The Shallow Shrimp Ecosystem (120 Day Evolution)

[@timdavidson2583]

“Just pretend you have a fish”😂 such great comedy lines 👍

[@flamingadventures4200]

Facebook mom ahh humour

[@AkbarZeb-p6f]

I also love the tiny shrimp dramas playing out.

[@Toucccan]

is nice to see someone going for the health of the animal not just looks

[@refakmakeen5248]

Best shrimp content on YT by far ❤

[@Mattcc3]

The flame moss wow it grew soo big and the shrimp got a pretty cool colour to them

[@RWAquariumPages]

love this setup! beautiful tank and beautiful shrimp. love seeing 150 shrimp introduced into an aquarium. I agree, lots and tons of shrimp looks amazing!

[@ShrimpMania]

Thank you Ray, We are both addicted to large numbers of shrimp. What can be better to feed thousands of shrimp? I saw you also often use lava rocks in your setup. I think it's great media for neos and Sulawesi shrimp

[@iSpecious]

Oh i love the voice of the shrimp!!

[@aviegrinberg691]

I love your channel its always the most informative and entertaining at the same time, thank you :)

[@kevindb47]

Started ugf tank bare bottom today. Thank you for everything

[@ShrimpMania]

Glad it helps. Good luck with your new setup buddy!

[@Lopezino]

@@ShrimpMania is there no heater in the tank?

[@tthimsel]

I love shrimps speaking haha :D

[@shamgrangrezroa1661]

This is how i set up my tank too..UGF and sponge filter with flame moss…easy cleaning..and easy maintenance…for my sulawesi and caridina…

[@andresgil1449]

Thank you for naming the plants

[@fishmanhari]

This is so awesome!!! Now im inspired to start a bare bottom tank. Im soo jealous of that plant growth!

[@fongyang6811]

WOW! amazing tank. I just got a ton of lava rocks for a larger Aqua scaping tank with lots of lava left over. Will definitely have to mimic this one. Love your vids keep it up.

[@ShrimpMania]

Thank you my friend! Lava rock is a great media for neos, lots of surface area, it also looks cool if you place a few rocks in the tank with some plants on them.

[@Pratik-0-0-7]

I had seen a lot of detritus worms in my tank before this video. I used to think they were some kind of parasite that could affect my fish, but now I'll let them swim.

[@RabidicusNollis]

The noise I made at those red/blue shrimp! Ough, you should absolutely pick out all those red/blue ones and start a line, thats gorgeous right there.

[@JoseGuzman-ej1xl]

I use tap water to keep them and have good results, also using boyu sponge filters in my opinion one of the best filters to keep shrimps

[@maluskakrecik]

the worms-style voice is awesome:) Very nice shrimps too. I wish I could buy some of your shrimps to be fair:)

[@ShrimpMania]

Right, you played the worms game as well then haha. Yes that voice is very similar. I might sell some but only locally in the UK. Not sure where you are from.

[@madhawapiumika4037]

Sooo damn NICE. I am in love with the shrimp keeping. I need to start so badly but the water here is BLEH.. it's too hard I guess. But I am testing with several couples in a tank. being very observant. The biggest question is. do they breed less if the tank is filled with plants?

[@ShrimpMania]

Quite an opposite they thrive in the planted tanks (without co2)

[@mercuriallimit]

what is your normal water temperature?

[@agentyellow_1328]

Babe wake up shrimp mania just posted!

[@oumibunya]

Love your video as always 👍

[@shrimplyexplained]

Lol I like the lava rock pounding montage

[@ShrimpMania]

Haha thanks mate!

[@jimmyhfishes]

Very nice colony of dreams....❤

[@ShrimpMania]

Thanks!

[@Jlui83]

That’s awesome. Gives me inspiration for no substrate tank! What bacteria powder did you add? I have bacter ae would that work?

