Mixing Shrimp - Good or Bad?

[@rajgill7576]

I love that everybody that gets into shrimp absolutely falls in love with the hobby

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

It's like Pokémon for some...gotta catch em all

[@wutsit2yuhhuh246]

It's inevitable!

[@ryanllewellyn3472]

I recently set up a shrimp tank and I agree iv fallen in love with them haha

[@enzoocampoiii2881]

Easy pet to keep to maintain light on the wallet pretty much the second best pet i dont recommend people getting bettas as there first aquarium pet i recommend shrimp because they most likely get a smaller tank.

[@jack27nikk38]

I got mine first shrimps today😊 And i just found out that 1 female is carrying eggs 🥳🤩

[@Lucians_Sword]

I'm watching this a bit late but I would also love to see a live stream from time to time just to talk shrimp and ask questions :) Love your videos! please dont stop making them

[@salty555]

i never thought i would see u here lol

[@Lucians_Sword]

@@salty555

[@Jana63]

I would love to see a livestream on Wednesdays! I'll definitely try to make it! Love the mixed shrimp!

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

Thanks!

[@JettsPetts]

Great video. I love the fact that you are having fun and mixing and matching whatever you want. Very cool.

[@marie501061]

Your shrimps are very colorful and I love that mixed variations of different shrimps I just started with red cherry shrimps and I have 10 babies alone in a 5 gallon tank hopefuly they will survive since my tank was set up only for 2 weeks, I realy loved watching your video it was very nice thank you so much for sharing.

[@Dean_H.]

I have the exact same belief as you. I have a 55 gallons tank with all varieties of Cardinia shrimps mixed all together. Having fun is what it’s all about 😊

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

Exactly!

[@Medicoaquaterrariums]

It’s so true to love this small fellows I have mixed some red,black, blue and yellow shrimps 1 month back and waiting to see something new, wish some day I’ll become like you sir in breeding them

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Will glass and ghost shrimp mix well with them?

[@jeandepainter2657]

YES this is exactly why i started my first shrimp tank :D thank you for sharing

[@FishyFun57]

It’s great to meet another 🇨🇦Shrimp keeper. I would love a Wednesday livestream !!

[@isopodmike2204]

Great video! So I have raised all sorts of Neocaridina for about 6 years and was thinking about getting into Caridina shrimp. My ultimate goal (since I started shrimp'in) was to get a tank of blue bolts / shadow pandas. I really dig these mixed tanks and want to diversify my shrimp portfolio. With my goals in mind what do you suggest would be a good starting point / next step for me? Should I get Crystal Black shrimp and have them for awhile and then mix in others later? Or get a second caridina tank after? I see all sorts of videos and posts on forums about this and it is a bit overwhelming sometimes. I am confident that I could be successful with this as I have had great success with neos and use an RO unit with them/keep them in planted tanks. I am super excited to see your channel grow and was your 248th subscriber if my memory serves me right. Marks shrimp tank gave you a shout out and now I never miss a video (you are the only youtuber that I have the notification bell turned on for!). I love this hobby and shrimp really brings me lots of joy and internal peace. I have used it as a coping mechanism for my PTSD from my military service. I want to thank you and all the other shrimp youtubers that help people like me on our aquarium hobby adventure. Best of luck to you Nathan

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

That is such an awesome comment. Caridina is all about doing it right from the start. An active substrate...tds meter...ro water with shrimp salts to a tds of 120 to 135...sponge filters....lots of plants and a decent light. I dont even test any parameters in my tanks only the tds.

[@MinnyLouWho]

Awesome awesome awesome!! Sooo true Nate ! The hobby is about having fun and enjoying the life we see in our tanks! Loved seeing your puppers to lol ! Show more of them and YES to a live stream!

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

Thanks and I think a live stream would be cool

[@johnmcmanus123]

I started a skittle tank about 9 months ago. All different colors of shrimp. well they breed all together and most of the original skittle shrimps are gone . most of the babies turned back into the wild shrimp color. i dont mind it at all. they are my color now lol. Still love watching them.

