Oh wow... your tanks are gorgeous, loved this video making your own food (you know exactly what's in it).. ~~~ but, I was totally unprepared for the incredible videography... blown away!!! 👍👍👍 that is incredible videography, photography, cinematography, lol... whatever you want to call it, you are amazingly talented, sir!! Positively stunning, Thank you... I've liked and subbed. Wow.

Never started making my own food until I WATCHED your videos thanks for the great content and learning process

@Eirocina

6 жыл бұрын

i follow his method and the shrimp love it but watch out for ammonia, nitrate spike. i goes up to 1ppm from 3 days feeding and i have to water change immediately.

Congrats to the winners! This is great, I can't wait to make my own shrimp food now, thanks for the info and motivation!

This helps me so much. Thanks again Mark for the great information

Congratulations to the winners. Like always awsome vid Mark !

BEAUTIFUL camera images of them eating also.. amazing

Another fantastic video!

I make my own food but I use baby food and blend it with duckweed. I freeze it in ice cube trays. I like your idea of using "ziplock" bags to keep it thin. The thinner food from the "ziplock" would certainly be easier to break off small pieces. I use the larger pieces directly from the ice cube trays to feed my fish. Love your videos keep up the good work.

What a great idea. I love the ingredients. Congratulations to the winners!

Great video Mark,Congrats to the winners .

I've made my own fish food for many years and I use a dozen eggs, a small can of spinach(no added salt), a small carrot, a small piece of liver, a couple of shrimp. After blending I slow gel the food in a non stick skillet over low heat to make what looks like green scrambled eggs. It is pretty much eaten by most fish and inverts. I would suggest you perhaps add a bit of carrot to your recipe to get more carotene for the red coloration of your shrimp. You might even try adding the spinach rather than the broccoli. Love your shrimp. I just set up a 29 gallon tank for some red shrimp my oldest son brought me from his tank that's always overflowing with new shrimp. Many years ago I had a marine tank with a pair of peppermint shrimp. Pretty much lackluster color. I was feeding the fish tetra ruby color flakes and it didn't take the shrimp long to learn to climb up the large artificial plants to the waters surface. They would hang there upside down grabbing the flake food off the surface. In a month or so they were a brilliant flame red color from the tetra ruby.

Can't wait to try something like this! Great video Mark.

@byz513

5 жыл бұрын

Did your shrimp like it?

loved the micro shots cheers mark

That's some tasty looking food. Its always nice to make things yourself.

Thanks for sharing yet another entertaining and informative video.

No wonder your shrimp look so amazing - they eat like Kings! 😁 I've not tried making my own food yet but I might give it a go. 😊

Always love your vids, keep at it! You do amazing work!

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Scoopync :)

I'm just getting started in the shrimp world (got a 13 gallon tank for Father's Day, and have 9 Amanos and 3 cherry). I'm learning so much every day, and truly appreciate tutorials like this! Thanks for giving me more ideas!

@MarksShrimpTanks

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Thanks for information

Im just starting to learn to keep shrimp havin a blast! Learning some cool new ideas like this feels like a major help for me and others that dont have a ton of money to keep buying food.. thanks for making these videos!! im subbing for sure!! :) cheers!

hello Mark thanks for these instructive videos. I love your aquarist world. thanks for everything. I hope to become like you one day

best food video ever! good job man! new subscriber!

great tips here will be making some this weekend :)

Thank you for video 🙏🏻

Beautiful video Sir! Very informative!

I will definitely be trying this in my own tank

@byz513

5 жыл бұрын

Did your shrimp like it?

Very cool Mark!

Great video Mark, as always. I think I may give this a whirl, gonna add some duckweed to the mix as I got a crap load of the stuff. Keep up the awesome vids Rollin and can't wait for the next one. Cheers

@byz513

5 жыл бұрын

Did you try this

love your close ups on the shrimp and I don't trust my self enough to make my own food

Helloooo Mark!!! I miss your live streams SO SO MUCH 😥😫 It was so fun!!! But anyway, thankyou for another awesome video!!!

I too feed fresh food by grinding all up as well but I add gelatin and pour into mini ice cube tray and when it settled, I cut into much smaller pieces and freeze it and keep in freezer. Shrimp, cory, fish all love those.