[@ShrimpMania]

The link for the powder is in description. Bacter ae wouldn't work from my experience

[@TamHoai-qs7iq]

May I ask which camera and lens u used to film those tiny shrimp that far so clearly? 6:10 6:10

[@denirobles9007]

Beautiful Shrimp and tank. I have two bare bottom tanks and im afraid to syphon the water like you do because i might loose many babies.

[@ShrimpMania]

I always siphon a few babies when I clean it. It's easy to find them in the bucket and move them back to the tank after the water change but it's better to use the white bucket

[@balister8054]

Those plants are smoothness to eyes

[@andresgil1449]

I come here for the shrimp! But I saty for your plants! Your plants look so healthy!! What’s the secret

[@ShrimpMania]

well balanced tank

[@LSFANDO]

Amazing! where do you think the micro-flora come from? substrate or bacteria powder? I really want them (copepods, seedshrimps, worms, etc)

[@ShrimpMania]

I've got this question quite a lot. They can come in as hitchhikers with the plants, substrate, rocks or even on the bodies of fish, shrimp or snails. Copepods particularly come into my tanks with Dead Shrimp Powder I'm using. They always appear in the tanks after a week or two in my new setups

[@chrissy3742]

Loved the tank build and lava rock with music combination! 🎉

[@ShrimpMania]

Glad you enjoined that!

[@bradleydishner9698]

What is the small carpeting plant on your front gravel in the scaped tank?

[@Lopezino]

no heater? and for how many hours a day is the light on? what temprature is the water?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I like the name "big boy "for the hammer! 😂

[@ShrimpMania]

It's been with me for 20 years so I had to name it, I also have a 'little boy ' the smaller one😂

[@ЛеонидМартыненко-б1й]

@@ShrimpManiaгде ты покупаешь пластиковый камень для распыления воздуха??

[@asianseaanimals]

Great evolution

[@jeavonidennis6401]

Great video!

[@ShrimpMania]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ronaldli9875]

looks wonderful😁😁

[@ShrimpMania]

thanks😊

[@tomirenegade]

Hello in time 5:50-5:55 you have a white worm swimming there, is it good or is it a parasite. Thank you for your response

[@ShrimpMania]

It's good worm

[@minhtunguyen9580]

i wonder how did you create green moss in the wall and floor tank

[@halfcaf1105]

What is you light cycle like while cycling the tank?

[@rakeshms2968]

Awesome and how much duration of light do you provide and wat you use to avoid black hairy algae.?

[@ShrimpMania]

around 10h a day, I do nothing to prevent algae

[@thugmobi]

we need more of theseeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

[@ShrimpMania]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@shoe007]

How long does the lava rock work as a filtration media before needing to cycle in a new UGF? What do you do with the old lava rock; can it be cleaned somehow and reused for another tank setup? Love your content! Keep it coming. 👏

[@ShrimpMania]

You don't need to change lava rocks ever man. Lava rock can be used indefinitely. Don't mistake it for active soil that depletes after a year or so. Lava rock is inert media nothing happens with it over time.

[@hiponatshabu]

how often do you put the bacteria powder??

[@nikotamayo3740]

Hello, how did you get the blue and red pattern? Did you cross breed red rilis and blue dreams? Thanks

[@richardfritz769]

Theire so beautyfull ,could watch this shiny aliens all day long :)

[@Aviv_Anavi]

hey ! the bacterial powder is Bacter AE by GlasGarten ?

[@budi7176]

i saw some little 'worm' wiggling in your new tank, is that planaria?

[@NatafaAfrqla]

Could you show us what LED lamp are you used?

[@JuanTrevizo-by7iu]

Love the voice from the game Stray! How do you prevent black beard algae from

[@ShrimpMania]

I do nothing to prevent it. I only have it in one of my tanks and I have 18 tanks

[@babaroga_de]

You should Hard cull those Blue dreams. Clean that rust Color. But cool Video 👍

[@Poeticfloetic]

*rust

[@ShrimpMania]

I like them, I want more of them. They look cool

[@bradleydishner9698]

Ive worked in glass fab shops for almost 9 years. Love building my own tanks. Much easier to fit them where you want them. I use neoprene yoga mats underneath. Self leveling and prevents the glass shifting over time. Can get yoga mats for 5$. Cheapest way to buy neoprene... also how are you promoting algae growth and not getting hair algae? Is the moss out competing it? Hair algae is a real struggle in all my tanks.