[@ArchDeanXD]

I love shrimp keeping! I really love just watching them minding their own life. And the best is it is free! Sell some pairs and it off sets your cost :)

[@Afonso_Guest_House]

Omg!!!!!! You are a shrimp wizard! 🤩😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@mbnick_]

wow!!! i totally agree with you with mixing shrimp it’s just so nice to see them all together and they can cross breed too and omg black taiwan bee mixed with blue bolt??!!! wow 😍 great job!!

[@SurvivalEZ]

Your outlook my dude! Sooooo good ik this is an older video but youcan see all your potential and progress. You also remi ded me why I got I to this hobby to do exactly what you want to. Create my own shrimp breed🥲

[@jakeduckworth2350]

Your video inspires me to keep mix tanks n see what can happen. God Bless

[@xNickAttack]

I'd love to watch a livestream sometime. Getting back into shrimp and I love your videos.

[@rodansharma8144]

Which shrimp cam i put with ghost shrimp ??

[@sergioortiz1839]

So when mixing different shrimp the offspring doesn’t come out brown?

[@PoseidonsPets]

Nice video! I love all the different types you were able to develop.

[@CATfishTONY]

Thank you for taking the time to share I personally agree with your concept on your breeding program it not only increases the gene-pool viability of the shrimp that's your F2 level you will see major changes multiple new strains in color variation in Bodymorph

[@emactokes1053]

Hi I was wondering where I could get a filter with the sponges

[@yournurse4452]

What is in the glass plate you have in the aquarium? With the white substrate...? or is it food?

[@finessinhearts]

the all black shrimp looks cooll c:

[@SAGARSANJOY]

Can i keep red cherry shrimp with yellow shrimp??? If not which shrimp i can keep with red cherry shrimp

[@gabos7892]

can i have neocaridina and caridina together in the same tank?

[@jakobwiklund5688]

Such beautiful tanks! You inspired me to set up more colonies!

[@higherlearning1013]

Is it possible to stabilize the new odd lines in a year or 2?

[@sarahhelmer6559]

What would happen if you had a tank with all neos of different colours? Will they come out with weird colours? Or will the blue only mate with blue?

[@valentinvazquez7074]

I just started love your attitude towards do your own thing 👍

[@gasbike100mpg]

great vid! Question: have you ever kept ghost shrimp with neos or caridina, and what was you experience, did the ghost shrimp eat the eggs of other species? thanks.

[@dukesmith114]

What shrimp did you start with other than the T.Bees to get the mixed tank?

[@franciscoreno4929]

Awesome video 👌 I'm actually doing the same thing. A colorful tank: 3🍒,1 blue, 1blue rili, 1black rili and 1 crystal black. Lol thanks for the tips

[@deadfred821]

Here's my novice inquiry. From what I understand, there's three main categories the freshwater shrimp fall into; caridinad, neocaridinas & sulawesi (sp). Considering these categories seem to have specific parameters for the survival, health & overall livelihood of the species, can you mix between these categories and if so, what parameters would the offspring fall under? And on a side note, what category do those crawfish/crawdads/crayfish fall under. And those oversized monsters they call prawns too? Do they fit into any of those three categories I mentioned earlier?

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

I will get back to this comment

[@deadfred821]

@@SooShrimpBreeders I look forward to your response

[@deadfred821]

@@SooShrimpBreeders So.... after digging in here & there, I've come to find out that Sulawesi shrimp are basically Caridina shrimp from a region in Indonesia called Sulawesi & have adapted to survive in the iron rich, high PH water in that area. This could explain why they tolerate such a higher TDS than the others (even higher tolerance than some crayfish). This helps me eliminate one of my questions as I would assume rodi and rain water(s) would require a HUGE amount of additives (salts) to bring the PH & KH levels. Still haven't found out if the caridina & neocaridina can breed between one another or what category those huge crayfish fall under.

