One of the reasons I value your channel so highly is you keep trying new things and sharing what works and what doesn't. Recently the change of substrate was a HUGE lesson on a subject most just don't deal with for years and wonder why they start having problems. In this video alone you just explained why powerheads are not desirable for shrimp tanks with a vivid example of what happened when a shrimp got into one during a power outage, which can happen to anyone. I have been considering powerheads for a few things and thanks to you I will now avoid them over just a battery backup for my air system. Even the smallest things make a difference. Thank you.
Thank you Rob, Its a shame as well because I really like the patmini filters but I am getting to many powercuts now for them to be safe in the tanks, I used to plug up the outtake with a little bit sponge but I have 20+ of them in the room now so it can be a real pain to remember and do stuff. I also need to have less plugs in the room for safety reasons, going back to a central airsystem will be perfect for me.
Thanks for the tour Mark it's always a lot of fun to see your tanks. I really appreciate how you explain everything from how you set up your substrates, feed and care to maintenance and keeping water parameters in your tanks! You have the best information out there on shrimp I've ever seen plus you have some of the prettiest ones I've ever seen too! I'm glad you're still doing better! I hope you have a very blessed day! 💚🦐💚🦐💚
I honesty prefer if you don't feed the tanks in this circumstance as it gives us a better look in how you normally "operate" your shrimp room. Thank you.
Could the difference be helped by fertilizing with a red-plant specific fertilizer? I admit the red floaters look really nice in the ADA tank, but the other tank looks clearer and cleaner.
yes but its not as easy as add shrimp back in, all tanks need to be cycled again so shrimp coming out of the tank need rehoming for 6 weeks plus, there is no easy way to do this I dont think.
Beautiful set up. Great to see tanks without feeding. Too many people dose up the tanks with food to get them all swarming. Nice to see them just chilled out and natural. Just subscribed don’t know how I wasn’t already. Found your channel after searching for bee pollen food for my cherries and stumbling across your site and placing an order last night!
Hi Mark! Great with a new vid out! I see you are growing lots of algea, like I am XD You might want to remove the string algae though so that it stays short. The string algae can be deadly to shrimp. Both adults and babies can entangle themselves in it and they die surprisingly quickly from that. I lost berried females and tons of babies to string algae before I realized that they were not just randomly dying, but were actually getting stuck, as I came upon a shrimp struggling to get free. I had to manually free it, and the algae was really entangled onto it's carapace. Just thought I'd give you a heads up :)
Hello Shanny, I dont think I have ever seen seen shrimp get stuck in algae, the tank with what looks like string algae isnt , its very soft and fluffy its grown this way on purpose and you can buy a product from Vins Storm range to get it, its called ecological bacteria ..it has algae spores in it, Vin is regarded as one of the best shrimp breeders in the world.
Great Tour Mark! In the last 3 weeks all my Akadama tanks went from PH 6.2 to a PH of 7.4. The lack of baby survival is what started my investigations! As it turns out I also just set up 3 new tanks but they’re not ready. I’m having to balance PH with AquaVitro Shrimp pHa and test ph every 12 hours.... it’s going to be a tough transition with hopefully minimal loses!
yeah its an absolute pain in the ass dealing with substrates when they need changes. now I am having a spare tank with minimal shrimp in it so if I need to transfer my others for a little while I can.
Nice video, Mark. I wanted to make a shrimp room tour too, but i cant speak english that fluent. So i dont want to talk on video, wich would make a room tour quite boring i think. I like the fact, that you let the algae grow like it wants to... my wife dont want that.
As a newbie I'm loving your content. Gradually watching as many as possible. Can I ask what is the grey honeycomb looking thing I see in some of your tanks? Also if you decide to get rid of your söchting oxydators I would be interested in buying some 👍 (or receiving donations hehe).
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks for the reply Mark and Thanks for all your hard work on these videos I very much enjoy them and as a beginner they really help.
Your tanks look great and lots of breeding happening! I used to hate the thought of changing soils but once I found out there was NO way around it, I changed my mindset. I reset my tanks last year with thinner layers of soil, i staggered the changes, some tanks were set up 1year ago, 6 months ago, and this month, so I don’t have to change all tanks at same time next time around
@@MarksShrimpTanks yes! I have learnt alot through the years and watching you has helped so much too! Thanks for sharing your findings with us, this hobby is great because we are always learning something snd challenging ourselves 🤓
I enjoyed seeing how are your tanks are set up inside! Thanks for the tip about the ceramic rings, I have some sitting around from buying some plants, I'll try then in my tank!
yes for bee shrimp like crystals and tiawan bee shrimp, things like cherry shrimp , blue dreams green jades you never have to change out the sand or gravel.
