Creating a Jungle Forest Planted Tank for Blue Dream Shrimp: Tips for Biofilm and Selective Breeding
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How to set up shrimp tanks • How to set up a blue d...
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Loved your video! Just found your channel. Thanks for the great macro scenes. It’s cool to see those sin the main screen. And I like the music and your accent!
Awesome! Thank you!
I just got some blue dream shrimp today. They're such a stunning variety 😍
Yes they are, I cant wait for this tank to grow out a bit so we can see blue dreams in a val jungle.
Pls grow out your full beard mark, embrace your inner Viking! Love from Sweden
Hello Hugo, I dont think I will ever grow it out, I like a beard but it annoys the hell out of me sometimes 😂
While you're at it, wear a helmet w/ horns and carry a broadsword or axe since we are stereo typing 😂. Sometimes stereo typing is fun.
I really enjoyed this video, and even the music! The close ups at the end were awesome! And yes, the snail looks like a Star Wars character! LOL
Thanks for watching Carol :)
Liking the look to this tank rescaping. The macro shots at the end of the video was a wonderful bonus. Love those blue dreams!
Glad you enjoyed it
Hey Mark,
Thank you for all your video's. Your the reason I started keeping shrimp. I see you checking TDS when doing water changes and the like. I presently have 3 of my 5 tanks filled with shrimps, they are Neocaridina's. I've been refining my shrimp keeping skills/knowledge. I realized that most of my tanks were not set up, cycled, fed and or cared for properly!!! I have since redone each of them in a proper manner.
My question is, Ideally what should the TDS be for a NEO tank setup? I recently purchased a TDS meter and checked all of my tanks. They are between 118 and 180 ppm?
That red sand looks gorgeous, the colors work well together.
yeah they do, I cant wait for it to grow in.
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Looks so good! I have regular jungle Val in my 500 ltr tank and it’s leaves grow up to 5 ft long and flow across the top of the water! I love this plant!
mine is starting to brown a little after the move but all new leaves should be green, I have a bag of fert pellets form the ADA amazonia i might shove into the sand.
Love the new tank, it looks absolutely gorgeous.
did you use any fertilizer for the plant in this tank ?
I did use ada root tabs, I will wait and see how we get on about ferts, the way I feed my shrimp I use a lot of powdered Fish flakes so I might not have to use any ferts at all.
Really digging the sand mix, that will look nice with the blues. Think I'm gonna try some river sand in my blue dreams tanks. Most other lines I like black, but with the blue dreams I'm not in love with black any more. Super cool snails. I can't say it either, why I just say val lol
yeah I think thats why most people say Val hahahaha
So simple but effective and it was a pleasure to watch
Thank you Kyle.
Just started my shrimp journey and stumbled across this channel. (Hello from Scotland)
Welcome aboard mate :)
I like your new haircut Mark. And was thinking the same About the macro footage. Star wars character 😂😂
What about powdered tropical flake? I have a huge bottle of expired tropical flakes.
yeah that will be good
@@MarksShrimpTanks thank you, my green jades just gave birth and I have lots of babies and algae in the tank for them as well.
Great setup! I did mine with crushed lava sand and im trying to breed my golden yellow backs. Colors pop against the red. I wonder how well does the Val grow with an inert substrate?
It should be fine, the way I feed should provide enough food for it.
LOVE it! Your powdered fish flakes trick has been doing well in my Blue tank. It brings them all out to start scavenging, maybe better than Bacter AE
Hello Jonathan, yes for me anyway the powdered goldfish flakes works better than BacterAE.
Wonderful video, i seeing the setup of a new tank is always wonderful
I got my first batch of shrimplets, right now I'm hoping there's enough biofilm in there now
Thank you
any sucess in breeding yamato/amano since it requires transfer to saltwater and back to freshwater in a timely manner?
nope not tried them yet but I will.
Another great video! I really like the way you’re doing your intro and the end of your videos now it’s very professional looking.
Noted thank you Teresa :)
Indian almond leaf is a must have!
Love it! Tank looks amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Mark, tank looks great, like the sand mixture. Thank you from NYC
Glad you like it Frank.
Hey mark! If I use white pool filter sand, will the color of blue dream shrimp get lighter?
y4es from your perspective.
Looks great. Just got my blue dreams Friday.
Good choice!
