10 Most Common Reasons Why Shrimp Die!

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Pls leave a like!

[@FishSuppliesPlus]

Thanks so much for uploading KZbin videos your videos make my day!

[@wtfmrb293]

Ofc mate

[@goatieforever1013]

ok

[@gus27822]

Hey mate, I'd love to buy some blue dream shrimp next time you have them hatching. I'm just in Kedron

[@forrestrichardson1551]

Hey, what type of fish do you keep with neocardina’s?

[@catfish9539]

So glad the Planaria was the first thing you talked about. Literally putting you on hold to go look at my tank again. What I came to see if you talked about. I had a planarian trap, went to empty it yesterday and found 20-30 dead tiny baby shrimps in it. 😭

[@marthanewsome6375]

Get some No Planaria.

[@Doki_LP]

Demn... what brutality 😭😭😭

[@eksrevolt]

☠️.. i was about to asf for what trap you used but nevermind..

[@Anonymous_Whisper]

Can turtles eat planaria?

[@williamthomas8135]

More likely planaria traps kill shrimp, not planaria. They are really slow.

[@shrimptastic-life]

I do appreciate you keeping it shrimple, thank you.

[@Xxluna_werewolfxX]

Shrimply a one in a krillion video

[@okaylars3248]

@@Xxluna_werewolfxXthat’s a krillarious word play

[@chloejackson1628]

Avoiding 'Unstable environment' - I once heard this explained as 'mindful neglect'. When I first got my shrimp tank 3 years ago I was constantly tinkering about with it and my shrimp weren't doing so well. Then I heard this phrase and it really stuck with me, and ever since my shrimp tank has thrived. I had heard about them preferring cooler temps but mine are at 23-24c and it's never seemed to be a problem. They've bred so successfully (from a starting 10 shrimp to over 300) that I would actually quite like them to stop 😆

[@hopemaierle6483]

Bruh like...gimme some shrimp 😆😆😆

[@hhinojosareef1]

Colder temperature..? That’s strange the person I got my pumpkin orange shrimp Sunkist are thriving in 80 kind of warm she has hundreds in her tank. She said the secret is warm water.. Very interested you said colder water.

[@keeganlangford5580]

@@hhinojosareef1 most cold blooded invertebrates thrive in warmer temps. Generally warmer temps will speed up their metabolism and shorten their life span though.

[@hhinojosareef1]

@@keeganlangford5580 Oh man need to make it colder than I’m getting lots of Baby shrimp with 80F hmmm need to keep it colder then.

[@globalist1990]

Will they do good at 18ºC? Cold water tank.

[@sophiabourgeois6196]

This is so helpful. I'm not proud of my mistake, but I lost my new shrimp because I tried to acclimate them like I did for fish, and just like you said, two out of four of them molted a few days after introduction and died. I would have loved if they told me this at the pet store...

[@pprazak]

Been keeping fish for over 30 years and tried shrimp found them to be both the hardest and easiest to do. Till you workout how to keep them they just die, one day you just work it out and then they are easy as. These 10 reasons are from my experience spot on, if fact make them your 10 rules for keeping shrimp and you will be successful without doubt. Really excellent video that’s going to help a lot of people succeed with shrimp.

[@mojocat7]

Great video! I'd just like to add that too many snails in the tank can also decrease your shrimp population. They reproduce quickly and compete for food with the shrimp. This happened with my ramshorns and neocaridina.

[@catherinesanchez1185]

This happened with a current small tank ! Rams horn snails started taking over

[@garthantash]

Great timing! Last week I set up a shrimp only tank to breed yellow cherrys after having lots of success with red cherrys in a community tank. Turns out I misunderstood their temperature requirements and will be fixing the species only tank quick smart, dropping it down a few degrees.

[@JamesWon6]

My question from the last couple of days, you read my mind. I got like 30 shrimps a couple of weeks ago and now there are only 4 left. Thank you for letting me understand

[@Tugela60]

Stop snacking then! Sheesh!