[@danwilson5160]

@@deadfred821 Neos can live well in Sulawesi parameters, a lot of people age tanks by keeping neos in first before introducing Sulawesis, and also to act as dithers to encourage Sulawesis to come out more if there aren't many of them in there

[@deadfred821]

@@danwilson5160 Thank you for the information. I've come to find this information as well, as Sulawesi are kind of the black sheep of the caradina family. I also found out that the neos & caridinas do not crossbreed naturally as these names are their genus & breeding between genus does not occur in nature or the aquarium (& lab experiments did not yield favorable results from the rare successes). The neos seem to be the most well rounded & most tolerant to the widest range of parameters; requiring more acclimation the further you get from their "ideal" parameters. So some keepers keep their cull tanks set to caradina parameters for the sake of that genus (& they're less tolerable to the neos parameters). It's also worth noting that these two genus are Asian in origin & there popularity is mostly due to their ornamental appearances achieved through selective breeding. There are plenty of African & American species (like Palamontes & Atya) that are occasionally found in the local fish stores, but rarely in the big name chains. These are the ghost, grass, glass & vampire shrimps, as well as a plethora of others. Moving up from genus to "order," the name is caradea (basically caradina without the n). This includes saltwater shrimps, crayfish & prawns. If you noticed, I basically answered all my questions from that original post;. Anyone interested in further research should probably check my spelling though.

[@aarontan7117]

i just started this hobby, any tips on what i should do? like what to keep or what to have in my tank

[@Peace4allchannel]

Hi is it good neocardina and cardina mixing together

[@moraisins]

Your shrimp are beautiful. Can I ask what you started with to get such cool combinations? I can’t quite hear what types they are…taiwan bees? 🙈 Thank you!

[@victorbonazi3927]

I am sorry about my low knowledge abot name or kinds of shrimp i am a newbie when i started my shrimp tank a year ago i put together blue ones with orange yellow sherry and amano shrimp for some reason now they all look like not much colors in them could be that because the amano one crossed with other species? is that possible ?

[@Evergreenboss360]

Looking to setup a shrimp tank for the first time. My tank is a a 45gal tank that I just setup with a dirt substrate. Should I change out my substrate to your type of soil tank? Is there any direction you could send me for help in this hobby?

[@laurenhanna3233]

Not sure how/why I haven't come across your videos yet since I am a regular to all "FishTube" series alike. Love your editing style! Will definitely be binge watching your videos over the next week. Keep up the good work!

[@thelonecrow1300]

So I started a 29 gallon shrimp tank and all my plants are rooted do you have anyshrimp that you think will breed really good, and do you know where to find any tiger shrimp? Sorry for asking questions.

[@ryanjohnston1268]

have you bred any green varients

[@lovelyegg1128]

Are there any neocardinas I can add to my 5.5 gal? I was going to add cherries but would like different colors or types if that was possible? Could they coexist or should I just stick to cherries?

[@cheryllong995]

What kind of plants are those in your shrimp tank ?

[@luvyibarra4447]

Awesome 😍

[@Heavennevaeh17]

Is it possible to have a pink danios with shrimps on a planted tank? I have baby danios on my shrimp tank i just wanna know if it's safe or not.

[@expressphonefixchicago6888]

Can blue shrimp breed with yellow shrimp ? How long shrimp can live normal life ?

[@malgorzatagwardiak300]

hi, do you get only colured ones, or most of them are just clear / grey ones?

[@krrimy]

Would like to know, what do you feed them?

[@CasualOrigami]

I am currently setting up my first shrimp tank :D I can't decide what kind of shrimp to get :>

[@danmolstad5541]

I’ve been trying to breed blue velvet neos for almost a year. I’ve seen baby shrimp a couple times but they always disappear soon after. I’m feeding baby shrimp food once a day. Do you think it’s possible they are starving or possibly just hiding in the java moss?

[@theoglegogalaxy5307]

I gotta tank that I'm using and I believe some one used to dose plant ferts in it if I clean it is it shrimp safe

[@diovito5428]

Can you mix caridina and neo caridina together?

[@creamontop6969]

you can if you want Shrimp "Mongols".

[@lesliesockwell8385]

I'm keeping neocaridina but not getting any babies. The tank is heavily planted and it's been up and running for 2 years. I have hard water but something's not right! Because my guppies are not breeding in that tank either. My other guppy tank is full of babies & has a orange dwarf crayfish in it who seems to be doing fine. (She ate her the other crayfish in there 🙄) what kh & gh test kits do you use? I think my kh is too high.

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

The only thing I noticed about shrimp keeping was when i got my ro unit and started using pure water with shrimp salts. There was an explosion in almost every tank.

[@lesliesockwell8385]

@@SooShrimpBreeders thank you!! I'll check into that

[@medusianAllure]

What happens when you breed different colours neocardina together? I heard they end up muddy colours. I'd love to see a video about the results of your breeding experiments.