Mark when you turn your goldfish food into powder do you give them specialized shrimp food in addition to the powdered goldfish food? I'm trying out your new method of powdering goldfish food sounds like a really good idea!
hello Alan yes I do the odd time a week. 👍
Are those snails the same as rabbit snails mark?
Hello Andy, yes they are.
Came here to check that too 😁 love rabbit snails (and easier to spell)
What brand of goldfish flake do you use to grind up Mark.
I was using tetra but you can probably use any goldfish flake
I want to keep shrimps so i can go with sand substrate!! Can u suggest me some plant and shrimps for sand substrate. Love from India ♥️
any neos work with Java moss is probably your best bet if you want to breed loads of shrimp.
Ok thank you so much ♥️ soon i will setup a sand substrate shrimp tank
I loved loved LOVED what you did at the end with the music and micro footage! I’m a new subscriber and found your channel from a mention of it from MD’s channel (MD Fish Tank’s). He highly recommended your channel for learning all about shrimp breeding & tanks. I will be starting my own tank and definitely wanted shrimp and snails in it. My tank will not be enormous. Maybe 20 or 40 gallons to start. *QUESTIONS:* Are there any fish I should stay away from that May eat my shrimp &/or snails? Do shrimp cannibalize their babies? What about fish? Will they eat them?
Nice setup mark. Never move the berried gals as less stress, good info!!!. That snail jaja lol.
those snails are awesome I just hope they dont eat the plants 😂
How often do you feed your shrimp tanks the powdered fish flakes
every tank is different mate, tanks with loads of shrimp i can feed like this every day, tanks with 10 shrimp I would feed about once a week.
I like the really short hair! You look very clean cut! I like it!
aw thank you.
so very beautiful, thank you!
Thank you for watching it mate.
Ive gotta track down some of those snails
wow very happy to see it good job Marks, I also just bought the same type of shrimp a few hours ago
Nice 👍
after setting up the tank, how much time did you let go by before adding the shrimp?
Hi Mark, if you want to get extra tip on tank cleaning and landscape look at MD fish tank he has tones of cool video.
I learnt a lot from him even with a long time have tanks and ponds.
Thank you Andy me and MD are friends, hes given me advice on my channel and shout outs and stuff, top bloke.
Another great video!
Thank You :)
Love your hair cut!
Thank you Kalina !!🧐😵
Hi Mark, what is the max weight capacity on the racks? looking for some! nice Job on the Val tank 😊
Hello... The tank looks lovely with Blue dream shrimps in it.. Please what kind of sand is this?
it was sold as red desert sand safe for aquarium use the othe sand I mixed it with was river sand.
What water parameters did you have for these? Or did you just add cycled water from an established tank? New to this channel 👍
Hello mate, I use reverse osmosis water and a buffer for my neocaridina tanks. gh will be around a 6 and kh will be around a 4. the plants filter, rock all came from established tanks, the only thing that was new was the sand and I let it settle for a day before adding shrimp.
If its all new you have to wait on the tank cycling for a few weeks before adding shrimp.
@@MarksShrimpTanks gotcha! I started two small tanks about two weeks ago, for both I used half de-chlorinated water and half established water from a tank. I guess I just gotta wait for the parameters to be good. Can't wait to get shrimp in them
Hey Mark! Your beautiful red sand/blue shrimp tank is exactly what I want to attempt with what I call ‘Catadama’ but bonsai’ists don’t get the joke ; Danish moler clay marketed as ‘ Kitty Friend’ ! The Val Jungle’ is inspired n I’m gonna shamelessly steal the vision! God bless you 🙏✝️
P. S. Those snails are heartbreakingly gorgeous, draging their shells behind them!! ✌️
Sounds like you have a plan, If I remember correctly I think way in the back of my mind I remeber catadama!! was it a coop brand?
@@MarksShrimpTanks ‘Kitty Friend’ formerly ‘ Sanicat’. l thought “Catadama” was my pun on Acadama but there’s nothing new under the sun, no wonder the bonsai brotherhood weren’t rolling in the aisles!! ✌️
I like this build
Simple
Wow, I really like this setup!
So you added the shrimps the next day you added the water (just waited for it to clear)?
I don't have a shrimp tank yet, fish tanks I 've had for years. And I've watched your videos on and off for a few years now so I think I'm getting ready to be a shrimp owner 😀(too bad I can't get any beauties from you though 😐)
Yes I just added them the next day, old filter material, old rock, leaf was from another tank, water was aged and matched the tank they came from.