[@marthanewsome6375]

FYI - No planaria is only safe for Rams horn snails. Great to use for hydra and to kill bladder snails. You can use shrimp soil or Amazonia, but use seiryu stone. It will add to the kh and gh you need with Neo's. Use dragon stone or any stone that is inert for caridina. If you suspect copper, get a copper test kit. Copper pipes do not do anything. Trace copper doesn't hurt them, like most ferts have in them. Yes,make sure meds are shrimp safe. Neo's can handle it up to 29 for short periods of time. Shrimp need small water changes if the tank is sparcley planted, but in a highly planted tank, water changes are not always necessary. The main thing I would stress as my number one reason shrimp die is not letting your tank fully cycle and age to grow a good amount of biolfilm for them. I have blue diamonds in a filter less, highly planted 15 liter vase. The substrate takes up 1/3 of the bottom. Layered from course scoria to sand at the top with shrimp sand sandwiched inbetween. It was going for 6 months before I added the shrimp. Like you said stability counts, but the older the setup, filtered or not filtered, the more stable it is.

[@randomraavi]

thats so much information! ive been dying to have shrimp but i know i dont know enough to start. thanks for sharing all that!

[@TheSoupDealer]

So does it kill mystery snails too?

[@DanielKeepingFish]

Great list with some very very good points to look out for. Every new to intermediate shrimp keeper should watch this.

[@davyrobinson6576]

Just came across this and I'm really thankful for it, we have had 4 Amano shrimp in our community tank for the past 2 months and have recently introduced 5 cherry shrimp! Absolutely love keeping shrimp now and I genuinely feel like they are overlooked in the hobby!

[@nicquintana1092]

How are they doing?

[@Wormwoodification]

Your plecos are the prettiest plecos I've ever seen. And I've been seeing them a lot as I'm looking at stock options. The white just on the tips of the fins is perfection.

[@DasEmpress]

So much good info, Nick! This was a great, informative video, and I appreciate the time it took to make it, along with all of your other videos!

[@PlanetaryDweeb]

I really appreciate these videos, I plan on getting some cherry shrimp for the first time. I've had a 30 gallon goldfish aquarium for about a month now with two tiny goldfish, and there is plenty of algae and biofilm on the tank walls, plants, and a couple decorations. the water parameters are stable and ideal. I love the clip of the shrimp riding the snail at the end of the video

[@TheOnlyJMJ]

Not sure if you added shrimp yet, but I wouldn’t add cherry shrimp to anything with goldfish. You’re feeding them an expensive snack if they can’t hide.

[@dc2280]

I don't have a shrimp or even a tank. I just like your narration & honesty!

[@krish2542]

Hi great list. One of the reason maybe we just bought shrimps that were raised in outdoor condition and put in an indoor aquarium. In that case, they might not adapt to indoor environment and start to die off, but the babies from those shrimps will adapt to the indoor aquarium as they grow without any problems and won't die so easily.

[@PervyOldToadSage]

I have lost a lot of shrimp in a previous tank. They would just completely vanish. I assumed the crawfish was hunting them. Which is possible, but I never witnessed it happen. Maybe it was that conditions were bad, and the bodies were just being rapidly eating by the crawfish and snails. I now significantly upgraded to a larger aquarium with more areas for a shrimp to hide out of reach of the crawfish and the water itself is in much better condition, and so far so good.

[@fcon2123]

From what I've seen from other videos, larger invertebrates like crawfish and crabs will eat shrimp. I'm sure the bigger, more heavily planted aquarium definitely helped the little guys out. Now a crawfish or two might actually aid in population control.

[@mlucier1138]

Not new to fish keeping and now want to try shrimp after downsizing to a nano tank and can't thank you enough for this comprehensive video. Excited to keep trying if necessary to keep neocardina.

[@ShrimpMania]

Nice video! You really get deep into the shrimps, now it's time for the proper ones. I hope to see some Taiwans and Pintos in your tanks in future. Keep it growing!

[@salmannakhwa3946]

I followed everything you said with a grain of salt and now my aquarium is brackish.

