How to Restart a Crystal Red Shrimp Tank With No Other Tank : A Step-by-Step Guide

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  • @MarksShrimpTanks
    @MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

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  • @keithsextonakathebluerose
    @keithsextonakathebluerose6 күн бұрын

    The tip at about 20:30 is just what I needed for a water change for my ghost shrimp tank with all of the babies flitting about. Thanks!

  • @RWAquariumPages
    @RWAquariumPages Жыл бұрын

    great video and great timing. Just about to reset the tanks on my rack and wanted to see how a pro does it for ideas for myself. Keep up the great work!

  • @sparkymark68
    @sparkymark68 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this Mark, you promised and you delivered. I'll be doing this sometime next year. It took me ages to get my crystal reds to breed and now I have hundreds, mostly down to the advice on your excellent channel. 🦐

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Mark 👍

  • @jamiea9067
    @jamiea9067 Жыл бұрын

    Great video again Mark. This style of content is awesome when your just having fun with it

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    you need to go to marksshrimptanks.onlyfans.com for the real fun 😂

  • @fishtropiccanada4747
    @fishtropiccanada4747 Жыл бұрын

    Ahhh i take good and bad info and decide for myself. Been breeding shrimp now for over 8 years ❤ and i think we all have our special ways !!! Cheers

  • @MarkShellyAquatics
    @MarkShellyAquatics Жыл бұрын

    Nice video Mark. Answered some questions I had in my head about restarting/changing soil in soft water tanks 👍

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    not everyone will agree on the way I do things but I get no deaths so take from that what you will, Thanks for watching Mark.

  • @MarkShellyAquatics

    @MarkShellyAquatics

    Жыл бұрын

    @Marks Shrimp Tanks When I do give soft water shrimp a go I have a very elaborate plan in my head lol.

  • @Cleeon
    @Cleeon Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much, I'm sure this step by step very useful and needed, because many, especially new in hobbyst, start with only single aquarium and sure most of them start with aquascape like on this video, thumbs up, Marks

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful, i will post a shorts video on them in a few days so people can see they are all alive and still doing well after that fast restart.

  • @mikegreene7437
    @mikegreene7437 Жыл бұрын

    Looking good as always 👌

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 😁

  • @ShrimpMania
    @ShrimpMania Жыл бұрын

    Nice tank setup! Good to see you getting back to good old Akadama soil and hopefully it'll work for you as good as before. Without its leaching ammonia, you can do it fast and skip a long cycle.

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah as far as I can tell its not leeching any ammonia but I would imagine it does over time because it is still decaying soil.

  • @alenaxp
    @alenaxp Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video! Also I got AGAIN shrimps, but with vampire crabs in paludarium :) Wish you all the best!

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    I wrote down an idea today for a paldarium with my nepenthes , thanks for watching my friend👍

  • @AquaGardenZen
    @AquaGardenZen Жыл бұрын

    Great video Mark ❤ thank you 🙏🏼

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    You are so welcome

  • @georgekohn9372
    @georgekohn9372 Жыл бұрын

    Great set up Nice and simple gets the job done.🍀🦐🌿😎👍

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 👍

  • @MarksShrimpTanks
    @MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

    Watch more how to setup shrimp tank videos 👉 bit.ly/3gU2qlv 👈 SUBSCRIBE OR I TAKE YOUR SHRIMP goo.gl/JMPwor 😲

  • @kevinsheppard8725
    @kevinsheppard8725 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Mark how are you? I do hope that all is well with you and your family 👪 ❤️. Hey great video, I have a tank that I have to restart but really didn't know we're to start. Thanks! 🤗

  • @arcticwinds6125
    @arcticwinds6125 Жыл бұрын

    Great video and I enjoy with you go off on a tangent. 🙃

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh thank you!

  • @normang3579
    @normang3579 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Mark, there is also a sponge filter without air supply to buy, really quite. I use. Catching shrimp is like scratching a record😂. I was learning the fast way to clean and rebuild a good shrimp tank.

  • @naegwut
    @naegwut Жыл бұрын

    Good stuff

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed

  • @gigi3242
    @gigi3242 Жыл бұрын

    Don't listen to youtube, they are making all content look and sound the same. You do You. We like you. Take care, be well

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that thank you Gigi.

  • @75tamster
    @75tamster Жыл бұрын

    hi Mark love your vids ! ( Tammy here from B.C. Canada) Im just starting my first Caridina tank. I have a question that I was hoping that you may be able to help me with. I have had a 10 gallon running for 2 months with plants and amazonian soil. can I take some soil out dry it and would it be cycled to use in another tank later. Thanks for any help and for all your wonderful shrimp keeping videos!