How do you actually get the shrimp out of the old tank? Just with a net?
Hi mark
new to the channel and love the content 👍 quick question, which snails would you reccomend to go in a red cherry shrimp tank? I plan to let them breed and build the colony, but dont want the snails to take over (past experience with Malaysian trumpets😬)
cheers
aaron
I am trying rabbit snails to see how they get on they are kinda slow breeders.
@@MarksShrimpTanks I've not tried pink ramshorn snails yet, they look more appealing than the generic pond and Malaysians, I imagine it's easier to control their population since they cant hide on the gravel like the mts'?
@@MarksShrimpTanks I'll check put the rabbit snail cheers mark
Aaron
Great video! Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Love the plants, may i know its name ? It has a bare grass plain feeling. Wanna try it in a few months
Plus with that setup no skrimp is hiding from my eyes
Vallisneria
Mark love it if you could help love some information about keeping shrimp s your hopefully vic
just ask Vic 👍
Thanks very much
really cool, thanks
Glad you liked it Tegan!
sweet tank!
Thanks!
Hi Mark, what are those floating plants called? Thanks , Sandy
Salvinia Sandy
Great video!!! What kind of tree is that? I want to buy one for my shrimp tanks!
Only tree I have ius an indian almond tree? bought as a seed on ebay
@@MarksShrimpTanks how long does it take to get it to a size you can use the leaves?
where did you get your indian almond tree mate? did you grow it from seed? i cant seem to find any in norway.
ebay way back in 2014, drill a tiny hole in the seed plant it up and wait ..mine took 3 months to start growing.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks mate, i will check ebay out :)
so beautiful
Thank you! 😊
I am new to Shrimp but why this one dont need to cycle?
the filtration is already cycled
@@MarksShrimpTanks Oh you mean the sponge u use from other tanks? Thank for explaining Mark.
That tank looks amazing - I love the clean simple style Mark. It makes me want to start another shrimp tank (only have 5 red cherry shrimp so far) and get some blue dreams. I love this style of content - keep it up bud.
Oh and I've learnt so much from your TH-cam channel.
Cheers
Jason
Yeah set up more tanks Jason.
Mark, do you not cycle a NeoCaradina tank? Is it not needed?
The filter was half a mature filter from another tank, if your starting from scratch then yes you have to cycle it.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thanks for the advice. I need to redo a tank and will use your method. I will then take the existing filters and use them. Want to remove the Contro soils and replace them with an inert substrate.
Lovely thanks
Most welcome 😊
Hi mark, my tank is ready for crystal red shrimp I setup a UGF box setup and added a lot of bacter ae to help grow biofilm and speed up cycling and keeping my light 24/7 on to speed up green dust algae growth just want to know two things:
Does overdosing bacter ae deplete all the oxygen in the tank
And are my water parameters suitable for crystal red shrimp:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
pH 6.0
GH 8.4
KH 0
Worried if GH is too high
The tank has cycled media which is like 5 months old it so it seems to be cycled by the parameters.
What should I do before adding my crystal red shrimp.Tank has been running for a week
yes it can thats why I dont use bacterAE. whats the ph of the tank ?
@@MarksShrimpTanks pH is 6,KH is 0 and GH is 8.4
its probably fine, do you have any stone in the tank, if you do thats probably the reason.
@@MarksShrimpTanks there are rocks but they are about 5 months old and for the amount of water changes I did from the tank they came from I doubt they are still leaching minerals.
Is GH at 8 a problem for breeding crystal red ?
I use drinking water in my tanks so that’s probably why GH is high but id want to use tap water as they can change without notice
I was lucky to get a straight line of blues...!
Two of my Painted fire turned out to be pure black....
I get black and brown coming from mine, in this new tank I will be able to cull mine properly because I have a better light here.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Right, I have old eyes as well....lol
Hey mark I was wondering if you think mixing a 1/6 parts of bacter Ae with 5/6 parts of fish flakes would also help increase the baby survival
For neos yes
I dont use bacterAE at all mate
What water are you using? Greetings from Holland
Hello Jesse I am using RO water and salty mineral gh kh + to a tds of 150ppm
Looks ace already. Will look superb when the Val grows in a bit more. Puts my humble build the other day to shame mate.
all builds are awesome mate
@@MarksShrimpTanks ultimately if your shrimp are happy and breeding, the rest is aesthetics! Mark when I started following you, your Subwassertang tanks were amazing!
