I'm wondering if I've been feeding mine too often, they don't really rush for the algae wafer or half wafer I drop every other day. Gonna take it easy after seeing this and see if they get a little more urgency since the tank is planted and hasn't got too many competitors (just six ramshorn snails and snail babies)
I feed repashy as a main staple and I find that the shrimp will be eating on that for the entire day until it’s gone. So with repashy I don’t remove it as long as shrimp are actively eating on it in decent numbers. I also never feed without a dish, at least not repashy or pellet foods that aren’t snowflake.
That’s pretty awesome, I’ve never tried repashy! I find a lot of foods can start to cause minor-major issues if they’re left too long or regularly overfed without removal.. How long would you say its fine to leave repashy in for before removing?
I feed repashy (soilent green) once a week. When I add repashy, my cherry shrimp attack it! The repashy breaks down into a “pile” after 1 to 2 hours. My shrimp will just stand on that pile like they’re hanging out. On average , I add it around noon and by 5:00 (5hrs) its gone! When I make it, I also ad fine chopped up freeze dried blood worms. Mark from Mark’s shrimp tanks says it good for the female eggs. I also notice my nerite snails come along later to give a final sweep.
I mix 50/50 super green with soilent green. I put it in the morning and leave it in till it’s gone, which is by afternoon latest. This depends in how much you put in of course. I have maybe 200 CRS in my tank so they chow it all down. As I’m sure you already know, figuring out the proper food amount takes some trial and error. I always put repashy in a glass dish as it does make a mess in the substrate sitting that long. I feed that about 3x a week. I feed other stuff of course - bacter ae, mineral junkie, leaves, etc. But repashy is the main food. Water change once a week. No real water quality issues unless I get lazy about cleaning my sponge filter. Warning however, repashy soilent green stinks terrible when making it!
The buce in this tank is just stunning.. thinking about doing buce in my blackwater tank now, probably one of the few plants that will actually look good
I have a pregnant black rose shrimp I’m trying to get in to caridina I am keeping blue dream red cherrys carbon rilis and black rose I’m only 11 do you think I should set up a crystal red tank?
I have like 500+ shrimp in 50liter tank n my daily feeding is twice a day n then i feed them again 2 days later so no food waste n create small worm n some of them are dangerous to baby shrimps..
So if the food is fresh vegetables, pellet or something like snello it should be removed within 2 hours? What about dried leaves/flowers? I like to collect and dry my own mulberry, dandelion leaves and flowers, birch, magnolia, common violet, oak leaves and acorn caps. Can I leave leave these items in the tank longer? There's usually a feeding delay when I put these dried leaves in. For example, a mulberry leaf doesn't begin to attract them until 1-2 hours in when it's rehydrated, the shrimp and snails are all over it by hour 4, and I'm not sure if I should be removing it if they are just starting to actively feed on it.
I remove pelletized foods. Mulberry leaves can be left in. Snowflake food can be left. Oak leaves are a surface for biofilm they can be left indefinitely. I'd remove fresh veggies after a few hours. (these are my personal habits)
Is that ShrimpFever Snowflake food? I just started trying that for myself in the last week or so. I'm also wondering your thoughts on using things like GlasGarten BacterAE and/or Shrimp Baby?
What main food do you feed your shrimp? I'm looking for a pellet food which will fall apart like snowflake, but maybe a little bit slower. Currently feeding Crusta Gran from Dennerle myself.
@@ShrimpLife I'm going to try mulberry pellets, my shrimp love boiled spinach leaves and carrot+peas (glass pot). With main food I meant which complete food do you feed?
A question that's not really on topic but what can you do when your colony has grown so much that the smaller shrimp practically stop growing? Should I up the feeding and waterchanges or just remove the surplus?
Hi Dobo! :) You probably want to thin out your colony. I don’t have that issue because I Constantly sell from the colony. There’s usually some problems that can happen when you let the population get too large.. If you can't thin them out, bigger tank is a good idea. :)
The leaves and botanicals are different then food. Because they are not a direct food source they are a surface for biofilm. So what happens when you put aleaves or botanicals in..is micro organisms and other things colonize your leaf litter and Create biofilm on the leaf as it decomposes... you would definitely leave the leaves and botanicals in your tank... but they are not food themselves. I will definitely talk about leaf litter in a video about bio film ☺️
I am getting worried if my shrimps are sick or not used to the tank as they don't seem to be attacking the food that I've been giving. They do seem like to stay attached on the plants and they seem to be eating something.
they eat biofilm from the tank. they usually won't attack food unless you have a larger amount of shrimp and low biofilm, causing the need for feedings
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Your black roses look great! I'm so happy you're uploading regularly again :)
Thanks so much! Trying my best to put out videos☺️
Beautiful Tank! A great explanation on not over feeding!! ❤️
Thanks Leahh!! 😊🙏
I'm wondering if I've been feeding mine too often, they don't really rush for the algae wafer or half wafer I drop every other day. Gonna take it easy after seeing this and see if they get a little more urgency since the tank is planted and hasn't got too many competitors (just six ramshorn snails and snail babies)
i love your short videos. my add can keep up lol
Thank you, I actually enjoy making short videos get to the point quickly and the view were can get the message 😎
wow your shrimp look amazing. very inspiring
beautiful!!! I love shrimps sooo much I just wish I could have a multiple tanks for many different kinds like you 😁
If I didn't have a small business, I wouldn't have so many tanks, probably no more then 4. :)
I feed repashy as a main staple and I find that the shrimp will be eating on that for the entire day until it’s gone. So with repashy I don’t remove it as long as shrimp are actively eating on it in decent numbers. I also never feed without a dish, at least not repashy or pellet foods that aren’t snowflake.
