How To Do A Shrimp Tank Water Change

[@Dylan-ok6ft]

Those Neos are looking really amazing! I’m liking the new format so far. 👍 🦐

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Hello, good morning/evening here from Canada.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Hello mate how you doing ?

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Not bad, sadly had a pet rat die last night of what I believe to be old age, either then that not bad at all. How've you been doing@@MarksShrimpTanks sir?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Sorry to hear that Ryan, its awful loosing pets I understand Rats can be very affectionate as well ?

[@SquiresAquatics]

Really liking the new sound affects, lol!

[@naegwut]

Love the up close shots

[@jamesholbrook7785]

Love to watch you and Mark Shelly Aquatics. The two of you are valuable assets to the shrimp community.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thank you James your comments are always appreciated. 👍

[@anna89813]

Good morning from North Carolina! So glad to have you back, Mark. We thoroughly enjoy your videos.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thank you Anna, will still be a few weeks until I get back into the flow of it, I am waiting on glasses coming 👍

[@Detlefroemisch]

Schönes Video Mark und ich habe so lange gewartet 🤪 Danke 🙏

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thank you, you need to teach me to grow plants 💪

[@Jeannie.B]

Great video! Thank you for all of your hard work

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

my pleasure Jeannie :D

[@alisonnicholson]

Good to see you back Mark. Hope your eyes are better now. Always like catching up on what's going on in the shrimp room 👍👍

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Wont be long until I am seeing properly again, its been 5 weeks since my operation and I have been to spec savers to get them checked now I am waiting on my 600 bucks glasses coming ...they better be good thats all I am saying 🤣🤣

[@alisonnicholson]

@@MarksShrimpTanks 600 bucks jesus they need to be gold plated and gem encrusted for that 🤣

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

oh I forgot to mention thats just the lenses the frame cost 150 bucks lol ...norway is very expensive.

[@alisonnicholson]

@@MarksShrimpTanks yea I know a guy in Denmark he has said the same about cost. Still if you need them it's a simple case of having to have them. Cant put a price on your sight 😊

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

yeah I said this to the wife, it also means I wont have to change my glasses constantly because they are meant to be all in one.

[@jamiea9067]

good to see your spirits lifted. Can really tell your having fun again. agreed with Tater ....great intro

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

wait I thought you and tater were the same person like inside each other !!!😂

[@jamiea9067]

@@MarksShrimpTanks 😳

[@Zwarf1979]

Hey Mark, when you age your water for 24h. Do you put an airstone in the tank?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

yes I do , you could use a small pump to do the same thing..you just need to get that water moving.

[@christinamorris2823]

LOVE the opening jam Mark lol

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thank you Christina 👍

[@alantooth48]

Love your new intro very professional Mark. You keep getting better and better

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thanks so much, the intro will change with every video, b footage and teaser bits from the video :)

[@MsLinanator]

Fantastic vid! Thank you.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Lin always a pleasure to see you comment, thank you for taking the time 😁

[@noegs577]

The shrimp look great!

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thank you Noegs!! 🖖

[@SirKingHoff]

Youre an inspiration dude. I committed to getting neo cherries in March for my bday and they are thriving! Youre an inspiration dude.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thank you King I hope they breed like crazy for you.

[@DebsSkelton]

Loved the style of this one, really informative and entertaining. Macro footage is awesome. I swear one of those shrimp was line dancing!

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

yeah I know the clip then two of its friends joined in 😂

[@DebsSkelton]

@@MarksShrimpTanks that’s the one! 😂

[@cyndigodsey5591]

What is that pump? thing you use to drip water back into the tanks? Where did you buy it please. I'm working my way through you videos. I'm starting my first shrimp tank in a couple months. It's cycling now, then I'll wait a little more for it to season 🤞🏼 i'm going to try Blue Dream.😊

[@shesellsfish]

I am so loving these detailed macro shots of the shrimp. So glad you're back and updating us. 👍❤👍

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

yes it wont be long until I post normally again, just waiting on glasses being made so I can actually see with both eyes at the same time 🤣

[@LeahhJett]

Hey Mark, great video! Maybe in future videos you can offer some of your shrimp waste water to some of your special plants! I’m sure some of your plants prefer soft water over hard water? Any plants on the patio? I’m sure you do this but never show it😉. The cost of water here has doubled in the last year, I’ve just invested in 2 x 200 ltr barrels to collect rain water! Got them used for $15 each (used for rain water prior)

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I have a 1000ltr water barrel outside 😂🖖👍

[@rgilroy1909]

love the new intro

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thats not a permanent intro it will change every video to give you a glimpse of whats in the video :)

[@SquiresAquatics]

Hey Mark, I totally like the new video quality. It's noticeable the extra effort put into the quality of the video. Keep up the great work.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thank you, there will be another jump in quality when I get my glasses. 👍😁

[@2869may]

The ceramic rings in the breeding tank looks to be a great idea...!

