Your the only person I'm ok with putting fish in jars.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

:)) That means a lot for me! Thank you very much!!!

@selecaoselecaoselecao

5 жыл бұрын

@@4me you know what your doing unlike inexpearenced Betta owners.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

@@selecaoselecaoselecao I guess so :)

@selecaoselecaoselecao

5 жыл бұрын

;)

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

@@selecaoselecaoselecao that's really silly aquarium :)

I have two Daphnia types. They came with aquatic plants. They are so fun and easy to take care . Love youre videos .

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

I love daphnias too! not sure what type of daphnia I picked up couple times along with other critters from ponds. Daphnia seems to get eaten by guppies way faster than seed shrimp.

@siddharthgurav6407

3 жыл бұрын

What are the type of Daphina I have red daphnia only and do they become white after there death ??

I've been keeping some aquatic plants in a rubbermaid for several months now while i wait for a good time to put a tank together. the past few weeks, i started noticing these little poppy seed things. It turns out they're seed shrimp! I feel lucky. Thanks for the informative video!

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! and all the best on your adventure!!

@dsmith8263

3 жыл бұрын

I did the exact same thing except my container of choice was a couple half gallon sized mason jars. After awhile, I saw a few of the little things zooming around the top of one of my jars. I had no idea what it was at the time but they sure intrigued me because I'd never seen anything move through water before like these do. Then they started disappearing. I thought maybe my pond snails got to them...although it seems like they are too slow to catch any of them. But in hind sight I believe it was the rising temps of the summer. Weeks of 100+ degree temps (with no A/C due to broken central air unit) almost did my snails in too. I'm impressed that the snails and plants survived it. But now that I know what they were, from your video and the search of an alternative live food to daphnia, I wish I still had them. I'd love to grow a culture for my future fish later. They seem to be hardier, easier to cultivate, and maybe a bit more interesting than daphnia, from what info I've gathered so far.

@BossOfAllTrades

2 жыл бұрын

@@dsmith8263 They are found very commonly in ponds all around the world if your like me, you can end up getting them for free. These seed shrimp are very specially adapted to certain environments, Mine were found in a heavily nutrient polluted, almost anoxic and almost decaying lake which allowed them to be fairly tolerant to a variety of conditions, They are even 4mm in length possibly due to the lack of predators in the lake. So if you look hard enough you may find a unique species, that may have desirable traits, These are extremely adaptable creatures and they continue till this day astonish me.

@dsmith8263

2 жыл бұрын

@@BossOfAllTrades how do you scavenge for them? Any tips or things to look for in particular? i have a pond near me that I might be able to search for them. Maybe I can find some scuds too...

I love how helpful and informative your videos are man! Thank you yet again!

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!!

I change many things and way of breeding my guppies from your videos Thanks so much for all this

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!!

I don't always say it but I really enjoy your videos! Thank you for sharing them! Merry Christmas!!

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!

I love the accent. Makes it so much more exciting for me lol xD Just subbed and clicked bell after watching like 1hr straight moss growing videos. Thanks!

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate you very much! Happy Holidays to you and your family!!

@Mustiiii053

5 жыл бұрын

@@4me Thank you comrade, I wish you and your family all the same!

@rickymac54321

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Langerman Can I ask where you’re from? You sound Russian but your last name is German.

@DEXTER-TV-series

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickymac54321 USSR

This video just seems so calming and peaceful

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thank you your video was very helpful. I have just found seed shrimp in my small tank, which houses shrimp and 6 Cardinals. The shrimp breed really well in the tank and are fascinating to watch. I was very concerned as hadn’t noticed the seed shrimp before but you have put my mind at rest and I will treat them as friend not foe.

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

:) All the best on your adventure!

I love your videos! They are all so educating

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thanks you!! I love these little guys and recently all my seed shrimp died and I still don't know why. Now I can collect a healthy population for future re-introducrion!

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

All the best on your adventure!

I followed your example and setup various container aquariums, and populated them with ostracods, they grew explosively!! Now I setup more with different ostracods and cyclops, very addicting hobby, thanks again for the amazing ideas.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Great!! Happy Holidays to you. your family and your pets!!!

