Why Using a Feeding Dish Benefits Your Shrimp: Explained
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Thanks, and thank you for acknowledging that we're all learning new things, constantly. Growth mindset is the key to everything, I've found, over the years. I look forward to learning as much as possible, along with you, over the coming years. I've just added 20 more shrimp to my community tank, I'm contemplating having a shrimp only tank, looking after these little guys is just about as Zen as it gets. ❤
Hey. Thank you for your kind feedback. I too consider myself to have a growth mindset. There is little I enjoy more than discovering something new that actually makes my hobby better.
My goal with this channel is to share my experiences and successes, but also to share my failures. Hopefully, this way those newer to the hobby will see it’s ok if things don’t go perfectly every time, providing we learn from our mistakes.
Have a great day 🫶🏻
Lol. You are spot on for reasons to use a dish. Use a turkey baster to remove uneaten food.
Good shout on the turkey baster 👍🏻
I actually just received a glass dish and tube set from Amazon two days ago and I am loving it. It is going to save me from a lot of mess and hassle. I give my shrimp some sinking pellets and also some algae wafers that tend to want to float on the water for several minutes before Sinking. With this new tube and dish setup I can put half a wafer in the top of the tube and after a few minutes it will drop down on its own perfectly into the dish. Very convenient!
Yeah, I think it’s the way forward for me now 👍🏻
Just did this today Richard and they seem to love the food bowl and the detritus won’t multiply as much and it’s great for seeing all the shrimp coming to the front glass just amazing!
🤣🤣🤣 You are so excited about your discovery! Have seen the feeding dishes on various UA-cam videos but have not used them. Glad you are happy with the results. As for the worms - yes have had them in a couple of fish tanks but as you say the fish eat them but very glad to say haven’t seen any in with my shrimp so far but of course haven’t had them long K
I was very pleased with myself 😂
Thanks for the simple yet surprisingly useful tip!
Pleasure 🫶🏻
I use a variety different feeding dishes. Unglazed Pottery, glass and also one I made out of coconut shell. I like the coconut as it looks more natural and the pottery was white but is covered in algae so that looks okay. The glass ones sparkle underwater and I think it takes away from the look.
Coconut shell is a great idea. 😎
I have dishes that stick to the glass. And feed through a tube. I have found that raising the dish has stopped the Corydoras from bullying the shrimp at feed time. Im not saying they don’t go up to the dish, but definitely not as much. Great video 👍🏻
Thanks mate. I think dishes are going to become a feature in all my shrimp tanks from her on in 👍🏻
Interesting video, thanks: my suggestion for DIY glass feeding dish would be the shallow ramekins you get with puddings sometimes
That’s a great shout. For reasons currently unknown, we have tons of those in our kitchen cupboard 🤷🏻♂️
@@FishKeepingAnswers likewise!
I use a glass jar laid on its side. You can contain Mozzie larvae and daphnia somewhat with the side of the jar lying as the top. This is more useful when keeping micropredators and dwarf cories. But for shrimp, ottos and plecs, I put veges and frozen foods and grindal and micro worms in. It keeps them from falling into the substrate. And black worms.
Brilliant video. Soo sad it had so few views.
Thanks 🙏🏻
Just got a little dipping bowl😊 time to put it to work
Nice 👍🏻
Ordered me one will be better to feed them see them feeding, Thank you for telling us about dish.
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great vid, I've been thinking about getting some glass ashtrays from the local opshop or second hand store to use as a feeding dish.
I say do it 👍🏻
I don't has any worm in my oldest 17 litre tank despite I using life silk worm as food and often looking wild plant who many thing on it.
My guess is I got blackghost who constantly hunt them clean whenever I introduced new thing, I only noticed when they don't eat anything I given to them they always searching something on gravel but of course I don't think they can do well with shrimps unfortunately.
Blackghost Knife will eat anything and everything they find living in the gravel (including shrimp 😔)
I hadn't noticed you weren't using dish's for feeding. I currently use small china dishes ( butter dish ) about 2" in diameter ( about 5cm ) with fancy fish design in blue. picked up set of 6 at a nonprofit store ( Goodwill or something ). Keeps substrate food free👍.
Now , you asked the other day how many shrimp in your 100 day challenge tank. You gave us a peek today, can I change my answer? 😆😂🤣😂 🦐🐟
Oh yeah! You are on the ball 😀
If you check the fine print in the terms and conditions of that post, it clearly states you can’t change your guess 🤣
Just 3d printed myself some for my breeding tanks pebble on the bottom glued to help it sink
That is posh! I have only just moved on from a dot matrix printer 😳😳😳
The glass jars 50g of instant coffee comes in are perfect for this. And cheaper than the products marketed for this
Would it be okay to put the feeding dish in the middle of the tank? Like the ones with a suction cup. Would they still swim up to it? I have no predators in the tank but I have no room at the bottom of the tank because of plants. Thank you.
Hi. I can’t see why that would be a problem 👍🏻
Great Idea when I get those pesky worms I will for sure do that. Can you have to much biofilm and food in your tank? I think I do. I have a 75 gallon with plants leaves wood rocks and I only have 2 shrimp and 5 Ramshorn snails. lol I ordered 10 more shrimp.
