SHRIMP KEEPING -THE TOP 10 LIES, MYTHS OR HALF-TRUTHS DEBUNKED! From Cherry Shrimp to Exotic Species

[@taylorhillard4868]

I can appreciate the technical proficiency of breeding the high quality shrimp. But honestly I'm much more in love with lower quality ones where they're still colorful, but transparent enough to let light through. They just look so vibrant to me. Blue jellies and low grade cherries are so pretty to me.

[@Fishtory]

I totally respect that. With grading the real reason it matters, is because it takes so many more generations to get the deep colors. However, you should like whatever it is you like! The wild neocaridina are one of my favorites honestly

[@DEXTER-TV-series]

This is the reason why I like transparent species of fish. 😆💚

[@aperson336]

Tbh I prefer wild type fish/ shrimp ect. they just look better and are healthier, instead of line breeding for crazy color we should breed for health

[@janecarrel1111]

This video is the best best best! I’ve been keeping fish since I was 5.. and a lot of the stuff you say is what I naturally do, don’t medicate, have tonnes of live plants, have a little eco system, be easy going! I love it when you say be like nature, no sudden changes! It’s so true. I’m only just beginning keeping shrimp but have had fish tanks all my life. This is honestly super helpful! Thank you!! :)

[@Fishtory]

Glad to help a bit :) best wishes, Alexander.

[@upclosevideo]

Plus one ❤. I’ve just found this channel and am learning so much already. The breeding one is superb, full of info. What I like about Alex and his way of presenting is it’s all “information gold” no filling it’s all meat 👍 I’ve watched so many videos already that have long videos but impart such little information.

[@mattbatcher802]

Yeah, I think he said something about doing the right thing and most of the time that means doing nothing, especially not adding stuff before you are ready.

[@NebulaMK]

"In the immortal words of shrimp jesus" hahaha, I love your knowledge and sense of humor.

[@Fishtory]

Hah well at least some one does ;) Have a great Sunday

[@frankallen3634]

I run a sponge filter, no heater, living off well water that is ridiculously hard at 550ppm after softening and no idea what the ph is since I never check it. Planted heavy and with dragon stone and random snails. They seem fine and I have no idea what kind they are I just pointed when I was at petco. Different colors and the kids look however they look I don't even care a little

[@hillariat2147]

Vibes. I just buy whatever local bred shrimp color i want and just see what happens. I only do smth to the water when I see issues (eg. Gg from harder well water to soft city water.)

[@Diosesdepapel]

I am new keeping shrimp i bought two batches of shrimp , one Cherry Shrimp and them another mixed colors and no one survive , them i figured out the TDS in my planted aquarium was almost 700 ppm , Now i know why they did not make it .. i feel bad and sorry for the ones i killed with such high TDS in my tank . Thank You for all the info in your video , we all can learn a little more each day so our Shrimps can live longer and Happier.

[@Fishtory]

Best of luck my friend!

[@hazizviltsu1909]

Imagine being light skinned shrimp and getting culled for it

[@Fishtory]

Haha well i dont kill em ... they all chill in a give away

[@emilymarie9796]

This joke has layers 😭

[@elisestanley6862]

🤣😂💀🤣😂💀🤣🙌🏾🙌🏾🤓🖖🏾

[@SupermanBB]

White lives matter

[@CoffeeTimeBrian11]

Great information. Smaller often water changes. I used to see wild fresh water shrimp in temperary ponds and mud puddles all the time. I knew they couldn't be that demanding.

[@jezackr3500]

Great vid. Every once in a while I have to hear someone telling me to stop fiddling with the aquariums they're doing fine and it does make me feel better about my shrimp xD

[@Fishtory]

Hahs thanks. Yes ... stop meddling, but watch more :) there's so much to observe behaviorally

[@jezackr3500]

@@Fishtory right? Who would have thought that watching a bunch of tiny critters would be so entertaining :)

[@johnlamountain2580]

I totally agree Alexander and I'm learning those lessons the hard way in some cases but I'm learning and you're helping not only me but the entire community. Thanks again.

[@Fishtory]

That is very kind of you to say, thank you! Have a terrific week ahead

[@collinmckeon107]

Here the combo I do for all my ecosystem tanks:live plants, wood, ottos, amano shrimp, neocaradina shrimp, snails, guppy/endlers, platys, rice fish, and female bettas

[@Fishtory]

Sounds complete to me!

[@dax8753]

shrimp are just awesome pets , wish id discovered that sooner. I found it beneficial to mix shrimp when i got my first cherry shrimp they just huddled in a corner and would not graze , after 4 died frozen to the spot .i added 3 Amanos and the cherries were all over the place grazing , they were so tiny i think having bigger shrimp gave them confidence.

[@pillsnpiegaming]

Temps do matter but not in keeping them alive as long as you don't go to hot, some people even have shrimp in outdoor ponds that ice over in the winter and their colonies survive. but higher temps do increase breeding and decrease longevity like with most other aquarium animal stock.