@Domo3times

5 жыл бұрын

Your in nyc too, ill buy eggs

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

TRUE JUSTICE ALLAH I live in NY indeed. But I don't sell any thing. I share what I spare I have when I have with those who can meet with me. This video explanation about it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYBqw5NsgNScYNI.html

@Ivan_1791

5 жыл бұрын

True, it's addictive. xD

Another video as I was expecting ,Its so cool !!!!!!!!

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Awesome video production very informative and helpful!!!!

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Always love your videos!

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Great video man, love it, I'm gonna try this

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! All the best on your adventure! Happy Holidays to you and your family!!

Love these great ideas!!

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

absolutely based video, great choice of music too!

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I don't get many comments about my music - appreciate it very much!!

you are getting good at this....best of luck 💙❤

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Happy Holidays to you!!

Loved it! Keep It Up Sir! Wellllll doneeee

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!

Thank you. Very informative!

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Cool vid can’t wait for more

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

I will definetly try it Best of luck for next Video

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!

Merry Christmas Every year you are fine .. God willing, a new year to achieve all your wishes

Thanks. I have just had a bloom after rain.

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

All the best on your adventure!

Thank you. You are my go to guy.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Great idea, I just collected And thanks to your video you can play greetings from Tijuana Mexico

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

All the best on your adventure!

Beautiful work...😁💓

What a nice video. Thanks

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!!

I love this!

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

Renek D thank you very much!

Idk why but I love that accent just now.

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Great video!

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Sir, thank u so much :3 now i can breed my seed shrimps 🐧🙏✨

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

All the best on your adventure!

I was exploring my yard for emergency food after a week a research. I was looking for mosquito larva to feed some minnows I got from a drying up pond. I found blood worms in a bucket of soapy water that had been sitting in my front yard after cleaning my dog and cat supplies a week before. When emptying it I saw a red worm fall out and stopped pouring... there were as least 50 wiggling blood worms in there. I also found a tote full of rainwater and plastic pots with mosquito larvae in it and after I removed the pots I used an extremely small net I resonantly got to catch them but when I emptied them into the bag I was using as transportation I noticed hundreds of daphnia got caught as well! Looking closer at the tote of water I could see hundreds of them jumping around in the water! I am glad I bought the net. A few days after I was looking for more kinds of land moss around the yard when I thought to look in three tires that have been leaning against our abandoned grain bin for years and I used to see mosquito larvae in. They were mostly covered in over grown and dead grass but the first one I looked into I saw larva, but I also saw little light brown moving bubble like things in the filthy water. I got a bag and scooped some of the water out and found they were seed shrimp... I also have side swimmers/scuds from the pond as well as cyclops, snails and thousands of weird organisms that are see through.... who knows what they are or what else is in the water I brought up.

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

That is a nice catch you got right in your yard :)

@blackfalconotaku4392

3 жыл бұрын

@@4me yes it is!:D

Dude i love the way he says "seed shrimp"

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Now I love the way I say it even more :)

Thanks for the video. Your voice reminds me of Jean Reno, the lead character in The Professional!

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Kok Kiong Lim :) Thank you very much!!

I love your voice! So awesome

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Happy Holiday to you and your family!!

Real good and ideas

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thank you for the video! I believe this is what I have in my tank since they are similar size and move the same. I was worried they were bad for my tank as I have never seen these before, but I think all will be okay thankfully.

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

All the best on your adventure!

Hello, I'm a newbie aquarium owner and I find these little things in my bottle. at first I thought they were enemies. thanks for the video!!

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! All the best on your adventure!

such an informative and inspiring video! I want to try this in the future and will share this video with my friends who have aquariums. Thanks so much for posting!

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! And all the best on your adventure!

Great video...thx I am going to try this

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! All the best on your adventure!!

your are my teacher of micro live thanks

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! All the best on your adventure!

U r amazing my bro. Love u..

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Good video

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

У Вас отличное произношение в отличие от многих нетив спикеров. Все понятно и без субтитров. Теперь буду знать чем кормить своих остракод.

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

Спасибо! Успехов Вам!!

Michael langerman or nothing. Love your amazing vids Mike. Keep it up.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!

Helpful

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

I have seed shrimps too....but mine all disappear after 2 months.... I just take most of the water out and let the bottle dry with the detritus at the bottom for a month or 2 ....then I add distilled water and the eggs left behind by the seed shrimps hatch and a lot of new seed shrimps appear...then I rinse and repeat. I will try the self sustaining ecosphere aquarium with guppies in it. Thx and more power. Liked and subscribed.

