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Duckweed will always survive. If there was a nuclear winter, duckweed, cockroaches, and Cher would survive. 😅

@obduliomoronta4820

3 ай бұрын

Cher ☠️

@SuperBoppy

3 ай бұрын

You can get rid of duckweed by removing as much as you can, and then run an air stone to agitate the surface of the water, which should get rid of any strays. Duckweed must have still water to thrive.

@CatFish107

3 ай бұрын

I have the "Australian attempting biocontrontrol through introducing species" approach. I let a clutch of mystery snail eggs hatch, and underfed slightly. The snails will hoover down all the duckweed, and if I'm not careful, will start chewing on frogbit roots. Mind-blowing, really, just how much mystery snails will eat. But that's trading a too many weeds problem for a gorillion hungry mouths to feed problem.

@allenbolderoff587

3 ай бұрын

and snails

@kat5241

2 ай бұрын

Unless you have koi, anyway. 😅

The other problem with Amano shrimp is that they are aggressive to other shrimp . I like that you confronted the problem with these two species and got real with the problem of owning them instead of hyping them up.

@usmc187

3 ай бұрын

Amanos are definitely aggressive but love them in my tank. Just need to keep them fed properly lol

@CoreyPelletier86

3 ай бұрын

I'm a newbie here, but I'm curious if the tank is big enough, do the different species take their own corner of the tank? Or will the Amano terrorize the whole tank if they're hungry and feeling in the mood to throw fisticuffs?

@Wulfenite295

3 ай бұрын

@@CoreyPelletier86 if you mean will they fight with other shrimp than yes. They will pick on other shrimp and fight with other shrimp over food .

@usmc187

3 ай бұрын

@@CoreyPelletier86 Amanos will terrorize every part of the tank lol

@kysonng1649

3 ай бұрын

They attack other shrimp? Lol i can never keep mine alive. Probably abit too acidic/soft water

love these different dives into the algae world these past couple vids. i have a 10 gal betta tank that houses a small handful of ottos, and the success i've had with that tank is the low nutrients. its planted, with very little soil so i end up supplementing their diet from algae I harvest from my 20 gal goldfish tank. ill scrape that tank every week and dry what i collect, and feed the following week. really what this whole thing boils down too is food management. it's so hard to generalize a best option when there's soooo many different variables.

I have kept every type of Algae eater in my 40 years in the hobby. Reticulated algae eaters are by far the best. Keep eating algae even as an adult. A big plus is they just keep getting prettier as they get bigger!

@AQUAPROS

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the experience!!!! 😎😎🫡🫡

Well, you covered all the lore! I've heard that SAE's really do eat BBA. I keep the Reticulated version and yup they got huge but they will continue to eat algae just not as much.

I recently found out in an old aquarium i have laying around that some Amano's were still in there.. (still a layer of water in it and gravel) wile at the time it was completely a dead aquarium. They very small but a rescue operation is ongoing atm. Until then they have to sit for a couple of days more. But for over a year i havent done anything on the tank, and the water vaporized to what it is now.. couple of cm. Was quite a surprise when i spotted them :P

@dimitrijekrstic7567

2 ай бұрын

Lol vaporized

The best algae eating fish (which doesn't get too big) is the hillstream loach. Most people think you have to have a flow in the tank to keep them, but that's not true. They can also thrive in water that is warmer than most people think. They will work fine in most community tank, unless you're the kind of person who likes to keep their tank at around 90 degrees.

@namesbinge3073

2 ай бұрын

They need a really well oxygenated tank, because of their evolution in their natural habitat. Their gills are smaller than the rest of the fish, and high flow is necessary to provide efficient oxygen. And they are not the best algae eaters, This is a misconception, they are unable to tackle lots of algae, and they mainly survive off the microorganism of the algae.

Oh man, I laughed so hard when you ate that piece of rice cake. I bought 8 Amanos and they all jumped out, and somehow traveled quite far from my tank.

@dimitrijekrstic7567

2 ай бұрын

Yea... And I love rimless tanks, so using a cover is a big no no. Which means amanos are a big no go too

American Flagfish eat Blackbeard algae. Plus they are nice fish in the tank. I had an outbreak of Blackbeard in my big tank that has been up and running for years. I tried all the “cures” and the 3% Hydrogen Peroxide worked ok, but I still had Blackbeard algae that would takeover if I didn’t constantly work on it. As I was doing more research on how to get rid of Blackbeard algae, I found the American Flagfish. Thankfully my local fish shop had some. They cleared out the tank of the Blackbeard in about a week. I even had some on the back wall of my aquarium and it was fun to watch them cleaning that back wall. I will never have another large community tank that doesn’t have the American Flagfish.