@MarksShrimpTanks

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

Best cooking show ever:-)

those close ups were awesome!

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

Hey love your videos, very useful. I like to stay away from commercial food as much as possible.

Great video Mark.

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 жыл бұрын

cheers Adam have a great day

that close up photography is amazeballs. nice job, Mark!

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Vicki !!

love your videos!!

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Marcia :)

Incredible!

@MarksShrimpTanks

3 жыл бұрын

thank you !!

nice video.

Wow love the 🎶

Hello Mark, loved the video, I love the spatula, to. never sen one like it with a robin on it. Aw, I see the tray also. Great video. I love when you show us how to make our own food for our shrimp. Have a great day.

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

+Brenda Morris thank you Brenda have a great day too 😉

Great!!

I love that spatula! *Put a bird on it!*

Hey Mark can you explain in a video the use of the orchid fertilizer, great video as always. thank you

im nrw to shrimp. have been setting up a tank to designate just to shrimp. ive learned sooooo much from you mark! thanks sooo much!!!!

I make my own food too I feed it to my fish and shrimp, my goldfish go nuts for it. I put half scallops and half vegetable matter including spinach, peas, carrots,broccoli zucchini, nori, edamade, spirulina and garlic. When it's semi frozen I take the back of a knife and "cut" it into sections so it's very easy to snap off a portion.

amazing footage at the end OMG, stunning!! Have you tried kale in any recipe's? That's almost like the snello (snail Jello) i make for my snails, everyone in the tank goes crazy, lol.

Nice video

@MarksShrimpTanks

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

We love your shrimp you have any trouble keeping the different red snd blue shrimp together?

I love your shrimp food videos! Amazing close up of almost-hatched shrimplets. I've made your food using the duckweed recipe. A shrimp-keeping friend thinks I'm nuts (especially I haven't had great success with neocaridina) He gave me a 2 pound bag of duckweed. One batch I made with fresh duckweed; it stunk to high heaven. The other batch was with frozen duckweed. Smelled much milder. Shrimp loved both batches. I used bee pollen in both batches. I was going to try your agar agar & spirulina trick but I like this version better! Much easier! Plus, I grow and freeze peas and spinach. Hardest part is finding a flat space in my freezer!

@MarksShrimpTanks

2 жыл бұрын

yeah I agree, my wife is a chef so we have 3 freezers packed full 😂 by the way you should try the agar the shrimp love it.

I make my own food for my snails but now that I’ve got shrimp as well I’ll make this food for them 😊

Nice! Lucky shrimp, that looks almost good enough for people to eat :D

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

It probably is :D

I have a question about the prawns? Their skeleton breaks down in this process? Just wonderful, thank u🇨🇦

Another great recipe video, now would you recommend this one over your duckweed recipe? Keep up the excellent work my friend

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Yes I would say so because the duckweed food I made could have been done a whole lot better, I have refined the way I make my own food with the Nettle mix stuff :)

You mentioned in one of your videos that you make your own pellet. for your shrimp.. Would you share the recipe.. I found a small pellet machine that is inexpensive and thought it might be worth making.. Thanks

Awesome babies

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark ....You have the best name also hahahaha :)

you could try and dehydrate it which might make pellet type food

Forgive me.. I'm not a shrimp guy. That don't matter as I happily watch and use your advice on many aquarium topics.. Keep up the good work.. A fellow Scott... Cheers..

Hey Mark, what Lens have you used to get those macro shots so crispy? Awesome work! Thanks

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

its built into the camera, its a Olympus Tough TG-4

Nice video! Do you use anything to enchance their colors or is the food you made doing that already?

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

I dont use anything at all ...I know you are what you eat but I am not sure that kind of thing works.

Sick cover intro

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

I make the dried blended duckweed mix you showed us. My red cherry shrimp, plecos, and pinapple sword tails tear it up quickly.

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

I have so much of it saved up now I will do another video on It I think :)

I love your accent

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

AWWWWW thank you

I made my own shrimpfood aswell. I mixed, peas, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli and boiled chicken liver. Mixed it with gelatine and put it in the freezer. They absolutly love it.

