3 Breeding Shrimp Tanks Setup for Caridina (Step by Step 12 Weeks Shrimp Tank Cycle)
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- In this video I'm setting up 3 breeding shrimp tanks with undergravel filters for high-end Caridina. You are going to see a 12-week timelapse of the cycle.
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Excellent video. The importance of a proper cycle is so relevant but most of us are way too inpatient. Get the cycle completed guys. This video is proof of why selecting a reliable soil and a proper cycle is worth the wait. Thank you Shrimp Mania for another amazing video
Well said GBee shrimp. Thank you for your love and support my friend!
You shouldnt set up a fish tank while you are an inpatient. Hopsital Staff would be impatient with the extra hassle.
I know but couldnt he just put some water from the other tanks or some dirt so that beneficial bacteria easily start to produce. If you want start from scratch go on but its not efficient to wait for 3 months for the cycle.
@berketaskran8329 water won't contain any beneficial bacteria, soil, or other surfaces will, but then you also risk other potential pathogens from the other tank. A clean start is sometimes more beneficial, simply because you start with a blank canvas.
As a experienced shrimp breeder i can honnestly say thet breed themselfs. I had falen behind maintaining my planted shrimp tank for like a year. When i finally got to the task at hand the tank could not be opened because the plants grew arround the lighting. The shrimp were doing great though, the population was about 500 and many pregnant and baby shrimp were just chilling eating only algae and rotting plants.
The proper setup at the start is critical, maintenance can go very lax if other conditions are good lol
There is something so satisfying about when you drop them into the tank🥰🤙🏼
That's the most satisfying moment in shrimp tank setup for sure😊
Excellent video. I returned to ornamental fish after 20 years. How things got better. I live in Brazil and my aquarium gets sunlight for part of the day, so I always have algae. I tried several deep clean fish until I met the neocaridina shrimp. I was beaten too much with the correct mineralization, and now I even donate the excess of animals. A hug to everyone.👍👍👍
Amazing!
I have had a lot of success using snails for excess algae they really do clean up.
Snails are big water polluters, unless its just 1-2 small ones.
I love how they are so comfortable you can just drop them in the new aquarium and they will immediately start eating. Very beautiful shrimp and setup to show them off. I wish I had something like this it's wonderful 👍
Thank you. You can do it too. It just takes some time to fully establish new tank
7:52 your flame moss is so happy, i didnt even know what it was! to make the point to my wife i was getting all hyper saying " you see that?! " pointing at the screen, then running the tank and pointing at a scraggly green thing and saying, " thats it!! " i told her it proves i dont have the right thing going on, but with an ro buddie and this great community i am on my was and am in good hands
Moss will grow nicely if you use good aqua soil rich in minerals. The soil will slowly release some minerals and fertilizers into the water making the moss grow nice and without bad algae. So, if you want your plants to grow healthy and green invest in good aqua soil. You might try fertilizers but it's easy to screw it up and end up with a tank full of algae instead.
I wanted this video to keep going. I’m so invested
There is nothing as such as a breeding tank when it comes to shrimps. what you need is mainly 5/6 pairs, good water quality, big sponge filter, drift wood and some or lots of "floating" plants (easy maintenance & shrimps do like it). Have bred "God knows how many". My shrimps have bred in same breed tank, also in a community tank with angels, guppies, betta, tetras, corydoras and such. They will breed if the quality, PH and temperature of the water remains stable through time and should have hiding places where other fishes or homo sapiens wouldn't be bothering.
You might not be able to breed shrimp in a small cubicle or a bare bottom tank. Shrimps do "rarely" at times kill and eat other shrimps.
Crazy amount of work with the edit! Great content, let master soil cycle for 6-8 weeks it can leach ferts for a while
Thanks Shrimp Time! It took me a while to put everything together. I like the plants growth in the tank with master soil. Mosses are very green and growing fast.
Owesome tank, what a beautiful dwarf shrimp..
I know most people don't use ammonia leaching aquasoils, but this is still a nice illustration for how ridiculous that many aquatic stores misadvise beginners that they can set up a new tank and add fish after a few days...even in a basic setup it takes much longer for the tank to become fully cycled IMO.