@AQUAPROS

3 ай бұрын

Nice, this is good to know!

@chosen2030

3 ай бұрын

​​@@AQUAPROShopefully that means you'll be trying the flag fish out. Would be interested to hear your results.

@XxIsmaelxX4510

3 ай бұрын

I have a bunch in my 20 long. They reproduce almost as fast as my guppies.

@onlywei

3 ай бұрын

My Flagfish don’t touch my black beard algae. They also really like chasing my other fish. Aggressive jerks.

@BTQ410

3 ай бұрын

@@onlywei how big is your tank? Is it planted? How heavily? You probably need some visual barriers in your tank. Also, don’t feed your flagfish so much. They need to be a bit hungry to eat algae. I have a heavily planted tank and I have my bottom dwellers (plecos and Cory’s), my flagfish have the middle of the tank, and my guppies have mid to upper area, so they all get along. I have lots of visual barriers in my tank with all my plants too. My flagfish have staked out their spot, but my other fish don’t encroach on it too much. I have a bunch of guppies too which makes it hard for my flagfish to chase them. I have 7 flagfish in my tank with one dominant male. If you have another fish that likes the middle part of your tank that might be why you see conflict. I also have a tall tank with lots of room at the different levels.

Really good video. I learned alot from this. Thankyou

great info as always...keep up the great vids ;)

Malawa Shrimp ( Caridina pareparensis parvidentata ) will eat Black Beard Algae and even Slime Algae . However , there are some drawbacks . They will out-compete any other shrimp and starve them , are very prolific and if they get hungry they can eat soft plants . The Reticulated Siamese Algae Eater is the best of the family but get lazy when they mature and prefer fish food .

My siamese algae eater is the same. It's not as industrious as it was when it was little, but his tank that's under direct sunlight never had stringy / hair algae.

Great video. I had the same result overwintering blue myuki platinum ricefish outdoors, 6 went in, 4 survived fall/winter. I'm happy. Thinking about adding 6 more to up my chances of breeding a bunch over summer. It's a 100 gallon tub but I keep it at around 75 gallons full.

Great video. And you’re so natural. It’s like a conversation. Thanks! And yes, Legit fish food is terrific! 🙌🙏

@AQUAPROS

3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear from ya again! :) cheers!

@thomasdeansfineart149

3 ай бұрын

I don’t comment often but I always watch your content! 🙌🙌🙏🙏👍🏻

As always, awesome video - love the educational parts in particular... 👊 Can't imagine the ice over your ponds. Here in South Africa, it gets cool, but yea, have never seen snow or a frozen pond/lake. LOVE to learn more about cycling a tank (think I have it down, but not like the MASTERS 😉), I'm sure I've seen all you vids, maybe not all, I'll go see if you have something 🤣

Have one large, lazy Siamese algae eater. He did such a great job eating algae when he was younger. I still like him though. My daughter thinks he looks like a baby shark. Probably won’t ever get more but I’ll take care of him as long as he lives.❤

Man that tank looks so matured now Please make video on that with close up shots ❤

Tank top Mike is RAWR 🔥🔥

@AQUAPROS

3 ай бұрын

🤠😎😎😎😎 its about to be that season!

I've had good results with Ancistrus (AKA Bristlenose Plecos). However, they may damage some delicate plants, and they will dig, which could make a big mess in a dirted tank. Finally, it's been my experience that Ancistrus can bully Corydoras.

Brother, That's a beautiful tank

Love, love Amanos. Have had six in a 12 gallon lidless tank for months and no escapees yet. They totally transformed the tank within a week..any and all algae gone. Only problem is that target feeding for mystery snail is impossible because they snatch and run with it.

Totally agree with you on the SAE. I got them when they were tiny and they cleaned up the tank. They got big fast and now they mostly feed on the food for my goldfish 😂

love amano shrimp my oldest is seven years old & my tank is crystal clean !

This is so invaluable.. I wish all fishkeeprs would address the caveats for each. I had to learn it all first hand 😂😂

I like amanos. I have a few and need to hunt a couple down to put in the new tank.