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Nevr thought about carrots ,I will save it for the next time :)

@unwired

6 жыл бұрын

Carrots and Squash for Betacarotine

I saw a cool trick last year on an unrelated video about getting air out of sandwich bags which can be useful here I think. Add a straw to the bag and then close the bag up to the straw.. make sure the end of the straw isn't touching anything in the bag and then suck the air out of the bag.. Once almost all the air has escaped pull the straw out quickly and then close the bag seal completely.

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

What a great tip thank you :)

You made them cannibals! 😲

Great video mark,is garlic cloves any good for shrimp?also would organic sea kelp powder be OK to make a paste for the shrimp,love to hear your opinion on the kelp powder,👍🏽

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Never tried it but I will find out on both :)

I am going to get my first shrimp so i need a lot of help still not to mess up the tank

Great inspiration! Your channel set me off in getting cherry shrimp for my otherwise native Swedish aquarium. I've been blending my kitchen scraps - vegetables, yeast, and duckweed from the tank, mostly - then drying them in the oven as flake food with great results. Started out with 6 shrimp in October, and now I have 100+! =) I know everyone has opinions on the net, so here's me adding mine: Your intro, while cool-looking, is super loud and jarring compared to the rest of your content. At least I would be thankful for a bit lower volume. Less of a jump-scare, you know... ;) Otherwise, thank you for your cool niche videos!

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you ,I will fix that intro and thank you for the nice comment :)

@arheru

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for replying! =)

This looks almost exactly like the stuff I feed my goldfish, lol. Gonna try a small piece for my shrimp now.

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

You make it to?

@DasGeheimnisvolleIch

6 жыл бұрын

Marks Shrimp Tanks yes! The only thing I add additionaly is gelatin or agar agar so that I can cut it into cubes. Makes it also a lot easier to get uneaten food out of the tank. 😊

@bhillson

6 жыл бұрын

How much gelatin do you use

Can i turn the prawn shells into powder and mix with the veg? Would it help with their shells?

That’s great I will be trying this one. Do you know what type of shrimps I can get in my cold water tank?

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 жыл бұрын

How cold is the water ?

@Barronoj

5 жыл бұрын

Unsure on exact temp but it’s got my gold fish in there with 4 shrimp atm but there just the clear ones about 25mm

Have you ever used the dried up pitcher plant leaves as leaf litter?

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

I have, the shrimp ate them too :)

I haven't made frozen food yet, but i did make some dried food that my shrimp seem to love. it contains: - dandelion leaves - elderberry leaves - stinging nettle leaves - spinach - soy bean shells - barley - red paprika - spirulina - krill - pollen - yeast - beta glucan - immunoglobulin - calcium montmorillonite

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Nice !!! this is looking like a professional grade food now :)

Great video Mark ! Do you think this could be dried out on a low heat level in the oven? Or another idea- what about adding gelatin to make it stay in cubes, do you think thats shrimp safe? :)

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

With my other food that I sell its just dehydrated for 3 days at 40c ,that would probably work with this :)

Are those spinach boiled or row?

Woow good job What macro lens did you use? (Last photos)

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 жыл бұрын

It was a macro function on the olympus tough tg-4 the new camera is out now though which is the tough tg-5

@AcquaRIeuno

5 жыл бұрын

Very good camera for macro 👍🏻

@AcquaRIeuno

5 жыл бұрын

Marks Shrimp Tanks can you make macro even if shrimps are far from the glass?

What kinda of camera do you use to get such amazing shots

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Hello Andrew , for the main shots I will be switching to a gopro that does 4k video , all other shots will be done with my olympus tg-4 which has a great macro mode

@andrewrogers3184

6 жыл бұрын

Marks Shrimp Tanks I'm really wanting to getting just don't some photography of my own fish and shrimp. I just had to ask cause you have such great quality videos and close ups.

i know this is an older video, but if you submerge the bag in a bowl of water up to the seal, it forces all the air out. :)

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

That is an awesome tip thank you !!

Great vid Mark! I got a question, if you don't mind? I have seen two of my Neocaridina's caring eggs, but never any lil shrimps, i think they drop them. So something must be wrong, but i dont know what. Also i am wondering how big do your biggest shrimp get? Thx so much Mark!