[@deejaymartin47]

your the only person im listening to as everywhere else iv looked have not given much info on the shrimp also iv just started to set up a red breeding tank

[@Fishtory]

Right on. Im glad i could help! There are a ton of videos about a ton of details on this channel if you look around. But feel free to ask me any questions. Cheers

[@gregoryhoward1758]

thank you for the video. I am just starting out with shrimp. I ordered 10 red cherry from Flip aquatics and plan to put them into my beta tank. The beta has been in with a mystery snail and a ghost shrimp for a few weeks and are doing great!

[@Fishtory]

Right on! Welcome to the hobby...i have discount codes for flip Aquatics in the future "History10" or SECRETSHRIMP10 have both been used for past promotions. I highly recommend Aquatic Arts . Com also and there's links to discounts plus every time you buy something from them and mention my channel or use SECRETHISTORY15 as a codex you'll be entered into a 500$ shrimp prize promo giveaway. Good luck and feel free to watch my older shrimp videos and a bunch of specific species or care and breeding info vlogs! Take care my friend

[@FrederickDunn]

You did an excellent job with this video. I'm catching up on freshwater shrimp and appreciated all of the information you've shared here. Thanks so much and thumbs UP!

[@Fishtory]

Thank you kindly! Glad to be of service to the hobby. Thanks for watching!

[@khodgesUSAF]

I am so happy to see this video and your “tanks”. I am trying some “experiments “ myself, and feel much better about my “experiments “. Parameters are within balance.... what can I say?

[@Fishtory]

Whatever works... is what you should do hah...the only real rule is don't change shrimp parameters quickly...and if they die off slowly, change something. But honestly, I have had caridina in high tds aaaaand 7.5 ph...and also had neos in 50 degree outdoor tubs

[@kai_plays_khomus]

It would be great to have temperatures in both fahrenheit and celsius scale. I understand that the uploader is us-american and "thinks" in fahrenheit, as most of his compatriots, but on the other hand it would be great to make information accessible to as many people as possible, and all the rest of the world uses celsius, as it is practiced generally in science. To give both values would facilitate communication.

[@Fishtory]

So this video is from 4 or 5 years ago, and almost all my videos the last 2 or 3 years (since the channel had more than a few hundred viewers) do have celcius/km/kg/ml/g amounts. So I agree with you haha

[@sunnycal2293]

Great information. Enjoyed it all. I personally don't like my neocaridina tanks to drop below 66ish. I'll plug in a heater at that time set at 70. It was funny when you were looking for cherry shrimp in your tank. Your camera screen passed up a couple of them. (You didn't see them. Haha). I was like, "There's one. There it is. There's another one. Hehehehehe

[@Fishtory]

Haha thanks....and yes that glare outside is a tough one and all the sudden you see like 10

[@marchean83]

I keep a bowl outdoors with a few neocaridinas. During the day it's in full sun, so the temperature is about 30°C and at night it can drop as low as 10-15° due to the fact I live in in a mountain town. They doing fine.

[@Fishtory]

Right on! Nice colony genetics you're creating then!

[@Cory_Dora]

I keep tangerine tigers and fire reds in the same tank and they dont cross breed. I keep clown killis with mine and soon to remove the heater as well because clown killis enjoy cool water as well. Nice info. Thanks so much!

[@Fishtory]

Awesome! I knew they wouldnt cross, but im curious...does one species dominate the other at feeding times and or with numbers of babies?

[@Cory_Dora]

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium I have been told the tigers will outbreed and be more aggressive then the cherries but my TT’s are still new and I had to move them all (including the cherries) out of my cray tank because of predation so I’m not sure yet. I am rebuilding my badly decimated colony. (The tigers were new to the tank. i never got a chance to really see them breed in that cray tank.). I find them to be kinda shy right now, outnumbered still by the cherries.

[@andrewmcmurdo3590]

You make really interesting and informative video's,always thought shrimps had to have a certain temperature now i know different,keep up the good work

[@Fishtory]

Thank you kindly for watching, im very glad it was informative. Cheers, my friend!

[@hamneggwich]

I've been experimenting with a mix of colours since the start of the year. It's weird, they do throw some "wild types"(the least colourful of which I've been moving into a fish tank to see where they go) but one colour also might just pop out a baby the same colour as the other parent, as if there wasn't a mixed parentage. So I've had high quality oranges from low quality reds, blues from greens, half blue and half random from one clutch, and so on. Even the "wilds" can have a lot of red/green/blue pigment and the patterning varies a lot so I'm interested to see where it goes. I've got a couple clear neos with blue stripes that I quite like, kinda like caridina tiger shrimp. I've also had some rili patterns recently start to emerge out of nowhere. This tank is a pure potluck C:

[@Fishtory]

Totally! And usually people keep the origin a secret...or don't even know how they made it...but if you get 2 sharing the colors or patterns we like....then it can usually be selected and line bred! I have dark dark blues that i crossed with jades a year ago.... and one batch had orange eyes, navy blue body and a pink or gold razorback AKA , "gold line" ...to my surprise all their babies where black with white eyes and a pink line down their back haha...it lasted about 2 or 3 rounds of babies and then the color was back to a normal dark blue....that's a lot of the run, in my opinion. Thanks for sharing! And if you ever have photos youd like to share, consider joining our facebook group page :) CHEERS!

