Hello Mark, I recently set up a tank for blue bolts as I have always wanted to be able to keep them. Thanks to your videos I am so chuffed now as I have lots of babies. I try to keep the TDS at 128 like you and it has worked out very well. So a very big Thank you for your help.
Hi. i have a 10g with some snails and wanted to use them for cherry shrimps but the tds is 125 and i use tap water. is that ok if i acclimate them and keep them at that tds?
I love Akadama. I'm in the process of gettting my first shrimp tank going! I have a 80L tank cycling to move my fish from my 54L into then I shall be using the 54L for a shrimp tank and im super excited!
Hi Mark, hope you're well? I'm having trouble balancing my RO water for my CRS. The pH of the RO reads at 5.8 - 6 before and after adding GH+ salt to 130 TDS. I then add FRITZ pH neutralizer to raise the pH, which in turn raises the TDS. I aim for a pH of 6.4 but this drops after a few days down to 6. I seem to be chasing the pH all the time a know I need to provide my CRS some stability. Any advice gratefully received. Thanks Mark
Hello mate with the best name ever 😁 dont bother with the ph neutralizer as you want the water to be soft for crs anyways, the longer its stays soft the longer you will have breeding success in the tank as most of the time young shrimp survive longer in a low ph, some of my tanks are around a 5ph.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks Mark, I really appreciate your advice. There are so many differing opinions out there I thought I'd go straight to the shrimp master! Forum advice was that my pH was too low and bad for the shrimp, pah! I'll just gradually add remineralied RO and pay less attention to the pH. Much appreciated dude, excellent channel. 🦐
Hi Mark I've never used akadama but in the process of setting 9 tanks up with it , what should I expect from it , what sort of pH should I get from it ,I can't find much info regarding the use of it in a shrimp tank , cheers
I love Akadama. I used it last night to set up a new 20 gal. for my Tangerine Tigers! And I wish you'd have made this video before I filled it and I wouldn't have had the instant horror of the muddy mess! :-)
Hello Mark, always enjoying your shrimp keeping contents. Quick question for you. I've added some almond leaves and alder cones to lower ph bit more for my CRS. But now I have tons on tannins. Is it beneficial to shrimps? Or should I try to get rid of it?
Hi Mark. Can you add minerals to tap water for bee shrimp? I’m in Scotland 🏴 and tap water is normally 50to60 TDS. Love your videos. Thanks John.
You should really try out some banana plants for you shrimp tanks. Literally the easiest plant I've ever seen grow in any tank I've used it in. There great for sucking up nitrates and shrimp love to climb up the stems up to the lily pads
Mark, recently I've watched loads of YT videos about shrimp. One of the videos explained and named the different parts of the shrimp but I can't find it. My granddaughter has just started with shrimp and I'd like to find the video to show her if possible. Not sure if it was one of yours, any ideas?
I love akadama! I've only tried it in small amounts so far, but I really love it in paludariums as well. I'm hoping to experiment and compare it to the Turface clay product we have in the US.
Hello Mark , my you tell us what different between ibaraki 2 and 3 red line ? And which soil is better glasgarten or akadama ? Please share us internet shop for akadama soil.
Ibaraki is just the name of the area the soil comes from so both are the same, I cant say which soil is better because I have never used glassgarten soil, I am only using what I can get here. for the internet link to the soil my link will only be good if you live in Norway and Norway is very expensive so dont buy from here.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thank you dear Mark,so whats is the brand of soil ? I search more than 10 type of akadama soil is available!!! Some ibarak akadama have diferent package than yours! Is all akadama soil have same result in shrimp tank?
I found putting a snail or two in there was a great way to cycle a tank, especially if you’re adding plants, but you need to feed the snail, you get basically the same affect as ghost feeding but it just seems to cycle better and mature faster with snails. Are used to just use flake food or throw A piece of frozen shrimp in there. Snails will eat the food and process it and maybe it gives you a wider variety of types of food for the bacteria, I don’t really know, it just seems to work better and nothing seems to mature and be stable much faster.