Are you still doing live Streams?
What is the upside down little glass bottle in the other tanks?
Hello Mark, this video will explain everything, as of now though I only use them in my softwater tanks th-cam.com/video/0QqyDKN-ABE/w-d-xo.html
What happened to the sulawasi shrimp with this being their old tank?
heater stuck on and it killed the entire tank, that was the 3 malfunctioning heater I had at that temp so they are not made for it, I did get a controller for the heater but its to late now...I did split the colony so my friend has some if I want to restart.
Ideal gH, kh & tds for neocaridina like blue dream, fire red etc.?
this tank is 150tds , gh 6 kh 4
Use natural oak extract for hard water stains . It cleans it within seconds
thats not as handy a stealing the wifes cooking supplies though.
Is it safe to feed my shrimp plantain leaves? (Plantago major)
I dont know what that is max sorry.
After doing the sponge pressing process after how many time have to introduce shrimp?
Hello mate I don't understand your question?
@@MarksShrimpTanks how to cycle New Shrimp tank quickly?
probably buying bacteria or seeding a tank with old filters, you should still measure ammonia, nitrites and nitrates to make sure it has cycled. for a normal sand or gravel tank you would need ammonia and nitrites to be zero followed by a small amount of nitrates. In this video I used the same filter from the old tank and just let it settle for a few days before adding shrimp.
Looking good.
Thank you Mike and the shrimp tank is looking ok? 😂
@@MarksShrimpTanks funny guy 🤣 Glad to see you cranking out the vidz lately.
Thank you Mike, I just looked back at what worked the best for my channel and decided to make more of the same :)
@@MarksShrimpTanks i think the slow tutorial vidz work best. I still see alot of newbies entering the hobby and from other shrimp groups alot of bad information being spread. Your on your way to a billion subscribers 🤣
one trillion !!!
how are you going to feed the plants in sand?
well as it just so happens feeding powdered fish flakes produces nitrogen, its a win win .😂
I like the “Pinky blinders “ haircut better.
Going for the walter white look now 😂
Hi Mark! Do you live in Norway?
I do 👍
@@MarksShrimpTanks if you are close there is a great auction in Larvik akvarieklubb coming up on the 19 Feb @1200.
Anyone ever had a shrimp jump out of tank somehow? Is that a thing that happens often ? Or did I just get really unlucky ? Only had 4 now 3.. water parameters are perfect and I put no co2 so I'm wondering if there's a length I must keep the water line away from the top of the tank to prevent this
what you want to look for is wet areas that go up and over the side of the tank or lower the water enough that there is a dry patch all the way around the rim of the tank. shrimp will only climb a wet surface and yes its normal for them to climb.
@@MarksShrimpTanks thankyou for that tip its my first shrimp tank it's been set up for half a year, I may now only have 3 shrimps cuz they are so expensive but I hope to have lots like you one day. Keep up the good work 😀
Tanks are looking fine MARK they are Shrimp tanks, I model all my tanks off of yours do to plants and airlines, Ground Flake food and Baby Shrimp Mix. I do not ask for better results!
Cool, thanks
@@MarksShrimpTanks Its a FACT 😇
@@MarksShrimpTanks It's a FACT 😇
I have Blue Dreams but they dont seem to be multiplying. Not sure why
have you tried powdered fish flakes?
@@MarksShrimpTanks i just started to , at your suggestion
Can anyone tell me what kind of tree is that? Indian almond tree?
yes
Hellllo mark
Hello how you doing ?
Doing great happy new year haha
I wish I could get the red sand in the USA
I would go for plain old river sand next time.
An old plate you have "Acquired!" Mrs Mark is counting dishes and wondering! 🤔
No the wife is a chef, I have kitchen stuff coming out my ears.
9:45 what kind of plants are these?
Its just Val.
@@MarksShrimpTanks not exactly sure what that is, is that the full name?
No the full name is vallisneria 👍
@@MarksShrimpTanks Thank you for responding!!!
Cuttin your own hair again eh?? Good look on ya bro!!
Thank you Mate.
#haircut
11 shrimps 😅
?
#haircut
dont laugh but that was removed for being a banned word 😂