I would agree with most of your choices except for the Buce and substitute Water Sprite, either Cornuta or Thallictroides. We're talking beginners here and although neophytes can grow Buce, it's not a real rewarding plant for fast growth, and frankly, remember, beginner's plants, feeds semi instant gratification.. So Water Sprite can be floated and pile up huge amounts of pups and half grown floaters, the roots are really fine, long and woolly and when grown in substrate, ( remove 1/2 of the root length and place it in the gravel with the crown about 1~2 inches above the substrate layer..) it can form enormous tree like growths with many levels of young plants both attached mid level and floating. It's like an apartment complex for shrimp.
Definitely true. I would agree water sprite is amazing... monte carlo is also a handy one. Buce just happens to survive in low light and has metallic shimmers to it... so many new hobbyists visually enjoy it, even if it doesn't thrive and proliferate. However i would agree that for care and propagation, WS would be a better choice. Thank you
I’m just setting up a small 10g shrimp only tank. I just put 1.5 - 2 inches of aqua soil into it. Is there any benefit of this much substrate? The tanks in this video only appear to have about 1/2 inch. I plan for some water wisteria and/or pearl weed with mosses and susswasertang. Should I decrease my substrate to 1 inch (no shrimp yet)? I’m new to this hobby (more like a sport).
It gives you more room to plant actual plants and have terrain thats not just flat decore. Also it will give you more space for shrimp poop and debris to settle in and become plant food. Lastly it will buffer the water more so that the ph is more stable
I am getting a 40g breeder soon to compliment my 10g shrimp/clown killi tank and 20g long cpo cray/rose danio tank and that lattice plant is going on my list! Beautiful tanks and lots of useful info. Thank you!
Hey Alex, not sure you're still reading this. Just wondering i got (Dwarf) Banana plants, can i use the dried leafs as food for shrimps? Dropp them from time to time into my tank? Hard to find any info on it... Any idea? Cheers!
I assume they would provide a good surface area for bacteria and biofilm, however the leaves themselves may be a bit tough until they break down for a few weeks in the water. Also add dried leaves ideally, because fresh green leaves have chlorophyll which actually ends up being slightly toxic to many creatures
Great selection. I'll name one many may not associate with shrimp. Crinum Calamistratum. Shrimp seem to love walking along them picking at them as they go. I guess because it's a slow grower it presents lots of grazing opportunities.
Sue A. Susswasserrang or Sußwassertang. It’s called a “sharp-s” in German. They use a double-s too so not sure when it’s used as there is a new spelling rule now. But yeah, looks like a b to us.
Great video! I've been looking for something pink or red for my all green planted tank, and I think red tiger lotus is just the thing! Thank you for the info!
That's a good one, so is ludwigia repens "super red", as is Alternanthera Renikkia...in fact I have another video called "35+ red and colorful plants" , if you'd like more inspiration. All the plants I mention in the video are in my tanks as I speak, as well
I think I like my moss collection best for my shrimp for surface area. Cheers Alex for another great vid, the more aquatic plant 🌱 vids the better mate.🤘
Aquatic plant history...thats what im researching. I want to find edible or medicinal compounds in aquarium plants...there's gotta be research into it (i haven't found much yet, but i hope it's out there)
Love all the plants you showed and spoke of in this video. Shrimp, plants, rocks and a little bit of wood make the perfect tank for me. As always, love seeing your tanks. 👍💕👍
Hi. Hope your fine. I like the pearl weed. I planted it and put root tabs in first. It grew and spread so much I ended taking it out and making it a floating plant and it’s great. I think that head start really made it healthy!
TC Aquatics thanks 🙏🏻 is subscribed to both those guys channels. Love their content! I want some Yellow shrimp from LRB I will pick up some plants when he gets those yellows back in stock 👍🏻 I didn’t Micheal’s fish room sold plants !
for me the problem with shrimp plant videos is, everyone is rocking green plants, I'm more of a reds Orange yellow plants, it's trial and error as most are not shrimp safe
@@TCS_Aquatics fluval stratum, eco complete mixed. Lots of plants. Don't know pH. Think it's softer water and that's my issue. Tho I used Pennsylvania spring water (hard) and they lived for a while. Fed them well, great filtration, never would breed. I do keep with fish but they're plenty of places to hide and the fish are well fed.