  • @Supertunez0
    @Supertunez0 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the video. I've noticed in your previous videos your crystals would sit around 150tds? How come your now around 190tds? What pH would you recommend or is it better to focus on gh/kh/ph.

  • @Redemptionist777
    @Redemptionist777 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Mark, i know you are the freshwater shrimp king but i would love to see you trying to breed salt water harlequin shrimps!!! Keep up the good work 💗

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you mate, I might try them in the future. 👍

  • @Bullshitvol2

    @Bullshitvol2

    Жыл бұрын

    Thats an absolutely terrible idea. It is hard enough to keep one harlequin shrimp alive even if you have an asterina infestation. More so a pair. A bunch of juvenile shrimps? Impossible. He probably would need to set up a whole room full of starfish breeding tanks. A better idea are Lysmata wurdemanni, thor amboinensis and lysmata kuekenthali

  • @Redemptionist777

    @Redemptionist777

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't worry, Mark is gonna do all this while u sit here complaining how hard life is

  • @MrTheWaterbear

    @MrTheWaterbear

    Жыл бұрын

    I second the opinion that harlequin shrimp breeding is a terrible idea, clearly the commenter hasn’t tried keeping them before.

  • @FatherFH
    @FatherFH Жыл бұрын

    Hi Mark, can you test a dirted tank done the Father Fish way? I am very curious to find out if it will work for crs.

  • @AquariumAficionado
    @AquariumAficionado Жыл бұрын

    Oh that’s tighter🤣 been in that situation a couple times💀🤣🥁

  • @michaeldron4073
    @michaeldron4073 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Mark, I am using this technique but I am using Fluval Stratum and it appears to be leaching quite a lot of ammonia (about 0.50ppm) even after 4 days. PH is at 6.2. Do you think I should wait until the ammonia level is down to 0 before re adding the shrimp? Thanks 👍🏻

  • @Chardymc
    @Chardymc Жыл бұрын

    Pretty soon I'll be doing a 4ft aquascape shrimp tank, I have an ro filter which I use for my 24l now, atm I just mix to connectivity in a bucket then add. If I was to add pure ro to the empty tank and it has a tds of 50 or so would I add gh/kh+ to get it 50 above my target or include the amount already in there from soil, hardscape and plants etc. Just don't really have a way to store or drip so much pre mixed water is all.

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    what I always do is mix my salt the same way all the time and then just do water changes like normal, eventually it will all equal out to what you want.

  • @MrRhiannon1
    @MrRhiannon1 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Mark, I keep cherry shrimp, badly they keep dieing, the only issue I see, is I have extremely soft water (Scotland), it comes out the tap and instantly changes with 1 drop kh water test (NT labs test kit), I have always put cuttle fish in my tank because I know the water is soft, but should I be try to get the KH up before even adding it to the tank after a water change?, if so how do I do this, I just have a small 19lt tank and am down to 10 shrimp again ,no breeding, I've had a few, tank fully cycled for about a year now, thankyou for any help you can give me.

  • @warpo007
    @warpo007 Жыл бұрын

    As an Australian, I love this guy. Shame he can't speak english though...... Joking Mark!

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    gday, I was raised by dingos mate 😂

  • @wmcrash
    @wmcrash Жыл бұрын

    I see you have hornwort in the galaxy fishbone tank. That is very surprising as I've always had hornwort completely fall apart as soon as pH would go under 6.8.

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    yes it does, seems to love nutrients too, if they start to get low it just melts to nothing.

  • @RamSwa1972
    @RamSwa1972 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Mark what Zeoliet do you use? Greetings from Holland

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    This was normal hobby branded zeolite.

  • @Plants.and.shrimp
    @Plants.and.shrimp Жыл бұрын

    Excuseme sir. What's lamp to use tank?

  • @Alex-so5si
    @Alex-so5si Жыл бұрын

    what are some floating plants and normal plants you recommend for no plant expert?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    salvinia is a great floater, jave moss and fern are to great plants, hornwort is also pretty goof for shrimp tanks.

  • @Alex-so5si

    @Alex-so5si

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MarksShrimpTanks alright, thanks for the help :)

  • @seriousshrimps6517
    @seriousshrimps6517 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Mark, how many liters can you manage with just one double sponge filter? 

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    50 60 liters probably is the max.

  • @giaprion1127
    @giaprion1127 Жыл бұрын

    What is the glass thing you put in the feeding dish in most the tanks? What does it do??

