The Shrimp Sanctuary: NEW Shrimp Setup for Neocaridina Aquascape Tutorial

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The shrimp collection just keeps on growing. It's time to make a small shrimp setup for my Carbon Rili shrimp. In this one, I try something different and go for no substrate at all. It looks great and may the shrimp gods be with us and bless us with a million babies 😊
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[@77z80]

what aqua soil is that

[@hightopshannah]

Are you kidding me! I just ordered my cory hoodie and now blue acaras too?? 😍 rip bank account

[@connorcoproductions8820]

Columbian tetra merch?

[@rafaelfreitas9634]

Kribensis merch!!! Please

[@gamando9457]

Great video MD! However I just noticed in video, you didnt know why is sponge filter is good for shrimp. Its good becouse shrimp can climb on the sponges and eat biofilm, which is really important for shrimp. Even newborn shrimp eat only biofilm (biofilm is slimy coating made of bacteria). This is why is sponge filter great for keeping shrimps and it sometimes really help newborn shrimp babies to survive :) I have sponge filter in all of my 9 shrimp breeding tanks. (Sorry for my english, i am only 15 y.o. and I am still learning and its not my native language)

[@silverword1913]

Yes this! And also baby shrimp can get sucked up into the filter and not be able to escape so sponges are used for that and the biofilm

[@alan1340]

@@silverword1913 ^^ absolutely right.

[@Nitidus]

​@@silverword1913That's definitely most important. Yes, sponges make it easier for the microbiology to develop there, but it's not like baby shrimp would starve without them. In a properly cycled tank, there is biofilm on absolutely everything. Everything is alive!

[@imranpatel4612]

At first I was skeptical about no substrate but the end result is amazing. I don't know how I love every set up you do

[@cocolocobirb981]

If I were him I would’ve put a thin layer of playsand (in a grey-ish color if possible, but not straight grey near the rocks and gravel and the more pure playsand in the open areas)

[@vivekvs1992]

"small piece of bucephalandra" picks up an entire mother plant...

[@MDFishTanks]

hahaha

[@dhapsodik]

You know when youre going to bed and you stick some random recommended shit on and its usually some weird stuff about haunted places or top 10 times maccies messed up. This was one of those channels that i stuck on thinking imma fall asleep so fast, and now i stick around cause its not one of those weird channels, its fucking awesome. Im sticking around for the long run :)

[@MDFishTanks]

...I love those weird channels haha. Thanks for sticking around

[@samwang8129]

MD is probably the only channel I'm willing to buy merch from. His designs are just so clean and beautiful!

[@MDFishTanks]

thanks sam. Got a few more coming as well.

[@LaurieDeBruyn]

Got 2 already, love the premium hoody, want more of those and other colors.

[@maureenk-farmhousecharms903]

They are very well made and do beautifully with washing too. I have quite a few and all look just as good as day I got them! 😃

[@benjaminrapp7418]

MD does have some great designs! I just recently discovered him, but I plan on picking up some shirts soon. I've gotten lots of great merch from other KZbinrs as well.

[@sherrirowan5049]

@@MDFishTanks what are the purple plants that you place first please if not bucefilandra

[@RDAquariums]

Just placed an order on that Blue Acara hoodie from Sweden. My favorite fish!! I have been dreaming about one like that for a long time! :D

[@MDFishTanks]

nice one. You will love it.

[@karnze8070]

Är du insatt i aquascaping? Har inte sett så stort intresse från sverige, finns ju knappt inga sidor att beställa bra grejor ifrån heller…

[@lillyblomqvist3330]

@@karnze8070 Tror nog vi är en del svenskar som följer MD 😁

[@alexandralundqvist9654]

@@karnze8070 intresset kanske inte är så stort överallt, men visst finns det svenskar som sysslar med aquascaping. Håller dock med om att utbudet i butiker mm har lite att önska.

[@lillyblomqvist3330]

@@alexandralundqvist9654 Håller med. Sen blir det inte bättre när Arken Zoo köper upp alla butiker och begränsar sortimentet så man inte ens kan specialbeställa saker, fiskar och växter :/ Det förstör hela hobbyn. Jag bor i Sundsvall och vi har bara en enda butik kvar (Dogman) där vi kan beställa.

[@iliaselmezayn5238]

Hey MD! I think that white cloudiness wasn’t tannins from the wood, I think it was a bacterial bloom. it’s pretty common to get in a newly setup tank. my theory is that because you don’t have a substrate in here the bacteria didn’t have a good place to settle which led to the water being cloudier.

