How I Fix A Problem Shrimp Tank - - Shrimp Keeping

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I had two problem tanks with this same issue thats now fixed, both tanks now have baby shrimp in them which you will see in future videos. :) Oh I forgot to say the "richone from aquael " is actually from Quadrop OPPS my bad.

[@helenritchie5787]

I still can't find it Mark? I Googled Quadrop OPPS but nothing?

[@kerrypitt9789]

Mark every video you make is great information. These days everyone wants a quick fix! Add 20ml of this, or 10ml of that and put a bandaid on a problem. You always look for root causes, so you can treat the problem at the source and then you know WHY! I always enjoy how thorough you are and your Shrimp are living proof!

[@nikkinegus7345]

Really helpful Mark. Its so easy to panic and start changing stuff before methodically checking your set up.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

yeah it the biggest killer changing stuff all the time.

[@Tatersalade]

Another great video jampacked with good advice and uploaded just in time for my afternoon cup of coffee I thank you, sir

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Perfect!

[@alenaxp]

I miss my shrimp tank :( Great job Mark! 🧡

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Never to late to start it up again Alen, have an awesome Christmas :)

[@cornertankcorner]

Greetings from Canada! Happy shrimping everyone!

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Aloha from Norway sir :)

[@unsocialbutterfly5760]

My problem with my shrimp tank is seed shrimp/ostracods. I have an explosion of them, and I think they must have hitchhiked on plants or moss I added. I tried adding a couple of guppies but they just scared my cherry shrimp and didn’t eat the ostracods. Then I tried neons, leopard danios, corydoras and CPDs, and again, none ate them and my cherry shrimp were terrified. I have now removed all fish, my shrimp are super happy about that and just had babies, and many females are berried. A month in and now I have a bazillion ostracods swimming around the tank and completely through the substrate. I can’t vacuum the substrate due to baby shrimp. I can’t feed less, again due to baby shrimp needing food. I’m worried if I decrease feeding, then my baby shrimp will starve as the ostracods will eat any found food and out compete them. I am in the process of cycling a new home for them, a bare bottom tank, however, I’m now wondering how I will manage to net the shrimp without catching a bunch of ostracods at the same time! HELP Mark! Arrrrrgh. This is my first experience with shrimp and these critters are spoiling my joy of having tiny baby shrimplets for the first time ever.

[@marypaigeflynn4512]

Oh I have to have a 50-in set of giant tweezers for sure now 😁👍 I can't believe I'm having to listen to beard rustling 😂😂 that's okay listening to the tips and tricks and experience you give us is worth it 🤗 Thanks Mark for another great video!!! Hope you and your family are having a wonderful holiday season!!🦐🌿💚🙏👍

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Merry Christmas Mary :)

[@scottlindsay9677]

I really appreciate your videos and you. Your a really good person.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I appreciate that

[@bluetoon4567]

Another educational vid from Mark, thanks mate, keep the good vibes flowing

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Glad you enjoyed it Blue Toon :)

[@bluetoon4567]

@@MarksShrimpTanks im from Peterhead

[@petervandieren]

Doesn't adding 'Rich One', or another additive, also raise the TDS slightly? When I do a waterchange I add plant fertelizers (if needed) first. This raises the TDS from 4 to about 30. Than I add salts to get to the desired value (140).

[@SteveHinrichs]

Very useful Mark, thank you for the education.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ShrimpLife]

Fantastic video!!! 😀

[@AQUAGUYUK]

I get some of the issues even with RO water also see that a colour change in the shrimp can also give an indication to a sick tank

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Yeah I sometimes see it in shrimp that need to molt as well.

[@AQUAGUYUK]

@@MarksShrimpTanks Ah ok thanks for the info

[@astridgoetz2584]

Hi Mark and shrimp community! Do you have any tricks or tips how to clean limescale off the glass of my shrimp tank with live animals inside? It's been a very hot summer and i had a lot of water evaporated in order to keep the temperature down but i wasn't always quick enough to refill it and now the mineral build-up is quite extensive. I've already been scrubbing for days but it's such a slow and tedious process. Also I don't want to release too many minerals back into the water too quickly at once, to not shock my shrimpis. Thank you! (I'm new to the hobby and your videos helped me a lot already😊)

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

There is no easy way when you have animals in the tank, the only thing I can think of is a stailess steel razor on some type of holder, I think you get them on amazon.

