Yea mate, theres one set of babies in it already and there's a female ready to drop, I uploaded this update on the jar a few days back where you can see the babies and eggs on the female - th-cam.com/video/vNSCSWQMCKw/w-d-xo.html
I have an extremely small version of this too. Mine is only a half gallon, heavily planted, has some rams horn snails and about 7 cherry shrimps. It is so low maintenance, and super amusing to see them wander around slowly and eating methodically. Thanks for sharing.
@@GlassBoxDiaries I literally built mine with a $6 cookie/biscuit jar, a scoop of dirt, a $7 bag of aquarium gravel, and then my own plant cuttings. The $16 worth of shrimp were literally the most expensive part of the whole thing 😅
Hygrophilia has always been such a mixed bag for me. It griws fast and strong, builds a sturdy wood like stem, but i find it tends to end up with holes in the leaves really easily and looking kind if raggedy long term. It also tends to really take over a space, filling everything with stems and roots. I keep using it though because I've got tons, and it griws very fast. What is Diana's criticism of it in her tanks? Regarding crypts: I've never lost more than 2-3 leaves acclimating a crypt, but its possible that my supplier's treatment pre-acclimates them to a degree. They sell tropica plants(so emersed grown), but they store them immersed. Even so, i dont see them lose all their leaves despite frequent visits and watching plants go from unboxed through spending weeks in the store tanks. Much more frequent is that existing leaves dont really grow and gradually get replaced by newly grown leaves. Have you actually had crypts fully melt back?
Yea there's definatley pros and cons to Hygrophilia. Dianna basically says its hit and miss and often does well for upto 6 months in her tanks then has problems. That was the only crypt I have ever totally lost, not sure if it was due to melt or some type of temperature issue.
I have most likely the same jar, the one that comes with a glass cover? Got mine at Walmart too for I want to say less than $20.00. I used some of the smaller same version jars for terrariums. 👍🏻
That all said, i really want to start walstad shrimp jar like this. I suspect they wont overstock through breeding, its been my experience at least that shrimp seem almost... Careful about that? Ive found all my shrimp populations tend to level off for any given tank at a sustainable level, but obviously ive never tested that in a walstad setup. Re: swimming around - I'm curious about this. There seems two types: breeding, when its just males swimming around looking for a freshly molted female, and *all* the shrimp swimming around when there's a large change to their environment. The later seems pretty undesirable, but the former pretty normal. With that said, i have many tanks all kept at the same temperature, in the same water (sump supplied), and one of these tanks commonly has shrimp swimming around while others don't. I'm not really sure what the deal is with that. Each tank is run the same, and the only difference is the swimming tank is the smallest (10g) and only has a single non-shrimp inhabitant (one of my three remaining Highlander Guppies) whereas the others have other/more/larger fish. Its not a predation thing, though, none of my fish ever bother the shrimp or shrimplets. I've got a fairly big siamese algae eater and VERY big spotted corydoras in a tank and ive watched them completely ignore brand new baby shrimp eating fron the same algae wafer they're eating from. Dunno why those particular shrimp (and theyre even genetically the same shrimp as the other tanks!) swim around so much.
Thats a good point, I think it could be instinct in tanks with fish. I added shrimp to my 40G rescape a few days prior to the fish and the shrimp were always out grazing. After I added the fish, they often stick to the plant/rock cover and seem to be far less confident in coming out even though the fish have never paid them much attention. Probably just some evolutionary thing in their brain to not take a chance and to hide until the lights go off.
I added more floating plants to combat the blue green algae on the surface. this helps with gas exchange. caused by too strong of light. try raising the height of the light as a possible solution also
Great points mate :). I want to try get one of the extendable grow lights so I can easily increase its higher but I will add some of the spare Salvinia from one of my other tanks to the jar tonight :)
I've set up a similar jar and it's been over a month . I put 4 shrimps in it and thankfully 3 of them turned out to be females. And they are baried with eggs already. Your jars video is the perfect video for this type of set up.
The ambient temperature of my home is within their ranges :). Just uploaded another video on some mistakes that I made with the jar though and I touch on a heater in that one. The issue was more with my plants than the shrimp.
I love that you distinguished between biscuit and cookie! Love from 🇨🇦
Cheers :)
Will the shrimp breed in this set up
Yea mate, theres one set of babies in it already and there's a female ready to drop, I uploaded this update on the jar a few days back where you can see the babies and eggs on the female - th-cam.com/video/vNSCSWQMCKw/w-d-xo.html
@@GlassBoxDiaries how many shrimp can live in jar will i have to keep population at a round about number
@@Hope_fordifference I'm trying to keep it below 10 shrimp but I have a dedicated breeding tank I can move shrimp over to if needed.
So fun and useful. I'm researching this very thing for my next project in my fish room!