@4me

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I've never tried to culture seed shrimp in the way you described- there was no need for this...but it's interesting! I may try to do it in your way just for fun fun of it this Summer. All the best on your adventure!

When I was a kid I found some really big seed shrimp about the size of half a dime. They were in a large rain puddle, so I went to that same location today and dug up some the old dirt to see if I can get some old eggs from them.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! That it is interesting. All the best on your adventure!!

I saw a bug in my ramshorn tank bigger but pretty small and looks like it has dots on it and kinda redish idk what it is help me please

hello, so my guppy just spawn her fry, i have a heavy planted tank and i don't know if the fry can eat the fish food from the surface, but i notice there's a colony of seed shrimps on the back area of my aquarium, it is so little, just like white dots, can my guppy fry eat those seed shrimps?

I have to go look for these guys when summer comes. Don't think I'll find any during winter in Iceland. :P

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

I could not find them at winter in New York :)

they appeared like if it was magic into my bowl of lucky bamboo

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

You can breed them into all your aquariums ;)

@thap34nut66

4 жыл бұрын

@@4me they started breeding by themselves like when they appearead the first generation started to breed like rabbits then it got to a diversity they're like in the 10th gen now and i maked a small aqua planet with algae, duckweed, snails, and some seed shrimp

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

@@thap34nut66 You got it right! Breeding them in different aquariums and mixing strains every other generation or so is the best way. All the best on your adventure!

What’s interesting is that they also mutate and develop different strains rapidly herbivores mutants are usually smaller and more whereas scavengers and carnivores tend to be yellow and larger yet fewer. Originally I assumed that the larger yellow ones are older adults but nope. Depending on the environment they either mutate into the large yellow ones or tiny dark green ones. There’s also extremely rare ones that are green but huge. Bear in mind these all began from the same culture all looked the same.

@4me

19 күн бұрын

This is very interesting! Thank you for sharing!!

All this time i was being told that seed shrimp could eat my guppy and molly fry and now you tell me is safe i can breath peaceful now

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! All the best on your adventure!

@lemongrab6173

17 күн бұрын

Nah they’re harmless to fish they’re the primary food source of my 3 day old betta fry

Hi, what type of aquatic plants do u get from Central Park? I live in nyc, I’d love to pick some myself

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

I find it exciting to meet online people from my city :) There are 3 aquatic plants that I personally picked up in ponds of Central park. Duckweed can be found during warm season in most ponds. Here is a playlist of my videos about this plant: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qGaEuKaBnL2borQ.html Leafy Pondweed also can be found during warm season. I have just one video about it kzread.info/dash/bejne/c6dlw7mbms28Z9o.html And Filamentous algae. This one can be found all year around. Be aware - filamentous algae is very hard to remove from aquariums! And it can get into your aquarium against your will just with any other wild plants, snails or any thing taking from ponds. I actually cultivated filamentous algae in my aquariums for a couple years - successfully. It grows very fast from even a tiny single string. You can see it in number of my videos on this playlist: kzread.info/dash/bejne/moR32JSudci5YaQ.html You may be interested to check videos about what I found, where and when in New York ponds on this playlist: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aGZpu7yNaZS_fJs.html There is one more video coming next week about Bronx botanical garden lake ;) All the best on your adventures!

Thank you for the great content Michael. Your videos are both entertaining and informative. I have not yet succeeded in capturing seed shrimp without also collecting hydra and often planaria in the same sample. My fresh water snails seem to multiply without much problem but my seed shrimp colony never grows beyond just a few and I wonder if hydra may be the issue. Is this a problem that you face and if so how do you deal with the little sea monsters?

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

You can separate seed shrimp from other critters using a pipette - that is what I do. Move them in a separate nursery - whatever few you can get would do to start a new colony (though, the more you start with the faster the colony will grow). Just make sure they have something to chew on - common green algae, some dry leaves and such. A cup size nursery is a good for a small starting colony. In a month or two you may split the colony on a couple more and grow them in a larger tanks ;)

@davej474

4 жыл бұрын

​@@4me Thanks Michael, I will try this. :)

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

@@davej474 All the best on your adventure!

because of your interesting videos i have collected water from a swamp...after a month or so there are lots of tiny fast moving creatures,,,how do i know if they are seed shrimp or water fleas? they have multiplied alot.

