How I Do My Neo Water Changes!
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Omg all those little tiny babies on the ceramic rings!!! I can’t get over how many there are and how tiny! Nice work!!
Thank you Michele
Shrimp are just fascinating , i love my fish but the shrimp add a whole new level of interest
mmmm BBQ Skewers, I'll have to try that.😀
the bamboo skewer is my favorite tool!!!
Watching your macro shots on the big tv is amazing! Thank you :) Love all the advice and ideas.
You're so welcome!
Love the neos
I love your shrimp room 😍
Precision is of the utmost importance with all those beautiful shrimp!! I'm still learning about R/O water. I love my neos but haven't tried caridina yet!! I'm still studying under the master 😁💯
Great tips as always Mark!!!
For now I will live vicariously through your channel!! 💥 Thank you so much for sharing and giving us a way to learn through your wonderful and beautiful videos!!
By the way........
Mark you look absolutely fantastic, as well as the Shrimp room!! 😍🦐
If I put my face on 4K y'all would be scared and wonder what happened to Mary Paige?😂😂😂
I love the barbecue skewer tip!... and it always makes me laugh when you say "mother-F'er" ... LOL 🤣
😁yeah I have had to teach my self alternative swear words for youtube.
Oh my gosh Carole I'm with you!! Definitely great tips on the water changer and the barbecue skewer!! My friend Alantooth48 and I usually watch Mark's videos together and every time he says mother effer we just fall out 😂😂😂😂♥️❤️✨💥
You are the king 👑 of the neos!! Look at all the babies 😍🦐!!!
You are so kind
video quality is awesome mark! Great job😃💪
Thank you 🙌
Beard so sharp 🤭
Great footage at the end! You really are a master shrimp keeper! 👍❤
Thank you so much 👍
I agree💯✨❤️🦐
I always wondered what attachment you used to syphon water! Great idea!
Thank you Shawn
Cool content
Hello Mark 👋
I had questions but they've been answered by watching your videos.
Great!
thanks for the content mark me and my son like your videos as he has became a keen shrimp breeder throughout lock down although not many shrimp in Dumfries and Galloway. he thinks he will make his worth and already making his own food thanks to your education, keep up the good work.
That is awesome to hear, tell him Mark says hello :)
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks Mark you just made wee Angus one happy wee lad. all the best.
Lots of food and lots of water changes does pretty good for me too 👍
I been doing 4k 60fps with my phone in my videos. Been looking at cameras and cameras even close to being as good as my phone are out of my price range lol. Lucky the little town's fiber optic line runs right in front of my house lol
we just got fiber and its awesome 980 down 900 up, I can upload a 20 minute in 4k video in 30 seconds 😂
Mark if you are on my discord channel there is a bit with TH-cam stuff in it, link is in my about page.
Nice video quality
Thank you
Mate said it before still love your video s
Thank you that means a lot to me 👍🥰
Notification squaaadddd
Like the tea strainer use, a cool DIY projects love it. Do you have the video about this one?
no I dont, you can actually buy mesh that fits over the end of most sized pipes now. I have one somewhere that like 800 microns or something, I keep on using my old one because it has some weight to it.
Hey Mark , I am showing your channel to my Sister Trina & she was wondering where in Norge do you live !! 💙💚 Wish me luck today I am buying some Shrimp from Joe's Shrimp Shack here in Minnesota !!!
Hello mate i live just outside Hønefoss
HAHAHA Just happen to be drinking a large bucket o coffee right now !
good morning Mark from east Texas .
Morning mate !
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@@marypaigeflynn4512 Mary , awesome to see you today !
@@thehairywoodsman5644 you too💖I hope you're having a wonderful and blessed day🙏❤️🦐
I thought I was the only one who likes to use bamboo skewers lol 😂 glad I’m not the only one hahahahah
they are awesome !!
Oh! I thought the shrimp would eat the string algae... 😵💫😆 I guess I have rethink my plans now....
I havnt found a shrimp that eat my string algae yet 😂
They are really beautiful tanks you have, Mark! I can see a big improvement in the video quality, What camera do you use in this video?
Links to everything I use are in the description and yes they are affiliates but I use everything listed.
Awesome vid, glad ur having success mark. Powder food method is for neos right, but what can be done for caridinia to have similar success in terms of feeding. Can we follow ur powder method but perhaps much less in the amount being added each time?
Also is string algae bad or harmful for baby shrimp and adult shrimp, or u remove it for the health of the plants?