[@PoseidonsPets]

medusianAllure I mixed my cherry shrimp, and blue dreams and got a bunch of gray clear shrimp. They usually turn into that gray wild type color.

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

This

[@PoseidonsPets]

Soo Shrimp Breeders they’re actually really cool looking. Some of the young are almost black because of how dark they are.

[@unoriginal1086]

I am going to add more shrimp to an old tank, shrimp died last time because of ice storm (toronto, you remember it) and I want to add all sorts of colours and shades. The internet is saying they will breed into brown mutts. What should I do? I am in toronto so I have very limited space, but two 20 gallon tanks. Both have fish. One is just tetras and corys (gourami named Rainbow died, ): and the other is black skirt tetras, danios, endlers, amano shrimp, cherry shrimp, an african dwarf frog and a few chain loaches. No issues downstairs, obvs couldn't do it before upstairs because of the gourami who sadly passed. I know I can mix Cardinia and Neocardinia but what else? I really like the green neocardinias and the orange ones, as well as the white ones. Cardinia ones with stripes seemed more basic, only red and black. Anyways, thanks so much for any help!!!

[@brandonsharp32]

I'm suprised you're dwarf frog or loaches hasn't wiped the shrimp population out.

[@markstarr3522]

What if I breed Cherry's with yellows

[@muhammadlatif4523]

hello Nathan, i have my tap water at pH 5.6-6.0 and TDS around 85-100.. it is good enough for Caridina shrimp without using RO unit? greeting from Indonesia

[@creamontop6969]

your "best" water is Rainwater. 100% pure natural !!

[@matthewd4859]

Hey Soo How are you? I had a question! Do you use easy life easy carbo as a liquid co2? I got some and wanted to use it and get some others opinions on it!Please let me know thanks

[@kwooooooooook]

that bkk with the blue stripe looks sweet

[@danielx9801]

Awesome video!!! Quick question when breeding different colors of shrimp is it worth it? I have Golden, Red Cherry, Blue Dream, Crystal Blue, Neon Yellow. After the first birth all of them are wild, will the colors eventually blend or will the mixing always result in wild?

[@garyturnbull7523]

Thanks for the video. Great shot content too. I am the proud owner of 7 whole shrimp!! Im new to shrimp care but i just picked up a 12L tank “i know its small, all the ladies tell me” I want to start to breed what i have for now and was wondering if anyone could give me some tips with starting a fresh breeding project? Given facts being •Low budget •progressively upgrading “over 6 months”

[@unoriginal1086]

What types of shrimp?

[@garyturnbull7523]

Unoriginal i have a mixture of cherry, and amano as far as i know

[@jackshipley1838]

Mixing shrimp is the best. Who wants just one shrimp color in their tank when you can have them all. Plus it creates the most beautiful and unqiue offspring. :)

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

It sure does!

[@sarahleed6]

Thanks for the info, great video!

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

Thanks

[@mypeeps333]

Yes I think you mentioned in your last video that you were getting a blue shrimp from one of your tanks that has cherry shrimp or Blody Mary's I'm not sure ! But anyway I have been getting this deep blue shrimp some almost look black from my Blody Mary tank so I have been putting all of the blue in one tank . Is there any way to tell which shrimp is producing blue shrimp ???? And is this common ?

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

Mixing shrimp is a gamble....but a fun gamble. I have a few neos mixed to see what happens also

Thanks for sharing, greetings from Bogotá, Colombia

[@buzzlight8020]

Hey i was just wondering how you cycled your shrimp tanks. Your shrimp look amazing!

[@HikingFeral]

Just like normal but if you use an active, peat based substrate it will initially release ammonia so you need to leave it running empty a couple months to let the bacteria do its thing. Don't be out off I hope you cycle a tank and get some.

[@kumarawijesundara4977]

Mr when you sell some shrimp please let me know 🇱🇰

[@stephsexoticpets]

5 min in omg so beautiful !!!!!

[@sal9842]

I really enjoy your shrimp video. I can’t seem to find where your web to purchase them is it because your out of the us? Sorry I’m very good at figuring these things out ?