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

Seed shrimp move through the water in a very specific way - like a drunk bees :) Check this video about some aquatic critters (including seed shrimp) in my aquariums: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fqZ926OIcbfUpqQ.html And here is full playlist about all critters that I come across: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fISc2MWNcrfSj8o.html All the best on your adventures!

👍👍👍

I mix water with spirulina powder. Seed shrimp seem very happy!

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

They love algae :)

Yay thank you Micheal Keep it up I already hve seed shrimps to feed my betta. And do you have a problem with mosquitoes in your aquarium? My Infusruia has been popoulated with mosquito larvae

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

I had some mosquito back when I took first samples from ponds. Though, I get rid of them completely - that was the purpose of keeping wild samples in separate nurseries ;)

@turtle2pond

5 жыл бұрын

Bettas love mosquito larvae

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

@@turtle2pond my guppies love it too :)

@blipstirlingboy3019

5 жыл бұрын

Tiffany N I have betta fry, i feed the larvae to my guppies, but some infusria gets caught

My snail just lay eggs today. How long is it until the eggs hatch?

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

It depends on the strain of snails you have. My snails hatch in about 1-2 weeks. Check videos on this playlist: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d3atxM2cd7esprQ.html All the best!

I have a question, would it be bad to release a large number of my seed shrimp babies back into the river where I first collected them? I'm thinking in terms of helping the environment because of how beneficial they are in removing algae and bacteria. Could i slowly keep adding my nursery babies back to the original ecosystem to help clean the water ways?

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

Great intention! The population of any species (except human) in Nature governs by the same rules. If you add more number of seed shrimp than that Natural environment can support than they will simply die out. If the environment can support more - they will multiply on their own rather rapidly until they reach the maximum density population - then they population density goes down back to optimal. So, helping the Nature in the way you propose is not really effective either way I can think of.

@nicksantoro144

2 жыл бұрын

@@4me Thank you!!

A good way to get seed shrimp if you can't find them anywhere is collecting dust and putting it in a jar of water. Their eggs are carried by the wind and can survive for years without water, they occur in most of the dust you can find. That is how they can find their way into your aquariums too. I did this a week ago because all of them had disappeared from my aquarium and I noticed it getting dirtier because of that, now I have a few tiny ones in the jar I put the dust in.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Hmm...that is interesting way...I should try it. Where do you collect dust?

@Individualpsychologe

5 жыл бұрын

@@4me In the shed in the garden. I thought there's probably a higher chance of eggs being there than inside the house. Also much more dust.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

@@Individualpsychologe Thank you!

@Individualpsychologe

5 жыл бұрын

@@4me No problem

Is there any video with the homemade fish food recipe?

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

I have many videos about homemade fish food on this playlist: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n56BuNSyZdi_gJc.html

I have an 8 month old eco sphere with hundreds of seed shrimp and some snails and recently, I've noticed that the shrimp will float up to the top of the water and get stuck. They can't swim down and it usually dozens of them at a time. They dont die because I can push them back under the surface and they'll swim around but I was wondering if you knew the cause of this? I find it unusual to randomly have 20 or 30 seed shrimp all get stuck floating on the surface at the same time with no dramatic changes in the environment.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

I've seen them swim to surface, but they never stuck they for too long. And most of the time they would be hanging on or around floating plants or walls of aquarium. What you described is interesting. I could not think of any explanation about it.

gréât vidéo, i will get some seed shrimp next summer. would you know how long it takes to double the population?

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

Seed shrimp are too small size for me to notice exact amount of them. Nevertheless, I generally see huge increase in population in about a month. The population grow exponentially until it reach the top density population for a given space/food supply. Then it start decreasing and then go back to maximum. And so it goes in cycles. I usually move some seed shrimp from a nursery to other aquariums at the time when population is visibly large. All the best on your adventure!

@theresegilbert5735

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Langerman thank you

Are you taking into account the reproduction rate of the species your using? how many eggs do aquatic snails lay and how often??

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

Surely I am taking in account reproduction rate of all species (seed shrimp, snails, worms and etc including fish that consume them all) living in my aquariums - that is the only way to build sustainable aquariums.