Thank you, Mark. Since I have Crystal Reds, and Dennerle active Scaper soil of their DeponitMix bottom soil, I guess I need to (somehow) change it. I have around 50 shrimp and only other tank I have is a 3 gallon Nano. Don’t know if I could keep them safely in 3 Gal. tank while their 10 Gal. cycles with new substrate or not.😬
The ugf filters 5:45 2 tanks side by side with the “Asian style filters” Is there any drawback since the filter is elevated? It’s just doing water cycling job. But the debris will be at the bottom.. do we have to clean it manually with a suck out tube? I’m planning to make one with a sponge filter.. in it. I love the ugf filter it adds a raise platform for some planting… just find the elevation not doing the filtering as well as traditional filters. Advise pls . Tks
This type of filter is more aimed at softwater shrimp than anything else because the soil believe it or not is one of the best filters you can get, it has a low ph meaning its negatively charged so it cleans the water very well. and no I wouldn't ever clean this type of filter, they last a few years and then you have to change them.
Ada amazonia does have a rep for breaking down to powder given time. My ada malaya years ago was awful for creating "mud". Could be another factor as to why the tank on the right looks clearer
Well, I'm late but I'm here, and I've enjoyed the learning experience. It's getting somewhat colder here, too (mid-atlantic US), but not nearly as cold as I would have expected. It just occurred to me that I have relatives in Oslo, but I don't know them. The matriarch of their family and I were quite close because she lived here, but I know you way better than they. I know you better than my own family, Mark. lol
@@MarksShrimpTanks Can't believe that you can find all of the shrimp in the tanks. I can only find 3 or 4 in a tank at a time and I have double the amount. My neocaridina don't seem to come over and eat when I put food in the tank. Could it be because I have a lot of biofilm?
Make a cap for the powerhead output with some mesh inside, problem solved. If you have access to a 3d printer you could print many caps with mesh in one go. I've had great success with 3d printing parts like that, especially for custom filter piping. It makes it easy to dial in output flow caps if powerheads are too strong for a tank size or area. You can also get USB powered powerheads on ebay for cheap and connect to a powerbank incase of a power outage.
How much trouble did you have finding red root floater in Norway? I tried everything before paying through the nose for shipping from the one supplier I found, so I'm babying the heck out of mine right now because I don't know if I can replace them if they don't make it.
Beautiful tanks marks love them all If you decide to get rid of your oxidators I’ll be more then happy to buy them ! Hear in Australia there over $70 au each to buy lol
Mark, your channel is full of very useful information, thank you. I was thinking maybe you can purchase a backup battery to ensure when the power goes out it doesn't disrupt your water parameters or flow..
@@MarksShrimpTanks Again I thought shrimp like surface area on the bottom of your tank to swim and crawl. I didn't think they go on the sides of the tank that much. What size tanks are they as well?
Now that is a very good idea just to mic up the camera angles ..I just remeber why I dont do that though, my mic is plugged into the side but I have lost the little waterproofing door for the side of the gopro.... thats a good enough reason to get another gopro though ..dont tell the wife mouuuuuhhahahahahahaha 😂
Remember to like and share shrimpfam !!!
DONT DELETE THE VIDEOS!! Just put a banner over the screen explaining the bad information! That way you dont lose the good info on there too!!!
One of the reasons I value your channel so highly is you keep trying new things and sharing what works and what doesn't. Recently the change of substrate was a HUGE lesson on a subject most just don't deal with for years and wonder why they start having problems. In this video alone you just explained why powerheads are not desirable for shrimp tanks with a vivid example of what happened when a shrimp got into one during a power outage, which can happen to anyone. I have been considering powerheads for a few things and thanks to you I will now avoid them over just a battery backup for my air system.
Even the smallest things make a difference. Thank you.