[@ShrimpMania]

@@bradleydishner9698 need a good balance between nutrients and amount of light to prevent hair algae. This come with experience

[@andresgil1449]

Do you fertilize your plants, they always look very healthy

[@smf00027]

How to achieve that green algae? Thanks

[@ahmadmuaz9603]

nice green wall sir, may i know what shrimp powder bacteria are you using for that setup?

[@ShrimpMania]

In description

[@fabrinovo4033]

Great video men, what camera you use?

[@ShrimpMania]

My main camera is SONY a7siii

[@danielthompson3205]

Can't afford aquariums so I make my own.. Now Im Gunna dig thru the vids to find some reference building vids with type of selastics

[@Condoctuc]

Hi, any suggestions for a neo Caridina planted tank with a substrate that does not lower ph? I want to try a new aquascape and I usually keep caridina but I struggle with the sensitive crystal shrimp in co2, rocks leeching hardness, lots of fertilizers etc. I’m thinking that neos are the solution since I’ve found them to be so hardy. But I’d like to at least have the ph good for them

[@ShrimpMania]

Higher ph soils from my experience - fluval stratum, GlasGarten Environment, SL aqua. But you shouldn't worry too much about ph berceuse your water will be with kh of 3-5 for neos. So it will buffer your ph to above 7 no matter what soil you using.

[@nub_gamers5457]

The bacteria powder does it means the powder for bacteria starter?

[@Frostihaider]

never seen that colour :O they remind me of the spider man suit :D

[@cobykelly845]

great video

[@ShrimpMania]

Glad you enjoyed

[@koentjuh1776]

If I look at the dosage for gh kh + it tell you to reach around 300-350us which translates to somewhat 170tds, why do you make you tds this high ? Whats better?

[@davidvuong752]

Did you use ro water or tap water? If ro water, what tds did you remineralise to? What is the gh/kh for this tank. Love how big your flame moss grew.

[@ShrimpMania]

Sorry but you have to watch it again to find your answers I mentioned all of that in this video

[@davidvuong752]

@@ShrimpMania I must of been busy working, and never finished watching the video. Cheers. 😃

[@TamHoai-qs7iq]

May I ask which camera and lens u used to film those tiny shrimp that far so clearly?

[@TomSchwarz.Official]

which bacterial powder would you recommend?

[@pablomaldonado5179]

what type of bacterial powder do you use?

[@ShrimpMania]

The link in description

[@Lopezino]

i did the same but i dont have algea?

[@cddshibaeli]

hi - the water in one of my Neo tanks is very green and hard for me to see through the tank. the shrimp however seem healthy and are having babies. does anyone have suggestions on how I can make the water less green and more clear? thanks shrimp community!

[@ShrimpMania]

I'm using internal filter with uv light to clear green water. It normally takes couple of weeks to completely remove green or cloudiness

[@saadmaanshahrier]

what light are you using?

[@harveyespiritu7936]

What is a bacterial powder and where can i purchase it? thanks

[@lb.lokeshgaming7674]

I am new subscriber for you and I love you plant setup at a single video .love 💓 from India🇮🇳

[@ShrimpMania]

Thanks and welcome

[@marcelozavalla5358]

What lamp to use for that result?

[@MrOskiee]

Could you explain your filter a little? Id like to try that...

[@ShrimpMania]

Just watch my videos and you will learn about it

[@marconikarga]

Will those tanks last years without doing any reset...like just the usual 20- 30 percent water change a month?

