How to: Grow DUST ALGAE in AQUARIUM - Natural Food for Baby Shrimp!
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- Опубліковано 30 січ 2022
- This is how I grow green dust algae and biofilm in my shrimp tanks to increase my shrimplets survival rate. Baby shrimps need some algae and biofilm to feed on in order to survive and that's why it is important to have that in your aquarium!
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This is how I grow green dust algae and biofilm in my shrimp tanks to increase my shrimplets survival rate. Baby shrimps need some algae and biofilm to feed on in order to survive and that's why it is important to have that in your aquarium!
My other video on this topic:
ua-cam.com/video/aB06m9siFW8/v-deo.html
❤ My OTHER UA-cam channel - ua-cam.com/channels/n27JThScJPvOUvJQ8ZhcFg.html
I didn't understand the name of the little creature in the corner of tank @ 3:15 ?
This is just what I needed in order to grow more dust algae for my hillstream loaches and snails. I don't have any floating plants, but I do have dwarf lilies, some buce, and some guppy grass. The Guppy grass is taking over, so a trim is in order.
Good stuff man. Keep it up 👍
Thank you for your support Kyle!
Great info video
👍and thanks for sharing the info
No problem 👍 Thank you for watching. Nice channel you have!
Thanks mate, i've got shrimp in my community tank but just setting up some breeder ones now.
Very informative, great 👍
Glad it was helpful!
That sub level colony is genius ! Really enjoy your videos👍
Thank you sir
Anothrr Great video! Yum yum food for the shrimp. Can't wait for thr next one
Thank you for your support mg friend👍
Great info I was just about yo scrap it all off the shrimp tank I'll definitely leave it shrimp on..
I know it doesn't look good but shrimps like it
Well done sir 👍🏽🙌🏽!!
Thank you sir
Good job man,have to keep active to keep on top.🍀🦐🌿😎👍
Thanks George! Just in a right mood at this moment for creating more content. It's can be only temporary thing
Thank you for the video !
You are welcome Arctic, thank you for watching!
If you follow Nico, then you know he changed his way, no more soil on the bottom, he uses inert gravell, and only changes the sock with the soil, no more vacuuming.
Yes very interesting method he is using
Does the ista premium soil leeches ammonia for cycling? And aslo what ph range for that soil when everything is settled?
Thanks for the information
My pleasure
@@ShrimpMania i sent inbox through facebook, can You reply to me?
Great video. I agree that the soil in a caridina tank is whats makes algae grow and the ecosystem alive. The last soil I used, SL Aqua, kept ph very low but it's so poor in nutrients that the tanks were very sterile and most baby shrimp didn't survive. Switching to Amazonia powder now and still cycling but lots of algae and microfauna on the walls already
Good choice - Amazonia is a good soil and contained a lot of nutrients
Can I tell you something ? I growed thick wall of dust algae with no substrate and just a lot of moss. After a week with 8 hours of light a day the algae just grew and grew and spread all over. My point is no need for a soil to grow dust algae.
I think I’m going to reset my tanks here in a couple weeks with the that
Your moss always looks so amazing! Is it flame moss??
Yep
Hi, how many times should I do a water change and about how much water should be removed each time before adding caridina shrimp?
Thanks for the videos, they are very helpful. What kind of leds do you use? Waiting for the next video...
Hey Luis, you are welcome! I use the brightest LEDs I can get. Its either 5054 120 leds per meter or 5036 - 120 leds per meter. I shown them in this video ua-cam.com/video/OJ48e6KM6mM/v-deo.html
@@ShrimpMania thank you very much
Darn it! I think I had some biofilm growin in my tank today and I took it out and threw it cause I thought it was bad for it.
Whats your veiw on dosing fertilizers to a shrimp tank if you have alot of plants in a tank. Obviously a fertilizer with no copper in it . I want to know if it affects breeding or kills baby shrimps or promotes greendust algae ? ...
Lee
bacter AE is also good food for the shrimps and to make a biofilm such as algae?
yes for biofilm but I'm not sure about algae
Nice Video 👍 what do you use for UGF Box?
Hey, thanks. Normally i have ada amazonia soil in it
Very nice video. How are you able grow such nice, thick dust algae without growing hair algae at the same time? Do you have this same issue?
Thanks. I do have some sort of algae in two of my tanks. It's not a hair algae though. It looks like a green fur.
Hello Bro, What do you think about Shrimp king soil and Contro Soil (it has big grains of soil)?
Hey, I tried shrimp king few years back - ph 6.5 so not ideal for caridina, I haven't tried control soil so I can't give you a feedback on it
Useful vid for sureee!!
Do you wash ur hands with water only, or do rinse it with soap as well?
Normally with dish washing liquid and then I wipe them with paper towel
@@ShrimpMania do you feed powdered food like glasgarten shrimp baby or bacter ae ?
If so what’s the feeding schedule ?
Hello ,which lights do you use for making albe
DIY LED strip light I got from China
Hi Shrimp Mania! How do you cycle the UGF in a bucket? Do you add bacterial powder to the bucket?
Yes just add a little bit bacteria and cycle for a month or so
Hi Shrimp Mania, do you feed any pellet or granules food for shrimp?