[@growerspal]

/the coke bottle filter in the background, what is that called?? It looks great, would be awesome in caridina tanks! does it work well for buffering? Love your content too, you've answered so many of my shrimp related questions! Thank you :)

[@ShaneZettelmier]

I’m kind of surprised that with snails you find dead shrimp. I have two tanks running for over a year one for almost 2 years and I’ve never found dead shrimp. I have lots of snails, I don’t feed much but I probably feed a little more than I need to, But a healthy snail population usually gets rid of anything dead in there before I ever notice it, I do notice fluctuations in the colony size but more to do with weather, as it gets colder in winter it seems to shrink down to about 150 to 200 and will go up about 100 more in the warmer weather, and I see less tiny shrimp during the winter. I just change about 30% of my water every couple weeks and have lots of plants and a few tiny ember tetras end it just seems to have a good natural balance for a 30 gallon tank. My other tank has one Endler guppies and probably 60 shrimp now, started with five or six but that tank is the same, just half the size I don’t cull either. I started the smaller tank just to breed the shrimp and cull but the red shrimp started getting some black in them and I like it so I just let them go. I started with six shrimp so I guess it’s doing pretty well but I just let it kind of go naturally and take care of itself. Every few months I’ll do a couple extra water changes and clean the filters but with the snails I have I’ve never seen dead shrimp at all. I really admire your dedication and taking the time to cull And get specific breeds. That was my Intention originally but I just don’t seem to do it and I really don’t mind the changes. I’m moving this year probably so I’m hoping to set up a large tank with nano fish and lots of plants, I might start calling and put them in there and just let them be wilds and keep a couple of tanks just for colored shrimp. I know I’m probably doing it wrong but I’m very grateful for your channel and I spent months watching you and learning before I got started and it was invaluable. I know without that I would’ve probably killed them all but luckily I learned a lot from you, thank you. Even if I’m doing it differently, at least I understand what I’m doing now.

[@deanenewton1593]

Hi Mark, very new to shrimping. Having looked at many terms of info and conflicting advice. Would you be able to run through some basic chemicals etc that I will need. Thank you Zac

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Hello Dean, this question is just dependent on your water source, basic test kits would be a gh and kh tests, and I would use a water conditioner like prime. this gets you in the ballpark numbers wise of knowing if your water is ok and how to adjust it. for the most common shrimp the neaocaridina cherry shrimp, you will be needing a gh of around 6-10 and a kh of around 4-6.

[@deanenewton1593]

Cheers, Mark

[@andyjwall2]

Useful info

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thank you Andy !!

[@michaelfischer6984]

Informative as usual. What is an oxidater?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

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[@АндрейХамзин-ю6з]

ok, i'll try this... Hi! I'm from Russia! I am happy to watch your videos! I learned a lot, a lot of useful things and still a lot of questions as the auto-translator of subtitles distorts a lot))) Please tell me the best parameters of water for shrimp red crystal. In order for them to shed well, gain good eggs and survive a maximum of fry. Here is the data of my aquarium: 35 liters Soil " FLUVAL STRATUM" External filter and internal airlift filter. Fillers ceramic, sponge. Plants, mosses, bucephalandra, the hornwort, riccia. Decorations: cactus sticks "chella" Water parameters: TDS 153 NO3-1 PO4-0 ammonia-0 PH-6.5 KH-0 GH-9 GH raised from 6 to 9 on the advice of other breeders to better shed. Molting improved and mortality from it did not become. Water changes once a week 30-40% slowly pour, do not drip ((+bacteria, micra dose 1/3 spoon from "BENIBACHI" about 60-70 shrimp. there are not many juveniles, but there are. I feed every other day in a variety of ways. the problem is that the shrimp is very active, then in the morning all hide. In the morning I sometimes see a dead woman. not often, but a couple of times a month 1-2 dies. what am i doing wrong?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thats better, I would say your gh is to high, your old gh of 6 was perfect for them, the other thing is your water changes are far to big I think I only do 10% every week or two and all my water is dripped back into the tank, this is what will be killing the girl shrimp, I used to have the same issue.... by the way do you have any name that you use in English? or something that sounds like your Russian name but in english so I can understand it? well come to the shrimpfam if you have anymore questions feel free to ask ok.

[@АндрейХамзин-ю6з]

​@@MarksShrimpTanks ))) My name is Andrey. Did I understand correctly that I need to gradually, with substitutions, reduce the GH from 9 to 6? Do water changes drip only 10% per week? and i didn't really understand about what kills female shrimp? Substitution for 30% of the water they are killed or the high GH? Or the fact that I pour water and not drip drops into the aquarium, leads to death? And here's another question: With the age of the aquarium, TDS increases. And I can not in the wake of this increase the TDS of salts in the water during substitutions. You say that when substituting, you need to prepare water for substitution with the same TDS as in the aquarium. It turns out that every year it is necessary to pour more and more salt, as the aquarium ages and the TDS in it increases from aging and soil contamination.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Hello Andrey, Yes you need to reduce that gh, and do water change at 10%a week dripped back in. pouring it back in will kill the shrimp, the part at the end you are talking about is called tds creep. forget tank tds and just concentrate on the new water tds.When I talk about this in the video I know my tank is the same as my tank is the same as my new water, this is what you are aiming for.

