How To Keep Shrimp And Bristlenose Pleco Together
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Yess plecos are the best to keep your tanks clear and clean and adding fish will make your tanks more stable 👍🙂
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Otos for sure
In my experience my Bristlenose would never hurt a fly. Currently have both in sumner tubs. Surprised they were hard to find in Norway, when they’re sold on every corner in the USA. For us it’s the quality shrimp that a struggle to find locally.
Its not that they are so hard to find nobody is willing to ship at all.
Super awesome! I used to have a bristlenose (2 males and a female) before shrimp keeping and I managed to breed them. It was great adventure. Those tiny "tadpoles" are so cute 🥰 Be careful, because if you succeed, you will have a hundred from one spawn 🤪
Very cool! I want billions of them
I just ordered a super red long fin online for my 70 litre tank for now where I have neo cardina fire shrimp. Later it will be going into my larger 120 litre tank. I’m not getting another until I know what sex it is as it’s unsexed as yet. Thanks for the info, very good!
My bristlenose are the cutest little fish. I could watch em all day
Mine too!
Catch the bigger ones by hand and the smaller ones by pour the others into a net. They are very resilient.
Love your T-Shirt mark, thanks for the video!
I have Neos with my L046 zebra plecos… 10 of them… everyone is breeding like mad!
Quarantine them!
Pygmy corydora. They get along great.
Watching one of my shrimp gorging itself on snail eggs I realised why they do better with a few snail in the tank
Oooh never thought of putting a pleco with shrimp. I tended to stick to nano fish like chili rasbora and axelrodi. The shrimp are all over the tanks like ricochetting bullets yet the fish hang out out at the back. Great idea about the bristlenose. I could put my pleco juvies in the shrimp tank to grow out now I know it can be done.
Shrimp do love pleco poop lol 😆
Thanks for the shout out 👋
Fun video Mark 👍
Thank you mate.
My two favorite shrimp keepers. My best to you both.
Let’s go
Nice to read the good tips and tricks, I have sturisoma festivum together with my shrimps.
Have a nice one ✌️💪👍
Thanks, you too!
I keep an Otocinclus Catfish and 9 Ember Tetras in my Red Cherry tank. The fish are the shy ones in the tank, very calm combination for me.
Well, I must honest you have any baby shrimp, because embers are the worst for eating babies.
@@csharpe5787 I've got one In my shrimp tank right now. I heard they eat planaria so I tried it out. Im going to keep an eye out for that. So far shrimps of all sizes are safe.
Carful when you handle the larger ones by hand because those have larger spikes that protrude from their cheeks when scared. I didn’t know this until I scooped mine up with a net and he got tangled in it because of the spikes.
I love them. I just got two of them in the neocaridina tanks, and they’re getting along just fine. Some are a little lazy and some really clean the tank through. It is kind of tricky to catch them because they can get stuck in the net, but they’re not aggressive at all.
Yeah otocinclus are helpful too, but they’re too small and wouldn’t clean the tank that much if there’s only one. Will never attack or eat the baby shrimp tho. I have two… "barbo cerezo" I don’t know the English name, they’re also pretty peaceful and don’t really care about the shrimp, also they look great with a few red shrimp and/or plants with a little orange/reddish on top.
That’s so exciting, I’m glad you have something new - and babies too! I corral my betta into the net with the aquarium trowel thing. Your fish look really fast.
I raise them and it's better just to catch them with your hands this way you can feel them and not damage with a net but the babies are much harder to catch what I do for them is put a small net and catch them when there swimming to go into the net. I wish you all the good luck in your hobby, really enjoyed your vids. Stephen
I use Dwarf suckers (Otocincus) with my shrimps and it works great. One huge issue with Bristlenose is they grow big and most of them will be to big for shrimp tanks. Cheers
Nice looking Plecos, I know Mark Shelly loves them in his NEO tanks. Let us know in time if you see any little shrimps missing, still on the fence about mixing fish and shrimp myself.
Good choice of tank mates with the bristleys, clown plecos are good too, smaller than the bristles but produce similar levels of plant/shrimp/snail food😉. Catching wise i normally just use a net and lift the piece of wood out so they drop off into the net, im normally catching 100 at a time though lol, currently got 1,300 ish 😂. Other good tank mates are pigmy corydoras. Bristlenoses do eat plenty so an algae wafer a day per plec is about enough, or a chunk of green veg, courgette is good.
Thank you for that tip John
Ayyy up it's the pleco king 🤣👍 alright John?
Bristlenose plecos are great as they only get to about 4 to 5 inches max.. there are some long fins that longs fantastic..good luck..👍
Thanks for the tip!
Its true ancistrus and shrimps make a good team. I had an RCS invasion were i had some little ancistrus. You need wood in the aquarium for them.
I got wood.....NOT LIKE THAT 😂👍
Thanks for sharing enjoyed the show...
Thank you for watching Mate !!
I have 4 Pseudohemiodon apithanos and 2 frog plecos in a 75 with tons of emerald neocaridinas and zebra Babaultis. All are doing great.