[@hamneggwich]

​@@Fishtory That's so awesome, thanks for the reply! I was pondering about doing some mixed shrimp crew timelapses during feedings sometime(and updating every other month or so to follow changes and progress), so perhaps I can link you guys up :D

[@johnlamountain2580]

This stream was very informative. I've been in the hobby of raising shrimp (Bloody Mary) for 1 1/2 years yet you've enlightened me of some myths I felt was true. Thanks so much.

[@Fishtory]

Thank you kindly. That's a super impressive anount of time of keeping shrimp! I just think this info is the hard info to find...only experience and chatting with others over the years, seem to gain this type of info. As for ideal conditions...that info is all over, and people stick to it religiously and don't seem to just take a loss or two now and then... they assume one shrimp dies and they need to do an 80% water change or add chemicals. Just low and slow...chill. I swear, the more i forget about my shrimp, the better they do

[@archeyos]

@ 11:22 There are two fish resting on the leaves, center frame. They appear to have 2 white bands on the body. What are those fish? Those are cool!

[@Fishtory]

Panda loaches! Totally shrimp safe, and one of my very favorite fish to watch!

[@archeyos]

@@Fishtory Thank you! I've just got back into the hobby this year after a 20 year break. I'm learning so much from your channel and others. I cannot get enough of your in depth videos. There's no one else delving the way that you do. You also tell it very well. I look forward to hopefully many, many more years of your content. I'm not sure if you've already made a video, but I'm learning that all these species are a bit unique. For example, I recently am keeping CPDs and emerald rasbora/danio together. They are really cute and interesting to watch as they play and do other things in the tank. I just thought they looked cool when I looked into them, but I am rewarded with far much more with their social behavior. It reminds me of a bunch of hamsters in a colony all playing and socialization, its remarkable! What are your top favorite aquarium inhabitants you've found over the years, are amongst your favorites because of a peculiarity or uniqueness you believe merits recommendation to others to try and keep as well? I'd love a video like this. Or, if too complicated, maybe a video that answers this question in differing biotopes?

[@angelsbynoemi]

Wow and i was just freaking out for my shrimp tank going under 70F but it make sense as i heard is not recommended to put a heater on shrimp tanks!

[@Fishtory]

Hello again :)

[@ruthmeow4262]

It would be so awesome on the neocaridina davidi if when you mix colors, you got different colors. Just think, red plus blue and you get a purple. But alas, shrimp colors don't work that way...

[@Fishtory]

I know...bummer

[@Butterflies-are-free]

💙 Great video! Thank you! 💙 I’m just getting started and your videos are so helpful! Subscribed! 😊😊😊

[@Fishtory]

Awesome! Welcome to the community here 😊 🙏

[@ArttillaZ]

Love this guy humble and a kind sharer.. Tqqq

[@Fishtory]

I don't know about humble, by i try to be compassionate when possible. Thank you kindly for watching and have a great week end.

[@benblassingourami984]

From my experience, the only reason to care about temperature is that they will breed faster at higher temps, so if you want lots of babies, keep them in the 75-80 degree range.

[@Fishtory]

Generally true! Especially with neocaridina....they're more prone to fungal infections slightly, but i think its worth keeping them at 78 personally

[@benblassingourami984]

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium Oh yeah, I probably should have clarified that I meant for neos! I think most other shrimps also have the same reaction to higher temps, but their ideal ranges are probably a little different. I’ve heard people say that too high of temperatures can cause fungal or bacterial diseases, but I keep my neos at ~78 and I’ve never had any issues. I also keep two smaller colonies unheated at about 70 and they don’t breed even half as fast as my warm colony, so I think I prefer keeping them warm.

[@Fishtory]

@@benblassingourami984 yes, ive had similar results for the most part. Although in a shallow tank with high tannins and about 300tds (mimicing a late summer Taiwanese mountain creek) seems to also work as low as 72 for me...but thats way too much work... 75 is the magic number for where they produce over and over...otherwise ive seen that females will berry up...often abort the clutch and have one clutch every 6 months or less, and all staggered .. when at room temp in like a nano desk 5 gallon. All that said, my outdoor pond neos produce enough to keep an ever slightly growing number of shrimp in Seattle weather.

[@dandelion12522]

I had molting problems at 80 degrees but knocking it down a bit helped

[@aquariumplantman]

Good to hear your opinions Alex, I always take out some good stuff from your vids mate. I was thinking of getting some bacter AE to boost the health of my shrimp.🤘

[@Fishtory]

Doesn't hurt, that's for sure...the babies need that stuff the most

[@gandalf1753]

Planning on turning my 20 gallon into a shrimp tank once I move my 2 black moors into a much larger one. Thanks for all the knowledge!