@@TCS_Aquatics right... I'm absolutely doing what I need to, it's just not working out haha. We're talking well over 200 neo's at this point. I've given up. It's not working for me, it's not right to continue the genocide of the neo population coming through my lfs. It's not the lfs either, they come in healthy, and actually very high end. Some are 5* strains. Got 6 green neo's very brilliant yellow stripe on their backs. Perfect genetics from that strain... They lasted about a week.
@@ugnuggets try just planting a tank and not doing a dammmmn thing to it after haha... no equilibrium, only lots of plants, a fairly neutral soil (or make sure it's very old)... i recommend buying brightwell substrate. I love it (its a tiny pricey, but it works) ... or 9 parts gravel and 1 part crushed coral ...or about 1lb crushed coral per 10 gallon (if you have soft water) . My guess is your actually giving them too much calcium and carbon and their shells are squishing them at molt that or there is some sort of copper, aluminium or lead in your water...or perhaps ammonia. Even 4 or 5 ppm of copper will kill shrimp. Keep the temperature above 65 but below 77 ... 74 is ideal. And when you use dechlorinator, only use a few drops and swirl it around the bucket before adding the water change...or hell, get a 5 gallon and go to Walgreens, spend 5 dollars on drinking water and fill your tank.... i did that for one tank and figured out that caridina shrimp had been dying due to my water being to low in minerals , but i had been overdosing the gh+ as well as the stress coat or seachem prime . Last advice is get your dirtiest and oldest tank...preferably a 10 or 20 gallon and toss at least 12 shrimp in... everytime i start a colony with less than 10 shrimp, it never takes off well...they don't breed much and mothers miscarriage after late term in being visibly berried. Anyhow, toss the mean fish or even all fish out of that old planted tank and plop the shrimp in.... then dont do anything... feed them hikari crab and invertebrate food pellets or hikari algae wafers ever 2 or 3 days....im talking half a wafer for 10 shrimp, max... and do only water top offs- no real water changes (preferably with RO or a gallon jug of bottled water for the first 2 months (should be less than 6 or 7 gallons i would assume)....but see if doing nothing for the shrimp works. Ive seen people try and try to get shrimp going and it fails due to having soooo many variables. Keep it painfully simple and see if the neos or malawas, ghost, amono or tiger caradina shrimp survive when you do that. Goodluck buddy
I would agree with most of your choices except for the Buce and substitute Water Sprite, either Cornuta or Thallictroides.
We're talking beginners here and although neophytes can grow Buce, it's not a real rewarding plant for fast growth, and frankly, remember, beginner's plants, feeds semi instant gratification..
So Water Sprite can be floated and pile up huge amounts of pups and half grown floaters, the roots are really fine, long and woolly and when grown in substrate, ( remove 1/2 of the root length and place it in the gravel with the crown about 1~2 inches above the substrate layer..) it can form enormous tree like growths with many levels of young plants both attached mid level and floating. It's like an apartment complex for shrimp.
Definitely true. I would agree water sprite is amazing... monte carlo is also a handy one. Buce just happens to survive in low light and has metallic shimmers to it... so many new hobbyists visually enjoy it, even if it doesn't thrive and proliferate. However i would agree that for care and propagation, WS would be a better choice.
Thank you
Hope to see you next weekend in so cal! Which fish are those eating the algae pellets?
Corys, shrimp, loaches...if crumbled...most fish lol
I’m just setting up a small 10g shrimp only tank. I just put 1.5 - 2 inches of aqua soil into it. Is there any benefit of this much substrate? The tanks in this video only appear to have about 1/2 inch. I plan for some water wisteria and/or pearl weed with mosses and susswasertang. Should I decrease my substrate to 1 inch (no shrimp yet)? I’m new to this hobby (more like a sport).
It gives you more room to plant actual plants and have terrain thats not just flat decore.
