Enough of the self depreciation, hands down best shrimp channel on KZread.

Blather away. I can listen to your Scottish accent for hours! ❤ I have learnt so much from your videos. My shrimp and I thank you.

Good to see you Mark! I've not found any of your videos crap or boring, always very informative 😁👍

Hardly boring my friend. Quite informative though. You do have a great repertoire of informative videos, so anyone getting lost in the shrimp game really should back track and check them out. Lots to learn. Thank you Mark.✌🦐🐟🤙

You speak just fine. Thanks for the information. :)

Good tips. Glad to see a video from you 👍

Hi Mark, i really learn from your videos. Thank you so much!!!

Excellent tips!

Mark, glad to see your video! Thank you! ❤🦐🦐🦐

The NT Labs liquid test kit covers all 6 of the basic/ necessary tests at an average price or around 22 GBP. Not too expensive at all. Weigh this up against the cost of lost shrimp and its nothing

All your videos are very helpful, hell you have tought me a lot about shrimp, all thanks 2 u, I have all kinds of shrimp, and they are all heathy tanks, now I have 14 tanks!!❤❤

nice to see you after a long time my friend🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

Thank you for the tips sir I have a question that can I make a colony of red yellow blue black shrimps in my tank is that ok for me? Or any side effects.

Website link aquariumshrimpkeeping.com/ Facebook link facebook.com/groups/AquariumShrimpKeeping

Joining your group now! I've gone through a few shrimp over this past year. Now I'm setting up a 29 gallon and want to make sure it's right!

@MarksShrimpTanks

6 ай бұрын

That's great to hear! Welcome to the group and congratulations on setting up your new 29 gallon tank. I'm sure you'll do a fantastic job!

@gagaloo83

6 ай бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks Thank you! I hope I will. Still working on cycling it :)

I lost all my shrimps, they were too sensitive and needed a lot of tlc to keep them happy I gave up and sadly they all passed away Now I just have 6 nano fish in there Much easier less maintenance less worry Also I had my fun with the shrimp for about a year had a population explosion and bred cool hybrids But I really struggled to maintain a stable environment for them and decided to stick with fish and snails Breeding 100+ golden Inca snails at the moment

@Cleeon

10 ай бұрын

And that shrimp, I guess is caridina species, is I'm right, sir?

I noticed all your tanks contain a mini Oxydator, are they beneficial to shrimp keeping? Thank you!

thanks for this, will be showing my dad because he ends up letting my shrimp die even after ive suggested to him things similar, especially the 5 level testers. but he sits on it and i get so devastated that my wee guys are dying yaknow? ... had some pinto and cherries, but theres significantly much less and it just feels upsetting. i cant do much myself, my mobility is limited, but i do what i can to help but my father just never listens. maybe sending this video will help hi, further look into it. love you as always mark, keep it up. thanks for the reassurance too, means tons

@iury862

11 ай бұрын

We all kill fish and shrimps until we get better and better. Your dad will come around, I'm sure

@GothicCorvid

11 ай бұрын

@@iury862 thank you !! appreciate it man. hope so for that

@Cleeon

10 ай бұрын

Which shrimp is it? Caridina or neocaridina?

Long time dont see

keeping shrimps for last 7/8 years and never had a tank full of shrimps. and feeling tired of taking care of them with no outcome (population-wise). seriously thinking of shifting to a school of tetras.

@Cleeon

10 ай бұрын

Hmmm.... I think and feel, that's ever happened to me, but something about caridina shrimp make me keep trying

Its hot in my town and my tanks are at 28-29c is it a problem for neocaridinas ? Thanks

@Cleeon

10 ай бұрын

Move your tanks to cooler area at your home

@naopak259

10 ай бұрын

@@Cleeon they are in my basement

@Cleeon

10 ай бұрын

@@naopak259 hmmm.... That's mean your basement need more airflow, I suggest some air circulation system, maybe using some exhaust fan?

@naopak259

10 ай бұрын

@@Cleeon there was a heat wave when i was writing comment they are at 26 now i need to put some screen on my windows in basement cuz u cant defend frow mosquitos

@Cleeon

10 ай бұрын

@@naopak259 ooh yes, same here my friend, weird, mosquitoes is coming en masse, maybe this because of El Nino effect 😑, good luck for you

Hi!

The number one mistake new shrimp keepers make is mixing up neos and caridinas. Neos are much hardier. I’ve had complete success with shrimp in cycles when setting up new tanks with neos. I’d never attempt this with a caridina. But with plants, prime, stability, and short food rations it’s completely feasible to do shrimp in cycles with neos. Obviously I don’t think it should be done by anyone who knows the dangers of nitrogens.

@GrumpyGillsFishing

11 ай бұрын

I love that you went on to say essentially the same thing right after I finished commenting that lil

I’m in well water where I live,and not a fan of chasing parameters(high iron and calcium in the water). For whatever reason,it doesn’t serve my shrimp well.

I’m here at work worried to death that I killed all my shrimp by over feeding . I think when I get home I’m going to drop the water by a gallon and suck up the crap from the bottom

I was waiting the whole time for a huge face to come out of that dark aquarium.

The worst mistake for New caradina holders is trying to correct the EC/TDS value in the tank it self by making there waterchange ro water with a lower value off EC/TDS with GH+ This will drop the GH level

@Cleeon

10 ай бұрын

So, do you suggest the new water must have exactly same TDs value with the water inside aquarium?

@robbor353

10 ай бұрын

No , all waterchanges must be made with ro and the correct value of the GH+. The value is mentioned on the package off the GH+ The value off tds/ec in the tank isnt always only the gh value. All waste materials (no3,po4 en, enz ) will involve the tds/ec value in the tank itself.

my shrimps and dwarf cryfish are fairly easy to keep alive, they breed just fine and finish their meals. I rarely test water for toxins anymore, is good enough with plenty of margin whenever I do. ... what I have trouble with is keeping a lot of plant species well and growing. No trouble with moss or something simple like frogbite ofc, but getting the lighting and nutrients balanced so that neither algea explode nor my fancier plants wither is quite the challenge. But then again, my tanks aint pure breeding capsules .. they have to look interesting and different too. So just replicating a well working combination of soil, hardscape and plants isnt really an option for me. Everytime I set up a new tank I calculate the loss of a couple of plants, as it takes quite some time to figure out the specific demand of that new design / combination of plant species.