[@MDFishTanks]

I understand where you are coming from and you can get a little cloudyness like that....but not like this. It was 100% from the wood and catappa leaves.

[@MartinFireExotics]

@@MDFishTanks the wood would have gave it a more tan or yellow color It was probly a mix of both.. looked like bacteria tho

[@MDFishTanks]

@@MartinFireExotics I dont think the camera picked it up well. It was brown tinged. The day after it was even more brown. Yeah probably a mix of both. This was 4 days ago now. The tank is doing really well though.

[@MartinFireExotics]

@@MDFishTanks glad to hear that I just finished the video just wanna say that you are a huge inspiration to others and I'm really looking forward to seeing future projects! I'd love to see a caridina shrimp tank setup if you do plan on doing more shrimp tanks 😋 😁

[@Rick_Raff]

@@MDFishTanks Shove a small bag of Seachem Purigen into the filter. I rarely ever presoak any wood in my tank and instead use Purigen. Never any tannin discoloration

[@SySaysHello]

The “it’s just a happy little accident” part 😆🤣

[@prontiplarson1833]

I've got to say that I just love it that you don't take things so seriously. You just seem to have fun with it, no matter what happens. Keep up the great work!

[@pauljarvis7386]

Starting my first shrimp tank tomorrow...using about 50 moss balls to create a moss wall at the back.."gotta love a moss ball!" 😂 Thanks for all the inspiration MD! 👍

[@uNDeaDLyte]

If you made a shrimp hoodie I would buy that in a heartbeat.

[@carolebraswell982]

Everything coordinates so well, and it turned out so visually appealing! You are the reason I have 2 nano shrimp tanks and have chosen only shrimp friendly tank mates for my 60 gallon tall!

[@MDFishTanks]

glad you like Carole

[@rickfromthecape3135]

Looks fantastic! I wouldn't recommend anybody rinsing gravel off into their sink though. Eventually that sediment is going to build up and clog your drain like cement. That's free from my plumber son.

[@nancypatterson374]

I’m always amazed at how much I love your build of each tank.

[@jamesmiere814]

"it's just a happy little accident" that's how I got into aquascaping 😁

[@aqhan]

Water is an accelerant (rather the hydroxyl ions in the water are), for the glue you are using. So you can spray water onto the contact points that have the glue, and it will harden almost instantly, and stronger than without water.

[@CarolynnMc01]

You outdid yourself on this little set up. It's really totally cool! I'm loving it!

[@MrLarsenDK]

Been doing no substrate tanks for years. Never had a problem. On a side note tho, the motorized filters with those course filters will such up some shrimp larvae. I'd highly recommend airdriven fine spongefilters. Alternatively HMF. Keep up the great work

[@sylviafriessen9124]

I just LOVE the simple beauty of this tank !!

[@aaronjudahvlogs3563]

i can understand it when you have breeding shrimps its like an addiction to keep looking at it and adore 😅😄😄

[@josh_fel]

Man this is the first time i watched a 12-minutes-old video. Great setup btw ! 😄😄

[@alethea9778]

I purchased one of your blue acara sweatshirts a couple years ago and love it! I have one electric blue acara I call Buster ,he follows me everywhere and if I’m sitting he perches on a rock closest to where I sit and watches. Such personality! been watching you since the beginning!

[@lover-of-fate]

I enjoyed this. It would be good if there was a channel that shows an hour of so of the critters moving around in one tank . I felt relaxed just watching the end section of the shrimp going about there time in the tank.

[@she-bangs9711]

Fell in love with your channel recently! I felt bad on this vid tho, bc I laughed a little too hard when that snail was in the whirlpool 😆🤣

[@alanbarlow5136]

Love the tank.....and the Bob Ross quote, keep up the amazing work my friend.

[@dianemiles2720]

I love when he puts on a random American accent like when he quoted Bob Ross. He's pretty good at the switch!

[@jonathanortiz8831]

how this guy does not have one million subscribers is a mystery.

[@AkashSingh-zd7kb]

It’s 12am in South Africa and this video pumped me up to rescape my shrimp tank

[@sail1981]

Of all the tanks you’ve made, and I’ve watched almost all of your videos, this is my fav!

[@carrolgribble7669]

Great video, absolutely gorgeous tank. You are a wonderful mentor and funny. Thank you, truly.