@AQUAPROS

3 ай бұрын

niceeee ya, amanos are the goat... need to take them off my ban list hahah :) cheers buddy!

I had some SAEs years ago. They were some of my favorite fish. They were super social with me. The second I stuck my hand or arm in the tank they were all over me like a bunch of Remoras. You're right they do get bigger than we think. Didn't Takashi Amano bring those into the hobby? The ones he used were always small, which might be why we think they're small fish. I wonder if even he knew at first.

In one of my recent tank, there's a thread algae bloom. I put in 2 flying fox fish they did the job very well in cleaning up those algae. They are still in the tank, now whenever they failed to find any algae, they will eat the fish food. After some time, I have another small tank which is also full of algae, and I put these same two flying fish into that tank, they began to eat the algae. It seems to me that the algae will always be one of their diet despite eating fish food for some time.

In my experience, Siamese Algae eaters are one of the few fish that will destroy bearded algae. They are very peaceful and industrious when young. And you are right about when they get older, they stop eating algae and start sucking the slime coat off of the other fish.

I am new to watching this channel and l love how healthy the plants are. Do you have the plant lists?

Personally when it comes to algae eaters, I love farlowellas. I don't think they necessarily do an amazing job of eating algae, but they're super cool fish, and I love them for that alone!

I enjoy every video 🥰

I don’t run lids and have never had my amanos escape ? But I don’t have things protruding out of the surface

I’ve tried 50 cherry shrimp. I believe I only have a couple left. But I have half a dozen of mono Shrimp that seem to do very well. I think it really sits the ship apart from other Shrimp is the fact other size and the ability to be able to have shrimp with fish that would most likely eat small shrimp

midnight black Medaka!!✨ I like the one!!❤

COOL VIDEO🎉 🐟

Interesting thoughts for consideration. Will have rethink amano shrimp for my bigger tank. Probably will try 2 in my 20 gallon first. In the meantime, 100% Legit! My fish love this stuff. You should try it too!!

Did you ever finish your wall unit ?

They are great community crustation even with other shrimpies

Otos are my work horses of my aquarium. Let me get away with a brighter and longer photo period and they are constantly chunky and plants look great. Have them for all my tanks. Funny thing is, I have tried to spot feed them before with cucumber or zucchini and they just don’t care. They are happy with sitting on a leaf munching away. S tier algae fish in my book.

@idealchanful

3 ай бұрын

Same here.

@corinnenichole99

2 ай бұрын

Some I've found will eat food others won't if you offer. 3 of my 5 eat the veggies I add whereas the other 2 won't touch them.

Hej your back, liked your older movies.

Hey what’s a good fish to do this with in Montana

I bought 3 ammano shrimp for my 5 gallon that has a whole lot of green hair algae. There's so many babies in there now! Can't wait until they start manking a dent in the algae. Haven't seen any outside of the tank yet though. I don't have a top on the tank. I can agree on the thought of fish causing issues perhaps. I don't have any fish in the tank atm and they are out everywhere. Before I did have fish and didn't even know there were that many shrimp babies in there. Never used any salt, just regular water changes. Nerites are my go to for cleaning up brown diatom algae. Nerites do require brackish water to reproduce, and I've never seen an eggs they lay in my freshwater tanks hatch.

My outdoor pond has a sudden and huge green hair algae outburst 😩 I keep picking it out but it’s everywhere. I have a couple amaro shrimp and a bunch of dumb little snails… but they’re not getting rid of it. It’s a small container pond, maybe 20 gallons… how many should I have in there to get it all? I have four guppies in there too

@ericcole2540

3 ай бұрын

Water changes to get the extra organics out will help most

What are those shoes you’re wearing during lawn mowing, they look so comfortable

In Australia you can't get amano shrimp. North Queensland algae shrimp and mystery snails definitely eat BBA. I have seen it many times.

I have a very mature, 8yo sae.. he still eats BBA. I put wood in from other tanks for him to clean.

0:06. what is that corkscrew aerator thing in the corner ?

Amano zoea need full marine water to develop. Ryan Chan just gave a talk about breeding Amano Shrimp at the last AGA convention 2 weeks ago. His youtube channel, Avatar Aquatics, has all the information.

Get well soon

I don't have cories, and platies, mollies and swordtails. They do a good job on all algae but the stuff that grows on the glass. What is the best algae eater for the glass algae? I don't use filters and lots of plants. My nitrates and nitrites are almost always zero. I use easy green every day.