Yea I totally agree. I would say 4 weeks minimum
Even its already 4 times I watch this Video.
I Still Excited..
😂
Those three dots on the end of the coconut are soft. An ice pick or 10p nail can be poked in easily. Makes for cleaner water.
Currently just finished the cycle in a 5 gallon on my desk. Fishless cycle with household ammonia. Never got anything green to grow, just brown diatoms (I assume). Fluval shrimp soil. Heading to the LFS for some greenery. Too bad all they have are neocaradina.
Thanks for the tip for coconut I’ll try it next time and good luck with your small shrimp tank!
I have two berried snowball shrimpies right now ☺️ I feed that tank with spirulina powder every day to help any potential new babies find some suitably small food
Sounds great!
When I first watchy your videos.
I really Love it.
All of your shirmp are amazing
I really want it.
Here in Philippines its to expensive.
Not enough money to have some
Nice Content
Thankyou Sir
Take Care
Thank you sir. I wish shrimp will be more affordable in the future in your country
Hello. Thanks for a great movie. It's always nice to see a man with passion in his eyes. I'm looking forward to the next movie. I wish you a lot of health and success.
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad you liked it
Hello from France. I'm a fan of your videos and yours shrimps. Another excellent video, thanks for that.
Thank you for watching mon ami, merci for regarder excuse my poor French😊
I love fissidens fontanus too ☺️
It's very beautiful indeed
Lucky! Those blood worms are my fishes favorite food.
The patients doing this things is remarkable, Happy shrimp keeping sir, I was new to this hobby I already have RCS colony and planning to expand my shrimp tanks 🦐🦐🦐
Happy shrimp keeping to you too sir and thanks for watching
Thanks also sir for sharing this kind of content 👍👏😊🦐
Shrimps are taking more supplements than I am 😮
I hate waiting so long, I always do a 'fish in cycle' for that reason. Just needs some more water changes 😁
Unfortunately there is no shortcut with ada amazonia it leaches ammonia for a 10 weeks but it's totally worth to wait
@@ShrimpMania that's right, I forgot about that. I use different methods. Which work better for me
#metoo ... I plant 🌱pretty heavy, change water frequently bang 💥 in the fish right off the batt... Waiting weeks...🥱 No thanks ...
*Crap Game* 🎉
Very nice tanks setup! But I notice in most of your tanks there are tiny white spot in glasses. It looks like Copepods, they are very easy to multiple. Won't hurt shrimps but To me there are very Annoying.
I personally quite like them. Normally I have a lot of them in the begging but then their population declines over the time.
Very helpful video. Thought my tank was taking too long to cycle but seems to be on track. On week 7 and my ammonia is finally dropping close to 0.
Glad it helped
My favorite tank
Our aquarium styles are so different... Is that why I never see my shrimp? 🤣
Only just come across your videos as I’ve mainly been keeping neo I must say your shrimp are amazing can’t wait to set up a system like yours! thanks for the inspiration 💪
Awesome! I'm glad it was helpful , thank you!
i am a 17 yr old and I find aquatic animals very interesting and want to breed shrimps myself. Great and very informational video, any additional tips?
Yes just watch more of my videos 😊
Happy holidays buddy. Great video. I need to get some coconuts for my tank. A chop saw is the manly way to cut the coconut. 😂🤣 I have two tanks I have been cycling for about 3 months. Another too lazy to add shrimp. I will be culling this weekend and adding the shrimp. I needed to see your video for some motivation.
Hey Steve. Happy holidays to you as well! Im also lazy to add shrimp to my tanks thats why i cycle them for so long. People think im patient but im just lazy 🤣
Could you talk more about your filtration system, please??????????
Nevermind, already seen your another video! Thank you!
Hey brother! Saw some of your comments in my notifications, and went to click on them and they were gone.
Not sure if you deleted them or TH-cam deleted them, didn’t want you to think it was me deleting them!