[@pattysandbrook8278]

Just wondering if you ever use test kits to check for ammonia, nitrates, etc. in case something is out of balance.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I used to Patty but not anymore, I have learned over the years for example that tanks are not ready if they dont have any microfauna in them, this is something that just takes time to build up, so I dont need to test for anything even when cycling now. when and if you get lots of microfauna the tank is more than healthy enough for baby shrimp.

[@pattysandbrook8278]

@@MarksShrimpTanks Interesting. My shrimp breeding had slowed in a long established tank, found my nitrates had creeped up, even with regular water changes. Lowered the nitrates, now lots of baby shrimp 😊

[@petermartin4974]

Nice video Mark, whats the best and quickest way to build micro fauna for my Cardina tank? I have 5 berried females ready to pop but I’m worried bec my 12 gallon tank looks “too clean”.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

One of the best ways is to take an old sponge from another tank that you know has macrofauna in it and squeeze it into the newer tank... I think seeding would be a good term for doing this.. if you have a new tank and no other tanks you will eventually get micro animals from any plants you have.

[@petermartin4974]

@@MarksShrimpTanks I’ll try that. Although the tank is almost a year old and is established already. I’m just worried bec there’s no algae as well. Hoping for a high success rate for them shrimpies.

[@sko1beer]

Hi mark bit slow to this video but do you wash the sponge filters everytime you do a water change? Again great video

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

No I dont, lucky if I clean them once a month Hamster.

[@sko1beer]

@@MarksShrimpTanks thanks again I have been unsure and worried in case I wash to often and not letting the bacteria grow on them👍

[@A_esp32]

Could you please post a link for the Rich one supplement I can’t seem to find it.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Yes, The product is made by qualdrop not aquael like I say in the video, I will get you a link, www.qualdrop.pl/rich-one/

[@sulitim9729]

Hey what model of hm digital ec meter are you using ?. Thank you

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

HM digital

[@AnotherRumor]

I've got a pretty bad spread of bba and I'm not really sure what to do about it, its covering the leaves of my plants and slowly killing them. Should I dose the tank with hydrogen peroxide? And how often? Once a week?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

shorten the light time to just 4 hours and remove as much as you can manually by hand, BBA can feel tough thats why its a pain to remove. the absolute best way to deal with algae is to get the best plant growth you can in your tanks. if you have an inert tank with sand or gravel as a substrate try this, 25% water change a week with aged water, let it drip back into the tank at just 2-3 drips per second and then look into getting a multi purpose fert for the plants, the better you get them growing the less pain in the ass algae you will have. I use a fert from from Holland called A Complex at 1/3 dose , depending on where you live you might be able to get something easier, like in the states I think Aquarium Coop does one called easy green.

[@eminadlg6532]

What other products do you use other than seachem stability? What are the products you use as bacterial culture and ecological bacteria?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I only use stability

[@andygold]

I've seen people say Neos should be kept at between 150 and 250 TDS. How does one determine whether they should be closer to 150, or closer to 250?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I go by what salty mineral say because I know they travel to places and test the water at sources

[@andygold]

@@MarksShrimpTanks who or what is salty mineral. I could not find them on the web. I did find a brand called Salty Shrimp. Are your referring to them, and if so, do they list each specific type of shrimp and the TDS for that particular shrimp (on their packaging?)?

[@TheRelic1]

I've been keeping shrimp for about a year and a half and this past summer I lost a bunch because of a heatwave. I never really bothered with RO water and TDS before and have never used any sort of minerals. If I wanted to introduce minerals now what is a good way of starting it in order to not throw off the shrimp from the start? My tap water is around 8 tds so does that mean my tap water is just as good as RO water?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

8tds isnt bad my friend but what is that 8 tds made up from? tds isnt really useful when using tap water as it measures everything. an RO unit is the number one thing I would tell people to get above all else as it takes away all the quessing. if that is out of the question then I would go like this, get a buffer for the shrimp types you keep and make up the water to the recommended value on the tub, then do just your water changes remembering to drip the water back in, if you tell me your shrimp types I can tell you what buffer you need.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

oh and also for you I would recommend you using a water conditioner like seachem prime :)

[@TheRelic1]

@@MarksShrimpTanks i only have red cherry right now. Once I get my tank stable again I will introduce other color variants. I use prime as well. I'll check out RO units

[@MA-zg2pz]

What about testing the water to give clues to what’s going on?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

What test can you do to see bacterial counts lowered?

