Finally an in depth video with demonstration on how to keep crs shrimps. Most just give you the factors but don't show you the actual setting up of the tank. With information on how often to cycle it. Thank you so much for this.
Im setting up may first crs tank. substrate is ada amazonia ver.2 without bacter/becterium. What would be the water change routine while cycling the tank?
Really depends as each tank is different but I would try maintain ammonia ast around 4ppm and nitrates low (your nitrates should spike very high when cycling) This will probably be like 2 50% water change first week, one second week eg and you go from there
If I may request, can you show a video on how you do a water change? Ie. If you just take out water then add in new one(remineralized RO)? How you clean the substrate? Do you use a siphon to clean your substrate? And if so, how do you do so in a tank that has alot of items. Like moss, cholla wood, plants. And how you do it to prevent frys from getting into the siphon(I keep having that problem) so I have to take a look at my siphoned water container to look for baby shrimplets to save 😅. I'm sure different people have different methods. Thank you so much in advance. I binged watch all your videos on shrimps.
You can typically just tie a very fine net to the siphon itll still do water changes for the most part without having to worry about sucking up fry, cleaning the substrate isnt something i heard as something that has to be done, other then when it loses its buffering ability then having to replace the whole substrate. Sorry for the 1 year late response lol
@@brazycovid yes correct, you can simply use a panty and a rubber band or something. Snails are also very beneficial to add to your (shrimp) tank they clean waste and prevent ammonia from building up. Add more plants that Shrimp enjoy, like Java fern etc, as they do well off shrimp poop as well. But Pond snails or bladder snails so I’ve learned, are the best option for shrimp.
@@twstd.2044 How bladder snails is the best for shrimp mates based on your experience? From what I know they're eat a lots and sure poop a lots and even can produce offspring without need to mating, how you control them?
ADA soil is on the expensive side of soils for aquariums but it works really well. The way I see it personally is, if I have lots of success using ADA soil, I would rather spend more on a premium brand then another if i increase the amount of shrimp breeding
I live in a soft water area as low as 6 maybe lower.i would like to get crystal reds but also have a planted tank.would soil lower my pH if so is there another way to raise pH naturally?
@@instadam864 still stick with soil. It just means the soil will last longer for you which is good! Caridinas like taiwan bee can go as low as ph 5-5.5 so it's fine, might even be better. Your definetly lucky with the water you have from tap haha
Nope, not always, you must look to the food, if it stay inside aquarium, even a very little bit of it, then no feeding, skip on next day, till you see it gone, then you can give new food, a little, but if your shrimps can finish it at single day, then by tomorrow you can give a little more
I would recommend rinsing soil it was cloudy for an hour then never gets cloudy again whether filling it or planting. There is SOO much dust when you rinse it that would sit in your take forever.
@@Ilostmyschmungus Just rinse it in some water in a fine strainer, if you still havent started hope im in time lmao. It will still cloud up but will clear within a hour or 2
Lots of brands sell mineralisers. For Caridina shrimp you want gH + only while cherries you want gh/kh+. For example, popular brands include shrimp king and salty shrimp gh+ or gh/kh+
You’re crazy if you think weee waiting 6 weeks .. I had shrimp {ghosts} going on day 3.. sure they might die but an empty tank is boring when you only have one. {mine survived} Use api quick start.. but I respect your patience and guidance. Thanks!
Btw, almond leaves and Indian almond leaves are not the same.. why not call them Cattappa leaves to avoid confusion. Yeah it’s distantly related to the almond tree but not now and I’d hate to see somebody lose shrimp by throwing in an almond leaf. I have an almond teee and nearly threw it in but luckily I googled it and didn’t. But I’m no expert in leaves so maybe it’s ok too? Do you know? Sub’d and liked!
Main problem with soil tanks is the amount of ammonia leached out. I understand the wait time sucks, but it is what i recommend, especially with more sensitive shrimp. Most videos or articles I have read recommend same thing for shrimps
And because ignorants like u many animals die..why u take a living creature to take care for if u have no clear desire intent and knowledge.?..buy a plastic toy or plant for instant gratification if u are not patient..