All good brother. Not to worry
@@ShrimpMania also noticed I’m not getting all my comments. Definitely odd! Saw some old comments from you, Jamie, and Ray that never popped up.
@@PoseidonsPets you can switch it on in the option for reply notifications. I had the same issue before until I changed it
Great video mate 😁
How will you know how they perform if you added a second set of bacteria to both tanks? And if you're using different soil in them!?
Those are actually bloodworms from chiromid fliee rather than mosquitos, excellent free fish food anyway
Hi there, thx for video. I love when you show more akvariums with another setup (soil). I have one solution for you algea and high level of amonia. You are using only slow growing plants. When you wish to have amonium level down faster, use faster growing plants (Limnophila sessiliflora is a ideal for example). You can just remove them later, but for start they are very helpfull. Only slow growing are not ideal for starting, becouse they dont take so many amonium from watter like faster growing. Maybe this could help you start faster. Thanks for video again and i wish good health for you and your fishs and shrimps . P.S.: my chrimps love floating plants (they help with amonium level too), maybe you should add some. But its only on your opinion.
Thanks for the tips, appreciate your support
Very pretty shrimp and good info.
Thanks 😊
Master soil keeps the pH higher (5.8/6.2) and runs out quickly if you use it in your gutter
This is what I’m expecting from it. A light version of ada, not big fan of it
its stronger then ada for planted tanks. so many use it now. like the masterline brand. look there tanks. maybe not so good for shrimp tanks? they all say its crazy rich...on facebook groups and forums..
@@z3ro7o Yes but pH is 6 soo to hige
@@Doberminator ah ok so not super for shrimps? most use it for planted tanks, and they use alot of co2.. so get it down, that must be it
Great video, as always, tanks and shrimp are looking outstanding !
Thank you Artic!
INTERESTING AND A LOT TO LEARN FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE :)
THANK YOU FOR SHARING :)
I DID A THUMB-UP ABOUT THE VIDEO AND SUBSCRIBED TO THE CHANNEL :)
THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)
Thank you, appreciate your support
You are very inspiring! I’m thinking of attempting to create a caradina shrimp tank, I’m fairly new to shrimp I have blue dream neocaradina breeding colony. Thank you for the fantastic videos mate🙂⭐️
You are welcome mate. Good luck with your new caridina tank!
Really Enjoyed the full series
Glad to hear that
Those bloodworms that were breeding would’ve been amazing to have happen in a tank that had fish
What made you go with Amazonia over something inert that won’t effect ph? I used to toss all my painted fire culls in my display tank that was super heavily planted and they made their own colony in the plants and I’m sure angels e joyed a few snacks.. I have soft water here, so I always used inert substrate and mineralized the rodi water how I wanted.. not needed so much for cherries, but I did it anyway.
You obviously know what your doing not questioning that!
Amazonia is good for Caridina. It makes pH very low
@@ShrimpMania yea after I posted I realized duh these are not neos lol
Good day bro
Could you tell us how the master soil tank going?
It's doing good so far. Good plant growth and shrimp also breeding.
Wow, new fan here. I learned so much, will definitely make my own shrimp aquarium too. Thanks! Love from Philippines!
Glad it helps☺
It's going to take a lot of patience and I think that I won't be waiting for a long time.
Great stuff you learned from Shrimps Affair in Singapore (Substrate Filters with Flame Moss). Was the bacteria powder also from the same store?
yes the same
You had cycled tanks prior to setting up your new tanks, why didnt you jump start your cycle with cycled media from the old tanks? Would have saved 10 weeks. Or did you want to use the ammonia to grow bio film and algea? Thats the only reason to wait that i could think of, either way nice shrimps
I love your video to the end! I love your enthusiasm. Great video, inspiring 🥰 Thank you for all your hard work, time, skills and love of shrimp 🦐💖❤️
Cheers mate. Appreciate that. Honestly, that sort of comment motivates me to create more content for you. Tomorrow, I will do a new video! (I say it every day)
Merci de la France pour tes video.
