Nice one Mark. Short, and no BS

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Tater 🦐

Hi Mark, simple and right to the point, thank you from NYC

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching my friend 👍

This helps me a lot! Thanks Mark!!!

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

Great video as always 😀👍 I agree with all that you said. My observations is that thank may be cycled after 4 weeks, but it's better after 6-8 weeks. Also it's worth to remember to add livestock partially, not all fishes at a time. This way we give some time to good bacterias to adjust to a higher bioload. Happy shrimp keeping! 🦐💕🦐

Hi Mark - my ammonia was 0; my nitrite was 0; my nitrate was 0!!!!!!! couple weeks of ghost feeding & adding beneficial bacteria!!! So I resorted to a cooked prawn tied up in a bit of nylon stocking and popped that into the tank - finally my ammonia is rising so waiting for the nitrites to kick in!!! then the nitrates - at least this way I know it is cycled...........thanks for video - hopefully I can follow your tips and not murder any shrimp when I get them!!!!!! Kay

Very informative Thanks! I’ve been neglecting my feeding as I move shrimp to new tanks. So much for them to eat in the tanks with new substrate 😃

Love the b roll

👍 Great tips Mark

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark 👍🦐🌿

5:04 wow! have you got any full videos showcasing this tank? what a beast! with all the shrimp on him :') adorable

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

They are in a lot of the shrimp room tour videos. 👍

@theboraxbandit9563

Жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks Mark :)

Hello Marks, is it possible ammonification more than nitrification in an old tank, and make the pH go up? If it is, should I put nitrifying bacteria or EM into the tank regularly?

Hi Mark, what are the shrimp @4:40 the tricolour one on top has/is superman 🤩mega nice

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

these are rili I breed from painted fire red shrimp

Hi Mark! I am planning on keeping some pinto shrimp in a 10g. However I want to have an aquascaped tank as it'll be a display tank so I want to use a different substrate. I was wondering if installing a canister filter full of buffering substrate would work in buffering the water? I also assume it would be easier to change it out when it stops working. Just an idea I had, what do you think?

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

yes it should still work just keep an eye on the ph 👍

Hey mark, i made your powdered shrimp food and i was wondering how much i should feed because i cant seem to gauge it, i have a 10g with 50 small cherry shrimp

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

I use a pinch every other day in my neo tanks

hi yusri here cape town south africa, like the cray you have unfortunately it's illegal to have crazy in cape town but further up South Africa you can keep them kind of silly if you ask me and if you have any crays you cannot sell them but you can swap them according to some story I heard through the Grapevine go figure.

have you ever tried capping the substrate with sand? father fish goes into great detail on the subject

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

capping it for what reason?

@observer_music

Жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks is causes the substrate below the sand to become anaerobic and breaks down mulm much like a septic tank would. Father fish's channel goes deep into this idea, he also harks the benefits of introducing as much microfauna/flora from natural sources like rivers to emulate natural systems

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

yeah thats not for me, I can see to many issues with it like the wrong things getting into the tank.

@observer_music

Жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks I understand! It's a very different style of doing things, I'm am currently doing it this way and my shrimp are happy, nature provides! The idea is to create a full eco system in the tank starting from the smallest life and having a large amount of bio diversity to keep all the baddies in check, every bad bacteria or parasite has it's own bad predators that you can introduce just but maxing out the amount of life.

Hello mark! When using plants to assist in filtering nutrients from the water, what are your top plants for that? Thanks-Jeff.

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

for shrimp tanks its floaters, I like salvinia the best, grows fast and has short roots.

@2869may

Жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks And use lots of nutrients.

Hi, Mark. I went along and made up a 16L tank and shrimp have now tank off. Thy are cherry shrimp. I found a very deep red coloured female and I want to know how to I breed more of this lovely deep red one? Most of them are the ones with the stripe, or a little lighter red, but this lass is gorgeous! I hop I can find hr again. The tank took off after I watched and learnt from you. I have a light and little plants gone nuts. Just something growing on the filter that i might gt rid of, but plenty of alga, and you s a lot of tiny babies, adults and in between like they are flying around in there and sitting on windows/walls or anywhere really. At first I thought they looked a bit like spiders, but now I can appreciate them more Not sur how to slow them down, but I do have another 16L set up that had a fish, and a few small shrimp and blow m down thy had babies! No joke. My fish died and the shrimp are happy to be in there. Do I just half the population between the two, or do thy need a bigger tank? Thanks so much for your hands on videoes, and tips.

@sandidsaman7723

7 ай бұрын

windows in ur fish tank?😶

Hiya mark , please can you help me , I am not sure but I think I have seed shrimp in my tank with lots of baby shrimp is it safe or is it a good thing?? I can’t see 100% if they are seed shrimp or baby shrimp, mainly on glass in light.

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

i don't worry about seed shrimp at all .

Hey mate, were those Columbian Ramshorns in the first few clips there? I've always fancied keeping them but heard they're tough on plants. Is that right in your experience?

@johnsaquaticventures2204

Жыл бұрын

Yes Columbian Ramshorns if not feed enough, green/veg they will have no choice but to eat plants. Sinking tablets (both meaty and veg/algae based) can be given, along with catfish pellets, flakes, various small frozen fish foods and fresh vegetables.

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

yes dont get them if you want to save your plants they eat everything.

@DanielKeepingFish

Жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks haha thanks man. Message recieved.