[@ShrimpMania]

Technically yes they should last for as long as you want

[@JustAnotherShrimpGuy]

I am amazed how you got such nice green walls from DSP. I use DSP too and never get that much green! Any recommendations? Should I just keep adding more DSP until it turns green?

[@ShrimpMania]

Actually there are a few reasons why green walls might not grow. 1 Freshwater limpets. If you have them in your tank they will scrape it off before it even starts to grow. More food for them more limpets will breed and you will feed them with DPS and not your algae/shrimp. 2 - Fast-growing plants like stem plants or any other rooted plants will outcompete algae and you won't have green walls. That's why I'm only using mosses and buce plants. 3 Floating plants they are blocking the light and suck all the nutrients. It is also better to set the tank with DPS from the beginning in already established tanks it might not work for some reason.

[@tahisiandreamer4964]

Is there fresh limpets in the dsp ?

[@ShrimpMania]

@@tahisiandreamer4964 nope

[@tahisiandreamer4964]

@@ShrimpMania thank you 😊

[@Venus.On.Earthh]

Hi , One of my red shrimp is carrying eggs . Last night she was okay , cleaning her eggs and eating well . But today when it's feeding time , I saw her eggs disappeared . Like , she was never been pregnant . There are no eggs , gone gone . I search nook and cranny hoping maybe the eggs were hatched and I can't see baby shrimp but I see nothing . The shrimps i have is in the same tank with cardinals and pea puffers . What do you think happen ?

[@steamy1233]

Mostly the eggs hatched. You cant spot shrimps when they just hatched. They tend to hide in the substrates.

[@makbaryusuf5887]

Interesting😊😁

[@erengaudet9460]

Those multicoloured shrimp might be stuck in a molt and will die soon, i have black neos that have the odd blue babys when the black neos or blues die due to molting the skins turn orange even a shedded molt off a blue or black neo will look orange

[@baaba_dook]

I have an 8l aqvarium just for schrimps, the water stood for two months, I did everything right. My water parameters are also all as they should be, I feed them every two days and don't put too much food, but they still find themselves dying one by one every day. If there is someone who can explain to me why, and what I am doing wrong.

[@so_so_reef]

For caridina shrimp what temperature range do you recommend? I set my tank to 23 and it's gotten up to about 26 with the warm weather. I know too warm is an issue but are a few days at higher temps an issue?

[@ShrimpMania]

Well last summer I lost a lot of shrimp in the heat wave. Caridina will start to die in temp above 25-26. After that I invested in aircon to keep my temp below 24. At least buy a fan, switch off the light, internal and external filters or any water pumps in the tank will heating the water by 1-3 degrees that's why air driven filters like sponge or ugf are recommended to reduce the temperature of the water

[@rukonza5666]

I was thinking of ordering shrimp from your ebay. Are they decent sized?

[@JoeDodd-jw7kn]

Amazing video! I have been cycling my 2 caridina shrimp tanks now for 6 weeks, I use RO water, AE Bacter and UGF boxes but I still have no green walls in the tank!! My lights are on for 13 hours per day. Any help or ideas? 🦐

[@opawikztv6569]

i’m doing the same as you but my light has high intensity and on for 24hrs, i add a little pinch of fish food every 5days and in 2 weeks i have green algae all over my glass.. try it hope it will work for u.

[@ShrimpMania]

I agree fish flack probably works better for growing green walls than Bacter AE

[@JoeDodd-jw7kn]

@@opawikztv6569Thankyou for your help. I have added some powdered fish flake to the tanks now

[@JoeDodd-jw7kn]

@@ShrimpMania Thankyou for your help. I have added some powdered fish flake to the tanks now

[@Mattcc3]

I want to switch my tap water to r.o for my blue dreams how do you recommend I do the change over without affecting them I have salty shrimp gh/kh+

[@ShrimpMania]

I would simply do the next water change with remineralised ro water

[@srilaxmiflutes]

Please tell which powder you uses

[@ShrimpMania]

dead shrimp powder

[@elsafishplant]

nice video !!!!!