Je m'abonne 👍😁
Great video! Very informative. May I know what kind of moss are inside your shrimp tanks? They are thriving. Thankyouuuu! 🎉
Cheers! They are fissidens moss and flame moss
hello what do we need to do to create an algae wall in the aquarium thanks
Awesome shrimp! Have you ever used UNS Controsoil?
nope never heard about it
Hello
What is the size of your fish tank?
Nice system, but cant you speed up the cycle by adding sponge filters from a older tank or are you afraid of contamination? Or inter shrimp breeding?
yes you can but the reason why it takes so long is because I used ada Amazonia gold soil and it leaching ammonia for 6-7 weeks. If I using soil without ammonia it takes only 4 weeks to cycle the tank
What's the average lifespan of the shrimps in your video? Appreciate any info. provided. Thank you and good luck on your endeavour.
around 1.5 years
thanks for the education
You are welcome sir
Wowza !! Shrimp s galore
Great Video! Was very interesting to see the difference between the 3 Tanks. And your Shrimps are as beautiful as ever
Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you and your family too my friend!
such a great video by the master mosquito breeder! jk, i was wondering how those red worms got introduced into a new aquarium. great video on setup and the importance of a proper cycle. Glad to see 4 berried golden galaxy shrimp, can't wait to see that tank full of babies. I was re-watching one of your videos testing easter shrimp soil, too bad it didn't work out. I'll be using ada in my new tanks. with that said, i placed 2 tanks into an area, 1 empty one filled and one more on the side empty. My wife just said i can have another shrimp rack, so it'll be 4x4x3 tanks 3 rows. I met a tw breeder locally that uses the thin soil technique. I'm going to give that nico, soil in a bag a try combined with a thin layer, just for fun. Can't wait to the next updates!
Hey Ray, glad you liked the video. The worms hatched from mosquitoes eggs they got into the room when i open the windows. I’m looking forward to see your new rack hope you post video about that and when you setup your tanks with new method. I always wanted to try soil in the sock method as well. Hope it will work for you
they are mosquito larvae
Hi im new to your channel and i love shrimps also i love your content and also love to watch more of your shrimps vlogs/setups
Glad you enjoyed. Thank you for kind words
Kool Video, Beautiful Shrimps
Thank you, sir!
Не все поняла,но все понравилось!!!
Great video, taught me where I've gone wrong with my pwl shrimp as I had forgotten to do my massive waterchange after the cycle! Using mastersoil myself so far so good besides the hiccup!
Got a 100L cycling for mixed shrimp with ada amazonia 😃
Hope you find the mastersoil good
Glad you liked it. Master soil works good so far. I like the plant growth, better than ada at the early stage maybe because ada leach a lot of anmonia/minerals in the beginning and algae likes it. Good luck with your new tank!
It is the best comedy I've ever seen. You are funny.
Prefering water and bactery in tank can healt shrimp
Just a question can you breed different colour shrimps or if you mix 2 colours together they will just naturally select the same colour partners? thanks!
Yes you can breed different colours
Thank you vm !
Wow👌👍
Amazing video !
Thank you for the quality of the footage !
Watched till the end and loved it !
Happy shrimp keeping ❤
Thank you for watching to the very end. Appreciate it and glad you enjoyed!
What temperature do you keep them! And how do you initiate the breeding?
Read something about 23 C for breeding.
Room temperature 20-21
@@ShrimpMania don't you change it a little bit to stimulate breeding?
I know neo caridina get exited after you add colder water(rain water even better)
@@bieuw5304 I didn't try any of that
Uhm hate to break it to you but midges are just smaller mosquitoes and those didnt look like midges were too large.
I’ve been following your channel for the past month and you’ve really inspired me to start up the shrimp hobby once again. Thanks so much!!
I have one question. How do you control the temperature in your tanks??
we now have 13C outside on average. So I don't do anything
Superb work! Thank you for sharing and for your relentless enthusiasm!
Thanks for watching bro and for your awesome support!
Nice shrimps
Great video! Very calming. I also really like the encouragement to let the tank fully cycle. How do you acclimate your shrimp when moving them to another tank?