I’m not sure you can have too much bio film, although new set ups do sometimes suffer with a sort of white slim, especially on pieces of aquarium wood.
@@FishKeepingAnswers Thank you
Great stuff
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i've been just hoping the food lands on the indian almond leaves, seems to be working well so far lol
I just started a new nano shrimp aquarium and i don't know what food i should give them
Variety is key. But with that said, pretty much any good quality, sinking fish or shrimp food will work well. Personally I use a lot of Repashy Gel Food, but also sinking algae wafers and Tetra Colour Crisps 👍🏻
hello, please help me, I have a small glass container for feeding and feeding dajana nano sticks for shrimps, but they do not fit into the container and I do not know what to try or is it not possible, it is because of the new purchase of young shrimp and they have been in the aquarium for 2 days and the aquarium is newly established with a lot of plant shelter
Thanks for the great videos! I have ramshorn snails with cherry shrimps. The problem with feeding dish is that when I put food on it, the snails take over. Tips for this? 😁
I find this too, but the chances are the snails would take over where ever you place the food. When I get too many snails I take some out and feed them to my puffer, or, if I have lots and lots, I sell them on eBay 🫶🏻
What Repashy do you use for shrimp?
Either Community Blend or Grub Pie. Truth be told, the blends are all very similar 👍🏻
Another great video!
Out of interest, where do you list your shrimp?
Thank you for your kind feedback 🫶🏻
We sell our shrimp on eBay (although we haven’t shared our shop details publicly on UA-cam) 👍🏻
@@FishKeepingAnswers thanks for your quick response. I’ve sent you a pm :)
I have to mention this: a dish will concentrate adults around food in a tank, but this may result in shrimplets being out competed. My solution use the dish but provide smaller quantities of food (flake or other) to circulate in the tank and get caught up in fauna and decorations. This ensures the army of baby shrimp hiding, get fed.
+1 I do the same indeed. I use a fine powder of all sorts of shrimpfood. its like a ultra mix of the adults diets
i have a feeding dish but i never see shrimps eating from it, it seems like even with food inside there the shrimp still prefer grazing on plants so ig they arent hungry?
I have found, if they are hungry, they quickly work out the foods in there 😂
I have no feeding dish and never going to have one as far as I know. If your shrimp are alive & vibrant and all over the tank, that is what they are gonna keep doing. I have shrimp all over mine & I drop down an algae wafer & they seem like they couldn't care less.
You can make your own glass feeding dish. Use those wine bottle after you finished your wine, wash it really good. Use glass cutter cut a line on the height you need, pour hot boil water over the line that you cut, put in cold water it will break the line you just cut. You have your own glass feeding disk, save money.
Wow! Never tried that before. Might give it a go 🤔
@FishKeepingAnswers I do forgot one more thing after the glass break, you can use sand paper to smooth those edges. This way you have a smooth surfaces that won't cut yourself. This idea is not my idea but I saw it on UA-cam. Save you alot of money in a long run, specially you have many tanks. Have a good day Sir...
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0:45 I don't have detritus worms in my aquarium. My aquarium is empty. : (
Ah! The exception that proves the rule 👇🏻
@@FishKeepingAnswers You can add me to it & although I really enjoy your vids, I must say, I don't get the finger-down emote at all. But, to be fair, I am old-school and use a slow moving plenum. I will not be surprised if you ignore me & I will not be shocked if you dis me...yeah, I am THAT GUY on YT.
I don't have any either and I have 2 tanks. IDK how people get them, but I am kinda put-out that I can't figure it out.
@@Nomadistar How mature are the tanks? Do you have a lot of plants or moam?
Also, they tend to stay away from light, so first thing in the morning, take a flashlight and look at the glass near the substrate. They are small, so it is possible you overlooked them.
@@chia_pet7121 Set my 20 gal shrimp tank up about 6 weeks ago and seeded my 29gal with my sponge about 4 1/2 weeks ago. They are not MD tanks, but I have plants all over the tanks. I had a tank running for a couple yrs back in the day & never saw these worms. Anyways, ty for your comment & I will give that a try, but I already put on serious reading glasses to see my nano fish and shrimp. (I can see them just fine without but it makes it easier to see if they are having any issues with their shells & scales).
I use a thin layer of river sand in my shrimp tanks so no detritus worms. I do use a feeding dish, but realised spreading the food in the water column means its gets to the babies better. So are feeding dishes a revolution?....not really.
Thanks for taking the time to share 👍🏻
Do you ever feed powdered food to your shrimp? Is it important to feed powdered food so that the babies get enough food?
Hi. I don’t tend to feed powdered food, but I do feed a variety of foods, which I find really benefits the babies 🫶🏻🦐
I keep live blood worms in my fishtank and they eat all the leftover food, The worms are also a snack for the shrimp.
That’s a great plan 👍🏻
My shrimps don't want to eat from the plate...if i toss something neat it, every one will be on it
I love my detritus worms cuz my guppies munch on them
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Just get a shot glass.
Would work well 👍🏻
no need a glass feeder all you need is khuli loach they eat all kinds of worms we need a community of khuli loach and khuli is safe from shrimp glass feeder is an eyesoar from aquarium we dont need that
Kuhli loach are amazing little fishes 😍