Another amazing video Mark! I am pretty new to your channel (and to shrimp keeping in general) how often do you do the 25-30% water changes? Do you have any tips for beginners? I love your videos! Keep up the great work! (P.s. your blue dream babies are adorable!!!)
Hello Meghan, best tip I can give you is do your research and things like age the water before using it I try and do a water change in every tank every week or two 😂
I love watching your videos and I'm learning alot. I do have 2 questions for you though. 1. Reason for low water content with filters spouts above? 2. Did I see in your tanks that some sponge filters do not have clear tube attached?
yes some do but I prefer to have them attached, the outlet above the water is just something I am trying.
Is the powdered feeding just the same as using something like bacterAE?
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Thank You for the video and information. So you are crediting this Neocaridina success to the powdered flake food? Very fine looking shrimp too. 👍
yes and the increased water change volume, nitrates do start to climb so the bigger water changes are needed.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thank You !
Hi can i use natural water in my shrimp tank?
I saw the scale and white powder and thought, what am I watching right now. Than I remembered..
next time I will use a credit card to measure it ? 😂👍
@@MarksShrimpTanks 🤣😂🤣 just what I was thinking. Maybe, have a straw handy to drip acclimate!
Like the video if you love neos 👍
I love neos especially Mark Shrimp Tank's 🦐❤️
What is the end piece you use for your water tube to change the water with? Is that DIY or did you buy it from somewhere? Thanks!
I made it made its just RO tubing with a y piece going to 2 float valves.
150TDS... Shrimp master, Is this not a little on the low side, I assume this gives 2Kh / 4Gh and a pH of 6.8/7.0 ish? However... Those tanks are absolutely rammed with babies so clearly that works!?! Great video as ever Mark
Hello mate I just go by what salty mineral say give or take a few tds.
Love your videos Mark! A quick question, I have a 20long aquarium for my red cherry shrimp. They have plenty of moss, wood and plants in the tank. The tank is fully matured but for some reason they are not thriving, surviving yes but no luck with a big population. My city tap water comes out at 135 to 140 tds. Do you think that maybe just using an rodi water and adding GH would be better? Thats one thing Ive never tried. My current tds is around 210. Thanks for your response.
yes you probably will do better with RO but you will need a gh/kh buffer too, I use salty mineral gh kh buffer, before you do that though I would get some test strips and test your water and see what it says, also make sure you are using a dechlorinator like prime/safe because I know of a lot of great neo breeders that breed more shrimp than I do on tap water.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks Mark, I'll definitely try that. I appreciate your response.
where did you get those water shut off valves please? and what are they called?
float valves from alli express or ebay.
In the jungle val tank is there only gravel or is there aquasoil below the sand ?
Just sand I think.
where did you get that glass cleaner?OH just asking lol
amazon
Thanks for sharing, Mark ! I understand that you don't do weekly water change when you see a berried shrimp. Just for further clarity, you don't do any water change for even a month as it might sometime take around a month for eggs to hatch ?
No I do but I tell most people not too, I make my water in a very specific way to match tanks and I also drip the water back in a lot of new people dont do this so its always best to tell them not to do a water change when they see a berried girl, especially someone thats using tap water. If your competent at making water and do drip it in you can do water changes when you like.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks a ton Mark! I'm a fan of your videos and the way you deliver the content. Continue the great work 👍
Thanks for sharing, watched a few vids now which I think are brill, do you have any tips for dealing with damsel fly nymphs? I’m new to shrimp keeping and unfortunately must have got some in the last batch of live plants I put in there and now I’m worried my shrimp will be eaten 🥺
Manually remove them a.s.a.p. Those can eat even larger fish, let alone little shrimpies.
@@rianmilit I have removed about 8 so far but they are so hard to catch, is there anything I can use that’s shrimp safe that will kill them?
@@1983zoe That is nightmare fuel, you poor thing.
I luckily never got those in my tanks, so I haven't a solution for you.
@@rianmilit yeah it’s not fun but than you for replying.
@@1983zoe wish I had a solution.
So far, I've only gotten snail and snail leeches on plants.
Gods, the snail leeches were horrible, only way to get rid of them was manual, but it had to be done- they killed some of my wanted snails and they started getting on my shrimp.
Watching a fellow shrimp keeper doing water changes while I do routine water tests on my shrimp tanks…
I might have a problem
Dylan we are sick but its a good problem with no cure 😂
@@MarksShrimpTanks someone says MTS to me and I’m like: yeah, I love snails! 🤣 🤣 🤣
Mark, when you cycle your tank... every how many days do I have to add goldfish food into cycling tank to produce ammonia?
