful aquarium just using a bit of driftwood and some aquatic moss.
Where I am it's not very popular but I have no idea why. You can have a fascinating little ecosystem brimming with life, with a variety of plants growing in it, sitting on a table. You can even grow certain plants out the top of an aquarium like peace lilies or devil's ivy. Once it's set up it requires as much maintenance as a potted plant.
Their natural habitat basically being an eternal puddle explains everything about why they're so easy to care for. No flow of water, not a lot of oxygen diffusion, rare meals.
Ross the type of person to lift up a rock, see a small invertebrate nobody would notice, and think to himself: "I should get myself a colony of these."
I love shrimps and their lil grabby claws which I cannot watch enough of.
Its like a lava lamp in weird way
ShrimplyBeautiful does some great video edits their shrimp. You should check them out, I think you'll love it as much as I do.
ANOTHER PET VIDEO!! even if they're not the most well performing, these are my absolute favourites from you guys ^^
I work at a fish store that specializes in saltwater. I don't know how may times I've had the "Salt doesn't evaporate, topoff with RODI" conversation. haha
At least once a week at our store. But we also carry fresh and brackish. It weirds people out more than it should.
Always nice to see Russ on the channel!
@@tevyelamplighter487 Always fun to come back!
So basically the only easier pet to keep is a literal rock with googly eyes
It's harder to keep a pet rock alive...
@@ClintsReptiles I'd imagine it scores higher on handleability and availability though.
April fools pet rock video perhaps?
@@ClintsReptiles because eventually you might not believe 😢😂😂 thanks for the video
Our science center has a huge volcanic shrimp tank. When my kids were little, it's lose them for hours at the shrimp tank. That was back when you could only get wild collected shrimp, so they couldn't have them. Now my grandkids each have their own tanks that are over a decade old.
Oh my gosh! I’ve been in love with shrimp for a few years now, but haven’t gotten any because with my adhd I was worried about neglecting them and forgetting water changes or feeding routines. I think this species is actually a game changer that means I can finally get shrimp!
Thank you Clint and Russ for showcasing this species!!!!
You've really got me on the point that I can't think of a good reason not to get these. It sounds like I could stick them in a jar on my desk and just watch them sometimes
There is no good reason not to have them!
@@ClintsReptiles - Availability, especially now that you have made them the star of an episode.
@@MossyMozart This fame will make them more available in the long run though
@@objective_psychologyi hope its availability from captive bred!
We keep a very small flutter of Amano Shrimp in a 60L Walstad setup (we don't want them to multiply; they do breed, though) and they're so much fun. The kids love them, my partner and I watch them zoom around to zone out during work breaks. Shrimps are awesome!
these little guys are so cute, their legs always moving makes them look like they are forever searching for something.
They’re living in an eternal fairy tale of some kind in which they may never stop seeking some magical object…
I can’t wait for the tardigrade video!
Yasssss give us the water bears!
rotifers are easier to keep.
@mjp121 - I was wishing for some Tardigrades (and a microscope) one day, when I looked outdoors at the rain and the puddles and realized that I already have some! Still need the microscope, though.
The way my eyes widened when I saw clint was talking about my favorite shrimp! I keep these little guys in a 6 gallon and I have so many itty bitty babies right now! The dive into brackish wasn't really all that hard when it came to these guys since they're so tolerant to a range of salinities.
What happens to the discarded exoskeleton after a molt? Or the bodies when they die?
You convinced me, as of right now I am gathering the supplies to start the tank
Get cherry shrimp, they're a better, cheaper, easier-to-keep version of these.
@@KAZVorpalhow are they easier? They need a bigger tank and filtration
@ No, they don't.
I have a rainbow of neocaradina in a 2.5 gallon plastic tank, and I haven't done anything but add water to it in maybe six months.
They could thrive even in those enclosed systems he's complaining about.
And without the brackish water nonsense.
@ Clint is the one who seems biased.
And it's as much my place to tell people what to do as it is his.
@AzrielleWilliams Heh, at least you're honest enough to admit that your take on him is cultish, like how dare someone disagree.
I wasn't telling anyone what to do, any more or less than he was.
This might be the first time one of these videos has convinced me to actually get a pet.
I’ve been thinking about getting a small tank with cherry shrimp, but maybe volcano shrimp would be better.
I own Neocaridina davidii, freshwater shrimp. They are great - and come in lots of different colours as well! Totally easy to keep in a planted aquarium 30 liters upwards.