[@mikejornlin]

I’ve been considering raising neocaridina shrimp for a while. Glad to have found your channel. Cheers.

[@VictorPerez-xd1zh]

Shrimp merch would be amazing!

[@JordanTait95]

I still love and think about this tank 😍❤️

[@DiversionTube]

Ordered this filter after seeing this and the power is super impressive!

[@aeronbrown5036]

Love all the new shrimp videos 🙌

[@LordChumbley]

This is awesome. Love the minimal hardscape

[@137cjohanmathew6]

An amazing aquarium with no substrate and sand

[@AquascapingLiverpool]

Top tip. Shrimp hate water changes. I just do top ups on the shrimp tanks.

[@john25133368]

That Bob Ross quote thought! 🤣🤣

[@MDFishTanks]

🤣 I used to get up at 6am when I was a teenager to watch his paintings.

[@john25133368]

@@MDFishTanks his happy little trees. What a legend he was

[@teck354]

I first started watching your videos about a year ago, I now have about 50 fish tanks!!

[@ellenm4560]

Oooh awesome, just bought myself a 30cm cube for neocaridina! Lots of MD tips 👍

[@abelrb0306]

I love how he says he’s not going to use a substrate and proceeds to cover 95% of the tanks floor 😂😂😂 great job. Looks amazing!

[@Timzyzz]

You've got an artistic gift man, addicted to your vids, you made me set up a shrimp tank and im a barb man!

[@ObiamaKnowles]

This is one of your most amazing builds. The clear bottom tank is about to become a thing now for sure and the use of Buce as the focal plant 👌🏽👌🏽 love this scape

[@shesellsfish]

I never liked bare bottom tanks, so I was like meh, don't think I'm going to care for this built much...WRONG!! THIS is beautiful! To be fair to my dislike of bare bottom tanks, all that I have ever seen have been totally bare bottomed. What you did is beautiful and such a fresh and clean look. Loving it. 👍❤👍

[@sobiaq]

Love your videos; you’re my favorite KZbinr by far. I would be happy with just an ounce of your creativity. Talking of creativity, I’m always fascinated by your water change system. I know you’ve explained your system here and there, but I can’t seem to find one with all the details in one video. Can you please make a updated video that’s dedicated to just your water change set-up? How it works, the equipment and accessories used, any modifications you had to make, what you like and don’t like about it, etc. Just permanently pin that video to the description section on all your videos coz it’s going to get referred to a lot. It will be the one thing we can duplicate of MD’s coz those scapes never look the same when I attempt them 😊

[@ZachTheFisherman]

You should get some celestial pearl danios & because they look like brook trout make a mini “brook trout” habitat. That they can swim around.

[@collinskj1963]

I love that you admitted defeat and picked the instruction manual up off the floor!

[@missycules4280]

shrimp cribs, shribs, love the care put into all the fish, shrimps and plants. x

[@AkashSingh-zd7kb]

MD is the Picasso of aquariums!!!!! Love ittttt

[@naddyn685]

I always wondered why my new wood has that yucky fungus growing on it. The shrimp project is good fun to watch 👍

[@josephhatmaker6969]

I love the Bob Ross reference happy little accidents I commented once before MD that I thought you are the Bob Ross of aqua scapes keep on being you my friend

[@LisaMarie-br8tn]

Ahhh! I'm so glad I waited until next week to get merch! The electric blue acara is my favorite fish! I can't wait to order.

[@melchantz]

Showcasing the tank after the build is soooo amazing..

[@saralang4620]

It's amazing! and everyone saying its not technically bare bottom, that just means no substrate so it is a bare bottom. You still need rocks and wood to make it look nice, attach plants and shrimp like rocks/algae. It's a great little tank! Also that greenish/blueish plant with the pink is so pretty you need to use that in more builds (:

[@mikes.tank.syndrome8401]

"I can use this for other applications like cleaning filters" says MD about a brush that came with a filter for cleaning 🙃 lol Either way, what a beautiful tank! I was suprised to see how well the bare bottom looked with all the scaping!

[@dirtywhitellama]

Appreciate the Bob Ross reference ;D

[@hansmonster2783]

Love your part about the usermanuals. Throw them away all the time, but often need them…

[@Leib33]

Another gorgeous set up. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@thegreenapartment4750]

"Kedanga" 😂😂 gotta love how MD comes up with his own name for plants!