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Yes I think so, gives the tiny shrimp places to go the big shrimp cant feed on.

[@oscars85]

Glad to see new videos from you Mark, those green jaded looks so dark, they almost look black, but I'm sure under the right light they are green. Hope the vision is going well. Have a great weekend, looking forward to the next video.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Just waiting on new glasses coming so I can finally see properly Oscar, thanks for the comment . 👍

[@oscars85]

@@MarksShrimpTanks careful walking down the stairs the first few times with those bifocals. It messed with me when I had them.

[@ColemansHomestead]

Digging the content Mark! Those Blue Dream are looking excellent. Super dark!

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Glad you like them!

[@LHawk250]

I really enjoyed this one, it was informative and felt like we were just hanging out. The macro footage is a nice touch 👌🏼

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@traceywilson8992]

What is that device you use to slowly add water back into the tank? Something like that would be super helpful, because I've been manually slowly replacing water which is time consuming

[@Tatersalade]

Loved the intro mate

[@dixsigns1717]

Really liking this channel, your accent is cute.

[@DebsSkelton]

Great vid :) I always feel guilty watching you doing the hard work! I’m disabled too so understand how tough it is just doing normal day to day stuff, let alone looking after all your gorgeous shrimp! Take care

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thank you Debs, sometime I am bedbound or in the hospital and I dont want to show that side of my disability on channel, thank you for the kind words.

[@DebsSkelton]

@@MarksShrimpTanks similar here, it’s all about pacing and making the most of the things I can do for me, but took a good few years for me to get my head around that.

[@pelhamsaquatics]

Thank you for this video mark! Every bit helps as draw near to my very first shrimp tank. Shrimp other than ghost shrimp, which I do like. Have a great weekend sir🙂👍🏻💯⭐️

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

You are very very welcome mate, dip your feet into the neocaridina world you will love them 👍

[@pelhamsaquatics]

Marks Shrimp Tanks that is the plan!I been texting with mark Shelly here in the states , he has a wonderful shrimp site online, I’ve already decided to buy my shrimp there🙂 I’ve been watching the videos of you guys shrimps, I don’t know why I have never tried them after so many years in this hobby. I guess I can consider this the icing on the cake 🍰

[@RWAquariumPages]

Great video on water changes Love the tip about the red tape on the tank. Although I must say I love caridina more than neocaridina shrimp

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thanks for watching bud 🖖

[@ichokimsh]

Mark! I am setting new tank for blue dreams after i watched your videos... but i want to ask if it is okay to use any silica sand in my shrimp tank!

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

river sand my friend

[@ichokimsh]

​@@MarksShrimpTanks thank you! i will try to add pinch of goldfish feed like u then add seachem stability to cycle my tank. thank u!

[@sparkymark68]

Good to see you back! Love the new style and the macro is excellent. How's the mincers getting on?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

A few weeks out from getting bifocals, which will allow me to actually see in focus again thanks for asking mate.

[@sparkymark68]

@@MarksShrimpTanks Good stuff. Have you had bifocals before? They were a game changer for me.

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

nice intro 👍

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I'm glad you like it Mark, it will change with every new video so it doesnt get boring 👍

[@ToxicCappuccino]

I live the magic eraser idea but does it have any harmful chemicals on it?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Its made from melamine foam which is completely safe once it set Ive also checked reef forum because nobody knows better than those guys well maybe apart from the weed smokers they know everything about plants and aquariums 👍🤣

[@Zwarf1979]

Beautifull shrimp Mark and nice video. I see you have dark and lighter blues. Which onee do you prefer more? Mine are pretty dark aswell and only a few lighter ones and I cant decide what are the best grades because sometimes the darker ones almost look black

[@Zwarf1979]

Oh and another question I would like to ask. For how long did you feed the baby shrimps the baby food? Cause now you probabilistisch stick to the crushed goldfish flakes for all time

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I prefer them both to be honest If i had more tanks I would split them into better grads, the food I use is crushed flack and pleco pellets 💪

[@rv7731]

Good to see you're back Mark. I need help, A few weeks ago changed the % of my Oxydator from 4 to 6 and this killed all my bacteria! Resulting on a massive ammonia spike , my crystal red are dying by the day. I'm using Prime and also i'm adding new bacteria folowed by water changes, but ammonia doesn't get low. Any idea on what can I do? Thanks

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Hello Rv, I know for sure its not the 6% h202 because .....Ive been using 12% for weeks and my shrimp are doing really good, what I would suggest to you is to search every corner for dead shrimp daily and dont feed the tank for a couple of weeks . do your water changes like normal. 👍

[@NihilisticHatred]

Wow, John Cleese is looking better than I've seen him in decades.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

come on now at least he has hair

[@scteel2457]

How often do you recommend a water change in a 10 gallon tank with about 40 neocaridina shrimp? Thanks!