When I’m ready for water pets again, these are the ones I want! I miss my aquariums but don’t have the space for any now. Someday, I’ll have my dream shrimp setup 😅
I'd love to see a pet review for these!
Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. I occasionally have to leave town for a month which is the main reason I have not had fish or shrimp. I see some Hawaiian Volcano Shrimp in my near future.
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but their Hawaiian name is ʻōpae ʻula, literally translated to red shrimp! I keep mine in black sand and lava rocks. They look absolutely stunning on the black! I also feel like it mimics their natural environment a bit more.
With a tank that tiny, I wouldn't bother buying your own salt. I'd go to a local (reputable!) fish store with a saltwater section and ask if you could pretty pretty please have a gallon or two.. if you bring your own bucket to transport/mix in and some grocery store gallons of RO or distilled water, they'll likely be willing to check your specific gravity, too.
Though I guess take this with a grain of (marine lol) salt because I do have a good relationship with my LFS 🤷
I took this comment to heart and did just that! They were absolutely kind enough to give me a gallon and even some freshwater algae! Thank you for your comment and advice!
Two back to back pet reviews for the start of the new year, I hope to see more this year
Very annoyed this didn’t get into my recommended feed. Thank you for the community post, often that’s the only way I can see you’ve uploaded something new.
My wife’s grandmother has kept salt water fish for decades, but in recent years she’s had a hard time keeping up with their maintenance. I wonder if I might be able to convince her to get a tank of these and then let her other tanks naturally dwindle, she would still be able to see the vibrant colors and movement without going through hundreds of dollars a year on supplies.
If her eyesight is getting worse, maybe there is a way to mount a magnifier to be able to better see some of the shrimp.
10:20 I like to add half a gallon of mustard to my ten gallon tank. Not really but I discovered these shrimp on Maui when I was hiking and was absolutely amazed because they were just in this random little pool.
Glad to see you doing more aquatic pets! Shrimp are one of the easiest to keep, and opae ula is a staggeringly long-lived animal too.
I don't have them because they're hard to get a hold of where I live, but I do have a big colony of plain old Neocaridina, and they thrive despite being kept in a tank with large fish that aren't averse to hunting them down. A cover of guppy grass does wonders to protect them. Also, you don't need to keep them in a sealed container - a large tank with a colony of dozens is an amazing sight.
As for handleability, well, they will handle you instead of the other way around. Neos, at least, will actively seek your hand if you put it into the water, because they want to eat the bits of dead skin on your hands. They will give you a shrimp manicure, and they won't take no for an answer.
You should cover some oddball fish like banjo catfish or upside-down catfish sometime. The latter in particular are very personable and intelligent animals, very easy to train to eat out of your hands. And for those of you who want a "spicy" animal without the risk of death, some larger catfish come with venomous spikes and can "tag" you, although never with anything stronger than bee venom. Their mouths are not to be underestimated either, I've had my 8-inch aluminum catfish miss its food and make a dent on my finger instead.
Clint look here!!
I set up a half gallon jar 5 years ago woth 10 shrimp. I feed them a crab cuisine pellet 4 times a year, i have dozens now and they tend to breed every spring.
I do recommend some places to hide, volcanic rock os excellent for them.
What happens to the discarded exoskeleton after a molt? Or the bodies when they die?
@JaniceinOR the shrimp, snails, and beneficial bacteria break it down. They live for as long as 20+ years so you won't have them dying too often. They are also really small.
This is the most... classroom pet in the whole world! These little guys are great!
Shrimps are amazing. Years ago I had a tank of glass shrimps and I loved those little guys. They would sit on my hands when I was aquascaping. Truly delightful critters!
What a great episode. Anytime I can learn about a bio setup that makes it simple, I'm all for it. My pacman frog has a bio setup, and all I have to do is keep the soil moist with distilled water, and fill soil holes (from the plants eating nutrients) occasionally. You've inspired me to try keeping these guys in a beautiful planted tank. I have a great tank, I've just been waiting. (Aqueon 6 gallon).
Folks, do a lot of research and spend the money up front. In the long run, it's way cheaper than a cheap setup, and it's less maintenance. It takes patience to get it all right before you add the animals, but it's totally worth it.
My local saltwater only store has them. They also have seahorses. I'd say that's what you'd want to look for locally. Not at a damn mall store
Love seeing Clint so happy about these little guys. Love these types of videos :)
i clicked so fast when i saw this in my subs... amd then russ is here also! a special treat for a Saturday
What sea monkeys promised, HVS almost delivers!!! (Give them a little aquarium castle!)