[@Fishtory]

Thanks for tuning in

[@wrs8895]

I had the worst luck with my shrimp! They never had any babies and then sadly they died. I had two left in a 10 gallon, and I needed the tank for my betta and he of course, ate them. They are pretty big too. I haven't been able to afford to buy any more since then. I miss them! :(

[@Fishtory]

Im sorry...wait till you have an old dirty tank and buy some like 3 dollar cherry shrimp online haha....i bet theyll do great. The bummer about shrimp is that you do so much better starting with 20 of them than 5...but it gets spendy

[@upclosevideo]

More words of wisdom. You have given me a lot more confidence with my Cherry Shrimp tank❤

[@Fishtory]

Aww so Glad to hear that!

[@ADHDAquatics]

Could you do a video about how Indian whisker shrimp are being sold as ghost shrimp? No one knows anything about these whisker shrimp. They are aggressive and they ate a lot of my cherry shrimp. They are larger than cherry shrimp and a lot of people think they are getting a peaceful ghost shrimp when they buy these. They are misidentified and misunderstood. I would like to know all about these shrimp. Where did they come from? How do they breed? Why are they mislabeled? I want to know all the secret history of these guys and I trust no one other than you to do it.

[@Fishtory]

Oh interesting. I've seen "ghost shrimp" of about 5 species over the years, but I can definitely do a video looking into all the species that get marketed as them...and any info pertinent to each one. Thanks for the idea and comment!

[@ADHDAquatics]

@@Fishtory yay!! I'm so excited 😁 I look forward to it.

[@nayaleezy]

0:50 thank you 🌝

[@alibeakaalphatv]

Thanks for all that important extra knowledge. One love

[@Fishtory]

Big up

[@BIBLE-UNBUTCHERED]

Enjoyed this video - great tips

[@Fishtory]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Mattypantaloons]

Always the most natural looking tanks. What's the substrate in these tanks? Looks like a mixture of aquasoil and inert gravel of some sort?

[@Fishtory]

Usually ada amazonia light / amazonia II mixed with pea gravel and or coarse sand or just half fluval stratum

[@anthonypautin]

Great upload! I learned so much thank you! 🙌

[@CopenhagenDreaming]

You're seriously making me want to have shrimp in my new aquarium... So I guess that means you've done something right with this video? :-) The more I read and watch about them, the more interesting they seem - lively and fun little critters.

[@Fishtory]

They are a great addition!

[@CopenhagenDreaming]

@The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium I'm not sure they're going to be an addition; they might just be the centrepiece and then I'll plan everything else to fit in with them. A school of small fish, some snails, LOTS of plants. (It's 125 litres / 33 gallons, so there SHOULD be room for shrimp and a small schooling fish. The plants are there to make it look pretty, but everything else doesn't need to be big and flashy; as long as there's interesting behaviour that's really all I need.)

[@IrvingtonArms]

My shrimp never had a problem with big water changes. I have always done 30-50% water changes. I am consistent with them and match my temps close.

[@PotooBurd]

Hi Alex, question about acclimating shrimp. What is the safest way to acclimate some Malawa shrimp? They will be shipped to me in a regular plastic bag- and in it for no longer than two days. (not a breather bag.) The PH in their tank is 6.4, my tank is 7.4, thanks! 🙏

[@hoshimiyaeki]

One time I thought one my shrimp died. White body, can see flesh. Had three. But somehow I decided not to throw him away. Then one day I counted and there was three again.

[@Fishtory]

Some of the sheds before females become berried can be super thick and look like a dead shrimp. I bet that's what happened

[@ironskys2989]

@The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium quite old comment but only Amano stopped moving for a week no sheds anywhere. And then he was moving again.

[@hannostadler7224]

@@ironskys2989 Amano Jesus

[@amymhchan1584]

I'm impressed. All the pregnant mummy shrimp.

[@Fishtory]

Thank you. I appreciate you watching. Have a great day

[@newmexicoaquatics282]

Great video. Thank you for sharing! - Little Bobby

[@mr.octopus6972]

Someone gave me 10 sakura shrimps. I added them a couple in each of my 2 small tanks and 6 in my main tank. One of them is officially dead and eaten by my guppys. Last time I've seen one was more than 24 hours ago. Even in the very small tanks they hide so well I can't even say if they're still alive .. ☹️🤷

[@Fishtory]

It can be tricky... and yes. They hide very very well

[@madfishdiva]

You have such amazing knowledge Alexander. Always love nerding out on your vast knowledge.

[@Fishtory]

Thats very kind of you to say...im here to learn with you and everyone else...I try to speak on what ive picked up or if it's new info, I try to repeate (with notes and a couple test runs) the new stuff or history, to help me remember also.

[@an-insane-llama]

My shrimp died but I'm 83.2% it was bad parameters for them. Was awhile back. Could easily have shrimp now if I wanted them to be feeders. Lol went from 2 tanks to one and my cherries all got eaten so now I buy out my lfs for ghost shrimp if I get there before the others. They can't keep them in stock.