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I am doing 30% every week in mine 😁

[@scteel2457]

@@MarksShrimpTanks thank you!

[@motoglows]

YESS THANK UUUU also do you travel vac the substrate? and can you put links to the hose for water changes and the dripping thing. what tank size do you use for breeding shrimp and what grow out tank size

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

no I dont gravel vac at all, the white tube is RO tube I think its the same size for all RO units, the float valves are on amazon and ali exspress, I would give you a link but the ones I bought are no longer for sale.

[@motoglows]

is it fine to use tap water for neocaradina the tap water is 7.5 ph and checked everything else and it’s fine. would u have to drip water in or just pour it

[@jadcock1023]

Mark how much would you sell 20 of those dark blue shrimp and what website would I go to

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I dont sell any shrimp at all now, its a lot of hassle ...I like the easy life :)

[@jadcock1023]

@@MarksShrimpTanks thk you for responding have another question what are the best 2 colors to breed to get green neocardina shrimp and love your channel

[@shelbytaylor4634]

Wait... magic marker is safe for this problem?! And... is that a razor blade on a stick? I am sooo curious!

[@csharpe5787]

Mark you feel must us the water on the garden or plants.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

all of mine does end up in the garden :)

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

shrimp are starting to appeal to me more than they ever did. a few months back i got three blue dream shrimp. now i have over 20 and at least 3 berried shrimp

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

oh they are very addictive, thanks for the comment.

[@arcticwinds6125]

Love the video! That magic eraser has no chemicals that are shrimp harmful?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Not that I know of, its pretty commonly used for this kind of thing.

[@arcticwinds6125]

@@MarksShrimpTanks No problem, I always think of the one from "Mr Clean", but I see there are some off brand ones on Amazon.

[@Raithed]

Have you thought of just not using buckets any longer? It's so heavy, and bad for the back (I still do buckets, too!), and attach the hose to the sink or something? Also, what do you do eventually when you have WAYYYYYYYY too much shrimp? I know you sold before, do you still? The website link for "Room Air Pimp Nitto Medo Blower Linier Piston LA-45C" in the description is no longer working, not sure if that's the same for everyone else.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I use buckets to force myself to exercise and you can never have to much shrimp :D The link for the pump is no longer there because it didnt work but you can now find that pump on ebay and probably amazon.

[@someguy4844]

Hey mark, ever noticed a water change maybe too big of one kill your shrimp? I think I lost a whole colony due to changing water either too much or too often. I think the PH shifting was too much. My tap is 7 ph when added to tank it drops to 6

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

yes that can happen for sure if you rush changes this makes them want to molt all the time when sometimes they are not ready for it, this is when you will get a failed molt and dead shrimp.

[@Marrabrdet]

Ill buy some shrimps from you. I live in Rælingen :D

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I dont sell shrimp at all my friend

[@Marrabrdet]

@@MarksShrimpTanks 😎 I wanted some famous shrimps🦐

[@ianpullen1844]

Hey Mark, my Neo tank has been TDS185ish, kH2/3, gH7 and pH 7-7.2 for over a year. I recently (last couple of months) seen my TDS/kH/pH has been dropping between weekly water changes, I've also had an explosion in Ramshorn snails - could they be absorbing that much calcium out of the water to drop kH by 1° in a week and dropping TDS by 15-20ppm? (I use RO and Salty Shrimp kH/gH). Ps, great video as ever

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

possible used up by plants too? I am doing 30% water change a week what are you doing ?

[@ianpullen1844]

@@MarksShrimpTanks was normally doing about 10% per week, then a slightly bigger one (25%) once per month. I've been doing 10% every 4/5 days the last couple of weeks to try and maintain my targets for water parameters

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

@@ianpullen1844 as long as you drip the water back in you get away with much bigger water changes on neo tanks mate sometimes I do 50% on some tanks.

[@ana007]

I had the same issue with huge amount of ramshorn snails in 30 L tank. pH was so low (and others parameters also), that I had to add baking soda after each water change to keep pH neutral. I'm using tap water and in my case it was 1 teaspoon of baking soda for this 30 L of water. For a while I also had to feed the snails with calcium tablets because there was white marks on their shells. I used calcium gluconate tablets bought in the pharmacy. After one week of supplementation shells went normal again 🐌👍 Looks like snails' 💩 keeps pH low 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

[@ianpullen1844]

@@MarksShrimpTanks sold. I'm sure my wife will be delighted I'm going for bigger and longer... Water changes!!! I'll be honest I do the changes reasonably slowly, but not full drip, I have previously been worried about causing premature moults due to bigger water changes.