Hey, I drip acclimate them for a couple of hours.
What I got mostly in the tank are brown algae just some are green algae how to get rid off brown and let the green one only ? Do u have any tips or trick ?
Increase the light intensity, the brown algae will change to green.
Great video! Love your channel
Thank you, I'm happy to hear that
niceeeeee!
Hi there, Amazing video. I got those worm in my tank too... Could you tell me how did you get rid of it?
Thank you very much.
Just catch them all with the net any left will become fly in a few days and you can get read of them as well.
How frequent you do water change with ADA Amazonia gold version ?
I have setup one tank with this version and now it’s almost two months and half cycling but still the ammonia reading still high even I’m dosing the beneficial bacteria with water change every two weeks in the first month and every 10 days after that.
Every 2-3 weeks. It can leach ammonia up to 12 weeks it's normal
@@ShrimpMania glad to know :)
What about bacteria dosing frequency ?
@@qaisal-khatib9413 I normally dose a little bit 0.5-1g after water change during the cycle and also continue doing this after the cycle after every water change. It helps to support bacteria in the tank
@@ShrimpMania what if I done bacteria in the days between WC to expedite the process ?
@@qaisal-khatib9413 sure why not
Plz make a video like this on neocaridina.
this mf started breeding bloods worms without knowing.😂😂W video man very interesting and informative.
how do you still have fingers not to mention hands? That saw work was terrifying my guy lol. Great video though!
Im a carpenter do it on a daily basis. Glad you liked the video
Fantastic video thanks master
Thanks for the content ❤️ excellent
You are welcome! Glad you liked it
Love you excitement awesome video
Thank you 😁
A quality video as always, thank you!
Thank you for watching, I’m glad you liked it!
hello,
what kind of lamp that you used for growing HC?
The link in description
I loved your video and I learned a great deal from it. Thanks for uploading!
.....But I've been a carpenter for 30 years and the way you cut your coconut shell scared the hell out of me. Please don't do it again. You are really taking a risk. I have done things like that too and never got hurt but many others have gotten hurt.
Thanks man I'm glad you like my videos. People do a lot of silly stuff for TH-cam. Looks like it worked. Won't do it again unless maybe one more time in my next video. Sorry already done.
Hosanagara hours u given light for fissidium miss tank. It grown soooo beautiful without algae. Please let me know the duration of light you giving for awesome growth.
12/12
You say in the beggining you filled the tanks with RO water... didn't remineralized the water before??
Regards
nope, what's for there are no shrimps
@@ShrimpMania ok, so you only remineralize the later in the last water change before adding the shrimp? Wont that change the pH?
Regards
@@hugomouteira7015 Yes only at the end, it wont change your pH
How much did the bacteria cost?
Great as usual !
Do you add the salt after you do massive WC ? If yes, how you mix the new water with the added salt without disturbing the soil ?
I put salts directly into the tank they dissolve in the water very fast because of the water flow. It probably takes an hour or so
Thanks for the video! Did you build your stands or were they bought from somewhere?
Very informative videos, thanks alot!
Also, really enjoyed the last, relaxing part of the video :D
You are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Congratulations, nice video. May I ask how you change the soil in this type of UGF filter? Best regards
Hey, you can find a video on my channel about that. Thanks
Great video
Thanks!
What a slow way of starting.
I never use bacterial powder.
Just fill the tanks and put a little bit of shrimp food in it.
The food will go bad after some days, triggering the cycle.
Usually in 4-5 weeks the tank is shrimp ready, and the peak is gone.
If you already have tanks, just use old filters of other tanks and water from other tanks + fresh water (2/3), that way you can start instantly.
It is slow not because of bacterial powder it's because of the soil. ADA Amazonia gold leaches ammonia for 10 weeks that's why it takes so long. Recently I learned a good trick and I precycle my soil in advance and now it only takes 4-5 weeks to fully cycle the tank
Do you fertilizer your tanks? I notice you mostly use soils that are more nutrient rich.
Yes you right I don’t use fertiliser I prefer to use soils rich in fertiliser