[@k.6160]

Hahahahaha 😅

[@EveeLover]

Thank you, I'm completely new to the shrimp hobby and appreciate videos like this!

[@rebos6432]

when i got my shrimp i 1 didnt acclimate them, 2 cycled my tank with a lot of fish food with copper, 3 didn’t have my ac on for when it was 85-90 degrees outside. and that’s my experience with shrimp and how i killed all my shrimp.

[@Shaden0040]

instead of corals you can use poultry grit made of crushed coral and oystershell and limestone, or you can add crushed eggshel which adds trace minerals for shrimp. a few grains of epsom salts also add trave elements, but use them sparingly.

[@marthanewsome6375]

Cuttle bone is also good, but I just use seiryu stone now. Looks good and things like buce, anubias and mosses attach so easily to it with some gel super glue.

[@WhitePositive]

I saw a video somewhere, where someone crushed egg shells and put them in a filter?

[@beckycooper2812]

Are there any supplements you're aware that I could purchase to use? Thank you for any help!

[@rasta77-x7o]

Thanks for the info, i have chickens so this has 2 uses now.

[@rebeccamccoy1997]

I just got my first shrimp and lost almost all of them to planaria. I’m so sad! I just ordered no-planaria - hopefully I can get the issue resolved.

[@alannabanana6255]

Well, hey. Thanks for posting! I'm happy I stumbled upon your video. I had 2 colonies of neocaridinas, they were doing so well until about 2 months ago or so. Then they all died off. I think it's because I introduced new shrimp to the tanks. I was trying to introduce genetic variants, but instead I killed them all :(

[@alannabanana6255]

I used No Planaria to get rid of hydra and it worked like a charm.

[@shaunhall6834]

Just getting back into the hobby and this video appears on my list. Wonderful information! Looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos.

[@jawjagrrl]

Great list! I would add that neocaradinas can handle warmer water, but the tradeoff is a shorter lifespan. The warmer it is, the higher their metabolism is, so they breed faster, eat more, etc. and essentially "wear out" sooner. Mine took off in a very small tank better than my larger ones, but it's very difficult to maintain temp at a lower level because even the lowest wattage heaters still raise it to about 78-80f. No heater, the tank will go from 60-80 depending on time of day and season, so I've opted to keep a steady 78. Mine oldest are about 9 months old and I've lost a couple likely to old age (they live about a year from everything I have read).

[@ChrisJohnsonCJs-Kitchen]

Can they handle an unheated setup?

[@-.RuhRoh]

@@ChrisJohnsonCJs-Kitchen yes, they live longer in colder water, they just breed slower.

[@ChrisJohnsonCJs-Kitchen]

@@-.RuhRoh Thank you so much!

[@lachlanisaac]

Almost at 100K!!!!!!!!! great video. Never had shrimp, maybe in the far future. great video. good to see ur shrimpy success. ur vids are very pro now. keep it up mate!

[@naturegirl175]

Great video. This was helpful. I recently started a snail and shrimp tank but the shrimp are dying. I now think it could have been the liquid fertilizer for the plants.

[@lialock47]

...really helpful video. I just love that i watched it... after a massive water change in panic

[@livinbytheocean2032]

Thanks for your time making this video. Definitely helps me to step up my shrimp game.

[@akfish3343]

Great Video, I have been losing some crs, thanks for the video 👌👌👌your videos are top quality!

[@MariaMartinez-jb3zn]

I love watching shrimp but I can’t seem to keep them…good to know what you have found..good info..🙏🏽🙋🏻‍♀️👍🏽

[@valleylakefishroom8825]

Great Video Nick. so close to 100k!

[@klausoxen6597]

Many thx for this Upload, very informative informative, especially because of the planarians.

[@heidealbre1518]

I love the shrimp in my aquarium, trial and error is what’s going to help me keep them alive🤞…lol Thank You for sharing🌻

[@rasta77-x7o]

Thanks for the info, your channel has been good. I am going to Neocaradina's in the coming days once my tank is properly sorted. I live in the tropics and it's still 30C (86F) here in winter so i am unsure how they will go temp wise but i do aircon the house to 25C most the time.

