I Feed my Shrimps with Biofilm - SHOULD YOU? How to grow biofilm ultimate FOOD in your aquarium

[@ShrimpMania]

Quick update - I wouldn't recommend leaving potato in a shrimp tank, make sure you remove it once biofilm is eaten by shrimps. I've noticed that shrimps start eating the potato itself and it's not good because it was fermented and can start to rot. It works the same as a lubao bag but the content is not wrapped with cloth to prevent shrimps eating it so it would be safer not to leave it in the tank for too long.

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

I would not worry about shrimp eating it, but spoiling the water.

[@jazzkatt1919]

A piece of mopani wood I put in a new tank grew an amazing layer of biofilm while I was waiting for the tank to be ready for fish. My housemate thought it looked awful, but I was thrilled to see it. It was fun explaining to her that a healthy, "clean" aquarium is not a sterile environment! I'm planning to start a shrimp colony as my next project, so thanks for the tip about the potatoes.

[@ShrimpMania]

Good luck with your new shrimp tank, I hope you'll get a great result!

[@lanfrancoleo3886]

Amazing video, very informative and really precious considering that very few video are dedicated on the importance of biofilm in the shrimp diet. Absolutely a jewel!!

[@jadcock1023]

Does he boil it first?

[@RWAquariumPages]

Beautiful video about bio film and feeding appropriately for colony size

[@ShrimpMania]

Thanks Ray😊

[@PoseidonsPets]

Neat experiment! I wonder if you can dehydrate and powder this potato to creat a biofilm powder you can add to the tank

[@ShrimpMania]

You are reading my mind, I'm already doing it😁

[@PoseidonsPets]

@@ShrimpMania haha! Keep us updated! I feel shrimp keepers are very creative! I’ve made quite a few of my own shrimp food recipes

[@samronco5133]

what about instant mash potato powder?

[@PoseidonsPets]

@@samronco5133 interesting idea. White potatoes are different from sweet potatoes though so not sure how it will do.

[@Ahmed-dx8hb]

​@@ShrimpMania how did the crushed potatoes powder work ?

[@FusionDeveloper]

Some people take a fork and put it in the piece of sweet potato to weigh it down, so that it sinks. (Assuming the fork is a metal that is safe for the aquarium).

[@jccatilo4093]

Do you boil the sweet potato on the aquarium before growing biofilm?

[@mistysummerlue]

I am going on vacation and I have 2 breeder boxes full of baby 2 week old mystery snails. Could they eat biofilm while I am gone?

[@fbdjcjcn133]

can i grow it with any other vegitable like a carrot? and can i just put it a small jar or bowl instead?

[@ragingcalmness7815]

Great video, I tried and achieved this with cuccumber, but for some reason none of my shrimps were on it, not even my otocinclus, or kuhli loach. I wish I knew why and how I can get my inhabitants swarm it like in your video lol

[@forwaitfor]

Fascinating! I couldn't find any place selling white-fleshed sweet potatoes, so I ordered something similar: frozen peeled sweet potatoes and peeled potatoes. I'll test them once they arrive. I have a question: should the sweet potato be soaked in aquarium water, or is it fine to just leave it in regular tap water?

[@forwaitfor]

Actually, I'm currently struggling with a shrimp parasite, Scutariella, and I'm a bit worried that this test might worsen the infection in my tank. Here is a video of the shrimp parasites in my tank. (I'm currently treating them with Z1, but please be cautious, as the video might be disturbing.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJCWanaPYtBlY6csi=6LehJDRMXf5086_c

[@hgronwald]

great video! how long can i leave it in the tank? im having low baby survival and trying to find a solution

[@aquaddictaquaddict9153]

Is whit mussroom?

[@johnathanoliver1771]

Looks like mold to me but I ain't no expert

[@ЛеонидМартыненко-б1й]

Что это вы положили в аквариум?как называется?

[@dictionaryguy5521]

Does the water need a filter? I'm wondering If I could grow biofilm in a 5 liter plastic container I have using old water from water changes and some expected fish food If I didn't have a filter in the "tank" would biofilm still form?

[@kuldeeps3830]

Shall I try this in my spare tank, add only the biofilm to tank?