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Cherry get to about 3 cm max I have seen some huge ones but they are rare ..very big water changes can make shrimp drop eggs so you should think about that , if you need more detailed help just ask :)

@glennnot5719

6 жыл бұрын

Big thx Mark!

hey mark, stupid question, but how do i control my java moss from sticking to things i dont want it to? for example if a piece falls off onto some gravel and i don't notice it and it begins to grow and stick to the gravel, or anything for that matter (other plants, rocks, wood, etc.). I know the answer is obviously if you see it, remove it before it gets a chance to grow, but is there a way to prevent this, and a good way to remove the moss from plants, rocks, and wood where i dont want it? Awesome video as always!!!

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

You are correct the best way is manual removal but I am not an expert with mosses :D

Feeding shrimp to shrimp. Little cannibals. LOL

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Could be a video SHRIMP VERSES SHRIMP !!! hahaha

i wonder can you use a dehydrator to dry it out like fruit leather and use that? Wouldn't it last longer.

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

We shall find out I have one :)

will this polute your water ?

Do you also have a tip how to make skewers with shrimp food on it? Some say put eggwhite on the skewerit then put dryfood and put it in a oven but i don't think tat is the right way ?

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 жыл бұрын

It probably is the right way , I could see how that would work ..I should try it :)

Hi Mark, do you ship shrimp to the US?

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 жыл бұрын

No I dont, I dont even ship inside of Norway at this time of year.

Alright shrimp community i wanna start a shrimp tank i have a 20 long with Amazonian sub about 6 months running when doing a water change do we gravel vac the substrate or leave it??

@MarksShrimpTanks

3 жыл бұрын

I dont and never have

@csmhybrid

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks oh okay so never touch the substrate

thank you I want to make shrimp food by myself ^^ also what's the plant at 0:27 please ?

@rp101aquatics6

5 жыл бұрын

I think it is Christmas moss

@Kat-hs2ij

5 жыл бұрын

@@rp101aquatics6 oh yeah looks like christmas moss, thanks ^^

Can u put cheese in for them to eat also mate

@MarksShrimpTanks

4 жыл бұрын

no I would eat it first moooouuuhhaaaaaaa hahahahaha 🤣

@shaneslade5202

4 жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks thanks for that mate

can i use pellet with high protein and some vegetable?

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

yes

@tastykelpshake8913

Жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks thx

Hi mark. How you doing. I got spinach leaves from my farm and put it in my deep freeze. But i find you making spinach balls. How you did that. Leaves are taking lot of space. Lemme know. Bye for now

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

Those are bought from a store frozen like this so I am not sure how they do it

I've tried to do it with spinach but they prefere to eat the algae

Oh of course, i use meat of wild board, i make it for the shrimps in the oven, and later i conserve ths steaks in the fridge like you

Mark Can you explain how to make baby shrimp food?

@MarksShrimpTanks

3 жыл бұрын

I use a coffee grinder, you can add whatever food you like to it as long as its dry and it will powder the food.

@ahmethezer1426

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks Thank you. It would be better if you add subtitles to your videos in Turkish and other languages.

Hi marks Can you tell me the Wight of each ingredient please? Thanks

@MarksShrimpTanks

4 жыл бұрын

This video is years old I have issues remembering what I did yesterday 🤣

Hi Mark, I made the same food but I can't get it to sink. What am I doing wrong?

@MarksShrimpTanks

5 жыл бұрын

Unless you add something to make it sink like clay then there is probably a 50% change it will float because of the water content, not much you can do it about it after its made.

Have you ever thought of using a small ice cube tray?

@MarksShrimpTanks

9 ай бұрын

No that would have been a great idea though.

Will and can crystal reds breed with red cherry shrimps? Somebody said that they crossbred with his red cherry shrimps. I thought that wasnt possible.

@MarksShrimpTanks

4 жыл бұрын

No they cant crossbreed Kathleen :)

@kathleenmonsegue9700

4 жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks that's what I thought.

can you use tuna?

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 ай бұрын

yes probably

Do you have shrimp website? If you do .Do you ship to Canada?

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 жыл бұрын

hello sir , I ship dry goods etc and all my links can be found in my about section on my homepage :)