Do the shrimp eat the fry because I have a 10 gallon fish tank for my guppie fry and it is Dirty and I can not clean the tank. Because I'm scared that I will leave them in the tank when I am cleaning the tank. Please let me now
Hey Cory, now that this video is two years old, could we get an update on this setup please? Are you still doing mixed tanks for your shrimp breeding? Have a couple tanks I'd like to set up for shrimp breeding and would love to do mixed but unsure.
I just bought a filter and will be buying more. the whole experience from searching product on your website to buying and delivery was just great. You guys know what makes a customer come back for more unlike the locate fish store near me where I bought some gravel just to see what kind of experience I would get with them and the people there have as much personality as maybe a snail which I hate to say because it feels like an insult to snails. Love your Videos and your website.
When the females are saddled and ready to mate they release hormones in the water and the males fly around the tank tryin to find the female. Very funny watching them frantically search! good video cory
I didn't know that until a month ago and thought something was wrong and like week ago I see pregnant blue velvet shrimp now. They're in with a Betta and celestial pearl danios so idk how many will survive but there's tons of plants and moss, like lots lol I wasn't trying to breed but now I hoping some survive and keep going.
@Le Baguette look up serpadesign, he does exactly that in a couple of his videos, just not with an aquarium, it think it's a riparium or paladarium or one of the ones without fish, land animals.
I introduced five red cherry shrimp to my tank, and they're breeding like rabbits, young shrimp literally everywhere. Wasn't intending to breed them, but I can see why you state they're fairly easy to breed! The Platys and Guppies are also breeding like rabbits, which will be a problem later as the tank will be way too crowded when they get bigger. At present though, it's awesome watching such a busy tank!
Love your channel dude. I’m new to the hobby, but I take my ecosystem super serious and I appreciate the knowledge I get from you. No point doing it, if you’re not going to do it the right way!!
thI just got into aquariums and now shrimp and you have provided me a great deal of info. Thank you. I also find that you appear to have great business ethics which means a great deal to me, far too often "business ethics" is an oxymoron so it is nice to see someone succeed doing it the right way and treating their employees well. As an accountant who loves animals you are living my dream to own a fish/pet store, I think I should have been a biology major...
Looking great Cory. Love the Ecosystems. Technically your blue shrimp is a blue dream line. Blue velvets are actually a whole different line. Many people have been calling blue dreams blue velvets lately which this is a misconception. If you ever want to see sometime I can show you the difference or mayb I should make a video on it...
+L.R.Bretz's Aquatics I should just call them blue shrimp and red shrimp. I don't believe in the conventional naming system for shrimp as there is so much variation and all names are made up.
There are legit name classification its just sellers often mislabel them even alot of wholesalers which in turn causes confusion but there are legit classification. I have Blue Velvet lines that breed true no blue dreams or anything else thrown unlike blue dreams which can throw a blue velvet time to time amongst a few other types. Theres also a blue pearl line which the blue velvets are actually more similiar too. I could expand on this with many others and where the future of the shrimp market is going... Just trying to help share what I know with you.
@@LRBaquatics I realize this is a 3 year old comment but something to notice is that all Neocaridina davidi ( come in brown, red, blue, green, etc) are all the same species. The “common names “ cherry shrimp, blue velvet etc. are made up to attribute to density of color. All the blue shrimp or red shrimp you see in this video are exactly the same species of animal. Just check out Latin nomenclature. And that is what Cory is referencing when he says he’s not going to get crazy with the common names.
@@rurutuM they’re the same animal. Just varying degrees of colors. That’s the only difference. Just like greyhounds can have any color fur, even spotted etc but they’re all still greyhounds.
Got an absolute wealth of info from substrate to lighting from you Cory.. Many thanks... There used to be an old film character who... From my limited memory used to say things like "that's my boy".. So when you speak out the side of your mouth as a greeting it reminds me of him.. Can't remember his name.. Regardless, many thanks our Cory... Cheers
good to see a video with a full ecosystem and not just shrimp It shows how well it can work.i was a bit worried about mixing fish with shrimp especially because how dear some can be but definetly gunna give it a try now
Aww , I like that way of thinking . They are definitely your friends when you can hand feed them! Wait? Didn't they turn on you and try to eat you?!?! Jk mark love your shrimp videos!!!!
Hmm that interests me! To feed them by poop? Or are you yanking our chains some more ? I have been setting up a bunch of tanks for neo thinking lots of moss plants and rock piles would house the shrimp , while also breeding guppies endlers and similar fish. With some blue and red rams horns in there as a working ecosystem .?? What do you guys think?? Cory does it but he has casualties, do you think casualties could be minimized to very few and even a natural kull by doin this??