[@littlereco]

Does the tank size to potato size matters?

[@lunarvitamin9971]

Great video. Very usefull info!

[@ShrimpMania]

Thanks for watching!

[@shanefernandes9044]

Will bio film grow on normal potatoese

[@per_aspera_ad_astra_]

Realy nice video!

[@ShrimpMania]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@shinucafe]

Can orange sweet potato be used instead of white one? I cannot find sweet potato white

[@ShrimpMania]

Maybe never tried it if be honest

[@jadcock1023]

Do you boil it first

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I have to try this mouuuuhahahahaha 👍

[@ShrimpMania]

Thank you for watching Mark! Definitely try this, I want to see it on your channel. I hope it works. I still not sure if it would work in a smaller volume of water and if the process triggered with bacterial powder in the tank so need to do more experiments with it.

[@PoseidonsPets]

@Marks Shrimp Tanks Do it, you won’t!

[@sko1beer]

You guys need to do a video together 👍

[@shrimpkeepermatt1989]

I used sweet potato, but it didnt grow biofilm on the surface.

[@ryanwalter757]

Another really good product to use is essentially using cinnamon sticks

[@harishr3301]

Helpful tips!!

[@ShrimpMania]

Glad it was helpful!

[@imanhosseini6908]

Please do a comparison with lubao bag great vid

[@Thomas.Saunders]

I know that this is a 2 year old video. Do you still grow biofilm this way? I have a 10 gallon Neocaridina tank. I keep a couple Indian Almond Leaves in old tank water in a small container outside of my tank, and after a month or so, the leaves start to break down and they do get a nice layer of biofilm on them, but nothing like the sweet potatoes do in your video. But those leaves have the advantage of also themselves being food for the shrimp. I have about 100 or 120 Neocaridina in the tank. I may try a couple pieces of sweet potato, but I wouldn't want to leave them in my shrimp tank long.

[@ShrimpMania]

It really was just an experiment, I don't do it anymore. I think that potato might start to rot and can be dangerous for the shrimp if left in the tank for too long so the catapa leaves would be safer option I would say.

[@becadinellijotaeff7641]

If i put a piece of sweet potato while cycling will it raise amonium/nitrite gradients in the aquarium? Thanks

[@ShrimpMania]

All organics will eventually release some ammonia in the tank

[@shanefernandes9044]

Will shrimp eat bio film from the surface?

[@ShrimpMania]

Of cause they can. That's what they are doing between feedings

[@racharlashriyans7393]

Hey , how do you prevent mosquito larve in your shrimp tanks , im fed up with them!

[@ShrimpMania]

It's not many mosquitos where I'm base so I don't need to worry about them

[@abravebirdsaved5363]

I was just cleaning my aquatic frog tank , lifted a piece of wood and didn’t notice the chunk . Within minutes my fat frog grabbed it and ate it . I had no idea until it was in his mouth. I guess he will live !!???

[@MinxInSinx]

Great video!! I am considering shrimp with my other fish. Interesting how the yellow potatoe wouldn't develop biofilm.. I'll do some research - Will update if I can provide some information (:

[@ShrimpMania]

That was my experiment, but I wouldn't do it again as there is a risk you can introduce a bad bacteria with this potato and once, I ended with some worms on the potato, so I stopped doing it.

[@MinxInSinx]

@@ShrimpMania I have allowed tank full of snails devour an entire carrot.. whatever was left over my plants utilized.. i used fluval substrate capped with fine black sand. I do not use any fertilizers or co2. My plant's are low light plants that thrive on less then 15w. I occasionally use a filter.

[@lonerider7177]

I don't have any extra tanks to grow biofilm from sweet potatoes and can i put inside hangon filter? And will biofilm form on ordinary potatoes?

[@ShrimpMania]

It was just my experiment, I wouldn't do it again and advise you not to feed your shrimp with rotten potatoes they quite sensitive

[@kuldeeps3830]

​@ShrimpMania wat abt biofilm ? After biofilm is done can I remove potato is it ok?