[@squamsh122]

I learned a lot from this, had no idea some ferts have copper

[@amanitamuscaria7500]

Very interesting. I am thinking of setting up a tank for shrimp as they are so beautiful. I don't want them to die, obvs. Thanks for your hard work.

[@Scott_AI5EF]

This video was extremely helpful. Thank you! I'm waiting on my first shrimp to arrive.

[@craigbonnici568]

Awesome video Nick, I have just ordered my first shrimp and this video was excellent!

[@davidcreque6478]

Great video, I learned a lot. What type of algae eaters are in the video?

[@Cheesefiddlehorn]

What the little black/brown ball things on the bottom of the tank called?

[@backyardracers9041]

sweet mate. Very informative. I've just started with shrimp, so your advise has been timely and bonza.

[@freemanslot]

Useful for aquatic invert and vertebrate hobbyists. Keep up the great videos!

[@thedommyllama9175]

Does anybody know what the small black fish that look like mini plecos around @5:35 are called? They looked really interesting!

[@ListenAndWhisper]

Seriously, I wanna know too ^

[@Britishdumber]

im guessing some kind of pleco, maybe snowball...

[@jordanwelsh8644]

Baby L type plecos

[@rogerhuggettjr.7675]

I'm an unintentional shrimp owner due to a rili, bamboo and cherry shrimp sneaking into my 29-gallon tank with some red root floaters. My wife had wanted shrimp, but concerns that our bettas sorority may not be a safe place for them led her to buy a 5-gallon tank. We didn't cycle it, but I filled it with hornwort, a crypt, an Anubis, Vallisneria ludwegia, and a sprig of anacharis, frogbit as well as a moss bridge from another tank to provide some bacteria. I didn't realize that my aquasoil, partially sealed with aquasand would spike my ammonia nad nitrites to 2 ppm the first day. I did a 30% water change replacing that water with water from another tank the original water came from. I also added crushed coral as Minneapolis water is considered soft. Same numbers the second day and anther 30% change. 2 days later I noticed a dead cherry shrimp and tested to find 0 ammonia, but 5ppm of nitrites. I did a 20% change and tried some Prime chlorine neutralizer that also claims to neutralize ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. Immediately after this the shrimp became very active which I am hoping is from better water conditions and not because I'm adding 77F water to a 72F unheated environment.

[@markmacyszyn1720]

What was the shrimp food you used that was shaped like a disc and had a reddish center? Your shrimp seems to love it.

[@plowestory]

Great info - as I'm new to Shrimp I really appreciate it- Thank you !

[@sawyerthestarling]

7:00 Is that a planaria on the glass?

[@Kirks_Aquariums]

Just getting back into shrimp myself this was deffinately a helpful vid thank you 🐠😊

[@shonjienation4302]

Thank u so much for all the information. Its really helpful. 😍😍😍

[@Baphomet007]

Today at noon my neocaridina shrimps were gathering on sponge filter and media bag of aquarium started dying, shrimps legs and moth become white, water parameter and temperature was ideal. I have no clue. Please suggest what to do.

[@DivineTerrors]

Im getting crystal red shrimp in a week, and these videos are very helpful! Thank you!

[@javelinjohnson9669]

Thanks for the informative video. What city do you live in? I am wondering because you sound Australian and I live in Melbourne and the water here is also fairly soft. So I am wondering how appropriate you think Melbourne water is for Crystal Red shrimp? Do you think it needs any treatment besides dechlorinating?

[@WhitePositive]

I set up a tank to go through it's adjustment phase, once matured with adding things like briny shrimp for fish or so, the general tank water has enough conditioning of it's own, such as plants and the coral skeleton... I don't dechlorinate, but I only change about 2lt out of a 30 litre so far... And have not put in shrimp. I go by semi-old fashioned methods instead of trying to keep up with products.