Effing rad! I thought about keeping these when I had dwarf seahorses. I ended up just keeping brine shrimp. I'd love to see a video on all the colored shrimps available now. I'd love to keep blue shrimp, but it seems like they're hard to keep. I live in the desert, so Coldwater shrimp are probably a no go for me. I'm not wanting to invest in a chiller.
I’ve lived my whole life and never had any need for these. Until a few minutes ago. These are as easy to take care of as a pet rock.
Im gonna watch you’re channel now since Brian Barczyk sadly passed away. I watched him when i was a kid and watched him till i was an adult, may he rest in peace. But keep up the work man! I love your videos.❤
I feel like this was made for me, I love shrimp, hate the idea of water changes and on-going water maintenance but wouldn't mind the one time set up of a tank, definitely need to look into these guys! :D
Thank you so much for making this video. These are absolutely the best pet shrimp for me. I absolutely loved these shrimp a few years back. I bought triops because of one of your videos (haven't gotten the water for them yet) but I've toyed around with the idea of restarting a shrimp tank for years. Even went so far as to start buying new things to set up a home for them a year or so ago...before postponing the plans until a more suitable time presented itself. Thank you for all your hard work and help.
Now this looks like the kind of animal that could get me back into aquarium keeping! Feeding rarely and no water changes sounds awesome!
Thank you Clint snd Rus, for introducing people to these fascinatingly wonderful decapods. They are truly without a doubt, the best pet animals!!!!!!! The appreciation is astronomical!!!!!!!👍🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😊🤝.
@@enzeru5491 Glad to know you liked it!
Do they get to know their names? They look like you could tell them apart.
His excitement is as infectious as it is adorable
I've been waiting for this video! Thanks Clint!
This is wonderful, I'm so excited. Now, does anyone have a recommendation for sourcing lids for glass containers? What am I looking for, just little glass or plexiglas plates with a hole in them somewhere?
I loved that crayfish discussion; that was my childhood too, in a shale creek in Ohio. I remember finding natural rock funnels and carefully wedging my large aquarium net in with rocks, and then going upstream and lifting rocks and swishing methodically all the way down 3-6 feet of creek to scare everything down into that net. I would get crayfish, darters, dragonfly larvae, all sorts of cool stuff.
I love neocaridina! They deserve their own episode!
These look lovely. I imagine spending money to create some fun aquarium for them that they can interact with(like a miniature town or smith of this sort) and enjoy them so much!🙂
Great to see Russ again ❤
I missed him at the great celebration at Clint's Reptile Room.
@@gue.k I wish I could have been there!
I could watch those little guys for days, didnt know they were so easy to care! ❤
This is what people think it’s like having a betta/goldfish
Yep I'm getting some. My friend had a thriving bowl with a small light above it that helped the moss inside grow. The snail actually had babies since they don't need a mate to do that and she had to rehome those, so that's a warning.
Shrimp are the best! I've had ghost shrimp, cherry shrimp, and amano shrimp. They're such wonderful creatures and the female ghost shrimp will actually interact and even come to the surface to take food right out of my hand. I hadn't heard of Hawaiian volcano shrimp, but I am delighted you chose to highlight them! I might need to think about getting some!
The intro of these cute little guys had me craving shrimp.
I’ve been keeping these since 2018, easiest tank I own. I still love watching them!
Finally an aquarium that fits my lifestyle! 😂
I get so hype seeing those videos come out and he did something aquatic
Gotta love the best pet videos 💚
Always brightens up my day ^^
I am an absolute shrimp lover, and despite knowing Caridina and LOVING Neocaridina species, this was the first time I had heard of HALOCARIDINA, and of these Volcano Shrimp. Maybe its because I'm in a tropical region but I don't think I can find these out here. Thank you for making this video!! I love finding out about new shrimp
Shrimpies are so much fun!!! I’ve kept neocaridina and Amanos. I have been curious about this species for a long time!
It seems like once you have the tank setup It's like having a pet rock! Only a bunch that move and are colorful and awesome!
Great video. I have been wanting to get back into aquarium keeping and simple planted would be great. Two questions: lighting needs? Community member?
Aquarimax’s opae ula video is how I first discovered Aquarimax Pets and I’m pretty sure Aquarimax Pets is why the algorithm first recommended Clint’s Reptiles for me. I have come full circle and maybe this is the sign I needed to actually start an opae ula tank lol
@@pseudodactyl That’s wonderful!Maybe it’s Opae ula time!
