I Added New Soil To An Old Tank!
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I enjoy this content, and greatly appreciated the learning opportunity! My husband actually has a Tshirt that says "Shrimpin' ain't easy". LOL
Your husbands t-shirt is correct 😂
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I thoroughly enjoyed this on Mark. Loads of good tips, thanks
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As a newer shrimp breeder I really like the culling videos. It's nice to watch someone with more experience doing it and to hear / see what you're looking for.
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I absolutely love the longer show off format, that is what I am trying to do myself. AND I am very excited about this, I haven't had my soil deplete yet, its probably got a year left on it. I'm using Fluval Stratum right now though.
Great to hear!
loving your new format
Thank you Miiiiiichael
I liked the net detail in the water exit you have good details than yyou
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I like this new style of video, I get more out of it and find them quite enjoyable
Thank you Sue, its nice to get feedback on what you like.
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Thank you Jamie
Always enjoy the content, but do thoroughly enjoy this new format, Ive been kicking the idea of starting a channel
Thank you William and yes give it a go and see how you get on.
Always love a good breakdown/rebuild video! And good coffee to go with it! Almost missed this one. Glad I didn't, nice haircut ;)
Once my soil stops buffering, I plan on changing all my tanks to UGF. I'll probably change my neo tanks in the next couple of months. Still looking for the right containers and UGF to fit in them. I really like your new format and I must say I'm still loving the powdered food method of feeding. Makes it so much simplier because I no longer have to keep track of what foods I feed daily, I just mixed everything I had together and blended them up really nice.
Where you from? I just bought acrylic sheets and the filter with tube part from Amazon. Cutting the acrylic and using aquarium safe silicone to make mine
I can link the stuff if you want. I couldn't find any to buy other than ebay or out of country
@@DJK6914 I live in Germany.
Thanks for the great video! Would you recommend putting a layer of this soil in if you have caridina tank with just gravel as the substrate? It’s quite a thick layer unfortunately. Your advice is always greatly appreciated 😊
I think these shrimp are far more resilient than what alot of folks suggest online. You basically did a huge water change and I'm interested to see how they react. Any increased molting or deaths or anything at all. I'm sure the plants and floating plants will help with Ammonia from the soil as well. Can't wait to see how it goes. Fun to watch as usual!
Yes I agree, I think the main issues are people not preparing the water before hand properly and over feeding, they see deaths and think it was the water change when its them overfeeding.
@Marks Shrimp Tanks very good points
Mark I'm not sure why this didn't show up in my feed. I try and watch Everything that you put out. I love this format. What you do on a daily basis probably answers a lot of the questions you are asked and we can figure things out in context.
I have never seen a filter filled with substrate the material!! Thought about it, but never done it or seen it before. I wonder if you added fine lava rock with the soil, would it stop it from compacting plus create a better surface area for bacteria? I put it in a dirted tank mixed with worm castings for that same reason.
I would appreciate your opinion and I'm sorry I missed this excellent video
I watched and I feel tired 😅 Great video! I just like watching you doing your stuff. Always something new to learn 👍 Also great intro. Music is really pleasant. Happy shrimp keeping! 💕🦐💕
Thank you Anna
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Thanks for the sub bud I will check out your channel!
Hi Mark, thanks for another nugget of gold advice ! Bread knife for foam.
I have a request for a video? How to change/replace old ADA soil in a tank that has gone powdery/over 2 years old without ruining your scape or causing a headache.
Thats probably impossible to do sir.
I just bought that soil..
3:35 made me LOL for some reason 🤣🤣
Thanks for the tip mate about longer formats, I also ditched the shorts.👍🤓
@@MarksShrimpTanks I think shorts have their place but I feel like im short changing my audience with them and they become less likely to click and actual good video. Also, they bring in a lot of views and possible subs from random people that are less likely to click your videos again. This will hurt the CTR percentage and mean less likely to be sent out by the algorithm in the shorter term. That's my thoughts on it.
It took for me to see this video for it to click for me on where I was going wrong th-cam.com/video/KzGm4GW7l8Y/w-d-xo.html
I am still awful at making videos but I do what I can with the tools that iv got 😂
Hey mark! Have you ever done a no substrate tank? I painted the bottom and sides of my tank black and im planning on getting some neos for it. I think they look super good on a black bottom, gives it a super clean look. Keep up the great videos!! Cheers
shrimp do best with loads of biofilm so you will need to provide them some kind of structure?
Grate form Mark :)
Hello Jakub
@@MarksShrimpTanks Ar you use Ada Amazona Gold ? , I have one tank and IT start mega slow....I do not use a sponge in such a filter because it is clogged with dust from the substrate, the substrate itself filters very well and I take the dust out with a thin hose
Really good stuff man. Love the detailed step by step videos 😉 Giving me lots of good ideas.
Would you say the substrate in filter is doing most of the buffering or is the actual tank substrate? Would just the substrate in filter be enough to buffer tank?
Love the videos!
Yes and yes sir.
Hi Mark injoy your video s looking to begin keeping shrimp would love some advice
Just ask away Vic 👍
Hey mark, simple suggestion we would all enjoy which would also boost and draw in your last minute likes before viewers click off, would be to come back the next day with a quick A roll of the tank all cleared up followed by some juicey B roll with a few close ups of the shrimps in the tank from the vid, like you do on your live streams.
We love to see some nice clear details of the shrimps in every video no matter the subject matter.
Only reason I mentioned this on this particular upload is your SCR santas are my favorites!! Take it or leave it, just a thought…
I actually stopped doing that because people were clicking off as soon as the B roll started and they knew the video was over, I am going by what my analytics are telling me now.
you could also use BioHome super gravel. it wont compact or mess with parameters.