I have been playing around with keeping cultures of ostracods and daphnia. I have noticed the daphnia like the pH really high, but I haven't nailed down the ostracods' pH preferences. Do you know if they have a pH and/or hardness preference?

@4me

Жыл бұрын

I do not test water in aquariums for pH or anything - only use regular visual observations to determine health of the aquariums as whole. Based on my observations ostracods do better (as many other critters) in aquariums with plenty of natural light and common algae rich water (not blooming!). Hope it helps. All the best on your adventure!

@bobs5596

Жыл бұрын

@@4me i 'think' they need hard water to use the calcium for their shells. maybe add some limestone rocks to the tank? my tap water is hard so it's prolly good. but checking the water where they live naturally might be useful. i will take a pH test kit next time i go there. i should use a tds meter, seems like it should read 250 for scuds/shrimp. plenty of shrimp grower info out there, but i am not one and don't know offhand.

@4me

Жыл бұрын

@@bobs5596 I have sea shells in all my aquariums - use them as anchors for plants. It's basically the same as limestone :)

I have natural occuring seed shrimp in my tank

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Great! From there you can easily populated them to as many aquariums as you want ;)

@rrubdcrfwjejyssfstyx

5 жыл бұрын

thx

@sarvajitkulkarni8271

5 жыл бұрын

how did you do that?? Please, I need some seed shrimp urgently and I can't find them anywhere. If you can't answer the previous question, can you please suggest some good places to find seed shrimp??

@sarvajitkulkarni8271

4 жыл бұрын

never mind I got them

@josecitonoseque

4 жыл бұрын

@@sarvajitkulkarni8271 put a leaf of lettuce on water and boom you have it

If I have to many in one aquarium will there not be enough food

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

The feed on everything, any organic detritus or algae. So, seed shrimp would be fine as long as you have any growing (alive) plants in your aquarium ;)

How soon after hatching do they become visible

@4me

3 ай бұрын

My eyes do not get better with years 🙂I can only see increase in population after about 4-6 weeks.

Hi, how much time do they need to increase the population

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Couple weeks in my example. But it depends on how many you start with, the type of strain, amount of algae/food, water temperature, and many other factors. As with all live critters the population density grow exponentially until it reaches the limit of space/available food. Then it goes down and again in cycles.

Where did you get that? , the shrimp

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

I got them from ponds of Central Park of New York City. You may find them in almost every pond/lake/river during warm season. This video could help with details: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4WWmcWElbexoaQ.html Though, there is a list of videos about them: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jGhq3KmblaapZrQ.html All the best!

Caught a great type of seed shrimp in our Amsterdam canals. It seems there are 70,000 species of seed shrimp, so forgive me for not identifying it more precisely, but these are bottom dwellers. There are quite a lot of them, but their population does not seem to crash, presumably because it is kept in check by the guppies.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

I gave up long time ago on all my attempts of identifying them for the same reason. And for guppy fry they are all the same - food :)

What kind of snails are those? I live in Georgia and I have them in my tanks, with my seed shrimp, but I want to know what species they are so I can know if they can live with my betta. I looked at the video where someone identified them, but my snails NEVER grow that big.

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

I have 3 types of freshwater snails in my aquariums: pond (or perhaps bladder) snails, ramshorn snails, and mystery trapdoor snails. Your betta should be fine with any of them. Mystery trapdoor snails are very large (up to 6-8 cm in wild) compare to all others and they have "trapdoor". Pond, bladder and ramshorn snails grow up to 2 cm in my aquariums. I have videos on this playlist about all of them: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c2thxaeIea3WdtY.html All the best on your adventure!

Hi Michael, I set up a 20 gallon planted tank a couple of months ago, I have driftwood and dragon stone in there too, with tetras and nerite snails. I'm now dealing with a seed shrimp infestation (thousands). I understand now that that is a good thing to have, however they seem to be eating my healthy plants - new holes in healthy leaves. I've read they generally only eat dying plants. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

It sounds like you have a great aquarium! My plants have never suffer from seed shrimp. Seed shrimp do eat wilting / dying plants indeed leaving holes in them. Seed shrimp are not the cause of the wilting plants.You have to find what is the cause of plants dying to begin with. Also, the population of seed shrimp goes up and down as with any other live organism (except humans) obeying the same density population rules. This number is self-regulated. All the best!