I breed and sell a lot of shrimp these little shrimp are probably one of my favorites. So easy to care for and observe
Even though I have a thriving cherry shrimp colony already these little duders sound like a fun new tank idea
Probably one of the few pets I’m actually tempted to get from one of these videos! Very cool!
loving this series going on! that shrimp looks amazing, both visually and in terms of responsibility involved - truly wish I could have them one day
I love your "best pet" series! Now I know that I need these shrimps in my life ❤
I just got into shrimp keeping this past fall, so I rly appreciate this one 😊
That was my childhood too. When the bad man came, he would set up a net behind me and startle me so I would jump back. It was the only way, I was an extremely squirrely lad.
I keep freshwater shrimp as part of community aquariums and because of the large tanks, fish waste, plants and frequent feeding, the only problem I have is limiting the numbers of shrimp. In one of my tanks I started with 6 and now must have about 100 in there. And I must have removed a further 200! If you have wood above the surface of the tank, especially if it has a small waterfall over it, the shrimp climb out of the water and graze in open air for a while, which is entertaining to watch and amazing the first time you see them do it....
I am so glad I clicked on this video, I'd seen listings for these shrimp in the past and just assumed they were a "special morph" of Neocardina shrimp and had avoided them not wanting to pay the price I've seen them for. I had no clue these were such a hardy, different species!
Seeing this made me go to your "Magadascar hissing cockroach" video- those roaches might be worthy competitors for the "easiest pet" title.
They at least get more points for cuddling 😂❤
Finally ❤❤❤ back to pet reviews!
Volcano shrimp are the ones that were used for those “sealed ecosystems” I saw some catalogues selling? Those look very cool.
Without even clicking on the video i knew it was going to be a Russ video. I was right. That's great though, i love when Russ brings one of his many little friends.:)
@@Eisenwulf666 Thank you! 😁
I didn't think it could get any better than a beetle in a box of sand but here we are with an easy aquatic arthropod that is also incredibly cool to watch! Wow!
I want opae ula so badly - rus turned me onto them on his channel. I’m just waiting until I have a more stable lifestyle so that I don’t have to worry about moving with them! So funny to watch Clint exclaim about their ease of care.
@@BUtheBabyUnicorn Someday…
Oh my god. I gave away my fish tank because it was so much work to do water changes, but these guys sound like the weird in-between between a triop and frog I've been wanting! this is incredible....
EDIT: Got a tank, some calcium sand, and some brackish water! The Petco employees were super nice and gave me some saltwater from their tank. Letting it cycle!
I used to have some ghost shrimp as pets. They are so fun to watch and I love their little grabbie hands lol ❤
I will definitely be getting these guys one day, I have no excuse not to. Thanks for introducing me to these delightful little shrimp!
I love my Neocardinia shrimp, similar care requirements but don’t have to fuss with salt, and they do great in a community freshwater tank
I'll admit I've been given as a birthday present a biosphere with some of them inside... And they are tiny, very tiny, like 5-10x smaller than the ones in the video. Somehow, 15+ years inside the sealed sphere and they're still going, although I assume by now quite a few generations have passed.
I'm so glad I've learned about these today. I've been wanting to get an aquatic pet but have been held back by lack of money. I'm definitely going to get some of those
❤❤❤BEST PET VIDEOS❤❤❤ BTW I love the bulleted graphics. They are very helpful and are an added visual interest. I actually might get some of these. I don’t do well with aquatic pets but I think I can handle these. I’d like to have a little tank with something in it. Would you also be able to do some aquarium decorations with these like a sunken pirate ship with some hardscaping or do you need to keep it somewhat simplistic? Are there other plants in addition to algae that you could put in there, too?
This was wonderful! I loved learning about these little guys ! ❤
I keep shrimp. I have Glass Shrimp, Crawfish, Mosquito fish, various mixed colored shrimp HAD cherry shrimp... Make sure you have a overheat protection heater. I lost all my reds to a malfunction, now the big tank has the non reds and mixed colors... and a new heater that boasts overheat protection. Poor snails and baby mosquito fish barely survived.
If you pair your shrimp with some snails, scuds, tiny fish and plants you can make a super healthy tank with low cleaning.
Engorging myself with taco bell in a pet store parking lot, and watching your latest video has become my weekend tradition. ❤
They are like a aquatic ant farm but even easier really cool.
i have wanted opae ula for years. they're so coooooool