Thank you Rob, Its a shame as well because I really like the patmini filters but I am getting to many powercuts now for them to be safe in the tanks, I used to plug up the outtake with a little bit sponge but I have 20+ of them in the room now so it can be a real pain to remember and do stuff. I also need to have less plugs in the room for safety reasons, going back to a central airsystem will be perfect for me.
Thanks for the tour Mark it's always a lot of fun to see your tanks. I really appreciate how you explain everything from how you set up your substrates, feed and care to maintenance and keeping water parameters in your tanks! You have the best information out there on shrimp I've ever seen plus you have some of the prettiest ones I've ever seen too! I'm glad you're still doing better! I hope you have a very blessed day! 💚🦐💚🦐💚
So nice of you
I LOVE those Calceo Gold Dragons!
I honesty prefer if you don't feed the tanks in this circumstance as it gives us a better look in how you normally "operate" your shrimp room. Thank you.
Yes, blue bolt tank looks more clear that super red crystal tank, but like you said, it could be the difference in tannins.
Could the difference be helped by fertilizing with a red-plant specific fertilizer? I admit the red floaters look really nice in the ADA tank, but the other tank looks clearer and cleaner.
Have you made a vid on how you changed the tank substrates?
yes but its not as easy as add shrimp back in, all tanks need to be cycled again so shrimp coming out of the tank need rehoming for 6 weeks plus, there is no easy way to do this I dont think.
Yes, that will be an issue for me. Thanks so much for answering.
Feel better ASAP!! Thanks for the tour 😁💕🦐
Thank you!! 😊
Beautiful set up. Great to see tanks without feeding. Too many people dose up the tanks with food to get them all swarming. Nice to see them just chilled out and natural. Just subscribed don’t know how I wasn’t already. Found your channel after searching for bee pollen food for my cherries and stumbling across your site and placing an order last night!
Thank you Keema and welcome to the #SHRIMPFAM :)
I love akadama. Currently I’m working on 1 cycling tank with akadama ryusen (ss size) ^^
Another great vid with tons of info.
good tip with "red root floaters" aka Phyllanthus Fluitans.
Short roots a are nice for smaller tanks.
yes I love it. for nutrient uptake stuff like frogbit is probably better but frogbits roots can grow hell of a long.
Hi Mark! Great with a new vid out! I see you are growing lots of algea, like I am XD You might want to remove the string algae though so that it stays short. The string algae can be deadly to shrimp. Both adults and babies can entangle themselves in it and they die surprisingly quickly from that. I lost berried females and tons of babies to string algae before I realized that they were not just randomly dying, but were actually getting stuck, as I came upon a shrimp struggling to get free. I had to manually free it, and the algae was really entangled onto it's carapace. Just thought I'd give you a heads up :)
Hope he sees this!!
Hello Shanny, I dont think I have ever seen seen shrimp get stuck in algae, the tank with what looks like string algae isnt , its very soft and fluffy its grown this way on purpose and you can buy a product from Vins Storm range to get it, its called ecological bacteria ..it has algae spores in it, Vin is regarded as one of the best shrimp breeders in the world.
Great Tour Mark! In the last 3 weeks all my Akadama tanks went from PH 6.2 to a PH of 7.4. The lack of baby survival is what started my investigations! As it turns out I also just set up 3 new tanks but they’re not ready. I’m having to balance PH with AquaVitro Shrimp pHa and test ph every 12 hours.... it’s going to be a tough transition with hopefully minimal loses!
yeah its an absolute pain in the ass dealing with substrates when they need changes. now I am having a spare tank with minimal shrimp in it so if I need to transfer my others for a little while I can.
thanks for sharing Mark
I love this kind of video's they are the best!
Love it ! Nice work !😍
Thank you! 😄
Nice video, Mark. I wanted to make a shrimp room tour too, but i cant speak english that fluent. So i dont want to talk on video, wich would make a room tour quite boring i think. I like the fact, that you let the algae grow like it wants to... my wife dont want that.
Nice tanks
Glad you like them!
@@MarksShrimpTanks i start my first tank on akadama after watching your films
Wish I could understand you. I love shrimp. USA
For me I'd say the water quality of the two tanks in question were so close that the only difference would be price and how they hold up long term.
the water in the tank on the left is clearer. ada powdered cost me about $60 and the stuff on the left I got for free from a compony to try.
Are those DIY box filter?
As a newbie I'm loving your content. Gradually watching as many as possible.
Can I ask what is the grey honeycomb looking thing I see in some of your tanks?