Just did a bulk order of 100 red culls with an acceptable colour and I’m excited to introduce them to the small 10 shrimp colony already existing in the tank. The price was pretty prohibitive with my first 10 because they are almost top grade reds but I got an insane deal on these little guys and decided I’d rather a stable ok looking population then a weak amazing one. Hopefully over time I’ll be able to pick out the best of their fry and separate them into a tank for selling and try to stabilise a good red.
I love your stuff man! Your videos are what inspire me to have all the tanks that I do today. My mum wasn't so keen at first but as soon as she realised how big the hobby actually is she loves it just as much as I do
I put 5 cherries in my tank last December and left them alone only feeding bottom feeder pellets.. Now I have over 100 easy in my 40 gallon. They are super easy to take care of and breed
I am planning on putting 40 red cherry shrimp on my community tank (guppies, neon tetras, rummy nose, and a pleco) Day 2 of quarantine, they hatched 10 babies more or less and i think i need to change my plan a little bit
Great video man! I have been doing the same thing so this is reassuring that my ecosystem approach is not only achievable, but beneficial for the criers too! Thanks for the tips!
Thank you. I was wondering if my cherry shrimp was carrying eggs. I have 3 shrimp in a 1-gallon planted fishbowl. They have plenty of mulm, 3 marimo balls, dwarf sag, crypts, and frogbit. I keep the bowl in a southeast window where the plants get natural light. It’s a little ecosystem and they like the stability. No water changes. After watching your video I added some moss. Thanks for the informative videos!
Absolutely extremely educational simplify. thank you Cory you’re the guy.Also aren’t all of his friends blue velvet cherry and orange the same just a different color variation that’s what I would think but then I’m not an expert
I had Ramshorn snails in a planted pond in Thailand- and they bred like crazy but if I reduced the feeding they ate all the plants!! They were savages!!
Glad to hear you can safely breed with a community tank, I watched another video saying you should just keep the shrimp in their own tank but where's the fun in that?
Hi Cory, it'll be the platies cleaning the algae off the glass....the shrimp do love to eat it, but in my experience (about 10yrs I've been breeding these guys), they never graze it all the way back. You can check it out on the Ep I did on Cherry Shrimp breeding, I do a few things I haven't seen done before that work exceptionally for me, and there is even some legit prawnography as I caught a couple in the act :) Anyways, keep up the good work mate.
I have learned so much from all of your videos!! I love you guys! Thank you for all of them! I have a 60 gallon, and just started my first cherry shrimp tank - so excited! I've read a lot on it, but this helps keep it simple and follows how I set up my 60.
I started a five gallon tank on my desk two months ago. Started with six neon tetras, live plants, and two cherry shrimp. Now I have six neon tetras, 100 snails, and probably 20 baby cherry shrimp.
Awesome video co-op I’m starting up a channel at the moment that will have all sorts of aquarium content on it at the moment I’m documenting my experience with breeding crystal red shrimp, So far it has been awesome and a lot of fun. I have a lot more content coming keep up the good vids !!!
Corey, you are my go to for everything fish related. Definitely the GOAT, but I don't believe that shrimp eat poop. Shrimp and snails are definitely scavengers but I don't believe from my research anything actually eats fish poop.
Corey appreciate all your videos! They have been more then helpful. I'm out in Cleveland but I hope in the near future I can come out and see your store. Thanks again for the pro tips and can't wait to see what's coming up next.
By far my favorite video so far Cory! I have a ten gallon with about 10 cherries, with two or three berried females. So happy😄 I also love those platies. Could you possibly tell me what they are called and where you got them?
Good advice, have been thinking about keeping some of those shrimp. Have a sponge filter in the back and I know there is a good amount of algae on that. Did not know they prefer to have lots of algae and moss too.
Hey Corey:) I have been a long time subscriber and it’s awesome to see you &your channel explode. I know this video was a while ago and you don’t have this tank but I am wondering what you used to run PH and TDS wise in your shrimp tanks. Thank you for the years of info and entertainment, lol I’d love to buy you a taco some time, keep on keepin on👍
Zom Bee Nature which shrimp did you start with and did you make enough research? I think the easiest for start is Cherry. I have mine for over a month and they are doing very well. Just shrimp and snail tank.
@@BRUH-xz1zp I have tried Cherry Shrimp, Neocaridina, red ones, blue ones, orange ones, and yellow with a white stripe down the back. The ones that don't die immediately might last a couple weeks and then disappear. The water here is very hard, 350 to 450 officially by the water company, too hard for a color kit to work since the level is above the highest level of the kit. Even pet shops have told me not to bother testing hardness, it's very hard. And to not ever try the other kind of shrimp, Caridina or the other kind, they refuse to even special order them for anybody because they are impossible to keep.