Also it will give you more space for shrimp poop and debris to settle in and become plant food. Lastly it will buffer the water more so that the ph is more stable
Do you think the shrimp will get any calcium from the snail?
100%.... but once it dies and the shells start dissolving in mildly acidic water and due to bacteria that eats the calcium and then dies
I keep my neocaridina with Borneo Loaches and CPD in an unheated tank. They all appear to be breeding.
Very nice! Thanks for sharing
5 year old video and still excellent information
Glad you enjoyed it!
I didn't realize the name of the moss I had until you showed the Christmas moss. Thanks for the great vid and info.
I am getting a 40g breeder soon to compliment my 10g shrimp/clown killi tank and 20g long cpo cray/rose danio tank and that lattice plant is going on my list! Beautiful tanks and lots of useful info. Thank you!
So glad to see you enjoying the videos! Welcome and thank you for watching!
Hey Alex, not sure you're still reading this. Just wondering i got (Dwarf) Banana plants, can i use the dried leafs as food for shrimps? Dropp them from time to time into my tank? Hard to find any info on it... Any idea? Cheers!
I assume they would provide a good surface area for bacteria and biofilm, however the leaves themselves may be a bit tough until they break down for a few weeks in the water. Also add dried leaves ideally, because fresh green leaves have chlorophyll which actually ends up being slightly toxic to many creatures
@@Fishtory Thank you!
Great selection.
I'll name one many may not associate with shrimp. Crinum Calamistratum. Shrimp seem to love walking along them picking at them as they go. I guess because it's a slow grower it presents lots of grazing opportunities.
Great call! Thabks Daniel!
Subwasertang is my absolute favorite shrimp plant.
Sue A. Susswasserrang or Sußwassertang. It’s called a “sharp-s” in German. They use a double-s too so not sure when it’s used as there is a new spelling rule now. But yeah, looks like a b to us.
Great video! I've been looking for something pink or red for my all green planted tank, and I think red tiger lotus is just the thing! Thank you for the info!
That's a good one, so is ludwigia repens "super red", as is Alternanthera Renikkia...in fact I have another video called "35+ red and colorful plants" , if you'd like more inspiration. All the plants I mention in the video are in my tanks as I speak, as well
A have a dwarf lily and it is pink. One might look nice in your tank as well :)
What are the fish fighting over the food at 3:48?
I think it was Sera O-nip tablets
Sorry, not the food, the fish. I don’t know what type of fish they are.
Ohhh Panda Loaches :) one of my favorite fish. Those are full grown too. The babies are Even cooler
Thanks!
I've already made two purchases from AquaticArts this year, but this video made me go back and buy more. Love this.
Right on! Haha glad to hear it, might as well get that discount too!
now I want red tiger lotus 😂 love the colour
I think I like my moss collection best for my shrimp for surface area. Cheers Alex for another great vid, the more aquatic plant 🌱 vids the better mate.🤘
Aquatic plant history...thats what im researching. I want to find edible or medicinal compounds in aquarium plants...there's gotta be research into it (i haven't found much yet, but i hope it's out there)
Blue Shrimp on Red Lotus ...pretty amazing stuff
Excellent!
Love all the plants you showed and spoke of in this video. Shrimp, plants, rocks and a little bit of wood make the perfect tank for me.
As always, love seeing your tanks.
👍💕👍
Excellent tanks! They feel like home
Mine love the frogbit and guppy grass too. Hope you’re doing well post-procedure.
Thank you! They had to put it off due to insurance fighting over some MRI/CT stuff ug
Good call on the frogbit for shrimp...the babies looove it
Hi. Hope your fine. I like the pearl weed. I planted it and put root tabs in first. It grew and spread so much I ended taking it out and making it a floating plant and it’s great. I think that head start really made it healthy!
holy cow that's a jungle out there for shrimps hahaha 😍
Great,thank you.
Lovely💕
Love the Christmas Moss, Anubias, and Buce plants.
Very good your channel, subscribed , my new friend.
Welcome aboard!
How difficult are Bamboo Shrimp ?