Do you have any estimated time before akadama is stabel. With filtration of and old and established pump/svamp ? /Heisann! Har du noe ca. Estimat når akadamen er stabil ? Sån ca. Dine erfaringer med innkjørt filter.
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Awesome and really useful, thank you! I use akadama for my succulents so great to know it’s other uses. Would it still buffer if there’s a thin layer of decorative pebbles on top? Thank yo ver much for all your shrimp wisdom 😊
Hello Yssy my apologies for the late reply, yes you can add pebbles to the akadama and it will still buffer the water, what type of shrimp do you keep?
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks very much for your response Mark 😁 That’s great to know as I don’t have much akadama left. I have a few red ‘fancy tiger’ caridina and some blue neos - I try to maintain caridina parameters but the caridina still aren’t thriving unfortunately. Though I’m learning so much from your channel so I’m hoping to fix that! Thanks for all your great information and guidance 😊
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Man you made me nervous with that knife while talking about the soil LOL
Hello Mark, I recently set up a tank for blue bolts as I have always wanted to be able to keep them. Thanks to your videos I am so chuffed now as I have lots of babies. I try to keep the TDS at 128 like you and it has worked out very well. So a very big Thank you for your help.
Thats amazing to hear my friend, I love Blue Bolts
I love Akadama. Great product.
I love akadama... love your shrimp videos mark keep them coming
I love Akadama. Thanks for the shrimp information I find this channel very useful and informative.
I love Akadama and Shrimp!
I love Akadama! And your shrimp!
I love Akadama! I'm setting up a shrimp tank on my desk.
I have committed to start a shrimp tank. And I would love to have akadama .I love it
I love Akadama because it helps keep things alive
I love Akadama
Sir mark
Thank you for teaching me no got 3 small tanks and have red cherry I have my first babies 🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐
I Love Acadama...love and love...but most importantly i love your channel 😎
I love akadama
Awesome video!!!
I love akadama
im in the process of converting my garage into a shrimp room :)
Just received my first bag of Akadama.. time to give er a go! I love Mark's advice for shrimp tanks and I LOVE AKADAMA.
Best of luck with it Sam :)
That's is the same akadama I used for my tank. It's been cycling for 3 months shrimp time soon. Finally
Hy Mark
I only can get 1-5mm or 10-20mm is that ok which is better?
Thanks
LG Erich
I love Akadama! 😄
I LOVE AKADAMA! Awesome video mate! Looking forward for an update :)
Hello Pat hows it going ?
@@MarksShrimpTanks Amazing, just setting up livestream :) How are you?
another great vid mark it never ends but so cool ... i love akadama
I love Akadama!
I watched it all! I love AKADAMA. Keep making the great vids Mark. More jazz please.
Thank you Emma !!
I love akadama!! I'm new to the shrimp keeping but my cousin gave me some Blue Dream mixed with Bloody Mary, and i love keeping them healthy
I love Akadama
I'm using it in all of my shrimp tanks
I love Akadama... but I love your video's most of all. Thanks so much!
I love akadama!
It's what I use in my shrimp tank thanks to you Mark 🙏
Hello, I saw someone selling online an akadama soil. It had a different packaging but it said Hard fine grade. Is that the right one to use?
possible you would have to research it
I Love Akadama! Although i've never used it.
I love akadama.
I love shrimp.
I love akadama!!! Another awesome video as always, I have watched ever one of yours. Well done.
I love akadama! Can’t wait to see how the tank turns out.
I LOVE AKADAMA! I setup my one shrimp tank yesterday it is a 60x30x30cm 54L tank, 5-6 weeks of cycling process.....
I love akadama
Hi. i have a 10g with some snails and wanted to use them for cherry shrimps but the tds is 125 and i use tap water. is that ok if i acclimate them and keep them at that tds?
I love AKADAMA & Mark as well always brightens my day! Thanks for your hard work and valuable information much appreciated!