That’s pretty awesome, I’ve never tried repashy! I find a lot of foods can start to cause minor-major issues if they’re left too long or regularly overfed without removal.. How long would you say its fine to leave repashy in for before removing?
I feed repashy (soilent green) once a week. When I add repashy, my cherry shrimp attack it! The repashy breaks down into a “pile” after 1 to 2 hours. My shrimp will just stand on that pile like they’re hanging out. On average , I add it around noon and by 5:00 (5hrs) its gone! When I make it, I also ad fine chopped up freeze dried blood worms. Mark from Mark’s shrimp tanks says it good for the female eggs. I also notice my nerite snails come along later to give a final sweep.
I mix 50/50 super green with soilent green. I put it in the morning and leave it in till it’s gone, which is by afternoon latest. This depends in how much you put in of course. I have maybe 200 CRS in my tank so they chow it all down. As I’m sure you already know, figuring out the proper food amount takes some trial and error. I always put repashy in a glass dish as it does make a mess in the substrate sitting that long. I feed that about 3x a week. I feed other stuff of course - bacter ae, mineral junkie, leaves, etc. But repashy is the main food. Water change once a week. No real water quality issues unless I get lazy about cleaning my sponge filter. Warning however, repashy soilent green stinks terrible when making it!
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Hi my shrimps are avoiding the palettes
The buce in this tank is just stunning.. thinking about doing buce in my blackwater tank now, probably one of the few plants that will actually look good
Great video!
I have a pregnant black rose shrimp I’m trying to get in to caridina I am keeping blue dream red cherrys carbon rilis and black rose I’m only 11 do you think I should set up a crystal red tank?
Can nori be fed to shrimp?
When will you have black rose available again ? Or green jade ?
Can I put different shrimp in one tank??
Beautiful healthy looking shrimps. Do you sell and ship?
i feed my lil colony every other day
I have like 500+ shrimp in 50liter tank n my daily feeding is twice a day n then i feed them again 2 days later so no food waste n create small worm n some of them are dangerous to baby shrimps..
So if the food is fresh vegetables, pellet or something like snello it should be removed within 2 hours? What about dried leaves/flowers? I like to collect and dry my own mulberry, dandelion leaves and flowers, birch, magnolia, common violet, oak leaves and acorn caps. Can I leave leave these items in the tank longer? There's usually a feeding delay when I put these dried leaves in. For example, a mulberry leaf doesn't begin to attract them until 1-2 hours in when it's rehydrated, the shrimp and snails are all over it by hour 4, and I'm not sure if I should be removing it if they are just starting to actively feed on it.
I remove pelletized foods. Mulberry leaves can be left in. Snowflake food can be left. Oak leaves are a surface for biofilm they can be left indefinitely. I'd remove fresh veggies after a few hours. (these are my personal habits)
@@ShrimpLife Great! Thanks for the response!
Is that ShrimpFever Snowflake food? I just started trying that for myself in the last week or so. I'm also wondering your thoughts on using things like GlasGarten BacterAE and/or Shrimp Baby?
its SHRIMP LIFE food. I only use my own foods that I also sell www.shrimplife.net
Not a fan of bacter ae... I use my own powder food for baby shrimp
What main food do you feed your shrimp? I'm looking for a pellet food which will fall apart like snowflake, but maybe a little bit slower. Currently feeding Crusta Gran from Dennerle myself.
Snowflake is my favorite that I use most of the time... I also like using mulberry leaves or pellet food of leaves like spinach or dandelion pellets.
@@ShrimpLife I'm going to try mulberry pellets, my shrimp love boiled spinach leaves and carrot+peas (glass pot). With main food I meant which complete food do you feed?
@@bigbotno1 I do not use a “complete food” Such as an all in one pellet.I Have always used and love using a variety of natural foods
@@ShrimpLife Ok, thanx.
I've had good luck with Biomax (#3). It falls apart pretty quickly, into small enough parts that shrimp of all ages can enjoy.
Can I feed my shrimp only vegetables and leaf’s?
Lovely shrimps. 😊
Thank you!! 😊
@@ShrimpLife You are welcome. 😊
I was told to add algae food wafers and if they don't eat it after an hour then remove it.
I don’t use that food.. An hour is not much time
@@ShrimpLife Yeah I also thought an hours was a small amount of time. Not like it will rot in an hour.
A question that's not really on topic but what can you do when your colony has grown so much that the smaller shrimp practically stop growing? Should I up the feeding and waterchanges or just remove the surplus?
Hi Dobo! :) You probably want to thin out your colony. I don’t have that issue because I Constantly sell from the colony. There’s usually some problems that can happen when you let the population get too large.. If you can't thin them out, bigger tank is a good idea. :)
Wait. I can't leave leaves in? I just put alder cones and almond leaves. How long can I leave them in for.
The leaves and botanicals are different then food. Because they are not a direct food source they are a surface for biofilm. So what happens when you put aleaves or botanicals in..is micro organisms and other things colonize your leaf litter and Create biofilm on the leaf as it decomposes... you would definitely leave the leaves and botanicals in your tank... but they are not food themselves. I will definitely talk about leaf litter in a video about bio film ☺️
I am getting worried if my shrimps are sick or not used to the tank as they don't seem to be attacking the food that I've been giving. They do seem like to stay attached on the plants and they seem to be eating something.
they eat biofilm from the tank. they usually won't attack food unless you have a larger amount of shrimp and low biofilm, causing the need for feedings
I'm a little worried about my shrimp, there not eating ANYTHING they also hide a lot, I really need help I don't want them to die
They live in a planet tank
they eat biofilm, they should be fine
My shrimp are such snobs …. They don’t like snowflake food
Mine love it :)
What kind of snow flake is that?
my own, available at www.shrimplife.net
I don’t feed my shrimps most of the time.
I have so many that it’s necessary
Nice blacks