@saltycat262

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Langerman The plants with new holes in them are healthy. Not wilting or dying. Not sure what is causing it but i’m glad to hear it’s not the seed shrimp. I have not observed any other organisms in the tank. I will have to figure this out. Thank you for your prompt response! :)

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

@@saltycat262 My pleasure!

Hello, how long does it take the seed shrimp to reproduce to the numbers seen in your aquariums?

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

It depends on how large colony of seed shrimp to begin with, available food and there should be no fish (or any other who feeds on seed shrimp). In my example it would take 1-2 months. Though, I move them into other aquariums breaking the large colony on many small ( in each aquarium including those aquariums with fish).

@justinsparks6128

3 жыл бұрын

@@4me thank you

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

@@justinsparks6128 My pleasure!

Hi. How can I identify which critter is seed shrimp? There are many different critters I saw in pond water..but how can I separately identify seed shrimp from others?

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the question! It's easy to identify them by the way they move - as drunk bee :) Check this video for close up view on seed shrimp and some other critters: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fqZ926OIcbfUpqQ.html All the best!

@xs-writing

5 жыл бұрын

@@4me hi thanks...I appreciate it :)

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

@@xs-writing my pleasure!

Michael, how long does it take for the seed shrimp to reproduce and will they eat hair (filiment) algae?

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Seed shrimp breed very fast anytime common algae grows fast...the population grow exponentially then drops down and so it goes in cycles. It happens every month or so in my settings. Seed shrimp like filamentous algae, but it grows faster than they can eat it.

@johnhopkins6731

5 жыл бұрын

@@4me Is green water enough, or does the aquarium wall need to have algae growth?

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnhopkins6731 slightly green water is enough.

@johnhopkins6731

5 жыл бұрын

@@4me Thank you very much. I am excited to breed seed shrimp :D

What do you do for overpopulation of seed shrimp?

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

I feed them to guppy fry and add into other aquariums.

will these grow with daphnia?

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. They go along just fine.

M.L can I get them in shop from Malaysia? I cannot find them in my local lake....

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Check out some other lakes. You should be able to find them in online stores.

Do these animals hurt snails? Because I have a snail in my tank

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

Seed shrimp may attach snail eggs.

@Ihateeveryone831

2 жыл бұрын

@@4me oh, thanks for the information, my snail did not lay eggs yet

I don’t have any natural water bodies to find seed shrimp, I only got mosquito larvae! But I harvest them and feed them to my zebra danios and serpae tetra they love them, but I wish I could get some seed shrimp!!!

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Next time you go on vacation somewhere near pond or lake during warm season take a sample of plants ;) That's how I got seed shrimp among other critters. Happy Holidays to you and your family!

I see them always fighting with my shrimplets whenever I drop in food 😂

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

to me t's more like a race than fight :)

@mansing

2 жыл бұрын

@@4me My seed shrimps just very violently and quickly try and snatch the food from the shrimplets, but it's just that they couldn't coz they're too small so they just continue to violently harass so the shrimplet couldn't go near the food 🤣

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

@@mansing what do you feed them with?

Can daphnia be used instead of seed shrimps as a cleaning crew?

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Daphnia feeds on algae and could be great addition for seed shrimp feeding on algae and whatever else remains of organic ;)

@abhiramplal7214

5 жыл бұрын

@@4me that's great and my female guppy died and her babies.....sadly male guppy is left alone and I know it's bad for it to be left alone...I found guppies of other species..will my guppy breed again with another species sir?

@abhiramplal7214

5 жыл бұрын

Is it safe to put him with them

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

@@abhiramplal7214 For breeding would be better to have separate colonies of each. You can keep them in the same aquarium as well. In long run seed shrimp would dominate the aquarium though, because they have more food supply.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

@@abhiramplal7214 Yes. You can keep different types of guppies to breed a new strain ;)

I'd love to do something like this, but My GF doesn't like all the tanks.. I have 3 set up for daphnia, scuds, and seed shrimp. The seed shrimp one is the simplest one. It's a freaking plastic container that was used for popcorn from walmart.