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    watch this it will explain all kzread.info/dash/bejne/YoWl26aEfpCncqg.html

  • @Zwarf1979
    @Zwarf1979 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Mark what do you use as a black light blocker above the tanks?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    Its a corrugated plastic sheet cut to size and spray painted black, its stuck on with magnets using superglue.

  • @Zwarf1979

    @Zwarf1979

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MarksShrimpTanks thanks

  • @jordanforever2345
    @jordanforever2345 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Mark, what brand is that Zeolite?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    is just maked hobby brand

  • @bigbeard3058
    @bigbeard3058 Жыл бұрын

    I can't find the little peroxide reactors anywhere. What are they called, and where can I get them?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    sotching oxydaters lots of places will have them

  • @edwardthompson3213
    @edwardthompson3213 Жыл бұрын

    Hi mark .how much had the ph dropped from the time of starting that tank ? If my tank has still got a low ph but my shrimp have stopped breading would you still recommend changeing the soil . My shrimp were breeding well then jest stopped becoming berryed beginning of November as the temp in the uk started to drop. My water parameters are spot on and the tank is 7 months old . NO shrimp death's at all jest no breeding for over 5 weeks .should i be concerned?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    look at the glass mate, if you see life on it like little snails, copepods, seed shrimp etc just give it time, If you see none of that I would change soil .

  • @darlenemorris6011
    @darlenemorris6011 Жыл бұрын

    I have my first red rili shrimp tank that the first shrimp went in on July 2. There are 14 shrimp and many are saddled, but none have berries yet. Water perimeters are fine. Is there anything I can do to get them breeding?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    Just give them time, if they are saddling up then you are doing the right things, one day you will look at the tank and see berried shrimp.

  • @normang3579
    @normang3579 Жыл бұрын

    but Mark, how long do i need to cycle the tank? even if there is old soil inside? 😁

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    remove the old soil all together, once the ph is lost its basically a dead soil with no kh and you run into problems.

  • @melysacathcartcallrightsre4577
    @melysacathcartcallrightsre4577 Жыл бұрын

    How often do you have to empty the tank and take out the flooring materials?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    for best results you are talking 10 months to a year depending on the soil.

  • @saler1423
    @saler1423 Жыл бұрын

    So this way we dont need to cycle 4-8 weeks if we have old filtration? And some stability... ?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    you just need the tank to settle and then really watch your feeding.

  • @saler1423

    @saler1423

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MarksShrimpTanks are you shure its just 5-7 days? Maybe for akadama, but what about other soils?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    I added about 2 liters of ADA Amazonia to this tank 9 months ago kzread.info/dash/bejne/hotl0MyKqNqqhag.html I did a recent video of the same tank last week with thousands of baby shrimp in it.

  • @_invertico_
    @_invertico_ Жыл бұрын

    Can you use distilled water instead of RO water?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    yes sir

  • @_invertico_

    @_invertico_

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MarksShrimpTanks I am planning on getting crystal black shrimp any tips?

  • @jpkruger6333
    @jpkruger6333 Жыл бұрын

    TDS close to 200? I get stressed when my tds goes over 150 and do water change. So closer to 200 is better?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    I use conductivity not TDS .. My 200 conductivity would only be about 100 TDS if I had to measure it.

  • @jpkruger6333

    @jpkruger6333

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MarksShrimpTanks thanks for clarity. Love your channel. Greetings from South Africa

  • @MacboatASU
    @MacboatASU9 ай бұрын

    What are the size of the tank?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    9 ай бұрын

    50 liters

  • @Lilebike
    @Lilebike19 күн бұрын

    what plant was in your tank?

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    19 күн бұрын

    moss, subwassertangm bucep and i think a little java moss.

  • @Bigglare
    @Bigglare Жыл бұрын

    Air Supply?! Alexa, play music by Air Supply!

  • @ajkandroid8662
    @ajkandroid8662 Жыл бұрын

    I forgot if u already explained it but why u chose akademia instead amazonia v2 🤣🤣🤣

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    I use both, amazonia is more expensive thats all.

  • @Lee-re1by
    @Lee-re1by Жыл бұрын

    🦐🦞🦐🦞

  • @fishtropiccanada4747
    @fishtropiccanada4747 Жыл бұрын

    Ahhh i take good and bad info and decide for myself. Been breeding shrimp now for over 8 years ❤ and i think we all have our special ways !!! Cheers

  • @MarksShrimpTanks

    @MarksShrimpTanks

    Жыл бұрын

    yes very true, I do what works for me.

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