[@mypeeps333]

A question I have is my neighbor has a fish tank ! He set up just to entertain his grandkids . He purchased some Amano shrimp to put in his tank . And was horrified when he dumped them in and the , Fish went on a crazy feeding frenzy .lol He scrambled to try and save them with a net, So he comes to me knowing that I have shrimp tanks ! Well I had no were to put them. He saved 4 lol Amano shrimp are a lot bigger than my Shrimp I put them in with my Orange sacaria I have heard that Amano shrimp will kill outher shrimp is this true ?????

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

I haven't kept amano shrimp in a long time. They were a little aggressive to the other shrimp in the tank at feeding time.

[@djewane1159]

I have my sulawesi shrimp with yellow neon shrimp. Now 12 baby shrimp has half sulawesi body with yellow head.

[@JimmyAzmara]

What's the name of that tiny snails?

[@JimmyAzmara]

VVende thanks ya 👍

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

Ramshorn

[@richardportelli1983]

You started it all with just CRS? So you never bought Taiwan bees or mischlings or pintos?

[@Kat-hs2ij]

Heyy, do shrimps can clean green algae by eatin' them ?

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

Yes..they love eating algae

[@jeffarab4947]

I have alot of green algae too I still feed a little bit of variety

[@nithinjoel6417]

Can you say me same repeating "colour ",shrimp cycle Example: mixing yellow shrimp with yellow rilly shrimp and with snow white shrimp (3 colours of shrimp in one tank), Is it possible the same 3colour repeat like loop or they become different colour after generation after generation.... So Can you say me same repeating "colour ",shrimp cycle

[@A.R.C.77]

Nice shrimp

[@matthewmoorecichlids2323]

Great vid. I post a bunch of stuff as well on IG. More selective on who I let see it though. The shrimp look great. I need to get another tank going. Thanks for the vid.

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

Thank you!

[@TheAlbumsThatMadeMe]

Love your videos dude! A quick question on Neocardina's as still very new to shrimp keeping. We have a crew of five to support our tetra's, and they are all different colours of neocardina. I see lots of videos of shrimps clambering over each other and socialising, but our shrimp rarely do that. Some get on but others are quite comfortable in their own space. Is it cause there's so few of them (I've read that somewhere before) or is it cause they are all different breeds/colours - I really want to get more as I feel they'd be more comfortable in bigger groups but want to get some advice first!

[@aquaballs]

I would love to see you do a livestream on Wednesdays and thanks for sharing

[@deejohnson3483]

Thanks now i know it's possible👍👊

[@mizouman]

\i enjoyed very much that video, I'm new in shrimps breeding world here :) , love your videos.

[@mybackhurts7020]

I want to make red White and blue shrimp

[@gregoryfobare535]

I mixed Dream Blues With Bloody Marys and had gotten some purple shrimps from the mixing of them

[@isopodmike2204]

Pics?

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

That's so awesome!

[@beatap6250]

Awesome 😍👍😉🙋

[@davidpearson8545]

Yes do a live stream

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

Been thinking about it lately

[@sayurasem]

Awesome tanks! Also, is blue bolt/ steel considered taiwan bee or just regular bee like crs/cbs/ golden/ snow white?

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

A steel as far as I know is of the pinto family. You can get them from galaxy pinto and reg pintos

[@jamesmartin4902]

Nice tanks!

[@jarvisblinks4369]

Can I buy some shrimp from u

[@maxl5112]

Seee latest video to see why it's a good idea! You can actually get very colorful shrimp by breeding culls made from mixing shrimp!

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

I just love finding something diff

[@melissatipton4513]

Please do live Wednesday 🙏

[@renewillard777]

Would you be interested in selling some culls? Or trading for high grade mystery snails?

[@rajgill7576]

i have some cherries Id sell

[@tonima3866]

Not Sault Ste. Marie eh

[@rabidrabbitsmokingneonlights]

Wish i had the money to buy bunch different shrimp to do this guess ill watch me neocaridina

[@kristianking5828]

I have a pregnant female I cannot identify. Came with amano shrimp but it is clearly not that

[@mellewedin8221]

I so need some of your shrimp in my life and in my house

[@jacobstarr2821]

Do live stream

[@VioletAlpha]

I would worry about them pulling mostly wilds eventually

[@SooShrimpBreeders]

I am. I'm being a little more strict now

[@Lukes__foodforest]

Wild in colour holds a certain attraction as well.