[@ShrimpMania]

Thanks man!

[@UziLoogies]

your shrimps are beautiful do you sell any?

[@ShrimpMania]

Yes the link is in the description

[@userjoe4870]

My shrimp don't come out like this for food. Heck some times a piece will go untouched and I have to siphon it out

[@ShrimpMania]

It happens if you only have few shrimp in the tank they don't need food at all

[@gwrulzmylife]

can you explain the wall algae?

[@ShrimpMania]

green dust algae that growing in the surface

[@vannarasong]

i'm guessing drip acclimation wasn't needed? i get paranoid with shrimp still

[@ShrimpMania]

I did it off camera

[@unsocialbutterfly5760]

I have so many seed shrimp in my red cherry shrimp tank, and they have taken over the substrate. I was thinking I should create another tank to put my shrimp in, to get rid of the seed shrimp, and having a bare bottom instead of substrate. Now looking at your tank with so many seed shrimp, I am wondering if I should bother changing it, maybe I should just accept the seed shrimp? I get concerned that the seed shrimp will out compete my baby shrimp for food, so I am probably over feeding to compensate. What is your advice?

[@ShrimpMania]

Seed shrimp are ok if not too many. It looks like I have a lot of them in the video because they are all in one corner. If you overfeed they will multiply even more - more food more seed shrimp. In bare bottom you can siphon them if you want to.

[@longhoangquoc482]

Can I ask how long you leave the lights on each day to maintain the green wall ?

[@ShrimpMania]

10h a day

[@ttmdigital4K9]

hi i was wondering if anyone know what plant is growing on the coconut shell

[@Suumaiyaa]

5:45 :) he mentions it

[@ndk6987]

Hello can we use sand and aqua soil mix for breeding..

[@ShrimpMania]

Can't see any problems with your mix. Will be good plants growth for sure

[@dalesturgill8817]

where do you get your shrimp. I've been trying to get some but fishstores near me Don't have them in stock and I fear they might die in shipping. Any suggestions or places you've had successful delivery?

[@ShrimpMania]

I got them from eBay. It's ok to ship shrimp. I do it all the time.

[@satyajitpanda3019]

What is that bacterial powder ?

[@ShrimpMania]

@@satyajitpanda3019 in description box

[@glyntaylor49]

What filter box in the corner ?

[@gayefanner731]

Amazing tank, fab Shrimpies 😍 Please would you explain why no substrate, I’m building up to an aquarium, at present having masses of Snail and ‘pod’ jars with gravel, and haven’t needed to clean gravel or change water in over 6 months and want to do the same in aquarium with Shrimp, snails n ‘pods’ but ‘Catadama’ substrate. God bless you and your endeavours 🙏✝️. ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️. 🙋‍♀️🤍🇮🇱✌️

[@ShrimpMania]

Hey bro, it's just was a personal choice because it's easier to clean. You can make it with the substrate it's not a problem

[@gayefanner731]

Thanku SO, SO much, I can get properly excited now! I gather you live in UK, anywhere near Devon, England by any chance?! ✌️

[@akiraic]

offtopic: where is his accent from? quite nice

[@vgstm6016]

What are the ingredients in the powder? The ebay page doesn't clarify about them. Also it says that when it's used you will see copepods after a few days. Does this mean the powder has copepod eggs in it?

[@ShrimpMania]

I have no idea. Tai Cheng the guy who making it keeps it in secret he didn't tell me

[@vgstm6016]

@@ShrimpMania can it be shipped to Greece? I am interested. Should I order through your ebay?

[@ShrimpMania]

@@vgstm6016 sure go ahead I will post to any country in the EU

[@mich421]

Have it analyzed by a laboratory if you're curious to understand what's inside 😆

[@amitambavkar]

which is the moss on coconut shell?

[@ShrimpMania]

Look I mentioned it 2 times in the video I even put a text with the plant name on the screen, i don't know man you have to watch it first before asking this