Nice Thank you i am looking to populate my few tanks with shrimp, fish and lots of plants. I am just getting started. Hopefully i can find enough moss to fill half a tank (10 gallons) to get started. Then get shrimp to reproduce. I have two 29g, a 20g and 10g. I am hoping to get each going with reproduction to eventually mix with each tank. Buying substrate has been costly, and putting off getting into co2. Anyways thanks for the great helpful videos.
Great video Cory! I *love* the new intro! I have Sherry shrimp too! I had 12 but 7 died! I will buy some new ones soon! How are the Turtle eggs doing? *Thumbs up!*
Nice one Cory. My biggest regret with my red cherry shrimp is that I put them in too many different tanks initially. Now that I'd like to try to keep some other neocaridina species I'm struggling to find a tank that doesn't already have cherry shrimp in there and dont want them to inter-breed!
Excellent description how to seed an Aquarium. That's the easiest and fastest method how to stock a tank after 2-3 days (slowly, of course - but really fast). Can you explain what you said "contaminated" the moss? I'm always struggling to grow moss (java, christmas, riccia...) in various of my aquariums and the only one where it slightly grows is my highly filtered stream tank. Or maybe make a guide about moss? Species, how to grow it.... if any fish eat it (I suspect that happens in my big tank).
Thanks for all your videos! Super helpful content, wish I had a fish shop near me with someone as passionate as you. Most fish sellers I deal with seem to just know the bare minimum for the job or check an iPad to answer my questions. I recently picked up 6 cherry shrimp to put in my 5 gallon betta tank. I didn’t realise in advance that the more red coloured ones are usually females. Within two weeks my tank was full of babies! Thankfully it’s pretty well planted and had about 5 survivors and now I’m seeing another new batch of babies! Do they ever stop?! They don’t seem very good at cleaning up leftover fish food. Wondered if you had any suggestions for a good bottom feeder to pickup food debris that can go with the betta. I was considering a few panda corys as they’re small. You can check out the tank im talking about in my latest “Diy resin aquarium ornament” video if you get time. Thanks again for all the top content!! ✌🏻
Hi! I have been following you since I started keeping fish a few years ago. Thanks for all the helpful information. Here, today, I have a question about keeping Cherry shrimp. I bought ten, online, and drip acclimated them. That was about a week ago. I have seen only three at best. I know they hide but am wondering if my nitrate is affecting them? My tap water is 40 and I can't seem to get it down from about 70 even with plants although I have run out of API tests and the NT labs mini kit doesn't have that test so am unsure of nitrate levels at present. My fish seem ok and my Amano are doing OK. I am also concerned about my filter. I have an internal AquaEL which will suck up babies should the cherries ever breed. My tank is 105 litre long. Any advice you can give me will be most appreciated. Also, in this video you say that the shrimp eat fish poop. I always believed shrimp and snails will not! You read so much conflicting information on the web! Thanks for taking the time to read this lengthy questionnaire LOL! Lynne x
i just got some cherry shrimp and my betta grabbed one and threw her across the tank and i realized it’s a pregnant shrimp so i put her in another container and i’m crying now 😭
I test my bettas on my ghost shrimp, which are big and aggro and tend to teach my bettas not to mess around. That said I am still dubious about keeping my cherries with even guppy fry, I have none to spare lol
Hi Corey, Greetings from Australia! Just wondering, is it still as effective to have sponge filters without the lift tubes, as I noticed some of the sponge filters in your tanks didn't have lift tubes in them. Just wanted to know if I should bother with lift tubes with my sponge filter setups Thank you and keep up the great content brother!
Nice Cory, always focusing on the Eco System first. It is good to know, that there is an alternative way. I would like to try sometime a Show Tank at the same time a Guppy and Shrimp breeding tank. I think there is a way to make it work. Thanks.
Certainly not a shrimp guy.. I do appreciate your consideration in all things aquarium wise.. Thanks for the vids Cory.. All best.. Yer pal Joe.. Lots love from Scotland.. X
Hey man!... Hahaha! I like your idea about ecosystem... I do that too!... Axolotls, fire belly newts, mystery snails, gold fish and more in one tank....
today my girlfriend surprised me with some fancy shrimp from petsmart! their red so i think its cherry shrimp? ive wanted them for a little bit now and i finally have some. she picked up 3 sunburst mickey mouse platys and some neon tetras for her tank too! most places are sold out of all shrimp and when they restock they said people come in the day of and buy them all out. the LFS said the fish hobby is like dying off but just as i get back into fishkeeping, everythings sold out or hard to get now. either from covid and related stuff or in general haha
@@AquariumCoop thanks for the reply :D and i was wondering what is going on. the fish store in town has been around for a while but the owner isnt exactly the most friendly or helpful. i want to select some fish to breed and supply to fish stores. he made it seem like it was a mistake getting into fish in the first place. but it makes me happy and gives me something to do and learn about so im sticking with it! ive always had fish and reptiles since i was a kid and the last few years i was debating either going all in on fish or reptiles. after having a not so good experience with my lizard ive decided i want to continue with fish and hopefully turn it into a hobby i can have for years!