[@jrycsssss]

i just love that single lamp eye on your blue dream tank lol

[@Fishtory]

Random Fry use that tank to grow up in peace instead of in pieces

[@jrycsssss]

@@Fishtory that took a very interesting turn lmaoo

[@jrycsssss]

@@Fishtory btwww sir alex is it ok to have some tannines in a shrimp tank? and can 2 week old guppy fry eat shrimp fry? im a beginner and had a detritus worm problem so i resorted to putting guppy fry and it worked

[@jrycsssss]

and my problem now is that my neocaridinas are more than 1 week preggy and i was worried guppy fry would prey on them

[@aquaballs]

Man you're right I have all the colors of the Rambo in my six foot planted tank and they're all living okay together even Amano shrimp and featherfin Rainbow Glo tetras Galaxy rasboras

[@Fishtory]

Exactly! Im glad to hear it. Also, thanks for sharing- that sounds like an epic set up

[@sleepdeprived5567]

Could you keep shrimp in a goldfish tank? Could you if it’s heavily planted, places to hide within drift wood, and plenty of rock hideouts?

[@Fishtory]

You COULD. but the goldfish will eat any shrimp it sees. So you may never see the shrimp if it was safely planted and decorated with their survival in mind.

[@sleepdeprived5567]

@@Fishtory Thank you so much!! I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my dying question! Lol I’m fairly new to fish keeping, but your channel has really helped me take the proper steps and ensure the best quality of life for my lil guy!

[@JoanSandovalP]

your video is amazing, you have so much knowledge and you share it really easy like if we are friends. really simple video, but quality. Thanks for sharing.

[@Fishtory]

Thank you kindly! The idea was to make a diary or vlog style project that allowed me to both learn and be taught by the wonderful people online. I can't claim to be any real expert, but I love sharing my passion for the journey of learning...it's almost magical when you say "ahha! I understand this now!!!"...so if I can recreate that moment for others, it really leaves me feeling satisfied

[@mattbatcher802]

Some fascinating stuff. I laughed when you said convict cichlids, they were babies though. The thing about either line breeding or mass breeding was interesting. I forget what else but a commercial crashed my comment, any ways I have a bs in ecology and evolutionary biology so that just goes to show where I’m at. You and Lucas and pops are just the best, no comparison. Oh, right, the colony thing, I hated selling off any of my brichardis and I am not normally like that with fish.

[@mattbatcher802]

Oh, and it’s about impossible to over feed when you have a bog filter, just sayin.

[@awvanroon]

Great video, as always! I beat you to it on the Tom Jones interlude though XD I'm definitely going to at least skip a day feeding, as I'm starting to see a worrying amount of baby snails preparing for world domination around the water surface. I keep my blue shrimp (only 3rd generation in now) in a tank without a heater, keeping itself right about the 21'C (or 70'F) mark, and as summer has passed, I do notice mainly the females moving around a lot less and seeming to not get berried as enthusiastically as when it was a bit warmer. In the evening I like to top the water off with some water, a bit warmer than their ambient and all seem to be just a little livelier. As you mentioned, I also keep Mother Nature in mind, and justify that little insurge of warmer water as there's bound to be someone peeing in a river somewhere in their natural habitat right now anyway. Temperature wise.

[@Fishtory]

Haha right on

[@barbarianphilosopherpodcas9019]

What are the fish at 10:37 called? Also, great video man. Loved the breakdown.

[@Fishtory]

Panda loaches. One of my all time favorites and I have a few videos with them featured.

[@dgonzales540]

Am I weird for liking the low grade blue shrimp more

[@Fishtory]

No. I do too lol

[@thelonecrow1300]

So I just started with shrimp I have bought a 29 gallon tank for them and I put plants in and now that they routed I want to start putting Shrimp in Are there any shrimp you recommend and where do you get your shrimp I want to thank you because your videos encouraged me to take the final step and go all out I never really thought about any cool crossbreed before

[@Fishtory]

Totally fun! I like aquaticarts.com ... Aquatic Arts is high quality, mail order and they quarantine all shrimp 60 days longer than the competition And i can get you entry to their 100 dollar gift card drawings plus 15% off everything you order using SECRETHISTORY15 at check out if youd like. I recommend spending 75 or more to make their over ight shipping worth it (ive found their shipping to be more expensive than other places by 14 dollars...but their quality way way better and prices on fish very good on most species (shrimp, crayfish and snails are priced amazingly for rare stuff.) And they donate lots to tanks for teachers, the humane society, and women and childrens shelters in Indianapolis...plus buy from local high quality breeders within the USA whenever possible...so it supports the hobby all around. Have fun and let me know what all you get! So exciting!

[@thelonecrow1300]

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium Thank yo so much I will go buy some shrimp now!! In a month I’ll try to send you a pic I love how you interact with your fans! I feel like it’s more of a family then anything .

[@Fishtory]

I try, and I always keep my mind and "heart" open, you can and will learn something from everyone you encounter if you open yourself to it. The comments and interactions with all you viewers, is what makes this channel and journey, worth traveling. Thanks for watching, my friend

[@ambersantos5295]

You aren't supposed to keep different shrimp together? 😬 uh-oh. Soooo vampire, bamboo, neocardina, babaulti, zebra, blue zebra, pinnochio, short nose, sulawesi white socks, green lace... they say no? 😅 They seem fine, not stressed. And live with fish, hillstream, snails.. all the neos are breeding...thanks for the video confirming it is OK to combine.