[@BishanMash]

What is that glass device you mentioned it's for oxygen?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

see here kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoLUqneBg5J0eKc

[@BishanMash]

Thanks so much Mark! Love your videos!

[@suman5492]

Would you suggest black lava rock chips as a substrate?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

yes black lava rock looks pretty nice in a tank, its meant to be inert I think as well.

[@suman5492]

@@MarksShrimpTanks does it need to be a deep layer or just enough to cover the surface?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

if its for neos it doesnt have to be a deep layer, for bee shrimp I wouldnt use this as a substrate, would be great for a Sulawesi tank 👍

[@babaroga_de]

Can you tell me the name of the moss i saw you using in your tanks, wasertan or how its name.. Can i get right name pls? All the best

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Subwassertang is the common name :)

[@TheBSideDJ]

short version : do a big slow water change with fresh water with same conductivity... :)

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Yes and make sure there are no bodies and filters are working properly.

[@ichokimsh]

Mark, my shrims are dying since 2 days ago (total 5 dead)... what can i do if its bad molting?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Post on facebook group "aquarium shrimp keeping" for better help and in depth answers.

[@ichokimsh]

@@MarksShrimpTanks thanks! just requested to join :)

[@АндрейХамзин-ю6з]

Привет! Я из России! С удовольствием смотрю ваши видео! Много, очень много полезного узнал и все равно куча вопросов так как автопереводчик субтитров много коверкает))) Подскажите пожалуйста лучшие параметры воды для креветок красный кристалл. Для того чтобы они хорошо линяли, хорошо набирали икру и выживало максимум малька. Вот данные моего аквариума: 35 литров Грунт "FLUVAL STRATUM" Внешний фильтр и внутренний аэрлифтный фильтр. Наполнители керамика, губка. Растения, мхи, буцефаландры, роголистник, риччия. Декорации: палочки кактуса "чёлла" Параметры воды: TDS 153 NO3-1 PO4-0 ammonia-0 PH-6.5 KH-0 GH-9 GH поднял с 6 до 9 по совету других разводчиков чтоб лучше линяли. Линька улучшилась и смертности от неё не стало. Подмены воды раз в неделю 30-40% медленно лью, не капаю(( + бактерии, микра доза 1/3 ложечки от "BENIBACHI" примерно 60-70 креветок. молоди не много, но есть. Кормлю через день разнообразно. Проблема в том, что креветки то активны очень, то с утра все прячутся. С утра бывает вижу мертвую 1-2. Не часто, но пару раз в месяц 1-2 дохнет. Что я делаю не так?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Google won't translate this for some reason.

[@frankallen3634]

I put a net in my bucket and clean my sponges inside the net so it catches any sneaky baby shrimp and snails. Then after cleaning I put the escaped little buggers in the tank. Catching 50 newborn babies around a bucket was getting to me, damn tiny snails not listening to dad

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Good idea Frank !!

[@helenritchie5787]

Unfortunately Qualdrop doesn't post to the UK :(

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I think this might be a covid thing I will ask them today, a lot of countries have banned flights coming ion from the UK so that might have something to do with it. Merry Christmas Helen :)

[@helenritchie5787]

@@MarksShrimpTanks thank you x I hope you have a great Christmas and New Year 😁

[@smf00027]

Can I use mineral water? If i use it do i still need to wait 24 hours before i use it? And if salty shrimp is not available is there any alternative way? Thank you sir

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

No I wouldnt use mineral water, it all different, a basic aquarium fish buffer would do if you cant get anything else.

[@smf00027]

@@MarksShrimpTanks thank you sir

[@eefuntime798]

My only problem with my shrimp tank is detritus worms 🤦‍♀️ a lot of them. I did water change but still more coming.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

You have to feed less my friend.

[@michaelschumacher8779]

So the slow drip back in is to make sure PH stays close to where it is already(5.5-6.0). By matching TDS & temperature of the water already in the tank is not enough cuz the PH of the new water is 7.0- That must be why Rich One is helpful as well cuz of the fulvic acids helping to buffer the PH of the new water down from 7.0- This is why this method works so well. No fluctuations at all. Very good method, very smart.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

yes thats the idea, thanks for watching Michael.

[@Doberminator]

what is this substrate?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

akadama :)

[@Doberminator]

@@MarksShrimpTanks and works fine? how does the pH hold?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I have used it for years mate in my tanks, ph holds fine.

[@Doberminator]

@@MarksShrimpTanks ok thanks for the answer and help, I have one more question at the end, what does the packaging look like? because in my country, akadama appears in 3 different versions

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I have used the 3 red stripes, two whites stripes and the ibaraki version, all good.

[@АндрейХамзин-ю6з]

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