Cherry shrimps are thriving in my tank and that wasn't on purpose. What I mean is that I bought the shrimps as very expensive food when I couldn't find live snails for my puffers. I seem to have achieved a perfect environment for shrimp. Lots of hiding places, wood with biofilm, algae, moss, good circulation, water quality. I'm totally fascinated - and a little grossed - they're cute but it's kind of creepy. Please don't attack me. I'm not gonna kill them or anything. In fact I even give them almond leaves. They can't help that they creep me out a little. They've ended up with me and I take care of them.
Everyone tells how to breed them. What can you do to slow their breeding? I have RCS, probably a hundred or more, in a ten-gallon tank. You can also tell the female from males even when very small by looking at the side plating on the tail right where the abdomen ends has a bigger plate. Great tip on how to get them in the net. I was having a terrible time culling mine.
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Do the shrimp eat the fry because I have a 10 gallon fish tank for my guppie fry and it is Dirty and I can not clean the tank. Because I'm scared that I will leave them in the tank when I am cleaning the tank. Please let me now
Hey Cory, now that this video is two years old, could we get an update on this setup please? Are you still doing mixed tanks for your shrimp breeding? Have a couple tanks I'd like to set up for shrimp breeding and would love to do mixed but unsure.
@@bobs5596 thank you
I just bought a filter and will be buying more. the whole experience from searching product on your website to buying and delivery was just great. You guys know what makes a customer come back for more unlike the locate fish store near me where I bought some gravel just to see what kind of experience I would get with them and the people there have as much personality as maybe a snail which I hate to say because it feels like an insult to snails. Love your Videos and your website.
When the females are saddled and ready to mate they release hormones in the water and the males fly around the tank tryin to find the female. Very funny watching them frantically search! good video cory
They want that
I didn't know that until a month ago and thought something was wrong and like week ago I see pregnant blue velvet shrimp now. They're in with a Betta and celestial pearl danios so idk how many will survive but there's tons of plants and moss, like lots lol I wasn't trying to breed but now I hoping some survive and keep going.
I like the fact that the aquarium can be a fully functional microenviroment, wth the creatures living symbiotically.
Me too, it's awesome!
@Le Baguette look up serpadesign, he does exactly that in a couple of his videos, just not with an aquarium, it think it's a riparium or paladarium or one of the ones without fish, land animals.
As nature intended.
That's what I live for! Big fish in big tanks are so overrated and sad..
I introduced five red cherry shrimp to my tank, and they're breeding like rabbits, young shrimp literally everywhere. Wasn't intending to breed them, but I can see why you state they're fairly easy to breed! The Platys and Guppies are also breeding like rabbits, which will be a problem later as the tank will be way too crowded when they get bigger. At present though, it's awesome watching such a busy tank!
How fast before you had babies?
Hey, did your shrimp breed in the same tank with guppies? I’ve got 7 guppies and 6 shrimp, did your guppies ever try to eat the fry?
I can’t believe aquarium co-op doesn’t have wayyy more subscribers
what I love about this video is, I got a lot more out of it then just how to breed shrimp. Tunes of great information. thank you
I'm starting my cherry shrimp breeding tank today! Thank you for the advice!
How is your aquarium going now? I'm starting mine soon!
Love your channel dude. I’m new to the hobby, but I take my ecosystem super serious and I appreciate the knowledge I get from you. No point doing it, if you’re not going to do it the right way!!
thI just got into aquariums and now shrimp and you have provided me a great deal of info. Thank you. I also find that you appear to have great business ethics which means a great deal to me, far too often "business ethics" is an oxymoron so it is nice to see someone succeed doing it the right way and treating their employees well. As an accountant who loves animals you are living my dream to own a fish/pet store, I think I should have been a biology major...
We put 2 cherry shrimp in the community tank a few days ago and so far so good
How to breed cherry shrimp - My personal experience.
Put two cherry shrimp in a tank,
Drink beer,
Done.
Ok thanks for saving my time though i would be drinking water
😂😂
Thanks for the helpful tip! I’ve not had much success with breeding cherry shrimp. I see now that I’ve been skipping Step 1.