Pygmy Cory’s who sometimes breed more then the Neo’s without trying. I don’t know if they do anything but their cute and don’t mess with shrimp.
Use the kitchen strainer. Just turn the camera off before you catch fish with it.
oh thanks for that good idea
^^ I'm a shrimper! It's official now.
I don't have plecos myself (looking for some nice longfin variants), but from what I know the best way to catch them is to shoo them in a glass jar with your hand. Using nets on them is risky, since they can get stuck in there if they struggle too much (I believe they have spikes on their pectoral fins)
That's a great idea!
I've got a little ember tetra in my shrimp tank. I heard they eat planaria so why not. Haven't had a problem yet. Gotta keep an eye out to see if the Tera goes after baby shrimp though 😩
I plan on a breeding pair in 20 gallon blue dreams.
Colombian ramshorn snails I want to get them🙂
Heya, Mark! My otocinclus help my neos quite a bit. My neos don't particularly enjoy black beard algae, but the otos will suck it off the leaves. I've been worried about the otos eating shrimplets, but my population has increased dramatically since adding the otos around a year ago.
Fun video!
You can thank Mark Shelly here for corrupting my shrimp mind with fish th-cam.com/users/MarkShellyAquatics
Just remember lol, don't put them in a tank unless you are ready to destroy the whole tank to catch them out lol. Hardest f'ers to catch known to man lol
You can see in my tanks, I keep fish, snails, shrimp and plants in ALL tanks (except hospital). I find setting up an ecosystem that is pretty much self sustaining is the best. Really, look at my vids (they are awful but show what I mean). At a minimum I keep a trio of guppy's in each tank, but I also have a community tank with swords, various tetras and danios, loaches ... lots of fish and it is my heaviest breed out of shrimp.
And finally, my wife has a 60 with 2 frog plecos, chili rasboras and oto's living with hundreds of blue dream neocaridinas and zebra Babaultis.
Has anyone tried reticulated Hillstream Loaches?
I keep Least Killifish in my tank with neocaridinas. The females get about 3cm and the males get about 2cm. With them being so small, they can only fit the tiniest shrimp babies in their mouths. I've never seen them hunt down shrimp, but I'm sure I've lost a few due to crimes of opportunity. The tank is heavily planted so that cuts down on predation as well.
I keep an MFF trio and get about 30-40 babies a month. They're a live bearer and there's no predation on the young. I trade the Least Killifish along with other things from the same tank, like plants and snails, for store credit at the LFS. I rarely have to pay for anything out of pocket.
While it might not be a symbiotic relationship like the shrimp eating pleco poop, one does benefit greatly from the other. I'm able to feed the shrimp a much higher quality diet of foods, such as frozen stuff more often.
yes see thats the information I am looking for thank you mate. 👍
I keep pygmy corry cat with my shrimps. They are about the same size as the shrimps and their mouths are small so they won't eat the baby shrimps.
I keep a school of Ember Tetra's in my shrimp tanks, and the shrimps are doing amazing. They are calm and shy. Well you could say boring, but they arent.
I put a trio of blue eyed spotted rainbowfish in a CRS tank temporarily and now the crystals are sharing their tank with about 50 fry 🤣
have a tub 60l with plenty of bristelnoses and hundreds of sherrys and blodworms that been doing great for years despite badly owerpopulated.Poo-eating might explain.
Thanks for the input Sten its appreciated. 👍
Hi Mark, I have watched type show on and off for the past 2 years. I'm staying to watch it more and more as one of my shrimp colonies has been plaguedwith planeria and I'm having to redo the tank. I'm also getting into caradena shrimp as well so just looking for more tips. Bristlenose plecos are awesome with neocaradena shrimp. I breed plecos and endlers with my cherry shrimp and my shrimp colony still thrives. Sorry to toot my own horn, but I'm actually got a video on my own channel where I talk about tank mates for shrimp. I just wanted to reach out and wish you luck with your precos. I know you don't need it. You'll do fine.
Jack
Thank you Jack that's much appreciated!!👍
There great fish,note do there notorus for genting themselfs stuck in wood and piles of rock.🍀🦐🌿😎👍
Thanks for the tip George, I dont think I have any wood like that in that tanks but I am going to check now 👍
i have rc shrimps in my 29 community tank w platies, honey gouramis (baby assassins), and zebra danios as well as in a 15 gallon w a betta and some corydoras habrosus. they seem to be having a much better time in the 15 gallon. if u decide to get any more fish i think u should get a betta! ive never even seen mine flinch at a shrimp, let alone chase one. if u get one with long flowy fins they end up being way slower than the shrimplets
Mark , just mind that the Ancistris don't eat most of the biofilm and deprive your shrimp .
they will provide plenty of poop for food for the shrimp 🤣🤣🤣🤣
there goes your biofilm!