[@gamingmaster5727]

Can u use anything else than white sweet potato

[@ShrimpMania]

I haven't tried anything else, I guess yes

[@yukimura1sanada]

Thanks for the tip 👍

[@ShrimpMania]

No problem, thanks for watching 👍

[@yukimura1sanada]

@@ShrimpMania question, what is the color of the outside of the white flesh sweet potato, is it white as well? Looking for it here 😆 but want to use the right one

[@ShrimpMania]

it's purple red, here is a link - s3.amazonaws.com/YouGarden/Web/500x500/350086.jpg I hope you can find it in Thailand

[@yukimura1sanada]

@@ShrimpMania hey thanks man 😀

[@azntactical4884]

I dont have a lot of shrimps. I use half an algae wafer. It grows the biofilm, but my shrimps rarely touch it. Maybe because i have wood and almond leaves they are munching on.

[@calamitynatalie8590]

My shrimp won’t eat algae wafers either, they do like the Repashy Super Green though, I use that to supplement algae but it’s doesn’t last long enough for biofilm

[@strider5119]

Mine go ballistic for the sinking protein pellets. They still eat algae wafers, but they smash the protein ones.

[@udaydas6291]

Is it purple sweet potato? And how many hours can i keep potato in my neocardina tank Sir?

[@ShrimpMania]

If be honest I wouldn't recommend to repeat this method. I lost some shrimps due to bacterial infection and it happened after I feed them with biofilm from potato so I suspecting it can be the case

[@gk9417]

Can you use a carrot 🤷🏼‍♂️✌️🇨🇦

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

You have so manny shrimp species in there. Aren't they mixing with eachother ?

[@TrinhNguyen-nz5qe]

Hey where you get your ph pen?

[@ShrimpMania]

I don't remember

[@ДмитрийХодаковский-е3б]

how do you think, your biofilm is the Actinobacteria?

[@ShrimpMania]

I'm not sure I don't know the science

[@robinsonsitompul9362]

Hi, what is the size of your ugf box?

[@ShrimpMania]

Hello - 15x15x10cm

[@cornertankcorner]

what bacterial powder are you using?

[@ShrimpMania]

Its originally from Taiwan I ordered it from Singapore from shrimp affair

[@ДмитрийХодаковский-е3б]

Hi, maybe i can grow it on spirulina tablet?

[@ShrimpMania]

You can try

[@ДмитрийХодаковский-е3б]

@@ShrimpMania :) Unfortunately, I do not have a pure spirulina tablet now. although a spirulina tablet for people is somehow pressed, probably / somehow, or maybe some kind of binding substance.

[@wellsdylan]

What kind of shrimp are these i have neocaridina shrimp and they are no where near as pretty

[@ShrimpMania]

Caridina shrimp

[@bhillson]

I blanched my red sweet potato and it sank straight away. I am only on day 2 now

[@ShrimpMania]

I think it depends on freshness. My white sweet potato was quite old and started to spoil a little bit in some places. That's why it started fermenting like a crazy - you can see it bubbling in the video. I think this is why it grown biofilm very fast.

[@ShrimpMania]

Let me know your update if it works as well. Thanks

[@creamontop6969]

I tried the same with "raw potatoe" the fermenting is OK for your shrimps, but I would not recommend to keep it continiously (for the toxins that will get)

[@ShrimpMania]

John, fermenting normally stops in 4-5 days, you can see it on timelapse so that's why I left them in the cycling tank for first 5 days

[@ShrimpMania]

@john S. Also tried with normal potato and it didn't work for me. It becomes very soft like boiled one and starts to break down

[@terryterry1655]

i tried with cut potato. they went aweful and smell.

[@fredveto49]

Great !!

[@mrgamebreak2756]

Shrimp king bioflim best of best

[@ShrimpMania]

Never heard of it, Is it new product?

[@istoppedlaughing5225]

Can I eat this shrimp??

[@ShrimpMania]

yes why not😊

[@paulinejackson5861]

Isn't that fungi, not biofilm?

[@chickengoatfish]

❤

[@crazyhuman7541]

can i grow it inside a sock?

[@FusionDeveloper]

The joke at the intro would be funny if you went on for an hour talking about "what was that, what was the purpose? I don't understand? Why is this a thing? Why did it happen?".