Yeah they are like unwelcome roaches, get real. I’m sure they could survive a nuclear event.
@@jusbeaming cherry shrimp? alot more pleasing than roaches
Looking great Cory. Love the Ecosystems. Technically your blue shrimp is a blue dream line. Blue velvets are actually a whole different line. Many people have been calling blue dreams blue velvets lately which this is a misconception. If you ever want to see sometime I can show you the difference or mayb I should make a video on it...
+L.R.Bretz's Aquatics I should just call them blue shrimp and red shrimp. I don't believe in the conventional naming system for shrimp as there is so much variation and all names are made up.
There are legit name classification its just sellers often mislabel them even alot of wholesalers which in turn causes confusion but there are legit classification. I have Blue Velvet lines that breed true no blue dreams or anything else thrown unlike blue dreams which can throw a blue velvet time to time amongst a few other types. Theres also a blue pearl line which the blue velvets are actually more similiar too. I could expand on this with many others and where the future of the shrimp market is going... Just trying to help share what I know with you.
LR bretz should do a video on all the different lines/names of cherry shrimp and what differentiate them
@@LRBaquatics I realize this is a 3 year old comment but something to notice is that all Neocaridina davidi ( come in brown, red, blue, green, etc) are all the same species. The “common names “ cherry shrimp, blue velvet etc. are made up to attribute to density of color. All the blue shrimp or red shrimp you see in this video are exactly the same species of animal. Just check out Latin nomenclature. And that is what Cory is referencing when he says he’s not going to get crazy with the common names.
@@rurutuM they’re the same animal. Just varying degrees of colors. That’s the only difference. Just like greyhounds can have any color fur, even spotted etc but they’re all still greyhounds.
i like how there are a bunch of snails. Gives me more confidence in my own tank.
Got an absolute wealth of info from substrate to lighting from you Cory.. Many thanks... There used to be an old film character who... From my limited memory used to say things like "that's my boy".. So when you speak out the side of your mouth as a greeting it reminds me of him.. Can't remember his name.. Regardless, many thanks our Cory... Cheers
good to see a video with a full ecosystem and not just shrimp It shows how well it can work.i was a bit worried about mixing fish with shrimp especially because how dear some can be but definetly gunna give it a try now
i searched "how to stop cherry shrimps from breeding out of control in my tank" and this came up... very helpful youtube
Just watched your cherry shrimp vid from a couple years back last night. Great update on all the shrimp!!!
This is a proper presentation for cherry. Good job man. Balance and consistency is key.
I absolutely love the blue velvet and blue dream shrimp
they love u2
I'd love to see more shrimp videos.!
Shrimp are our friends not just for profit and food, good video Cory :)
Aww , I like that way of thinking . They are definitely your friends when you can hand feed them! Wait? Didn't they turn on you and try to eat you?!?! Jk mark love your shrimp videos!!!!
yes, shrimp are delicious
You know I was thinking about breeding guppys/goldfish/discus ect as food for my Shrimp ..what do ya think?
Hmm that interests me! To feed them by poop? Or are you yanking our chains some more ? I have been setting up a bunch of tanks for neo thinking lots of moss plants and rock piles would house the shrimp , while also breeding guppies endlers and similar fish. With some blue and red rams horns in there as a working ecosystem .?? What do you guys think?? Cory does it but he has casualties, do you think casualties could be minimized to very few and even a natural kull by doin this??
@@MarksShrimpTanks Discus as food for your shrimp? I think you're going to go broke quick! BTW, love your videos Mark.
Just did a bulk order of 100 red culls with an acceptable colour and I’m excited to introduce them to the small 10 shrimp colony already existing in the tank. The price was pretty prohibitive with my first 10 because they are almost top grade reds but I got an insane deal on these little guys and decided I’d rather a stable ok looking population then a weak amazing one. Hopefully over time I’ll be able to pick out the best of their fry and separate them into a tank for selling and try to stabilise a good red.
2:00 I think that substrate is like 50% snail
SpottedTiger that's actually almost an accurate percentage too.😂 I hadn't noticed earlier.
Kind of proves that food competition doesn't cause lack of breeding.
True dat.
I noticed that too, and I'm wondering what type of snail that is. Any ideas?
@@buckstarchaser2376 some trumpet snail I guess (funny that Trumpet snail is also called Melania :))) )
I know this video is 3 years old but there is a ton of useful information here and I thoroughly enjoyed watching this :)
I love your stuff man! Your videos are what inspire me to have all the tanks that I do today. My mum wasn't so keen at first but as soon as she realised how big the hobby actually is she loves it just as much as I do
+Ciaran Chaplin awesome when the whole family gets involved.
this is great, I was in last night and bought some blue shrimp. thanks for the info!