I don't know if I have to add them everyday or every week... Thank you always!
just a pinch of is enough to get it all started.
@@MarksShrimpTanks thank you!
I just did a 25% water change, switched to RO water and using salty shrimp mineral with aged water and prime. My neos are finally more active and all eating and swimming. All parts finally coming together, definitely not as easy as fish!
Can I ask. What does aging the RO water do?? it seems to really have helped my tank just leaving it for 24 hours. I already started aging the water for next week for top ups/ water changes, I've noticed a HUGE difference in my neos.
For me, I noticed a small creep of tds after changes if I mixed and added immediately. Aging I’m assuming give the crystals time to dissolve completely. Like sugar, sometimes it doesn’t all dissolve at once. Age it, make sure it’s fully dissolved, and check and should be perfect. That’s my experience however
water straight from the mains be it from the tap or RO source is a different ph because it has gases in it that need to be aired out, you also normally have a temperature difference. I do know people that dont age water and they also breed millions of shrimp but then they might just have the perfect water. aging takes away the variations you get to a large extent.
Is there any reason to do water changes at all if my nitrates stay low (5-10 ppm) due to plants?
yes there will be stuff in the water that keeps shrimp small, you get the same issues with fish.
questions since u are clearly experienced and internet is kinda confusing me what ph should we have to breed cherry shrimp? can we use sea shells to increase ph and calcium? is it normal to see male shrimp swimming fast around but never see a berried female? i have only 6 females so its easy to see if theres any fanning
oh I am no expert my friend I just learn as I go along through trial and error, for ph you want between 7 and an 8. for calcium its best they get it from the food so if you can do the powder fish flake thing I show in my other videos also if you are not seeing berried girls the powdered fish flake thing we just talked about will help you out a ton.
First? 😆
Lets goooooo
Why do you use safe? If the waters rodi? What do you need safe for?
its a fail safe, on RODI units if the DI part of it starts to fail chloramines can get through it.
Thank you for the reply.
I still wonder why I haven't had any algae issues... I've only been at it for 5 months now, keep my lights on for 12 hours, but only get some dust-algae on the glass, all my tanks are heavily planted though, with water lettuce and salvinia minima as floaters. I keep wondering if I'm doing something wrong, and have some nutriënt deficiency, because I got some plants from friends that were full of it, and my shrimp (and ramshorns and endlers) loved those and cleaned them up rather quickly, so I actually want to grow algae... :S (they were the short green hairy type of algae btw, no idea what they're called)
I probably get more algae in that one tank than any other tank because i have so little plants in it.
I think shrimps don't eat the string algae, don't they?... thanks for your videos, they are always very useful!!
mine dont at all.
the only thing I have seen even pick at string algae in my tanks is my mollies and swordtails but they don't eat enough of it to get rid of it so I use the skewer method every couple of weeks at least.
Hey Mark, I got an question in waterchanges. Let me explain me situation frist.
I got six tanks, which I currently do a 10% water change 2 by 2 once a week. (So frist week top 2, second week middle 2 and third week bottom 2).
All got double Spongefilters so i do clean 1 sponge of the tank on the water change.
Now I’m unsure if that is sufficient or should i change it to 10% on all tanks once a week. Cause that Will take me a lot more work and water (but it is doable ).
Thanks in advance
from what I see Mark Neos love water changes the more the better if you do it right, I am doing 30% a week, this allows you to feed the tanks much more.
@@MarksShrimpTanks ok i’ll switch to 10 % each tank every week. Thanks for your fast response.
@@MarksShrimpTanks oh and how often should I clean my sponges cause I think I’m doing it to often now?
What is the salt for ? Do I need to add it ?
You only need to add it if youre using pure reverse osmosis water, it has no minerals in it and you need to add that back in before adding it to a tank.
@@MarksShrimpTanks thank you 😊
What kind of big difference do you see after a bigger water change?
Neos do breed better and they grow faster also it allows me to feed more.
But what about the big changes in parameters or temprature?
Mark, great vid, veri educational, but, for the love of all that is chocolate, please kill the sound when scrapping on glass, that sound is ungodly.
I know right, I am pretty deaf so I didnt really hear it hahaha
Why you need to put Safe since you're using RODI water🤔
2 b safe
1 day i see you an you shaved i guess watchers went down so you grow face hair back LMAO
my most viewed video is with me shaved what are you talking about ? DOH 😂