Also if you decide to get rid of your söchting oxydators I would be interested in buying some 👍 (or receiving donations hehe).
it was just some filter medium somone gave me years ago mate.
What is the oxygenator in the middle of the tanks?
You answered your own question my friend :)
@@MarksShrimpTanks Yes I meant where did you get them or how did you make them?
Why not put some net from ladies tights to stop the shrimp going into the filter ?
I have done 👍
Why do you choose to put minimal plants in the tank, is this purely so that you can catch them easier without disturbing the soil?
yes and I wouldnt say this is minimal the plants grew really fast, I am going to do a minimal setup next to test it.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks for the reply Mark and Thanks for all your hard work on these videos I very much enjoy them and as a beginner they really help.
Hi mark, where can i order vins bacteria?
Depends on where you live, I got mine from shrimpparadice in Holland.
Your tanks look great and lots of breeding happening! I used to hate the thought of changing soils but once I found out there was NO way around it, I changed my mindset. I reset my tanks last year with thinner layers of soil, i staggered the changes, some tanks were set up 1year ago, 6 months ago, and this month, so I don’t have to change all tanks at same time next time around
yeah I think we are doing it pretty much the same way now, you use less soil this way too 👍
@@MarksShrimpTanks yes! I have learnt alot through the years and watching you has helped so much too! Thanks for sharing your findings with us, this hobby is great because we are always learning something snd challenging ourselves 🤓
The Shrimp room is looking in top shape
I enjoyed seeing how are your tanks are set up inside! Thanks for the tip about the ceramic rings, I have some sitting around from buying some plants, I'll try then in my tank!
Mark, is the requirement to change substrate for only certain species of shrimp? If so, I’ll just stay away from those species.
yes for bee shrimp like crystals and tiawan bee shrimp, things like cherry shrimp , blue dreams green jades you never have to change out the sand or gravel.
Thank you, Mark. Since I have Crystal Reds, and Dennerle active Scaper soil of their DeponitMix bottom soil, I guess I need to (somehow) change it. I have around 50 shrimp and only other tank I have is a 3 gallon Nano. Don’t know if I could keep them safely in 3 Gal. tank while their 10 Gal. cycles with new substrate or not.😬
You shouldn’t have to feed your shrimp for people to watch
what kind of Moss will shrimp eat?
The ugf filters 5:45 2 tanks side by side with the “Asian style filters”
Is there any drawback since the filter is elevated? It’s just doing water cycling job.
But the debris will be at the bottom.. do we have to clean it manually with a suck out tube?
I’m planning to make one with a sponge filter.. in it.
I love the ugf filter it adds a raise platform for some planting… just find the elevation not doing the filtering as well as traditional filters.
Advise pls . Tks
This type of filter is more aimed at softwater shrimp than anything else because the soil believe it or not is one of the best filters you can get, it has a low ph meaning its negatively charged so it cleans the water very well. and no I wouldn't ever clean this type of filter, they last a few years and then you have to change them.
mate please buy a UPS
We be pimp shrimpin
Where do you get the undergravel filter box
look for hardware stores with a kitchen department, they normally will have acrylic boxes for storing food stuffs.
New sub
What's your favorite kind of🦐?
Thanks for subbing, all of them hahahahaha
Ada amazonia does have a rep for breaking down to powder given time. My ada malaya years ago was awful for creating "mud". Could be another factor as to why the tank on the right looks clearer
What size shrimp tank do you recommend
Hello Gunsliger , Tank size is just what you are comfortable with and have space for. most of my tanks are 50-60 liter tanks.
Well, I'm late but I'm here, and I've enjoyed the learning experience. It's getting somewhat colder here, too (mid-atlantic US), but not nearly as cold as I would have expected. It just occurred to me that I have relatives in Oslo, but I don't know them. The matriarch of their family and I were quite close because she lived here, but I know you way better than they. I know you better than my own family, Mark. lol
12 red chrystal shrimp in what size tank?
50 liters
@@MarksShrimpTanks Can't believe that you can find all of the shrimp in the tanks. I can only find 3 or 4 in a tank at a time and I have double the amount.
My neocaridina don't seem to come over and eat when I put food in the tank. Could it be because I have a lot of biofilm?