I put 5 cherries in my tank last December and left them alone only feeding bottom feeder pellets.. Now I have over 100 easy in my 40 gallon. They are super easy to take care of and breed
Man, you are just the best. I love your approach and point of view about the fish tanks as full eco systems
I have a pregnant neocaridina this has been great help!
just picked up some cherry shrimp. cant wait to have cherry babies.
We are going to try the cherry shrimp 🍤. Good advice for netting them!
That new guppy strain at 11:19 is beautiful
Im also very curious as to what this guppy strand is?
Interesting, all the symbiotic relationships going on there. Gives me ideas for a new tank. Thanks.
I am planning on putting 40 red cherry shrimp on my community tank (guppies, neon tetras, rummy nose, and a pleco)
Day 2 of quarantine, they hatched 10 babies more or less and i think i need to change my plan a little bit
Great timing! I’m obsessing of my shrimp. They may be my favorites!
I love your vidéos, my breeding tanks going beter and beter by watching your videos. Ty so much
Your amazing. I love listening to your golden valuable advice. Thank you so much
Corey! Legend bro! Your channel is just excellent, always providing great information.
Great video man! I have been doing the same thing so this is reassuring that my ecosystem approach is not only achievable, but beneficial for the criers too! Thanks for the tips!
Fun video! I would love to know more about specific water parameters as well... ph, temp, etc... Thanks a ton!!
Thank you. I was wondering if my cherry shrimp was carrying eggs. I have 3 shrimp in a 1-gallon planted fishbowl. They have plenty of mulm, 3 marimo balls, dwarf sag, crypts, and frogbit. I keep the bowl in a southeast window where the plants get natural light. It’s a little ecosystem and they like the stability. No water changes.
After watching your video I added some moss. Thanks for the informative videos!
I love your videos!They have helped me buy my fish & shrimp Thanks 🦐🐠
Absolutely extremely educational simplify. thank you Cory you’re the guy.Also aren’t all of his friends blue velvet cherry and orange the same just a different color variation that’s what I would think but then I’m not an expert
Love this video❤️thanks Cory you are a fantastic teacher!
Daily Dose! Daily Dose! Daily Dose! It was my crack before Christmas. I need it!
I had Ramshorn snails in a planted pond in Thailand- and they bred like crazy but if I reduced the feeding they ate all the plants!! They were savages!!
Thanks Cory! I was trying to find something on this just before I saw the upload. Very useful, as usual!
Cory I love your channel soooo much, I'm setting up my first shrimp tank, thanks for the informational videos
Glad to hear you can safely breed with a community tank, I watched another video saying you should just keep the shrimp in their own tank but where's the fun in that?
I was just about to set up a shrimp breeding tank! Great timing for this video :D
Always learn so much from your videos!!! Thank you!
I wish I could like this video twice.
this was realy cool and taught me a lot more then just how to breed shrimp.Keep up the good work .👍
Hi Cory, it'll be the platies cleaning the algae off the glass....the shrimp do love to eat it, but in my experience (about 10yrs I've been breeding these guys), they never graze it all the way back. You can check it out on the Ep I did on Cherry Shrimp breeding, I do a few things I haven't seen done before that work exceptionally for me, and there is even some legit prawnography as I caught a couple in the act :) Anyways, keep up the good work mate.
I have learned so much from all of your videos!! I love you guys! Thank you for all of them! I have a 60 gallon, and just started my first cherry shrimp tank - so excited! I've read a lot on it, but this helps keep it simple and follows how I set up my 60.
I think you deserve more subs than you have. All of your videos are informal entertaining and quality
Continues to give me ideas....thanks man!
I started a five gallon tank on my desk two months ago. Started with six neon tetras, live plants, and two cherry shrimp.
Now I have six neon tetras, 100 snails, and probably 20 baby cherry shrimp.
Ahaha. The joy of snails. Have you tried Seachem Flourish? It dealt with my pest snails and didn't harm my mystery snail or RCS.
What an awesome video. So informative and not full of bullshit. 👍🏻
i love shrimps ... they are so cool i want to buy some
Great set up! Picked up some good tips, thanks man =)
Awesome video co-op I’m starting up a channel at the moment that will have all sorts of aquarium content on it at the moment I’m documenting my experience with breeding crystal red shrimp, So far it has been awesome and a lot of fun. I have a lot more content coming keep up the good vids !!!
Corey, you are my go to for everything fish related. Definitely the GOAT, but I don't believe that shrimp eat poop. Shrimp and snails are definitely scavengers but I don't believe from my research anything actually eats fish poop.