[@manjiji5103]

Reason 8 can also be applied to plants. I tinkered a lot to destress my plants, but they became more stressed, and they died as a result

[@BONEKRUSHER408]

So like, the general hardness chart. My water comes out of the tap at around 220 ppm (fairly hard), I think my ro filters "waste water" is somewhere between 300-400 (hard). So could I use the "waste water" for my shrimp since they like hard water?

[@Dane411]

Whats the fish cleaning the soil at 3:00? Does it grow or stay shrimp size?

[@jakolantern6790]

Perfect timing, starting my shrimp tank tomorrow.

[@lonebluestar65]

Question 1. Just had a planeria outbreak. The newest addition was cholla wood however I boiled it for 5 hours and simmered for 18 more. It’s been 2 weeks since the addition and 5 weeks since I bought the red panda shrimp and it was half inch at TOD. Could it be the cholla? ?2 Should I change water while dosing with No Planeria? ?3 how to measure No Planeria for 1gallon tank?

[@marthanewsome6375]

No change the water then do the 3 day treatment as the directions say. Then the day after the 3rd treatment do a 25 to 30 percent water change. Prior to treatment take out any snails you have that are not rams horns. It will kill every other type of snail except ram horns.

[@SleeperBBQ]

Thank You useful info just brought home today 5 ghost shrimp just as a test

[@grenwood6551]

i think it was the summer temps that all but wiped out my ghost shrimp i still see one every once in a while but i had twenty + healthy adults at the end of spring. now that winter is rolling in i might try again.

[@WhitePositive]

Really good before buying any shrimp, to check how we manage a tank beforehand.

[@rasapriyanaidoo4893]

Heyy, I'm new to shrimp keeping, but after doing some research, I found that adding a pinch of crushed eggshells help snails and shrimp with growth and molting. And with planaria I don't know how far this is true, but guppies help with getting rid of it. Hope this helps ; )

[@shadedwizard8566]

I suffer from the opposite problem. Where I live, the climate is too hot in summer (over 40ºC) and idk how to solve it! Is there any water "cooler" or water temperature stabilizer out there?

[@MrBarbatvs]

Please tell me if I have copper pipes installed at home, will this be a problem for the shrimp if I want to grow them in tap water?

[@kandykirkey7886]

Im setting up my tank Its all custom for blue dreams Should i add the planiara treatment as part of tge set up to prevent ?

[@TarrickChristensen]

Good advice, cheers mate.

[@CarolynnMc01]

Thank you for the great information!

[@lespagne49]

What plants do you suggest for my betta fish please

[@stevesutton2981]

Great work mate keep it up 👍

[@anbuflix5472]

My water is super soft and im trying to add crushed oyster shell to slowly bring up the hardness/ calcium in the water. How long should this process take you think? I.e if 3 days go by without any changes to the Ph should I add more into the water? I only have a 3 gallon tank so am adding in 5g at a time. So far it has been two days so i added in 10g total now

[@whowhoMikeJones]

That snail 🐌🐌🐌 elevator 😂😂😂

[@mayytem1264]

how do you film your videos? they are so clear

[@brettdecker9416]

Couldn't have come at a better time. I just put shrimp in my tank about 3 days ago.

[@bishop999]

Cheers buddy. I have my shrimp 🦐 coming tomorrow.. I’ll turn my heat down 👍

[@flonkas]

My water here in California is right in the middle in terms of hardness. Should I add crushed coral for neocardina?

[@greenjars_]

Is there any way to remove insecticides like buprafezin from driftwood? I don't plan to add shrimps any time soon, but if i do, will new scape need to be ordered?

[@jojocool555]

If you acclimatise your shrimp over a couple of hours, drip methed in a container under the tank, how do you keep the temp right ? If your room is not heated ?

[@jenniedraws406]

Thank you for this video. My neocaradina shrimps in my tank have been dying after having them for 3yrs. I tested the water and notice my kh is at 2 and gh is at 19. So I'm gonna get some coral to raise the kh, but does anyone know how to lower gh?

[@JTCT371]

It goes without saying....whenever you do a water change, no matter the species, always take the time to get the EXACT temperature of your tank, and know the parameters of tap water and those of the tank......makes life alot easier and tells you how much of a water change you should actually do.