Thanks for watching!
I love akadama. Next time I get new activated soil I should give that a go :)
Is it an active substrate? and how long do you think it would last
years , my big tank is 4+ years old
I love akadama!❤
your accent brings me back to the summer holidays i had in motherwell.
the pies with a hole in the middle
I love Akadama.
I'm in the process of gettting my first shrimp tank going! I have a 80L tank cycling to move my fish from my 54L into then I shall be using the 54L for a shrimp tank and im super excited!
I love akadama mark the shrimp king 👑
I love your videos and information you share with us Mark! I love Akadama!
Thank you Bailey :)
I love Akadama soil
I LOVE Akadama, but I wish it was easier for me to source! Nice vid, excited to see the next instalment
Hi Mark, hope you're well?
I'm having trouble balancing my RO water for my CRS. The pH of the RO reads at 5.8 - 6 before and after adding GH+ salt to 130 TDS. I then add FRITZ pH neutralizer to raise the pH, which in turn raises the TDS. I aim for a pH of 6.4 but this drops after a few days down to 6.
I seem to be chasing the pH all the time a know I need to provide my CRS some stability. Any advice gratefully received.
Thanks
Mark
Hello mate with the best name ever 😁 dont bother with the ph neutralizer as you want the water to be soft for crs anyways, the longer its stays soft the longer you will have breeding success in the tank as most of the time young shrimp survive longer in a low ph, some of my tanks are around a 5ph.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks Mark, I really appreciate your advice. There are so many differing opinions out there I thought I'd go straight to the shrimp master! Forum advice was that my pH was too low and bad for the shrimp, pah! I'll just gradually add remineralied RO and pay less attention to the pH.
Much appreciated dude, excellent channel. 🦐
Hi,
Will Akadama be good for Neocaridin?
Will not lower the PH too much?
No its not good for neocaridina so you are correct
I do like a Sunday set up.
me too :D
I love akadema
I have 14 tanks at the moment
Hi Mark I've never used akadama but in the process of setting 9 tanks up with it , what should I expect from it , what sort of pH should I get from it ,I can't find much info regarding the use of it in a shrimp tank , cheers
between a 5-6ph on new tanks and it lasts a few years.. you dont wash it ether :)
Ok thanks , how soon can I expect the pH to drop I've had it in the tanks for 2 days without change now , the TDS has dropped by 20
can i use akadama for my neo shrimp tank ?
no I wouldnt, better with inert substrates for neos types.
I love Akadama. I used it last night to set up a new 20 gal. for my Tangerine Tigers! And I wish you'd have made this video before I filled it and I wouldn't have had the instant horror of the muddy mess! :-)
I love akadama!
Akadama loves me . Great video Mark and Akadama is much cheaper than Amazonia.
Thank you Vanesh :)
I love akadama
I had a hard time spelling that mark!!
I LOVE AKADAMA
Aka dam a lovely I love akadama
Hello Mark, always enjoying your shrimp keeping contents. Quick question for you. I've added some almond leaves and alder cones to lower ph bit more for my CRS. But now I have tons on tannins. Is it beneficial to shrimps? Or should I try to get rid of it?
Yes, absolutely but lowering ph is best done with soil.
I love akadama.
I love Akadama :)
I LOVE AKADAMA!!!!
I think i love akadama. I've never used it.
I only have neocaradina shrimp and i believe akadama is recommended for caradina shrimp.
I am a bonsai grower now i seen it all bonsai soil for fish tanks 😮
I love akadama. Can't wait to see the end prody!
I love Akadama its very good thanks for the recommendation Shrimp master Mark
Hi Mark. Can you add minerals to tap water for bee shrimp? I’m in Scotland 🏴 and tap water is normally 50to60 TDS. Love your videos. Thanks John.
I love akadama !!!!!!!
I've been watching your videos for 2 months now and it has been very informative and entertaining!!