Here is some further reading on Cherry shrimp over on our blog. www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/13023481-red-cherry-shrimp
Aquarium Co-Op can you breed them together like orange and red and blue all cross breeding
Christian Swogger No, for those two will cross breed, and the crossed shrimp tend to come out brown in color.
Corey appreciate all your videos! They have been more then helpful. I'm out in Cleveland but I hope in the near future I can come out and see your store. Thanks again for the pro tips and can't wait to see what's coming up next.
Absolutely loving this channel, immediately subbed and turned on notifications. Thanks so much for sharing all this awesome information!
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By far my favorite video so far Cory! I have a ten gallon with about 10 cherries, with two or three berried females. So happy😄 I also love those platies. Could you possibly tell me what they are called and where you got them?
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Thank you Corey been waiting for this video!!
Good advice, have been thinking about keeping some of those shrimp. Have a sponge filter in the back and I know there is a good amount of algae on that. Did not know they prefer to have lots of algae and moss too.
How many gallons is your tank?
Thank you for these videos, they are always insightful 😊 awesome!
I have some dragon rock in my tank the shrimp love it given the amount of hiding places.
Tastes so good
Makes you feel so pimp
Sweet cherry shrimp
Real good info , and love those eco systems
Hey Corey:) I have been a long time subscriber and it’s awesome to see you &your channel explode. I know this video was a while ago and you don’t have this tank but I am wondering what you used to run PH and TDS wise in your shrimp tanks. Thank you for the years of info and entertainment, lol I’d love to buy you a taco some time, keep on keepin on👍
This is day one of reading about pet shrimp
Well? Its been 11 months. You start yet?
I have tried a few times but they don't live. I would love to have a tank with only snails and shrimp, but the shrimp won't cooperate.
Zom Bee Nature which shrimp did you start with and did you make enough research? I think the easiest for start is Cherry. I have mine for over a month and they are doing very well. Just shrimp and snail tank.
@@BRUH-xz1zp I have tried Cherry Shrimp, Neocaridina, red ones, blue ones, orange ones, and yellow with a white stripe down the back. The ones that don't die immediately might last a couple weeks and then disappear. The water here is very hard, 350 to 450 officially by the water company, too hard for a color kit to work since the level is above the highest level of the kit. Even pet shops have told me not to bother testing hardness, it's very hard. And to not ever try the other kind of shrimp, Caridina or the other kind, they refuse to even special order them for anybody because they are impossible to keep.
@@ZomBeeNature try seachem water regulator
Nice Thank you i am looking to populate my few tanks with shrimp, fish and lots of plants. I am just getting started. Hopefully i can find enough moss to fill half a tank (10 gallons) to get started. Then get shrimp to reproduce. I have two 29g, a 20g and 10g. I am hoping to get each going with reproduction to eventually mix with each tank. Buying substrate has been costly, and putting off getting into co2. Anyways thanks for the great helpful videos.
Always enjoy your vids!
Great video Cory!
I *love* the new intro!
I have Sherry shrimp too!
I had 12 but 7 died! I will buy some new ones soon!
How are the Turtle eggs doing?
*Thumbs up!*
Danny's Aquariums Appearently the turtle eggs werent fertilized
Nice one Cory. My biggest regret with my red cherry shrimp is that I put them in too many different tanks initially. Now that I'd like to try to keep some other neocaridina species I'm struggling to find a tank that doesn't already have cherry shrimp in there and dont want them to inter-breed!
Nice video as always Cory!
Excellent description how to seed an Aquarium. That's the easiest and fastest method how to stock a tank after 2-3 days (slowly, of course - but really fast).
Can you explain what you said "contaminated" the moss?
I'm always struggling to grow moss (java, christmas, riccia...) in various of my aquariums and the only one where it slightly grows is my highly filtered stream tank. Or maybe make a guide about moss? Species, how to grow it.... if any fish eat it (I suspect that happens in my big tank).
This was a really cool video, thanks for sharing!
you are so wise! thank you, cory!
Thank you so much for posting this!
can you do a video on culturing blackworms?
Very informative, thank you for sharing this.
Thanks for all your videos! Super helpful content, wish I had a fish shop near me with someone as passionate as you. Most fish sellers I deal with seem to just know the bare minimum for the job or check an iPad to answer my questions.
I recently picked up 6 cherry shrimp to put in my 5 gallon betta tank. I didn’t realise in advance that the more red coloured ones are usually females. Within two weeks my tank was full of babies! Thankfully it’s pretty well planted and had about 5 survivors and now I’m seeing another new batch of babies! Do they ever stop?!
