Tank mates: Otoclincus will also not eat shrimp. Other fish: it's all about the mouth size, and the environment. You're absolutely correct that basically any fish will eat shrimp, and the assumption should be they'll eat anything they can fit in their mouth. So, if you're looking to breed as many shrimp as possible, outside of fish like otos and bristlenose, better not to have them. But if you just want a healthy ecosystem and you want more shrimp, nano fish are absolutely fine. Shrimplets are extremely good at hiding and grow fast. If you've got little rasboras, ember Tetras, and pygmy Corydoras, they're only able to eat EXTREMRLY small shrimplets (

I love you talking to us like we're friends. I fell victim to over feeding myself, really appreciate all the great info you share.

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

Its selfless as well, I really struggle to speak to the camera if I am not a little bit jokey i might put a face and beard on it 😂

The sitting on your hands reference was pretty hilarious 😅 I'm going through that process with my first attempt at a Reef Tank at the moment. Waiting for the cycle!

Perfect explaination my friend. You are so right about the most common mistakes of the new shrimp keepers. Nice job Mark.... keep going.... keep walking.🤟💪

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

I’ve kept fish for 40 years and just set up my first shrimp tank. They arrive in 2-3 days. I’m a nervous wreck! I’m confident that I’ve done everything right, but this is the FIRST video I watched that told HOW to drip acclimate! I mean how fast/slow to drip 💧. I’m so excited and anxious, but I feel better since I learned this tidbit. 😊Thanks so much!!

@joshkdavis2631

4 ай бұрын

Drip acclimate slowly, maybe use some fish water from other cycled tanks! It seemed to work for me!, good luck!!!!

@wnynewjersey222

3 ай бұрын

I never drip shyt I throw the whole bag full of shrimp in the tank for bout a hour to hour and a half and maybe one or two might die but it works I got no patience for drip nothing

@wnynewjersey222

3 ай бұрын

In a cycle tank I cycle for about a month tops rarely lose pets

Love this guys attitude and really appreciate the shrimp wisdom

I love the new format

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

we will see how long it lasts before I burn out. 😂

Nice see u again in a very informative video that makes sense!

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks!

Hi Mark! I just wanted to say I’ve followed you for many years. I think I’ve been keeping shrimp for 7 or 8 years now! But I love your channel and I always come back to old videos and love the new stuff you’re coming out with. Just wanted to say I would love to see some Mark’s Shrimp tank merch. Especially an “Un Momento” Mark’s Shrimp Tank shirt! I’d definitely buy one! 🧡

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! Problem with merch is everything is so expensive nowadays.

@krystynachen

5 ай бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks Have you tried printful or printify? Print on demand so that way you don’t have to hold onto inventory. It’s just fulfilled by them when someone orders! ❤️

Very informative video, great advice!

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found the video helpful.

My tank is almost finished cycling cant wait until I can put my cherry shrimp

I dont like prime I've had bad luck with it !I use aqua safe from tetra and hard tap water ! Not sure why I commented ha ha you definitely are the shrimp master and I love the videos 💪🏻I've learned alot watching 👍🏻

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

Good to know!

Great tips... thanks

@MarksShrimpTanks

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for the tip of measuring tdh between the tank and the water the shrimp came in from the store/supplier. I'll use your method from now on instead of only going by the time acclimating

Another mistake is... adding new plants. To this day, people lose their shrimp cause they add plants from farms where they use a ton of fertilizers. Same with plants from other people. They can have planaria and parasites on them so always keep the plants in another tank or container for a while before adding them to your shrimptank!

❤awe really appreciate your great informative vedios❤

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

So nice of you

Just bumped into your channel and I Love your video. Your awesome mark, love your personality and knowledge, you git a subscriber

@MarksShrimpTanks

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

Great video I love how blunt you are ❤

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

Oh I hold back a lot, I dont want demonitised 😂

@jenniferbunker2757

5 ай бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks 🤣🤣🤣

I have had my tank running for about a year with only 2 nerite snails and i finally decided to add something else so I have recently bought 6 shrimp from everyone's favourite auction site and I will be honest I am not entirely sure what I am doing but after observing them for a while they seem to be happy enough grazing on the substrate.

@MarksShrimpTanks

2 күн бұрын

Thats awesome Andrew nice to see you take the plung!