Cheers mate, they are a great little project, I definatley want to make more in the future :)
I have an extremely small version of this too. Mine is only a half gallon, heavily planted, has some rams horn snails and about 7 cherry shrimps. It is so low maintenance, and super amusing to see them wander around slowly and eating methodically. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers mate :) I'm actually thinking of trying a smaller one soon as the jars are so cheap and easy to find!
@@GlassBoxDiaries I literally built mine with a $6 cookie/biscuit jar, a scoop of dirt, a $7 bag of aquarium gravel, and then my own plant cuttings. The $16 worth of shrimp were literally the most expensive part of the whole thing 😅
Hygrophilia has always been such a mixed bag for me. It griws fast and strong, builds a sturdy wood like stem, but i find it tends to end up with holes in the leaves really easily and looking kind if raggedy long term. It also tends to really take over a space, filling everything with stems and roots.
I keep using it though because I've got tons, and it griws very fast. What is Diana's criticism of it in her tanks?
Regarding crypts: I've never lost more than 2-3 leaves acclimating a crypt, but its possible that my supplier's treatment pre-acclimates them to a degree. They sell tropica plants(so emersed grown), but they store them immersed. Even so, i dont see them lose all their leaves despite frequent visits and watching plants go from unboxed through spending weeks in the store tanks.
Much more frequent is that existing leaves dont really grow and gradually get replaced by newly grown leaves.
Have you actually had crypts fully melt back?
Yea there's definatley pros and cons to Hygrophilia.
Dianna basically says its hit and miss and often does well for upto 6 months in her tanks then has problems.
That was the only crypt I have ever totally lost, not sure if it was due to melt or some type of temperature issue.
Amazing video, explanations and visuals, you deserve many more subscribers! Keep it up 😊
Cheers mate :)
I have a giant 3 gallon jar I found at Walmart and I plan to do this with it eventually after I finish my next ten gallon tank
Thats a great size for this type of project mate, let me know how it goes :)
I have most likely the same jar, the one that comes with a glass cover? Got mine at Walmart too for I want to say less than $20.00. I used some of the smaller same version jars for terrariums. 👍🏻
That all said, i really want to start walstad shrimp jar like this. I suspect they wont overstock through breeding, its been my experience at least that shrimp seem almost... Careful about that? Ive found all my shrimp populations tend to level off for any given tank at a sustainable level, but obviously ive never tested that in a walstad setup.
Re: swimming around - I'm curious about this. There seems two types: breeding, when its just males swimming around looking for a freshly molted female, and *all* the shrimp swimming around when there's a large change to their environment. The later seems pretty undesirable, but the former pretty normal.
With that said, i have many tanks all kept at the same temperature, in the same water (sump supplied), and one of these tanks commonly has shrimp swimming around while others don't. I'm not really sure what the deal is with that. Each tank is run the same, and the only difference is the swimming tank is the smallest (10g) and only has a single non-shrimp inhabitant (one of my three remaining Highlander Guppies) whereas the others have other/more/larger fish.
Its not a predation thing, though, none of my fish ever bother the shrimp or shrimplets. I've got a fairly big siamese algae eater and VERY big spotted corydoras in a tank and ive watched them completely ignore brand new baby shrimp eating fron the same algae wafer they're eating from.
Dunno why those particular shrimp (and theyre even genetically the same shrimp as the other tanks!) swim around so much.
Thats a good point, I think it could be instinct in tanks with fish. I added shrimp to my 40G rescape a few days prior to the fish and the shrimp were always out grazing.
After I added the fish, they often stick to the plant/rock cover and seem to be far less confident in coming out even though the fish have never paid them much attention.
Probably just some evolutionary thing in their brain to not take a chance and to hide until the lights go off.
Love this video! I just subscribed! 🌿
Cheers mate :)
I added more floating plants to combat the blue green algae on the surface. this helps with gas exchange. caused by too strong of light. try raising the height of the light as a possible solution also
Great points mate :).
I want to try get one of the extendable grow lights so I can easily increase its higher but I will add some of the spare Salvinia from one of my other tanks to the jar tonight :)
might seem like a silly question - but i'd love to do this project. would the water need dechlorinating or will it be alright just from the tap?
I use a dechlorinator in mine and I haven't had any issues :)
I really want to do a shrimp jar, or ispod jar.
They are a great little project :)
I've set up a similar jar and it's been over a month . I put 4 shrimps in it and thankfully 3 of them turned out to be females. And they are baried with eggs already. Your jars video is the perfect video for this type of set up.
Cheers mate :)
The population will quickly expand, my new shrimp jar has 3 generations of babies in it now!
@@GlassBoxDiaries 🤜🏻🤛🏻
What about a heater?
The ambient temperature of my home is within their ranges :).
Just uploaded another video on some mistakes that I made with the jar though and I touch on a heater in that one.
The issue was more with my plants than the shrimp.
The Scottish accent made it like a fun little rollercoaster to listen to ☺️
Cheers mate, I'm English, from the North East so our accent can sound a little like Scotish.