They don’t seem very good at cleaning up leftover fish food. Wondered if you had any suggestions for a good bottom feeder to pickup food debris that can go with the betta. I was considering a few panda corys as they’re small.
You can check out the tank im talking about in my latest “Diy resin aquarium ornament” video if you get time. Thanks again for all the top content!! ✌🏻
Hi! I have been following you since I started keeping fish a few years ago. Thanks for all the helpful information. Here, today, I have a question about keeping Cherry shrimp. I bought ten, online, and drip acclimated them. That was about a week ago. I have seen only three at best. I know they hide but am wondering if my nitrate is affecting them? My tap water is 40 and I can't seem to get it down from about 70 even with plants although I have run out of API tests and the NT labs mini kit doesn't have that test so am unsure of nitrate levels at present. My fish seem ok and my Amano are doing OK. I am also concerned about my filter. I have an internal AquaEL which will suck up babies should the cherries ever breed. My tank is 105 litre long. Any advice you can give me will be most appreciated. Also, in this video you say that the shrimp eat fish poop. I always believed shrimp and snails will not! You read so much conflicting information on the web! Thanks for taking the time to read this lengthy questionnaire LOL! Lynne x
i just got some cherry shrimp and my betta grabbed one and threw her across the tank and i realized it’s a pregnant shrimp so i put her in another container and i’m crying now 😭
I test my bettas on my ghost shrimp, which are big and aggro and tend to teach my bettas not to mess around. That said I am still dubious about keeping my cherries with even guppy fry, I have none to spare lol
Very informative, thanks
Hi Corey,
Greetings from Australia!
Just wondering, is it still as effective to have sponge filters without the lift tubes, as I noticed some of the sponge filters in your tanks didn't have lift tubes in them. Just wanted to know if I should bother with lift tubes with my sponge filter setups
Thank you and keep up the great content brother!
Nice Cory, always focusing on the Eco System first. It is good to know, that there is an alternative way. I would like to try sometime a Show Tank at the same time a Guppy and Shrimp breeding tank. I think there is a way to make it work. Thanks.
i would love to have some freshwater shrimp but no pet stores in nz stock them so i cant but i love watching videos about them
order online. that's what I'm going to do. they're available nearby but those prices are steep!
Chad Ockerse Shrimprobot.com is a great source as well as a few sellers on Ebay
Certainly not a shrimp guy.. I do appreciate your consideration in all things aquarium wise.. Thanks for the vids Cory.. All best.. Yer pal Joe.. Lots love from Scotland.. X
how often and how much do you do water change in shrimp tanks
Hey man!... Hahaha! I like your idea about ecosystem...
I do that too!... Axolotls, fire belly newts, mystery snails, gold fish and more in one tank....
today my girlfriend surprised me with some fancy shrimp from petsmart! their red so i think its cherry shrimp? ive wanted them for a little bit now and i finally have some. she picked up 3 sunburst mickey mouse platys and some neon tetras for her tank too! most places are sold out of all shrimp and when they restock they said people come in the day of and buy them all out. the LFS said the fish hobby is like dying off but just as i get back into fishkeeping, everythings sold out or hard to get now. either from covid and related stuff or in general haha
The hobby isn't dying. Businesses are because they aren't adapting. I still meet too many businesses that are like oh well, we can't find supply.
@@AquariumCoop thanks for the reply :D and i was wondering what is going on. the fish store in town has been around for a while but the owner isnt exactly the most friendly or helpful. i want to select some fish to breed and supply to fish stores. he made it seem like it was a mistake getting into fish in the first place. but it makes me happy and gives me something to do and learn about so im sticking with it! ive always had fish and reptiles since i was a kid and the last few years i was debating either going all in on fish or reptiles. after having a not so good experience with my lizard ive decided i want to continue with fish and hopefully turn it into a hobby i can have for years!
@@AquariumCoop also thanks for the 1 month membership!!
Cherry shrimps are thriving in my tank and that wasn't on purpose. What I mean is that I bought the shrimps as very expensive food when I couldn't find live snails for my puffers. I seem to have achieved a perfect environment for shrimp. Lots of hiding places, wood with biofilm, algae, moss, good circulation, water quality. I'm totally fascinated - and a little grossed - they're cute but it's kind of creepy. Please don't attack me. I'm not gonna kill them or anything. In fact I even give them almond leaves. They can't help that they creep me out a little. They've ended up with me and I take care of them.
Everyone tells how to breed them. What can you do to slow their breeding? I have RCS, probably a hundred or more, in a ten-gallon tank. You can also tell the female from males even when very small by looking at the side plating on the tail right where the abdomen ends has a bigger plate. Great tip on how to get them in the net. I was having a terrible time culling mine.
Thanks for sharing, great video and information.....