Hello mark!!,I super appreciate all your help.I love keeping these awesome creatures and you have helped so much in my journey! And your content is very easy to understand and helpful.I also wonder,what do you think of brazo dwarf crayfish?

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

I used to have them, the issue i have with all crayfish now is they are all destructive and they all want to eat each other and the shrimp 😂

@Sterlings_Shrimp_and_Crayfish

5 ай бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks 😂

Had to like and subscribe. I like your new videos compared to your old house videos. Keep being yourself and stay positive. I know we all have our problems in life but we watch videos to excape those problems so we want to watch someone happy and not being negative just my thoughts. Keep it up.

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

Oh I know and thank you but what people dont get is its called KZread for a reason, you are going to see the good and the bad, hopefully more of the good. 😀

Another great video Mark! I think I've made all of these mistakes at some point, and I'm especially guilty of too big changes in water quality.. Interestingly, just saw a couple of Damselfly larvae in my shrimp breeding tub, so will be enlisting the help of my WCMMs to sort that out...

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

Fantastic!

I learned so much from your video but I have a question. Will ick medication kill shrimp ?

@MarksShrimpTanks

3 ай бұрын

Thank you and yes possibly, you want to avoid anything that has copper in it as lots of fish medications do.

Just got into the hobby and was wondering is distilled water with the minerals added in with some plants like, Giant Duckweed and Weeping Moss with some Alder Cones and Japanese Mineral Balls ok for shrimp I was planning on letting that cycle with a water heater and sponge filter for 2 weeks before adding any shrimp

I was going to say that I've seen multiple people online say that they consider Otocinclus to be the only shrimp-safe fish. Bristlenose were excluded at the time because they were saying that even though they don't attack and eat the shrimp they could do damage just accidentally if they're close to full size. Plus one person swore up and down they saw a Bristlenose eat a baby shrimp once, but I feel like that is crazy rare (if true) because so many people keep them in their shrimp tanks.

You mentioned Bristlenose plecos being sort of safe. What is your opinion about Otocinclus?

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

Many moons ago i bred otos, and i used brine shrimp and blood worm to condition the females so that means to me any way they would also eat baby shrimp.

When I need to do any vacuuming I use a little pipette so I don't go sucking up any shrimp by accident

So I got 11 blue dream neo for my 1st attempt at shrimp keeping, I received them in the mail on the 10th, I wasn’t prepared as I wanted to be with the tank. What I did for my last minute tank was use the water from my primary nano and drip acclimated them at the same time with prepared, and dechlorinated tap water! I Truly had no idea what I was doing but after several hours of acclimating I was done and Waited a few days. It’s been 5days and not only did I have a 100% survival rate. I must have received some pregnant shrimp because I had babies on day 3!!! I add an air stone for a few hrs every night and everything seems good so far! As said this is my first attempt and it’s been less than a week and zero deaths. Dumb luck 😅 seems like right now! But hope the success continues. Thanks For all the great info and will follow you for more great tips from here on out! Very grateful for you sharing your knowledge!

@wnynewjersey222

3 ай бұрын

If you don't have plants to provide oxygen Id leave the air stone permanently on all the time

@wnynewjersey222

3 ай бұрын

And get a sponge filter for the baby shrimp

@joshkdavis2631

3 ай бұрын

@@wnynewjersey222thanks for the tip, I’ve made a few changes since my last post, I have subwassertang and cholla wood, and I did decide to leave the air stone in. Believe it or not I set up the colony in a 3.5g clear tub. I have several babies and 2 burries females and all seems well. Though my water is softer than I’d like. Any tips there would be appreciated!!!

Very nice! One question tho, when you talk about sherry shrimp are talking about every neo caridina or just this exact strain?

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

for the video title its for cherry shrimp but it applies to all neocaridina because they are the same thing.

@edentank

5 ай бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks very nice!

I have been watching your channel for a little while and I’ve never heard you really say bloody that phrase is hilarious. I love it and I don’t think you’d be demonetized for that word. If you said the F word or maybe the KILL then yes they probably would demonetize.. but I love listening to that clean your bloody tank. That is so funny I can’t help from laughing that’s better than hearing other KZreadrs use. I’ve heard mother trucker. That is so funny that’s entertainment switching the bad words for something fun.