Make a cap for the powerhead output with some mesh inside, problem solved. If you have access to a 3d printer you could print many caps with mesh in one go. I've had great success with 3d printing parts like that, especially for custom filter piping. It makes it easy to dial in output flow caps if powerheads are too strong for a tank size or area. You can also get USB powered powerheads on ebay for cheap and connect to a powerbank incase of a power outage.
Sir mark Loos great thank you for your Knowledge we love all video we like the PINTOS like our Pintos Beans we eat hahaha
What has your glass so many scratches?
cleaning with the wrong stuff.
how often do you clean the sponges?
just when the flow is reduced, if the are air driven this can take years.
what are those white rings?
just ceramic rings
Always learning and inspired watching your videos. Love your new shrimp tank setups. Excited for all your colonies especially the red fancy tiger.
Thank you, today we wake up to 3 new berried girls in the fancy crystal black tank so we have lots of baby shrimp coming soon.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Wow! That is awesome. Congrats😁
your orange fleecy thing looks super comfy! :). thanks for your awesome videos Mark!
yes its very warm as well :)
Great video Mark all the changes are paying off i cant wait to see the results next year when everything gets going! #SHRIMPFAM 2020/2021
You wont have to wait that long, every single tank I have now has baby shrimp and berried females :)
How much trouble did you have finding red root floater in Norway? I tried everything before paying through the nose for shipping from the one supplier I found, so I'm babying the heck out of mine right now because I don't know if I can replace them if they don't make it.
mine melted from the uk a year back but I managed to save one tiny bit of it and now its taking off again.
@@MarksShrimpTanks I hope I can get mine thriving, then!
It looks good again as always.
Beautiful tanks marks love them all
If you decide to get rid of your oxidators I’ll be more then happy to buy them !
Hear in Australia there over $70 au each to buy lol
WHATTTTTTT!!!! that is bloody ridiculous, this is where I buy mine from www.aquaristikshop.com/
@@MarksShrimpTanks it is rediculose lol thanks heaps I appreciate it I’ll have a look :)
Mark, your channel is full of very useful information, thank you. I was thinking maybe you can purchase a backup battery to ensure when the power goes out it doesn't disrupt your water parameters or flow..
good idea for my own house when I finally buy one.
I see no heaters
my room is where the house boiler is so its more or less a heated room.. just by chance its always around 22-24c most of the time
my Sulawesi has a heater its at 30c
Your shrimp room is awesome Mark. You are one of the best breeders out there today, no doubt. Thanks for your videos, I learned a lot from you.
Awesome! Thank you!
Your tank seems quite high. I thought that the shrimp like more surface area on the bottom of the substrate
these are aquel shrimp tanks they are just cubes
@@MarksShrimpTanks Again I thought shrimp like surface area on the bottom of your tank to swim and crawl. I didn't think they go on the sides of the tank that much.
What size tanks are they as well?
How did u grow so much java fern in that tank ??
this isnt a lot of Java fern, its justs started growing.
Is there a reason for the brinks, I'm just curious
Just shrimp hides, I think they also might leech trace minerals... people that plant in clay pots always have better growth than plastic pots .
@@MarksShrimpTanks I might have to try that 😁👍
Good video and it’s better when you don’t feed them, it gives us a better viewing of how you operate on a day to day basis. 🙌🏼
what I meant to say in the video is I wont always feed them for the camera if I have feed them the day before kind of thing.
@@MarksShrimpTanks ah my bad 🙌🏼 keep up the videos, always watching and learning 👍🏼
Thanks! hope you get better soon.
Thank you!
What powerhead are u using? I use the aquaeel turbo 500.. but it does not fit the sponge filters
the pat mini, I am changing to all air though sooner or later.
@@MarksShrimpTanks unfortunately I can't use air filters.. as there too loud for the mrs
@@MarksShrimpTanks which tds pen is that use? I think my one is cheap and innacurute
under water go pro on a selfie stick ;)
Now that is a very good idea just to mic up the camera angles ..I just remeber why I dont do that though, my mic is plugged into the side but I have lost the little waterproofing door for the side of the gopro.... thats a good enough reason to get another gopro though ..dont tell the wife mouuuuuhhahahahahahaha 😂
you know i forget I actuall y do have another waterproof camera the tough tg-4 its what I do my macro shots on.
@@MarksShrimpTanks i think it would be a great perspective of the shrimp and behaviour