[@kristiannolasco8451]

When you do a water change do you have to match the tds in the tank?

[@BigShrimpin416]

Of course. You need to get it as close as possible

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Way I do it is set my RO tds and forget about the tank and do the water change, if you do them regularly enough they should almost match anyways.. if the tank tds is much higher your not doing enough.

[@kristiannolasco8451]

@@BigShrimpin416 thank you. I wasn't sure if the tds doubled when you matched it or not.

[@kristiannolasco8451]

@@MarksShrimpTanks Thank you Mark! I've been just doing my research to start a colony soon, I live in Florida in summer it's way too hot to start a shrimp colony in this weather so fall or winter will be my best bet. I love your page though and you have beautiful shrimp!

[@BigShrimpin416]

@@kristiannolasco8451 are you doing it outside?

[@lanagujardo3137]

omg you stoled me magic eraser trick lol i Totally love it doesnt scratch my glass and does good removing the algy off the front which is the only side i clean simply so i can see em lol

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

a few people have questioned me using it and I wonder if its completely safe ? I will have to research it I think.

[@lanagujardo3137]

@@MarksShrimpTanks since they contain no chemicals i use mine clear to bottom of my glass just be careful not to pick up particals of sand which did scratch lol and my tanks having baby boom of cherrys 6 heavily berrid females currently with 3 whove delivered thier babes looking good and glass fronts nvr been cleaner

[@lanagujardo3137]

ps i dont squeese mine into tank though thinking my goal is to clean out not add anything into it

[@shelbytaylor4634]

Cinnamon bark? Like... what kind of cinnamon can you use? Just regular sticks? Or is this specific?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

as far as I know you can use all of them, just remeber to boil them for about 15 minutes before use.

[@shelbytaylor4634]

@@MarksShrimpTanks Wow! Thank you!! I didn't realize!

[@2869may]

Funny.... Now I like doing water changes... (dripping back in takes more time, but oh well)

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

if your new water isnt to far off the original tank water it probably doesnt matter about dripping, The other Mark on KZbin that breeds bazzilions of neos I dont think he drips at all.

[@2869may]

@@MarksShrimpTanks I say "drip" but it's a decent flow through airline tubing. (5 gallons = 20 minutes) I don't mind, I have a a pretty good system worked out.

[@trista1982]

Omg I'm not so sure you should be using magic marker for your tanks. They have chemicals don't they???? Not trying to be mean or anything I just worry about your shrimp. I am glad your back though and no more covid. Also I enjoy your videos alot!

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

magic marker ERASER 🤣

[@JonBWinston]

you are so cool :D

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Thank you very much Buki 👍

[@SwatejK]

Bread rustle ... If you mention it it's beard rustle otherwise it's just the wind blowing off the dry leaves 😄

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

It was just the wind 🤣

[@SwatejK]

@@MarksShrimpTanks 😂😂

[@philagon]

Can anyone share the species of snail at :03 seconds?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

The one before 3 seconds is a Malaysian trumpet snail the one after 3 seconds is a yellow rabbit snail from sulawesi.

[@philagon]

@@MarksShrimpTanks Thank you Mark. Great channel. Subscribed.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

@@philagon Thank you very much 👍👍

[@jordanforever2345]

I am confused. I get some people say less frequent to do water change like a month or so and each change is less than 10% of water change. Shrimps like to have consistent water parameters. I guess there is no standard?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

different water parameters mean people will get different results, google mark shelly aquatics and see how many neos he breeds I use the same method as him.

[@IBatesI]

Ive finally managed to get babies again after losing the 50 Red cherrys, I'm moved 10 into another established tank, drip acclimated them(2 hours) and ive found 3 dead babies this morning, GH 2 KH 3 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrite and 5ppm nirtate (10ppm original tank) i don't get it

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Hello Kova, Your gH is far to low. you need to get it up nearer a 6. you can do this with buffers and a tds pen or you can maybe add some crushed coral to the tank that would help?

[@IBatesI]

@@MarksShrimpTanks would cuttle bone work? All I have for now, I'll get some crushed coral

[@shinucafe]

First ?

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Yup

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

yeap first #notificationsquad ?

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

@@MarksShrimpTanks yup 🙃 #NotificationSquad

[@andersnrregren9087]

Here in denmark we have the online java police so just a warning your java moss looks like bogor moss/taxiphyllum barbieri and as we all know thats not real java moss ;-)

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Ah, the online java police strikes again! I'll have to call in the java detectives to investigate this moss mystery.😂