Not hard but they don't breed in captivity
What are those black and white fish in the beginning
Panda loaches?
Great video.
Subwassertang is my favorite
It's a pretty darn good one!
Those are some great looking plants. :)
Thank you kindly!
Good info !
Thanks. Glad it was of use for you!
Great video ! Where is the best place to buy online ?
Totally agreed!
TC Aquatics thanks 🙏🏻 is subscribed to both those guys channels. Love their content! I want some Yellow shrimp from LRB I will pick up some plants when he gets those yellows back in stock 👍🏻 I didn’t Micheal’s fish room sold plants !
The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium when are you going to start selling stuff? I would rather throw my money at you , lol
Jacobs aquarium has cheap quality plants
Super helpful info
Those koi guppies are awesome.
I know, i really like them...i want to work on their coloration for a few more generations too
Is that the blue and orange fishes at around 12:37? They're very pretty!
@@Kaylad8528 yes
I couldn't help myself. Ordered some today. :)
for me the problem with shrimp plant videos is, everyone is rocking green plants, I'm more of a reds Orange yellow plants, it's trial and error as most are not shrimp safe
I keep killing neo's. I am gonna try caradina
@@TCS_Aquatics fluval stratum, eco complete mixed. Lots of plants. Don't know pH. Think it's softer water and that's my issue. Tho I used Pennsylvania spring water (hard) and they lived for a while. Fed them well, great filtration, never would breed. I do keep with fish but they're plenty of places to hide and the fish are well fed.
@@TCS_Aquatics I've had all kinds. Endlers, guppies, cpd, emerald dwarf danio, kyathits, tinwini... Etc.. on and on. I've even kept them alone.
@@TCS_Aquatics I use cuddleBone and equilibrium
@@TCS_Aquatics right... I'm absolutely doing what I need to, it's just not working out haha. We're talking well over 200 neo's at this point. I've given up. It's not working for me, it's not right to continue the genocide of the neo population coming through my lfs. It's not the lfs either, they come in healthy, and actually very high end. Some are 5* strains. Got 6 green neo's very brilliant yellow stripe on their backs. Perfect genetics from that strain... They lasted about a week.
@@ugnuggets try just planting a tank and not doing a dammmmn thing to it after haha... no equilibrium, only lots of plants, a fairly neutral soil (or make sure it's very old)... i recommend buying brightwell substrate. I love it (its a tiny pricey, but it works) ... or 9 parts gravel and 1 part crushed coral ...or about 1lb crushed coral per 10 gallon (if you have soft water) .
My guess is your actually giving them too much calcium and carbon and their shells are squishing them at molt that or there is some sort of copper, aluminium or lead in your water...or perhaps ammonia. Even 4 or 5 ppm of copper will kill shrimp.
Keep the temperature above 65 but below 77 ... 74 is ideal. And when you use dechlorinator, only use a few drops and swirl it around the bucket before adding the water change...or hell, get a 5 gallon and go to Walgreens, spend 5 dollars on drinking water and fill your tank.... i did that for one tank and figured out that caridina shrimp had been dying due to my water being to low in minerals , but i had been overdosing the gh+ as well as the stress coat or seachem prime .
Last advice is get your dirtiest and oldest tank...preferably a 10 or 20 gallon and toss at least 12 shrimp in... everytime i start a colony with less than 10 shrimp, it never takes off well...they don't breed much and mothers miscarriage after late term in being visibly berried.
Anyhow, toss the mean fish or even all fish out of that old planted tank and plop the shrimp in.... then dont do anything... feed them hikari crab and invertebrate food pellets or hikari algae wafers ever 2 or 3 days....im talking half a wafer for 10 shrimp, max... and do only water top offs- no real water changes (preferably with RO or a gallon jug of bottled water for the first 2 months (should be less than 6 or 7 gallons i would assume)....but see if doing nothing for the shrimp works. Ive seen people try and try to get shrimp going and it fails due to having soooo many variables. Keep it painfully simple and see if the neos or malawas, ghost, amono or tiger caradina shrimp survive when you do that.
Goodluck buddy
get to the point my dude.
In time