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

I tell my daughter to SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!! 😂

I've got to wonder if the acclimation remark is assuming short shipping or breather bags as once the shipped water's content is exposed to air the waste in the bag from a long trip will turn toxic to the inhabitants. Not sure if shrimp hate ammonia as much as fish, but if fish have been traveling for a day or more in a non-breather bag then once the bag is opened up the fish are sitting in ammonia soup (my understanding, and relatively speaking). Waiting for it to slowly dilute while your fish acclimate with the drip method seems a rather poor choice. However, if you're buying your shrimp/fish from down the road or they come in a breather bag, acclimation is of course better as water parameters can differ. I'm not really sure why people (and companies that sell fish and shrimp and give instructions) don't explain why they're giving the advice they're giving. Which route to go depends on the situation. Preferably buy shrimp that have been raised by the seller or no worse than local to the seller. Preferably know the water parameters of the shrimp you're buying. Preferably short trips and/or breather bags for the shrimp. Assuming these things, acclimate with drip method. If long trip by traditional bag then I'd say temperature acclimate in bag, put into well cycled, clean tank (no drip method, avoiding ammonia exposure), with few to no other inhabitants and then be patient.

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

The plop and drop practise comes from fish sellers selling shrimp, often they will have to many shrimp in a bag, most pro shrimp breeders i know do the following, they dont feed their shrimp for a few days before shipping, this means no waste in the bag and then they only add say 5 shrimp to a bag. then drip acclimate.

@wnynewjersey222

3 ай бұрын

I never do the drip I just acclamate with bag filter the shrimp out in a net and chuck them in they always fine granted I get them shipped it's always cheaper

We live in a gimme now society, where patience isn't taught or respected. They wanted stuff yesterday- not months from now. 😂 in aquariums especially- good things come to those who wait.

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

i want everything now :)

OOHh, just put in a request for your FB group ;)

🥇

The rust!! I just got some blue dreams from my lfs..I noticed one had red on his head a few days later,.should I remove him from my tank? Is this something that can hurt the other shrimp?

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

no but it can kill the shrimp, just make sure your tank is clean is in remeber to do your water changes and clean the filter every now and then, if the rust doesnt go away after a molt or get smaller you can try dosing h202.

I have a heavily planted 6g tank...wood, almond leaf, and a lil shrimp hideaway....I have about 20ish cherry shrimp...they ate the biofilm off the wood...should I add more smaller pieces of wood to get more build-up of bio film?

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

I just add what looks right.

@wnynewjersey222

3 ай бұрын

Just go outside pick up a leave freshly fallen one not one that's fallen on the grass were there might be pesticide and chuck it in the tank I do this and it works really well

I'm shocked that people not treating their tap water is actually a COMMON mistake...!?!? 🤦‍♀️ It's not rocket science folks

How many drips per second in the drip acclimation ?

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

Just one or 2 dripos a second 😀

Depending on your tank mates if the fish are big enough they would eat the planaria

You wouldn't believe this but I keep cherry shrimp and spotted Congo puffers in the same tank and the shrimps are thriving. No, I'm not an idiot, I bought the shrimps when I was desperate, having problem finding live snails, and the puffers need shells so their teeth won't overgrow. I don't know if my puffers are below average intelligence wise but like I said, the shrimps are thriving. Lots of plants, wood and places to hide and since the puffers wouldn't dream of eating dried food, the shrimps have quality leftovers and algae wafers. They're incredibly cute.

Use that darn knocker!!!

Hello Marks😀, I setup my tank for breeding Caridina mariae for about 5 months, but I don not see any of them carry eggs, can you help me? I had sent email to you, thank you a lot!

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 ай бұрын

I breed them best on an active soil and I once breed them on sand just treat them like cherry shrimp and they should breed.

@shrimpkeepermatt1989

5 ай бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks Thank you so much! I will add some akadama soil in my tank

I just bought 20 mixed shrimp from Amazon. They came and died with in a hour. 😢

@MarksShrimpTanks

21 күн бұрын

did you acclimate them or were they in a bad way before that?

Daddy shkrimp!

@22:38 1, 2, 3, erm testing testing rofl

😂😂😂declorinate yer water it's fine instant