@@MsLila44 Ghost shrimp are a neocaridina species, crystal reds are a caridina species which requires more care and patience, neocaridina tanks usually can be done cycling within a week, but since the soil drops pf and leeches ammonia it requires time to dissipate and that's why the cycle process takes a lot longer for these shrimp. Neocaridina don't require soil since their water doesn't need to be buffered(ph drops) , you can use plain rocks for your ghost shrimp. hope my response clears up the reasoning.
@World Of Aquariums hey what model/brand of sponge filter is that and where did you buy it? i'm going to follow this guide to start my first shrimp tank, Thanks~
This is a qanvee 100a sponge filter, I like it better then normal ones as u fit ceramic media and can suction it on the side walls and adjusts really easy. But overall any sponge filters will work.
😲 Two months with nothing in it but aquarium soil, water, and a filter! [faints] I can't even get Cherry Shrimp to live in the hard water here, so those would be impossible. In fact, the pet shops won't order them because they can't get them to live.
Finally an in depth video with demonstration on how to keep crs shrimps. Most just give you the factors but don't show you the actual setting up of the tank. With information on how often to cycle it. Thank you so much for this.
Awesome video pal! I'm going to start my own shrimp tank. Thanks for the inspiration!
Glad I found this channel. Might starting doing this as hobby, very useful knowledge
Look around a bit more if you are still interested. There has been some more fine tuning...
Nice video bro.. that shrimp very striking colour Red n white.. love it! 🇲🇾
Thanks for the Information mate!
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Is it safe for shrimp if I use phosphoric acid to lower the pH of the water?
Im setting up may first crs tank. substrate is ada amazonia ver.2 without bacter/becterium.
What would be the water change routine while cycling the tank?
Really depends as each tank is different but I would try maintain ammonia ast around 4ppm and nitrates low (your nitrates should spike very high when cycling)
This will probably be like 2 50% water change first week, one second week eg and you go from there
Thanks a lot for the response
Great video! Learned a couple things :D
If I may request, can you show a video on how you do a water change? Ie. If you just take out water then add in new one(remineralized RO)? How you clean the substrate? Do you use a siphon to clean your substrate? And if so, how do you do so in a tank that has alot of items. Like moss, cholla wood, plants. And how you do it to prevent frys from getting into the siphon(I keep having that problem) so I have to take a look at my siphoned water container to look for baby shrimplets to save 😅. I'm sure different people have different methods. Thank you so much in advance. I binged watch all your videos on shrimps.
You can typically just tie a very fine net to the siphon itll still do water changes for the most part without having to worry about sucking up fry, cleaning the substrate isnt something i heard as something that has to be done, other then when it loses its buffering ability then having to replace the whole substrate. Sorry for the 1 year late response lol
@@brazycovid yes correct, you can simply use a panty and a rubber band or something. Snails are also very beneficial to add to your (shrimp) tank they clean waste and prevent ammonia from building up. Add more plants that Shrimp enjoy, like Java fern etc, as they do well off shrimp poop as well. But Pond snails or bladder snails so I’ve learned, are the best option for shrimp.
@@twstd.2044 How bladder snails is the best for shrimp mates based on your experience?
From what I know they're eat a lots and sure poop a lots and even can produce offspring without need to mating, how you control them?
@@Cleeon You can put a few Nerite snails in there for example, as they only reproduce in salt water. A few really help already
I have to clean the substrate. I have gravel in the tank, as I used to have fish but moved the fish out
Great video!
You don’t add any minerals?
Super video. I try putting shrimp in my tank but they died. Do they like to clean you fish? I heard some shrimp like to clean fish.
Those are mainly salt water cleaner shrimp, most freshwater fish will eat shrimp unfortunately
@@worldofaquariums5534 Thank you. I hope to see more videos soon.
If Ada is affordable I wonder would you think is expensive
ADA soil is on the expensive side of soils for aquariums but it works really well. The way I see it personally is, if I have lots of success using ADA soil, I would rather spend more on a premium brand then another if i increase the amount of shrimp breeding
Where did you get your tank? All I can find are 10, 20+ gallons for ultra clear tanks:/
Do a 20 gallon long, thats a very good size for a colony
Can you add corydora panda with this shrimp?