I need the Ion exchange from an active soil to clean the tank you wont get that with standard media.
OK Mark I did bunch of this UGF one of the tank I hatched CPD fry and fry went down under the filter 😳 took them long time but they are out
yes you need to cover that outlet.
Hej.
Po wsypanie takiej ilości Ada wer. 2 nie będzie problemów z ilością uwalnuanych nawozów do wody jak ewentualnie sobie z tym radzić?
I read somewhere the Amazonia version 2 soil isn't as good. Assuming it buffers the PH is you're using it. I have fluval in my tangerine Tigers. I plan on setting up another tank with a UGF I built. I just can't decide what soil I want to use. Thanks for the awesome video!
from what I read its cleaner than version one?
@@MarksShrimpTanks awesome! Yeah it beats me🤷♂️ I've done research but can't seem to find much on it or how it behaves in a tank really
I have added lil bit aqua soil to my existing shrimp tank to fill out a portion because my plants were growing big i observed that some of my shrimps are acting weird and my shrimplets are dead.
thats a shame did you add a lot all at once or?
I would think the ammonia spike that comes with new Amazonia soil would hurt the shrimp, no?
possible if you don't know what you are doing. I am using prime to bind the ammonia for 48rs and then I dose more prime. eventually the filtration will catch up.
Great video, sorry it was a pain in A$$ for ya. 🤕
Hi Mark - a question. You referred to amazonia and the fact that it leeches ammonia. And you said you put some prime and bacteria. Will it be fair to say that you are going to have to keep on adding prime for quite some time? I am lead to understand that it will leach ammonia for several weeks. In a planted you can resolve this by doing massive water changed daily for the first week, every other day for the second, and so on. But you can't do that in a shrimp tank. So how long would you expect to keep adding prime? And surely that would in turn, slow down the maturation of the filter? Thanks
PS love this format but do still like the lives and sharp room tours that you used to do too👍👍
Cheers, Chris
the soil is going into a mature tank so I am no worried about any ammonia leeching.
how well are your Sochting Oxydators working? I bought the D model and it kind of worked a little at first then the smaller bubbles stopped coming from the ceramic base and it just sort of popped a big bubble out every now and then from the space between container and base. I refilled it today and packed some filter floss around the gap between container and base which seams to help a bit. Best I can tell mine just doesn't have a tight enough seal around rubber. Is mine defective ,am I doing something wrong or what?
yeah mine work ok I switched it up to 6% solution to get more oxygen.
@@MarksShrimpTanks yes I switched to 6% also ,just have the problem with it making too big of bubbles like a 1/4 inch size. The filter floss i put in has helped but not fixed the problem.
I have never had that version before so I am not sure if thats normal or not mate.
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hello mate
Are you concerned about the huge ammonia spike from ADA Amazonia with shrimps still in the tank?
Honestly no, its not the first time I have done this 😬😉
@@MarksShrimpTanks That's good to know. I was thinking about replacing mine soon. Was going to cycle it in another tank but I guess there is enough bacteria to handle the new soil. Thanks!
@@MarksShrimpTanks Forgot to mention... I really like the content on your channel. You are doing great work!
Just make sure you use some prime if you are going to try adding any ammonia based substrates to a tank with living things in it.
Hi, doesn't that new soil leach ammonia? Is it OK for your shrimp?
it does and yes it doesn't affect the shrimp because ammonia isnt toxic at low ph.
Lord mark, usually u use oxydator solution 3% or 6% ?
Normally 3% but the last few weeks I have been trying 6%.
@@MarksShrimpTanks how is the result of 6% sir mark ?
would there be any Ammonia or any toxin releases, without cyclling the new soil??
I know this is a late reply but there were no issues at all, the shrimp breed like crazy in that tank and then I moved house and they are in another tank now.
You look great with your haircut . I would be very worried with the size of a potential Ammonia spike even with the precautions you are taking . Keeping a record of any changes to water parameters over the next 4-6 weeks would be very interesting . On a related issue ; do you have a link for where you get those Acrylic Boxes for the Asian style filters as I can't find them anywhere .
I would also be interested in a link. Thanks!!
they boxes were just from some random hardware store years back, and I am not to worried about the ammonia, I have another filter in the tank and dosed prime, just to let you know this isnt the first time I have done this 😉
Can you please explain the theory behind ion exchange to clean the tank?
Its not a theory, Negative acidic soils exchange molecules for positive and negative molecules in water.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thank you for the quick reply? How does that keep the tank clean?
try this link it explains it very well. ecoursesonline.iasri.res.in/mod/page/view.php?id=1524
Kind of a bit scratching my head on this one Mark. Why taking the risk to use ada straight in the tank, instead of for example cycling it Ina bucket separately with a sponge filter untill it's safe then move it when it's cycled? Plus you remove all the filter media that where full of good bacteria why not reuse it? Hope everything will be alright for the shrimpies.
I just added back some new benibachi soil in my ugf, same as you was time after a year to have again better buffering capacity and optimal water parameters.
Its not the first time I have done this mate plus I have another double sponge filter in the tank. Remember I have like a 500% IQ but I can only use 10% of it. downloading more memory right now from ebay.
I use Environment Soil from GlasGarten. It doesn't leach.
@@MarksShrimpTanks 😆
@@yukimura1sanada double dose of prime is the answer and I will check for ammonia every day all though I think I might get a false reading using prime. I will see tomorrow, I think prime binds and and makes it safe but the test kits cans still read it as being present.
yes on my sera test kit I read ammonia but on the prime website it says it binds it making it safe but its still available to the filter. they are recommending double dose every 48hours.