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

You may want to make your nursery attractive one for your GF. Check out my sustainable aquarium gardens for this purpose: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ao54mrKRYNDfkdY.html

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@4me

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Very nice, are you saying by mixing the cultures you can avoid the famous “crashes”?

@4me

Жыл бұрын

Mixing helps on genetical level. Culture crashes happen for many different reasons. Most common reason for "crash" is when culture grow to the maximum density population of that particular tank size/ food amount and such. Population of all living organisms growth in accordance with the same Natural rules. It growth exponentially to the maximum and than "crashed" - down to minimum and than repeat. Overfeeding - the large cultures consume more food and produce more waste. You have to accommodate for the waste or the culture will suffocate in the waste. The best way to deal with overfeeding is to avoid it...simply reduce amount and/or frequency of feeding. That is the to maintain density population on desirable level. Diseases (all kind of) can wipe out the whole population as well - that would be irreversible lost of the culture. Mixing helps to prevent genetical diseases.

@jmgalaxytab2325

11 ай бұрын

@@4me So in order to avoid a crash: maintain the population below that max amount. Which is good: periodically remove some seed shrimps from a full tank to some new tanks... create new batches from your old batches to keep old batches healthy and avoid crashes that way.

@4me

11 ай бұрын

@@jmgalaxytab2325 You got it right. I put critters in all my aquariums. It is interesting to notice that you would not see them much in aquariums with fish. Though, once you remove fish it takes very short time for critters to rebuild population. Fish hunting on those critters regulate their population in the most natural way 🙂

Seed shrimp : The seed that will grow a very clean aquatic habitat

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

:)

Do they eat Daphnia? How fast do they multiple??

@4me

2 жыл бұрын

Seed shrimp are harmless for Daphnia. They may eat dead Daphnia. I've never did actual experiments to tell you for sure how fast seed shrimp breed and how long they live for the matter... The population of seed shrimp kept in a separate from fish nursery seem to double in matter of 4-6 weeks.

i really love these things but i can't find them in fish store's does anyone know were u can get these??? btw i don't live near a fresh or saltwater lake thanks for reading this ;)

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Look them up in online stores. All the best!

@ietcomputation6467

5 жыл бұрын

@@4me thank you

The green residue. Does it have any beneficial aspect?

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

It depends on what type of aquarium care you provide. I make sustainable aquarium gardens where all organic remains (waste) stays in aquariums and eventually become fertile soil for bacteria, algae, microorganisms, tiny critters and plants to feed and thrive on. So, for sustainable aquariums it is beneficial. Otherwise...waste is a waste that need to be removed from aquariums where people do regular water changes or use man made filters.

@henrylin6537

3 жыл бұрын

@@4me thank you. I'm doing what was shown in the video with wine jugs. Now i know not to worry about the green stuff that's accumulating :)

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

@@henrylin6537 all the best on your adventure!

I had a larger variety, but my fish found them all!

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

:) Crunchy snacks they are - who would not like that ;)

How warm does it have to be for them to breed how long does it take them to reproduce how lo g does it take them to populate a jar how long are guppies pregnant how warm does it gave to be for guppies to breed how do you make fish food flakes

@4me

4 жыл бұрын

Seed shrimp breed in my nurseries with regular room temperature. Pregnancy period of guppies is about a month. Look through videos on this playlist for details on how to make fish food flakes and more : kzread.info/dash/bejne/X4ObrcZwhtGYk8Y.html

Nice I want to try a type of a aquatic creature that does not need a filter.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

Great! Just to be clear - you want to try with aquatic creatures that does not need man-made filters ;) For that purpose any creature would do :)

@selecaoselecaoselecao

5 жыл бұрын

@@4me yes except salt water creatures. Also have you tried brine shrimp.

@selecaoselecaoselecao

5 жыл бұрын

Also I was meaning, like a simple creature like brine shrimp or seed Shrimp.

@4me

5 жыл бұрын

@@selecaoselecaoselecao I did not try saltwater aquariums yet.

@selecaoselecaoselecao

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah they are hybrids.

Father Fish covers natural methods such as this for beautiful self sustaining deep substrate tanks.

@4me

Жыл бұрын

My sustainable aquarium gardens go fine without substrate - I suppose it's matter of preferences 🙂

Can you feed them to your fish?

@4me

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Seed shrimp are small and therefore perfect food for small (baby) fish.