Yes every day or every second day I feed my shrimp with pellet food once a week powder food
Don't worry about the sediment at the bottom of your filters. That is just the soil particles that naturally settle to the bottom. As long as there is water movement it will not become toxic.
Thanks for the info. When there is too much waste at the bottom it starts to get to the water column and cloudy the water this is why clean it mostly to make the water crystal clear.
Its also poop. Causing ammonia.
Hi, may i ask, can I grow dust algae while my tank is cycling? I am deciding to put some shrimp food or fish flakes and let the beneficial bacteria act on them, to produce some nutrients. And i will turn on my light for 15hrs a day. what do you think about this method?
Also, its a neocaridina tank, so I am not using aqua soil, im using the lava rocks for them
Yes you can add some powder foods to grow more biofilm and algae. For neos is ok.
what kind of moss are you using on top of the UGF?
Hey Steve, Its a flame moss
Hi I want to ask, what kind of Moss are you using on the UGF? Thank you in advance.
Flame moss
@@ShrimpMania tq bro
What is the fern looking moss on the little bridge structures and logs?
fissidens fontanus
@@ShrimpMania Cool, thx.
That ista soli is ok for box ? Or is too small ? Ada Amazona is like 2x biger
It comes in two different sizes 1-3 and 3-5mm so you have to buy bigger grain size for ugf
hey sir what is the starting powder u are using？
dead shrimp powder
Hi! I always watch your videos! May I know how many gallons do you have for each tanks?
Hey, The tanks on the rack are 54L, I guess 15-16gal. Thanks
@@ShrimpMania what is the dimension of the tank
@@shafique2511 which one?
@@ShrimpMania your 54L tank on the rack
@@shafique2511 35x40x35h approximately
Hey what brand of bacteria do you use ? Thank you
Hey, I've shown it in this video - ua-cam.com/video/ozi4sKb0nUA/v-deo.html
Hi bro, just want to ask. Is galaxy shrimp water parameter same with CRS?
Hey, no galaxy shrimps need lower PH to thrive, Ideal 5.5. Crystals are ok in 6.5
@@ShrimpMania ok, thanks a lot for your advise.
what about with the lights always on or manually closing open???
Smart plug on timer
what light you using sir?
Made it myself
How often do you change the water while cycling?
Every 2-3 weeks during the cycle
Hi, please explain to me why my algae is not green but brown?
Brown dust algae on the glass is also good food source. Unless you mean beard algae which is awful stuff
How can I lower my TDS? I’m using distilled water and remineralizing it to around 200 but once I put it in the tank it ends up going to around 550!!!!! I only have some plants and some driftwood in the tank! I don’t know why it is going so high! When I do water changes I don’t even add anything to the water at times and the TDS still ends up between 450 and 550.
Do you have any rocks in the tank? What’s the substrate? If it’s going from 400-500 something is probably degrading in the low ph. Possibly stones🤔 try doing a water change with di 0tds water and see if it goes back up. If it does something is leaching. Slow drip the 0 tds water in to not shock the shrimps
@@BDGMed so I’ve don’t numerous water changes with distilled water at 0! And it still rises! I have no rocks! Just plants and driftwood! The substrate is Flourite Black which is supposed to be inert. 🤷🏻♀️ currently there aren’t any shrimp in the tank yet just 4 snails. I haven’t been able to buy my shrimp yet because of the TDS issue
@@BDGMed so you think it’s the substrate?
Honestly I don't know why you having this issue. Normally my TDS increasing by about 10ppm per week in my tanks. Just take some soil out and put it in the small container with distill water and see if your tds will creep up in a few days. Then if its not do this experiment with driftwood as well
@@ShrimpMania that’s a good idea. I’m wondering if it’s the substrate. I’m using Flourite black which is supposed to be inert and not affect any water parameters but I think it may be the problem. I’m going to try and put it in a container line you said and see if it’s leaching into the water
Is it possible to grow algae dust in a established aquarium?
Try to keep your light for 12 hours and dose some bacterial powder weekly. If it doesn't help then you probably don't have enough nutrients for algae to grow in you aquarium and you can try to doze some ferts then
@@ShrimpMania tanks full of plants - getting BBA so had to turn lights down - dose weekly with Bacter ae
Good day fam! What powder do you use to grow algae?
Good day sir -ua-cam.com/video/ozi4sKb0nUA/v-deo.html
@@ShrimpMania thanks!
The product is not available here in my country, its ok to use any product of bacter like ADA?
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What type of moss is that sir?
flame and fessidens
@@ShrimpMania may i also know the common name sir??
What bacteria powder do you ad once a week?
dead shrimp powder
bactet ae
LOL i lost my algae wall to bristol nose pleco in 2 hr
Maybe I missed it? Where is the " How to Grow Dust Algae."
I found a very unique powder from one Taiwanese breeder that works as an algae/biofilm fertiliser. That stuff is amazing! I have green walls in all my tanks now.
is there any bacteria powder product in EU ,i cant find any on ebuy and from outside the shipping is 30+ euro ! Can someone help me?
So, dit this work without any problems?
It works just fine