You should really try out some banana plants for you shrimp tanks. Literally the easiest plant I've ever seen grow in any tank I've used it in. There great for sucking up nitrates and shrimp love to climb up the stems up to the lily pads
I have grown them before and they always get root rot here from to much water.
the leaves are awesome in shrimp tanks too !!!
@@MarksShrimpTanks I'm referring to the aquatic bannana plant
I Love Akadama.
I love Akadama :D
I luv acadama!!!
I love akadama! 😀
I love Akadema.
I Love AKADAMA
I love shrimp
I love akadama
Mark, recently I've watched loads of YT videos about shrimp. One of the videos explained and named the different parts of the shrimp but I can't find it. My granddaughter has just started with shrimp and I'd like to find the video to show her if possible.
Not sure if it was one of yours, any ideas?
I love akadama; anyone know how it compares to SL Aqua? Been using SL in most of my tanks, don't mind trying something new.
I like akadama but I love your videos more. Keep it up. Thanks for your content. Fred O
Thank you Fred :)
I love akadama! I've only tried it in small amounts so far, but I really love it in paludariums as well. I'm hoping to experiment and compare it to the Turface clay product we have in the US.
I love Akadama.
Only at this time its hard to get with the Corona crisis
oh yeah I never thought about that, I will buy a few more bags for backup
I love akadama and really want to start my own shrimp tank 😁👍🏻👍🏻
I love akadama 🦐
Can you keep bee shrimp without a chiller? I live near the equator and my tank is at around 29 Celsius or 84 Fahrenheit degrees.
Also I'm not in the same region as you, but I'll say 'I Love Akadama' too just for kicks.
Hello, I would say thats to hot without a chiller, you could keep sulawesi shrimp though ?
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks, Mark!
I Love Akadama! If i had any lol
Hello Mark , my you tell us what different between ibaraki 2 and 3 red line ?
And which soil is better glasgarten or akadama ?
Please share us internet shop for akadama soil.
Ibaraki is just the name of the area the soil comes from so both are the same, I cant say which soil is better because I have never used glassgarten soil, I am only using what I can get here. for the internet link to the soil my link will only be good if you live in Norway and Norway is very expensive so dont buy from here.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thank you dear Mark,so whats is the brand of soil ? I search more than 10 type of akadama soil is available!!!
Some ibarak akadama have diferent package than yours!
Is all akadama soil have same result in shrimp tank?
I love Akadama 😆 Its gona be a long month waiting for the next instalment.
I found putting a snail or two in there was a great way to cycle a tank, especially if you’re adding plants, but you need to feed the snail, you get basically the same affect as ghost feeding but it just seems to cycle better and mature faster with snails. Are used to just use flake food or throw A piece of frozen shrimp in there. Snails will eat the food and process it and maybe it gives you a wider variety of types of food for the bacteria, I don’t really know, it just seems to work better and nothing seems to mature and be stable much faster.
The moss you have is gorgeous! Booom Boom Boom!:))
Do you have any estimated time before akadama is stabel. With filtration of and old and established pump/svamp ? /Heisann! Har du noe ca. Estimat når akadamen er stabil ? Sån ca. Dine erfaringer med innkjørt filter.
tanks read stable after around 5 days
Do you use undergravel filter boxes when you use Akadama as substrate?
in some tanks I have done so before.
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Awesome and really useful, thank you! I use akadama for my succulents so great to know it’s other uses. Would it still buffer if there’s a thin layer of decorative pebbles on top? Thank yo ver much for all your shrimp wisdom 😊
Hello Yssy my apologies for the late reply, yes you can add pebbles to the akadama and it will still buffer the water, what type of shrimp do you keep?
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks very much for your response Mark 😁 That’s great to know as I don’t have much akadama left. I have a few red ‘fancy tiger’ caridina and some blue neos - I try to maintain caridina parameters but the caridina still aren’t thriving unfortunately. Though I’m learning so much from your channel so I’m hoping to fix that! Thanks for all your great information and guidance 😊
I love Acadama
I love akadama 🙂