[@lynettehartung8862]

MD: "I'm going to do a bare bottom tank. " Also MD: *immediately covers 80% of tank bottom with rocks and plants* JK

[@dirtywhitellama]

To be fair it's kind of more like 1/4 to 1/3 xD

[@watchercrab0792]

"Let me take a step back" Proceed to move forward *

[@shane7893]

Nicrew also has bigger spray bar filters with a sponge and small box of carbon 👍

[@YourGlucoseGuardian]

I love kadegang by far my most favourite plant,but is so easy the develop algae, unfortunately in my case always Blackbeard, but what I found that works for me is I alway stick in near filter and at if I use a hob I put it directly under the water fall. It thrives for me there grows faster than anywhere else. Water rushes through it constantly cleaning and feeding it. Better colours and faster growth.(plus looks amazing as the water moves it and the leaves reflect all the colours,like natural Christmas lights😅😁)

[@Necrosias]

I got the Carbon Rili myself a half year ago. At the start a lot of them died and nobody knows why. But the next generation started breeding and now I got a lot of them 😁

[@bishalgurung3644]

You my friend, picked the perfect sound track for this video 👌 love your work man 🙏❤️

[@Toenay]

Mr. MD fish tanks, it's a lovely tank for shrimps but the filter you are using, baby shrimps could get in there. Best filter for shrimps are spons filter. Best a dubble spons connected with a aqua pat mini filter (or a other filter what fits around the spons filter tub)

[@kaytaylor5123]

Your videos are addictive! Binge watching and would LOVE a shrimp tank 😍

[@mayam518]

I love it! Please show us some update on this tank soon! :D

[@samasonedderman]

MD, mate, how can you be surrounded by water and you have plants dying of thirst!!😂😂😂😂😂. Unbelievable!! Love the humour. Thank you.

[@fatherluka6502]

I wanna make my own shrimp tank now 👏

[@joehenry5751]

You should attach one of the floating plants with long stems in front of the feeding tub

[@endoroboto]

That's almost exactly the same setup I had except for the tank. Cheap but effective. I found with the bio load in the tank I had it needed a better filter because that internal Nicrew one would clog up after a day or two. There is a cheap Zoo Med canister filter that did the trick perfectly.

[@jluna0530]

Gorgeous tank brotha. I love this beautiful and artistic setup. Another great one by the MD 👏👏

[@glennk.7348]

Ah! Beautiful! 🙂

[@crystaldrouin]

Absolutely love it 👍🏼

[@MSHusaynS]

one of the best scape 👌

[@alldemcats]

omg look at those shrimpies, they so cute. I can't wait to get mine!

[@YarnAce]

Glorious.

[@georgepieterse7960]

This guy is funny AF (2:58). Love your tanks great job

[@aaronkameric1419]

aaron from Auatralia here, I'm laughing so damned lout at you encouraging the snails caught in the current eddies. Thank you for that, I giggled like a child.

[@C_Castillo]

like spill vs smile, it would be the spill sound

[@judeappo]

can you do a full tutorial on how to make one of those things you refill tanks with because we all use cups n siphons and yours is just amazing i think it will help us all. thanks

[@realangiechrist]

Lovely! My shrimps like the water lettuce roots too, but they seem to love the water sprite even more.

[@seanmcclure9852]

The bob ross quote was great :)

[@amymandeville8342]

Buce is a plant i haven't added yet and idk why. It's awesome! You're really making me want to try keeping shrimp, too. I never knew there were so many varieties!

[@morningcoffee2471]

love the marimos

[@bbrendell]

You got really satisfying videos keep up the good work!!!!

[@8bitkame]

Beautiful dude! Thank you for sharing.

[@Kitty-tc3oh]

Stellar tank! I love 'happy little accidents!'

[@ActuararialTile]

Nice collection of tanks

[@2.kevs_024]

I'm starting a vote for a betta fish breeding series !!!! I think it would be really cool !

[@MargoKruczek]

Absolutely Amazing

[@TheRealAaronBurr]

I know it's not what you normally do, but I'd love to see a high tech build from you.

[@crawls70]

I just ❤ all your videos, keep up the good work

[@notry-guy9025]

Thank you for making amazing videos, it is the highlight of my days.

[@kenbatten4412]

A lot of great ideas are presented with your videos!

[@duanebarnes3587]

No substrate and Buce 🔥🔥🔥looking awesome!

[@SierraJenson4]

I really like those plants in that tank!