Yes you can, but it's way not effective, because the Cory can go hunt baby shrimps
Will shrimp jump out of the tank if you don’t have a lid?
no, just dont have your water level too high to the top
Nice video bud
I live in a soft water area as low as 6 maybe lower.i would like to get crystal reds but also have a planted tank.would soil lower my pH if so is there another way to raise pH naturally?
It's fine. Just leave it
@@worldofaquariums5534 so I should stick with an inert substrate?
@@instadam864 still stick with soil. It just means the soil will last longer for you which is good! Caridinas like taiwan bee can go as low as ph 5-5.5 so it's fine, might even be better. Your definetly lucky with the water you have from tap haha
hi, what kind of moss u added? Christmas moss?
Peacock moss
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How to feed shrimp?you feed every day?
Nope, not always, you must look to the food, if it stay inside aquarium, even a very little bit of it, then no feeding, skip on next day, till you see it gone, then you can give new food, a little, but if your shrimps can finish it at single day, then by tomorrow you can give a little more
I would recommend rinsing soil it was cloudy for an hour then never gets cloudy again whether filling it or planting. There is SOO much dust when you rinse it that would sit in your take forever.
Its soil, you should never rinse it. Instead try adding water slowly so it doesn't disturb the soil
@@worldofaquariums5534 my bad I thought you were talking about stratum which you wanna rinse
@@ethanterchowitz3496 I'm starting a shrimp tank with crystal reds soon and I'm going to use fluval stratum. I should rinse it and clean it first?
@@Ilostmyschmungus Just rinse it in some water in a fine strainer, if you still havent started hope im in time lmao. It will still cloud up but will clear within a hour or 2
How to create right gh and kh with RODI water?
Lots of brands sell mineralisers. For Caridina shrimp you want gH + only while cherries you want gh/kh+. For example, popular brands include shrimp king and salty shrimp gh+ or gh/kh+
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Where i can get this type of shrimp... iam fro india... any one can help me
Have you find and buy that shrimps?
You’re crazy if you think weee waiting 6 weeks .. I had shrimp {ghosts} going on day 3.. sure they might die but an empty tank is boring when you only have one. {mine survived} Use api quick start.. but I respect your patience and guidance. Thanks!
Btw, almond leaves and Indian almond leaves are not the same.. why not call them Cattappa leaves to avoid confusion. Yeah it’s distantly related to the almond tree but not now and I’d hate to see somebody lose shrimp by throwing in an almond leaf. I have an almond teee and nearly threw it in but luckily I googled it and didn’t. But I’m no expert in leaves so maybe it’s ok too? Do you know? Sub’d and liked!
Main problem with soil tanks is the amount of ammonia leached out. I understand the wait time sucks, but it is what i recommend, especially with more sensitive shrimp. Most videos or articles I have read recommend same thing for shrimps
@@worldofaquariums5534 ok that’s a great point! Touché
And because ignorants like u many animals die..why u take a living creature to take care for if u have no clear desire intent and knowledge.?..buy a plastic toy or plant for instant gratification if u are not patient..
@@MsLila44 Ghost shrimp are a neocaridina species, crystal reds are a caridina species which requires more care and patience, neocaridina tanks usually can be done cycling within a week, but since the soil drops pf and leeches ammonia it requires time to dissipate and that's why the cycle process takes a lot longer for these shrimp. Neocaridina don't require soil since their water doesn't need to be buffered(ph drops) , you can use plain rocks for your ghost shrimp. hope my response clears up the reasoning.
No need, feeding?
Wow
@World Of Aquariums hey what model/brand of sponge filter is that and where did you buy it? i'm going to follow this guide to start my first shrimp tank, Thanks~
This is a qanvee 100a sponge filter, I like it better then normal ones as u fit ceramic media and can suction it on the side walls and adjusts really easy. But overall any sponge filters will work.
@@worldofaquariums5534 Thank you for the reply, i will try and look for one now~!
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😲 Two months with nothing in it but aquarium soil, water, and a filter!
[faints]
I can't even get Cherry Shrimp to live in the hard water here, so those would be impossible.
In fact, the pet shops won't order them because they can't get them to live.
If your water is like that you need to use RODI water mixed with gh salts in order to get there correct parameters
If you don’t want to spend money on a ro you could just buy distilled water and add minerals
@@worldofaquariums5534 Gh/Kh you mean?