[@Fishtory]

You can keep anything together If they share water parameters :)

[@Flushsubi]

After a week I threw shrimp in my nano and they've been breeding and the babies grew fast and colored up quick

[@Fishtory]

Nice

[@peter70eg]

Question , you mention about Iron and other minerals killing Shrimp , could you or maybe you already have a video with more detail about that? I have a red plant aquarium where I do dose some iron every now and then and I was thinking to put some shrimp in there @fishtory!

[@Fishtory]

Oh so iron is fine, unless you see orange and red staining minerality levels.... but in doses for plants etc, its usually safe. Some tap water that comes out orange, is not however.. it is copper which is in plant pestacides and or fish meds that is a real killer. Avoid any copper ...copper sulfate specifically is the most common

[@CarolynnMc01]

Thank you for this Alex. I just had my first batch of neocardina babies. They are all doing great, and seem to be a couple of different ages. I have them in a tank with some adult furcata rainbows and chili rasbora. The fish aren't bothering with them so far. I hope they won't. I do have a question if you have an answer -- do you think it would be risky for me to put the furcata rainbows in my praecox rainbow tank? 7 praecox, 4 furcata. I realize i'm a question box at times! Thank you if you have time to respond. I appreciate your channel. I just love it!

[@Fishtory]

I've had that exact combo of fish together and it worked except during feeding...but simply splitting some food at the top for the dwarf neons and some more on the other side for the shy-prone , furcatas worked well enough to keep it going.

[@CarolynnMc01]

@@Fishtory thank you! I got brave and put the furcata in the bigger tank. I did feed and gave some daphnia and also blood worms. Those furcata seem to have the dwarf rainbows confused right now LOL. But my tank is really active and alive with the addition of the furcata. The dwarf rainbows are so gentle and peaceful, i knew they wouldn't try to harm the furcata. I'll make sure i have crushed up flakes when i feed mixed with the regular flakes. I also have hakari micro pellets which everyone loves. You're still the best! The only other fish i have in that tank are my two remaining schwartzi after our brush with a disease last month. I lost six of them. All other fish were fine. So weird. I'm fortunate to have saved two of them!

[@kpllc4209]

I vote for changing it to gonzo shrimp

[@Fishtory]

Haha lets start a change.org petition

[@ranjanty]

I want to add a few shrimp to my 55 gallon tank mainly for house keeping. Can you recommend some? I'm not looking for exotic or beautiful. Thanks always appreciate the knowledge 👍

[@Fishtory]

Amanos! Definitely. They get up to 2 inches and eat their weight in algae every 12 hrs while still growing ... and are just tough enough to avoid any fish short of an Oscar or green terror

[@rchamy94]

I was gifted a pair of bee shrimp and I'm very anxious, my coldest tank has temps around 80-85F!

[@Fishtory]

Yikes...well, keep that water clean and hope for the best, my friend. Good luck

[@jamescottle3418]

fantastic information....theres a lot of you must do this and must do that info out there....even my local fish store guy comes out with a lot of miss information

[@VyvienneEaux]

I'd really like to hear your iodine hypothesis, because it's true that oxidation is responsible for the tautomerization of the astaxanthin enol- form (blue) to the keto- form (red).

[@karenbaird2658]

I have a question about cherry shrimp eating fish eggs? I have heard conflicting reports on this, would like to know if they do or not? thanks!

[@Fishtory]

Yes they can, they usually won't eat larger eggs, such as cichlids or perhaps even plecos/corydoras....but amano shrimp can even manage to eat 2mm or smaller eggs, where as cherry shrimp or neocaridina types, generally only eat smashed, moldy or super super tiny eggs, such as tetras, rasboras or badis. And even if they do munch on fish eggs...its usually a handful of eggs and not even 20% or more. (Off the top of my head)

[@RosieKuhnPhD]

Thank you! I love your clarity!

[@natedog2014]

Thanks for this video! And omg i want blue shrimp so so bad

[@Fishtory]

Sure thing! And yeah I love the blurs, I'll Have more for folks in the USA in a few months

[@Wijnfles]

but do they also reproduce quick enough in low temperature?

[@Fishtory]

Anything over 68 to 70 seems to be fine. They reproduce fastest at 76 or so...but die about 6 months quicker...thus end up making a couple spawns less shrimplettes

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

I hope you have plans to move those Convicts before they mature. LOL

[@Fishtory]

Totally did

[@wcdeich4]

What are those beautiful stripped fish laying on the plant leaves?

[@wcdeich4]

Some of them are stuck to the glass too.

[@TheRealEvilSink]

I just want healthy, strong shrimp and do not care about coloration. what should i look for when buying?

[@timotheosleahy4421]

.51...I thought the same thing! "It's not unusual to be loved by anyone..."