Hey mark, I'll try to make it short but I would love to hear your opinion I've set up a new 10g tank about a month ago. nothing too crazy, lots of low Tech plants, some wood and a nice, already 90% cycled sponge filter, I've also put some mineral balls which had a good reputation online (grey ones, could look up the name if needed) 2 weeks ago, after making sure the tank was fully cycled with some guppies in it (which of course I took out) I purchased 15 nicely colored cherries and drip acclimated them to the tank Fast forward 2 weeks, there was almost not a single day without a shrimp dying, 90% of them died to the white ring of death (failed to molt), there was also a good amount of good molts around the tank so I dont know what made them try to molt again My main theory is of course stress, but I dont know what can cause it, it's been two weeks, the water parameters are good, the tank is cycled, lot's of plants and hiding places Im down to 4 left and I just can't find a cause as to why they all failed to molt, I would love to hear your opinion as to what the reason could be Thx (:

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

what are your parameters ?

@user-mg8qd2fr4j

11 ай бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks can I feed off his comment he never replied but I’m almost having the exact same Problem My Ph is about 6.8-7 the kh is around like 60-80 ppm it kinda changes between water changes because Arizona water has a lot in it. The kh was way higher like the GH which is over 200ppm but as the water has sat in the tank it’s gotten lower to that 60-80ppm. 0 nitrites. 10-15 ppm nitrates it’s a heavily planted tank. I’ve had the tank for over 4 months now with shrimp in it and it sat before with no Shrimp for like 3 months used gravel from another tank that has a lot of fish in it and ghost fed the tank for the 3 months so almost 7 months I’m in and I thought by now ide be looking at a bunch of baby shrimp but I’m just replacing the dead ones I pull out. Plz help I’m like $800 deep I don’t want to give in but I don’t want to waste anymore

Purchased 4 cherry shrimp and put them in my planted tank, which I've had for a couple months, with a few tetras and zebras that are doing great. They all died after only a few hours of being in the tank. Then I got 4 more and acclimated them using the drip method over the course of 3 hours and then put them in the tank. Same thing, death after a few hours. No idea what's up. My water is clear, the strip test looks good, and my fish are fine.

@sandidsaman7723

7 ай бұрын

i can only think of 3 reasons rn a)there r heavy metals like Cu,Cd,Ag or Pb in ur water even tiny amounts is enough b) problem with ph or general hardness c) the fish have something to do in here altho chances r very less since considering the time of death but i wouldnt suggest to keep shrimps with zebras(they r evil)

i have 3 tanks , one of them cherry shrimp will NOT survive more than a few weeks , in the new tank they within weeks went from 5 to about 40 . The only difference is that tank has an aquasoil the others are just sand ( labelled shrimp safe ) . Odd thing is ghost shrimp are currently doing well in the death tank .

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

You dont need aqua soil with cherry shrimp that the issue right there.

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Rushing the nitrogen cycle is the one thing I see and hear people get wrong a lot (also at pet stores), so it's nice that you make a point out of it. However, I do think that a new tank void of any living creatures can never be completed and ready for shrimp/fish after as little as one month. The bacteria need a certain amount of time for division and multiplying, and one month is simply not enough for both colonies to establish and stabilize. Aim for two months minimum. One can think of it as, first month for the first bacteria colony, and the second month for the second bacteria colony. Assuming one still ghost feeds and keep the right temperature, and light cycle. The key to success really is patience, however boring that may sound, as there is no reason to rush this. I also hope that people and pet stores stop using 'sacrificial fish' when starting a new tank, thinking it may go faster. The poor creatures.

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

I am doing my shrimp tanks very fast nowadays with no shrimp loses, key for me is understanding that you have a NEW SETUP and you treat it accordingly with feeding and the bioload of the animals you add.

@arctica7170

Жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks Indeed! And that also shows how experienced people can do such a move. People who are new to the hobby, or lack the knowledge, will not be able to do that. And my previous comment was tailored towards how many YT videos are targeting new shrimp/fish keepers, who simply can't yet make the assessment of what works and not.

@gorgeoussupergemaj5991

Жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks hey I was just wondering about over feeding and how to know when they have had too much. I have some Amino shrimp I put in my tank yesterday and I fed them but they have been eating for at least 3 hours. Should I take the food off them ?

I have about 50 shrimp and will lose one every month and they don’t seem to be breeding anymore, iv had the tank up for years, plenty of plants and wood.

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

If you can get seachm puragen try that in a little pouch near the filter, its made a difference for me.

@2869may

Жыл бұрын

Lots of wood can cause your water to become too "soft" over time

@ana007

Жыл бұрын

If the aquarium is old and has a thick substrate, there may be hydrogen sulfide in the substrate. Press something into the substrate. If bubbles of foul-smelling gas come out and the substrate is darker, then it is hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide reacts with oxygen, causing the water to be depleted of oxygen. In this case, fish and snails stay more often at the top of the tank, shrimp die and do not reproduce. Solution - clean the substrate, change a little more water than usual and increase aeration for a while. In contact with oxygen, hydrogen sulfide quickly forms water and non-toxic sulfur oxide.

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It too late😢

I never had such old tank syndrome problem but I don't have 1000 shrimp in one tank. you might want to keep a empty plastic garbage can or plastic tube filled with your old water & filter it with a sponge filter if the room temp is heating all the tanks then you don't need a heater in the garbage can. Then you always have a place you can remove your inhabitants till your ready to re home back in your tank or elsewhere. bushy nose pleaco are no problem at all and live a long time. That little one looks like a female. I've seen small males with a beard already down the center of their head.

@MarksShrimpTanks

Жыл бұрын

that is a good idea, it wouldn't have to be in use ether, just fill it up on emergencies or something.

@blabberwulf7650

Жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks Exactly