There’s someone local to me selling some super red ancistrus. Been fighting the urge to get a few. Maybe I should just cave and do it.
oh see now you got me looking for them 😂
@@MarksShrimpTanks 😂
Norway is a bit far mate, I could send you a nice pair of lemon blue eye bn plecos, I breed a bunch of them🙂 but being here in the USA It’s a too far for me to ship. I might try and send mark Shelly some of my line of bn plecos. Congrats on your bn plecos mark I think you will enjoy them🙂👍🏻
Its the thought that counts thank you mate. 👍
I keep Corey cat's in my shrimp tanks 🐥
shrimp eat fish 😂
I keep a albino brisle noose pleco in my tanks but my tank is very established
I keep 3 otocinulus with my cherries. Great video Mark. Good luck with the fish.
Thank you Sir
Cool Plecos! Love the babies! But arent their mouths big enough to suck in baby shrimps?
I am not sure to be honest, i know shrimp thrive with them though.
I Have L397 plecos with my painted red cherry’s and different species of endler livebearers in all my various shrimp tanks :)
Thank you for that. 👍
You might have wanted to quarantine them before putting them in but thats just me being very careful my self, looking forward to see how it goes and hope they do super well for you i have some snow White in one of my tanks that I hope to get breeding that yellow one is gorgeous
I also have a 20 long with spotted rasboras and blue axelrodi with OEBTs. No issues with them feeding on shrimplets.
I have 2 Giant shrimp and my Bristlenose will chase them mercilessly depending on his mood
What are your suggestions for RODI units for caridina shrimp?
Ive had just a basic version for years and added a DI section to it, if your asking if its needed I would say yes.
Added one to my tank 2 weeks ago never seen it since
I think surface dwelling fish like hatchetfish are good because they won't get in the way of the shrimp.
How would bristle nose be beneficial to a shrimp tank? Wouldn't they out compete baby shrimp for biofilm? I've been thinking about adding them to mine, but haven't for that very reason.
Hello Mark hows the fish doing within the shrimp tanks?
doing good so far, I am able to feed the tanks much more now so I hope I see the results in a baby shrimp explosion soon.
Oto's,✔CPD's✔ Chilie Rasbora's, ✔ Pygmy Corydora's✔
Just wondering, the plecos won’t eat the shrimp? I’ve wanted to add plecos to my tanks but been worried they might eat the shrimp
I'm looking to get into caradina shrimp, but i don't want to have to buy an RO system to then remineralize. It just seems like a lot, i have hard water, is there another way around it???
not really unless you buy shrimp from someone that is breeding them in hard water to start with.
I keep limia vittata and cherry’s
I had to google what they were, very nice.
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pipe?
I got rid of my bristlenose from my 240L only because he kept destroying the 'scape. Otherwise, I think they're lovely.
Thanks for that info, I am not much of a scaper so its not a problem.
Do plecos eat planaria? Ty
I am not sure to be honest.
So basically you are pretty much the main shrimp breeder in Scandinavia?
Haha, well, I like to think of myself as the shrimp whisperer of Scandinavia! Who knew shrimp breeding could be so exciting?😂
@@MarksShrimpTanks the SHRIMP WHISPERER !!!!!
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Strange, in DK, we cant get rid of the bristlenoses because everybody sells them
You may find that they don't do well alone !
They normally live in groups.
we shall see, they have shrimp friends now
I've got tanks that have had just 1 pleco for years and years, they do just fine on their own.
You need wood in their tanks , they require it for their diet .
I have wood in all of the tanks and they will get wood in the tabs I feed.
Hi. Do you sell shrimps?
No I dont sir
Is ancistrus hard to find in Norway?? In Sweden, it is kind of a pest. I accidentally bread mine with no predators in my tank. Ended up with about 140 fry. Such a pain to get rid of. No one wants them. I put them up on Facebook for free but not much interest at all. A couple of weeks ago I had about 70 full-grown left. Then suddenly a guy contacted me and took 50. So now I can manage the rest of them. I will never breed them again, that's for sure.
no not hard really to find just nobody wants to ship.
Why bristle nose plecos
my friend Mark Shelly has a lot of success breeding shrimp with them.
Ha ha they can spike you lol
I keep bristle nose and many types of coridoras in my shrimp tanks. The Cory’s do not bother them. They work well together.
Little suckers 😂😂😂 I have a bristle nose but in my community fish tank not my shrimp tanks.
Poor shrimp got side hit by the pleco.
Aren't you afraid that the fish will scare and stress the prawns out to the point that they die because of that very reason.!?!, I had little fish that where save to keep with prawns but after a little while I saw that my prawns where stressed out due to the present of fish and there for I lost almost all my prawns, so I realy hope it goes well in your tanks but I will remain scapticle, just saying.
I am not worried at all, as I said in the video I have a friend that does this and he literally breed's thousands of neos.
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I keep guppies, but they don't seem to help with shrimp. Well females anyways. I have a tank with Neo's and male guppies. The shrimp are thriving in that one.
@@Bigglare Thats good to know, I am not sure I will be getting any more fish though.