[@skybloo8865]

question...will a inside heater burn the shrimp?

[@brittnyhawk8633]

Question? I have a 15 gal neon tank. I only have 8 neon and a small mystery snail. It heavry planted with realy wood and been going for years. I only top the tank when needed. I dont do water changes on it. I feed once aday and sometimes skip aday. I want to add shrimp. I tired ghost shrimp as testing. They dont live more then a few days. I do test the water and i do treat the new water before adding. What am I doing wrong? I can understand if you cant answer. I would really love to add wild tiger looking shrimp one day to it.

[@Kat-hs2ij]

If I can answer u by my experience, you have to do water changes.... 20% per week will be good. No water change leads to bad water even if it looks okay.. fish don't talk to say they're not okay, surviving doesn't mean happy, maybe u never lost fish, neons are pretty strong (for example they should live in cold water but they survive in heated tank) but shrimps are verry sensitive.. I lost my ghost shrimp in 3 day I never knew why but my velvet, cherry and amano are good now.. 2 of my velvet died at first but the others are good. Be sure u don't have No3 Nh4 No2 and copper in your water.. copper is fatal to shrimps, No3 have to be in verry small amount, and for that u need water changes even if u have a lot of plants.. all tank even "No co2, no fert, no filter etc", need it. And not a high level of minerals (gh-kh). Anyway depending on which species u want to have, tchek their profile to see which GH is better for them. Also be careful with the way u acclimate them.. try to put a little bit of the water tank in the bag/bowl few times while an hour, so they can acclimate to your water parameters and temperature. It's a lot to think/do but it's the better and sure way to not loose shrimps... some are expensive so u don't want them to die. And mystery snail can be verry big, be careful 😁

[@brittnyhawk8633]

@@Kat-hs2ij The water vapor off at about 10% weekly. I do water changes on my other tanks. I though maybe the shock of the water changes was to much on the shrimps. Plus my water testing always been good. My poopy cichlids get 2 aweek. I do check my well water not just for my fishy but us too. Lol I didnt know copper was deathly to them. Not alot on fine shrimp care. Dont disagree with the snail. He was a gift. Lucky for me only one. Dont need snail babys. Lol. Thanks for the input

[@rockmills6390]

Thanks for the info. I actually been feeding my shrimp the crab food to. I keep my tank At 78 and I’ve noticed it takes about a month and a half from birth to them carrying babies. I do have an issue that it’s a blue shrimp tank and two baby red shrimp hitchhiked from the store that I bought the blue shrimp from. They’ve been interbreeding with my blue shrimp causing brown shrimp. Sadly I have to move them to my 20 gallon community tank and they don’t seem to last in there (dwarf frogs, betta, cities, harylquins, and ghost shrimp). Big problem I have as it’s only shrimp and snails are my plants keep getting smaller because of not enough food. Trying to use aquarium co ops fertilizer. Any one how any other ideas about my plants. They did great when the other stuff I have was in it. I can’t even keep hornwort in my shrimp tank

[@Fishtory]

So easy green adds a lot of nitrogen forms...which is fine if you're understocked, however buying micro and macro combos (usually they leave out carbon iron and nitrogen when it's not an all in one type fertilizer). May help the plants, since it sounds like theres plenty of fish making nitrates and ammonia... i would probably guess you need a stronger light and youd want to leave it on 8 hours a day...on high...or 10-12 on medium. .that or adding co2... i have videos on upkeep of my planted tanks and installing co2/the cheapest yet in my opinion, also the best for the money- products linked (that ive used for years now)

[@Fishtory]

To set your shrimp straight, just keep removing those pale blue or tan/clear ones... it usually takes 3 generations to clear out most traights mostly (from what ive seen)....ive had the same thing happen when shrimp hopped down racks into other tanks... try and keep all your best colored females and then get rid of (another tank) the males that arent great looking...this will help it all speed up, but if the offspring that is still blue - crosses with one another...or even worse - a hiding clear shrimp, youll probably have an easier time starting over...ive culled tanks at like 80% or even higher sometimes...if you're dedicated...or just pay someone like me and pay the premium for really "true" breeding genetics. Good luck, my friend!

[@rockmills6390]

Thanks. For the info. I started with 12 black shrimp. I bought 12 blue dream but ended up with pure black shrimp. I added 4 lighter blues to try and get some lighter color and found the two cherries in there. I feel bad but I might have to more them into the community tanks as I’m sure the male bred with a blue and the female just had babies. I got a lot of work to do.

[@MasterBlek]

What happens if I leave the wild cherries in the tank? Will the mixed shrimp between wild with another shrimp still be brown or perhaps it will have a different color? Nobody likes to talk about that and I am kinda pissed...

[@Fishtory]

Well the wilds generally mix with red for a generation or 2...just making low grade cherries or speckled red and clear/ rili style shrimp... but over time they all go to wild again... same with mixing most any color of the same species

[@KornflakezRandomStuff]

Blue Dream working with Bloody Mary and Blue Jelly with Red Fire Sakura.