Even with the down sides id still recommend both i had a bunch of different types of algae eaters in the tank and it was still full of it got 8 amanos and 3 SAE tank is clean also SAE definitely eat black beard algae but not established BBA if its established you must treat it first with liquid carbon then they will eat it

check out the spotted borneo loach, they are a hillstream that eats algea like nothing i have seen. I grew a stupid amount of algea in my quarantine tank so they would have food when i got them, and i thought it would easily last months and they had it spotless in a couple of days.

@AQUAPROS

3 ай бұрын

I will!

I feel like Armano Shrimp get too big. I have just 2 and they live my 2meter x 50xm (thats 6.5x1.6 feet) tank and they are fully grown females with almost 2 inches in size - and they are very active and swim and run a lot. If you keep them in a small tank they can't really stretch their legs, get "stuck" on fine plants etc. Which can't be enjoyable for them... I see those 2 out and about regulary and just imgining having 25 or like that would look crazy. People don't seem to think about how big they get when they buy them as babies where they are just about the size of a neocaradina. Also, Armano shrimp dont go into brakish water (please dont throw your armano into brakish water, it could die! dont do that!). Instead, their babies will flow with the current into brakish water/sea to develop there and then crawl back into fresh water when they are older. They are very hard to breed, especially because the larva needs "algae" water to feed on.

Are those trees or bushes in the tank? Some please advise

Funny thing is I've had a lot of Siamese Algae Eater escapes and I can't think of an Amano Shrimp escape incident, but I'm sure it's happened. Biggest problem for me with SAE is definitely adulthood. The last two that never jumped took an ice storm and a week without power to finally kick the bucket.

I wish I could have the armano shrimp, but in Australia they are ridiculously hard to find and when you do, they are $50 each! Yeah I think I will manually clean my algae for that price 😂

@jordynjones855

3 ай бұрын

Oh geez😅 they’re 3.99 a piece or 2.99 for 4 or more at my LFS.. that’s insane pricing

I've kept amanos for years now. Fish chasing them round etc 100 percent sends them on a suicide mission. The less you intervene with the tank the less likely they are to kill themselves. My favourite story is I made a large change to my tank and about an hour later my shrimp Senses were tingling and I found my last one 3 meters across my room still barley alive. That was over a year ago now and she's still chowing my Algee to this day.

New channel name: "I promise this isn't a rice fish video"

I had a Chinese algae eater and it was a nightmare. Harassed every fish. I brought in fancy goldfish for the winter and it was so veracious eating it actually killed one by sucking onto his side and harassing him. The only fish I had left in the tank I didn't move or died were a gang of cories. The CAE must have messed with the cory gang, because I found him dead. I can't say I wasn't happy, I never disliked a fish more. He even looked mean to me, lol. Really they are just voracious eaters as juveniles.

I agree I'm on a shrimp are so durable especially with water changes because cherry shrimp are so finicky Mine never escape but they will climb up the hob I will say my amount of shrimp are a little jerks and I call them the amano gang because they will steal food even giant wafers

Love how when you said your SAE moved and you were panning away, he decided to pop up for the camera. Unfortunately you panned away too fast. 13:46

The nerite is another super-algae-eater with a glaring drawback. I believe their lives are cut short living in freshwater, in my experience. They often die in a few months in my tanks (despite other snails doing just fine). It sucks to keep buying them and watching them die. But I haven't found anything else (yet) for the hard green diatom algae on glass. I've heard good things about river nerites, which are freshwater -- but they aren't available where I live. Bah!

My sae keeps pulling out my dwarf hair grass…

Strange, Amanos own show tanks were also mostly open and the shrimp did not jump out/flee the green buffet.

We can't get amano shrimp in Australia

What about the Otocinclus?

Yes, they are definitly escape artist. My Amano actually gave birth. Tons of them. Of course, they did not survive.

@angiebear8727

Ай бұрын

Mine too. Would love to start a brackish water tank so I could breed some and enjoy some of the cool brackish species ❤

Love your aquarium! Very "planty." 🐟🩵🙌

@AQUAPROS

3 ай бұрын

Its a mess, but i kinda lile it ;)

IMPORTANT VIDEO :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

I have a pair of amano shrimp and they don't eat the string algae that plagues my glass. They did eat my guppies, however.