[@angelaroche305]

How do you acclimatize them

[@mirali4467]

Much needed video. My cause was my TDH was way to high

[@spooky3669]

What the fuck is TDH???

[@mirali4467]

S. S. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@QuintessentiallyEssential]

@@spooky3669 i think they meant TDS total dissolved solids I believe lol 😆 But don't take my word for it!

[@BettaAquatica]

Very informative, thanks.

[@chacha8585]

I got second hand tank but am waiting to do tank during end of cold season my first thing I had planed was deep clean of whole tank striping all inside silicone and re-doing it take water and allowed plants from lake and from stores put them in buckets and putting treatments in for parasites worms and snails then after few weeks put in tank let cycle few times grow in tank put Fairy Shrimp , Moina and Rotifer possibly few more types of small critters like them than guppies and other small fish to eat the fry and baby shrimp to keep population down than add shrimp I am planning to make a tunnel to let fish go into a tank above or next to it but am starting in a 20 gal long tank at end will have 3-4 tanks of different sizes and will have a rope of some kind so shrimp can climb up to go into other tank and will possibly put some clams in for more water cleaning and also thinking of keeping few Marino moss balls to clean water to they will have plenty of hides and will add new batches of shrimp and fish of same kind and sell/trade off access to give new blood lines

[@darylheyer6111]

So all types of eucalyptus leaves alrite to use?

[@AquascapingLiverpool]

Nice vid 👌🏼 just started a new colony of black rose.

[@jeniferk.7168]

Thank you, ive got two tanks with armanos. in the smaller one they die after weeks and the big one is fine. i think ill check the copper otherwise i cant explain this

[@faysalals1]

I did not know shrimp molt their skin! I was thinking my shrimp is dying everyday!

[@killer-hr7rc]

Thanks for the info !!!

[@RakeshSebastian]

Hello, had lots of cherry reds and amanos. water parametr was : GH 7 / KH 9 / Ph 7.4-7.6. DID 50% water change after using seachem equilibrium, acid and alkaline buffer -modulated to keeü above parameters- shrimp started dying from 2nd day onwards....i hd co2 and that brought down the ph to 6.8 but what could i do ?? could someone please help as i am so depressed about this - Thanks, Rakesh S.

[@amandabyrd9349]

Thanks for the video! About two weeks ago I found planaria in my shrimp tanks. I’d been slacking on the maintenance because noticed my female was berried and didn’t want to disturb the substrate… yeah bad idea. Did a lot of vacuuming, then got a different med rec’ed by my LFS, which seemed to work and not affect the shrimp or snail. I’m happy to see more tiny shrimp this week!

[@shaffiepaffie]

add anatome helena snails they eat planaria

[@Madmax-bk8hg]

Big love from Serbia.😇

[@davidrickard3143]

Hi! My son loves your oh god um “ show?? 🤦‍♂️” he’s keen as to get some dream blues! He hasn’t seen them in shops so broken him a bit so I thought I’d ask.

[@miosotisacosta6558]

We bought 8 neo shrimps 4 smalls the other 4 bigger. I only see 2 alive and one molting or dead one (don’t know) I also have 6 tetra fish so I really don’t know what went wrong. Maybe I didn’t acclimate them as it was supposed to. 😢

[@kiwano1]

Got any tips for Ulang? any feeder animals to pair? what are those tiny blips I see swimming in most of your shots?

[@Cheesefiddlehorn]

What is the name of the ‘substrate’ you used?

[@dabilliebean]

I'm doing research waay before even getting a shrimp. I do have one question though. Does a loud home stress them? I have a toddler, so the house can get busy sometimes.

[@sendmesomememes8240]

i dont think it does. despite not knowing too much about their anatomy (do they have ears??), think about how noise translates into the water when you go swimming - exactly, its really quiet because the soundwaves dont carry through water as they would through air :) but i would watch out for the toddler playing with the aquarium glass

[@ilaafarm]

What is best food for shrimp?