The Siamese is sometimes a little aggressive towards other fish such as the cory

HAha my siamese algeaeater did a great job at eating the algea until well .. ahm .. now he's doing a great job at being chonky :D He's a character alright :D

I had a big BBA problem and couldn't get rid of it, trying all the carbon, peroxide, dark, you name it. Got exactly Siamese Alge eaters, and they got rid of it literally in 3 days. Instantly, it became my favourite fish.

@RiverRat1953

3 ай бұрын

Yep, I had 6 SAE’s and when they were young, they destroyed my BBA problem amazingly! Unfortunately, my heater shorted out and boiled my 55g community tank with 31 fish😢 My replacement community tank has not had a BBA problem 🤞

Is the brackish shrimplette thing true? I hadn't seen that on the other shrimp keepers I watch

@AQUAPROS

3 ай бұрын

Just for amanos!

@awesomeGking

3 ай бұрын

@AQUAPROS okay follow up question. Does amanos refere to all caridina shrimp or just one specific kind?

I had a chinese algae eater when I was a child. I stopped buying new fish for my ten gallon tank and over the years everything died off and I stopped taking care of the tank. That algae eater lived for many years after everything else was dead. It did get pretty big.

Otocinclus are pretty good algae eaters that don't get too big ..........they are readily available in the UK but not sure about the USA.....

The Rosy barb Pethia conchonius is well known for eating black hair algae when they get mature, I have used them since the 1980s for that specific job, but you should not overfeed them with ordinary fish food, Cheers from Sweden!

I can confirm -Tiny SAE are awesome algae eaters and then they get big. One online retailer only sells tiny ones in packs of 8. Cool. Now I have 8 GIANT SAE. Just thinking of options here: Would they be good with the larger Cichlids? Maybe I could take them to my local club????

Nice video

Amano and Ottos are the best!

I have 6 Amano Shrimp and about 50 Cherry Shrimp in a 40g long. They destroy every algae I can throw at them. They even eat all my black beard algae that I bring over from my 20g long Tetra tank. I put a rock in covered in algae, and next thing you know it I have 50 shrimp eating on a rock. Going to start spreading out my shrimp among my tanks soon. Amazing animals.

SAE definitely eat BBA. Not ideal for smaller tanks though.

Nerite snails are banned from mine. Somehow one got in on a plant and it's been insanity

What's your opinion on otocinclus? They're pretty small for an algae eating fish unlike SAE

@onlywei

3 ай бұрын

They die very easy and they don’t eat hair algae.

@elliotborst

2 ай бұрын

I put otos in my tanks that had a bad diatoms outbreak and they cleaned it up in like 4 days and it’s not come back, otos are the diatoms goat.

I do know that amano shrimp are hardy and eat hair algae but simply because they cannot breed in freshwater and i will have to buy more of them to continue having them, I personally prefer cherry shrimp, and pest snails because by having a shrimp that can breed and snails that can breed there will be barely any algae.

I like Oto's and Albino bristlenose plecos

Oticinclus are great.

I once thought it was a good idea to put a betta in a 20 L with a bunch of guppies and several ginormous Amano shrimp.. bad idea! The Amanos "legit" tried to eat the bettas long flowy fins, I watched it happen! They grasped my betta and I immediately thought wth?? Of course, I saved my little buddy and put him back in his 5.5 gallon, solo. Just the way he liked it!😅

Otocinclus are very good algae eaters. Snails, the best algae eaters but you need enough and they can over breed depending on the species

They do eat black beard algae after you have treated it with peroxide. They gonna love it.

Otocinclus to me are the BEST clean up crew

I love my Ottos

I like siamese algae eaters they have that shark shape and get chonky when they're old. Mine did actually eat BBA when young, I don't think there is any fish who can eat healthy staghorn tho.

Wasn't sure why you didn't mention bristle nose plecostomus. Most common fish I know sold to eat algae.

Get a bristled nose they stay small fish tank Mike ❤

my go is for garras

Hell I have 20 g nano tanks and have two Siamese algae eaters, and just ordered one more since one died. They live with Julii, male endlers, male guppies and ember tetras! Wasn’t expecting 6 inches…that was never mentioned, and my research must have been lacking. Need some buddies for your SAE? 😂❤

Lmao my flying fox behaves the same. I tried to get him out of the tank once and admitted defeat after a two hour battle.