[@irfaanrahim4523]

Many thanks for the excellent video!

[@topsekilkram]

Hello Alexander. My shrimp have developed a problem that has me concerned for the individuals and the community. I can't seem to find anything related to it so far and I was hoping you might have some info from your experience with shrimp (neocardina). Over the last 24 hours I've noticed that 2 of my berried shrimp have a white fuzz coming from their eggs while being berried. I have seen this fuzz develop on dropped eggs before but I've not seen it on the shrimp holding eggs. I believe it to be a fungus. Is this something you've experienced before? I have a picture to show if it helps. I would be very grateful for any info or directions to a solution. Thanks! P.S. hope everything is going great with you, your family, and your tanks!

[@Fishtory]

It is unfortunately a fungus... hopefully it is not elobiopsidae (i may have the spelling incorrect, however it sounds like "L - O -Bi- Ops-Eh-Day) Usually its green or yellow, regardless- many fungus strains (mostly from bulk orders originating in asia) have recently taken hold in the population entering the USA ... there are a number of fungi out there, however if it is related to that or similar ones, there is no known cure and people usually advise quarantine the shrimp around the infected ones for a month .... then kill or quarantine those effected and literally bleach or hydrogen peroxide the tank/ start plants, filter and substrate all over again. It could fungal and less virulent, like a velvet type infection so try API fungal cure at half fish recommended dosages or something similar, first. But if they do not heal or if they die, save your colony and future shrimp, money and invertebrates and start over. This is why im willing to pay more and shop for shrimp only from places with 90 day quarantine now (used to be 30 but the new fungi is evolving and very sneaky). Aquatic Arts . Com does this and theyre having a sale of 25% off already good priced shrimp...or any time after this week when the sale ends, use the code SECRETHISTORY15 for 15% off the shrimp, oh and mention my channel and you'll be entered into our 500$ july shrimp give away that im doing with them as a partner...if you use their sale of 25% off just leave my name or channel in the comments and theyll let me know and ill add you into the give away in July! Best wishes my friend...sorry to hear your issues going on

[@yohanmestre2203]

I have 3 years 300l aquarium outside with no maintenance with neocaridina 1/10 freezing in the winter some dead but no big deal

[@Fishtory]

Yes, very interesting.. thanks! Where do you live, by the way?

[@yohanmestre2203]

@@Fishtory I'm French‚ living near Paris

[@yohanmestre2203]

I'm currently moving the read cherry of this aquarium in a new one at work but i have high mortality the one surviving are all female

[@thefishkeeperist8216]

I keep blue dream Neos with my Panda Loaches too 😎

[@Fishtory]

Right on! It's a nice combo, thus far, i think they eat a couple babies but nothing major. How long have you done that combo? Im at 4 months with 10 in there...before for a year i had 5 in there and i wanted to increase mating chances

[@thefishkeeperist8216]

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium I added about 7 very small Blue Dreams about 2-3 months and I now have about 12 adults but that’s because I lost literally tons of baby blue dreams due to relocating to a bigger tank. Only recently I started to see baby shrimp again. The combo seems to work pretty well. I’ve also considered doing panda loaches with shadow panda shrimp but that’s a future project 😎

[@braulioNYC]

you got a like for the TOM JONES!!!!! LOL

[@BananerRepublic]

Can you tell me what those blue eyed fish are @ around 13:40 ?

[@Fishtory]

Those are psuedomugil luminatus :)

[@jayallen283]

My daughter wants more shrimp in her aquarium. Will they be ok with tiger barbs and a glow shark? They lived fine when she had only zebra danios and tetras. Now she has 8 tiger barbs and a glow shark along with the danios and tetras. Thank you.

[@Fishtory]

Honestly, id probably say that's a bad mix with the barbs...it may be possible, but more than likely your shrimp will hide even if it does work okay. Sorry for the lame news. Perhaps a amano shrimp would work- since they're far larger than dwarf shrimp, also bamboo shrimp or blue algae eating shrimp, vampire shrimp or one of the fan armed species besides the bamboo (theyre harder to find though)

[@Fishtory]

Thanks for watching though!

[@jayallen283]

The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium thanks for answering. Bummer as the ghost shrimp were great for bottom cleaning and with an insignificant bioload. Great videos!

[@malnutritionboy]

so i used to "had" a colony of fire red shrimp. bought 20 first but only 10 live due to shock i guess? so i bought another 20 and again 10 more died. but they never actually bred but i had juveniles from the starting batch in the water. so after a year there was only 1 left. my ph is 8.2 a little high yea, temperature is around 29 celsius/84 f, but its fully cycled and heavily planted no c02 no ferts and tapwater with conditioner,, 16 gallon with only snails and some small flatworms no big planaria so idk why they arent laying eggs???

[@Fishtory]

Way too warm...they like 78 max to thrive. Also id try and add leaf litter and drop that ph to around 7.5 with 6.5 or 7 ideal. Also make sure you dont do a ton of water changes...just let it chill...if yheres no fish, ive gone as much as 6 months without water changes...many people shock shrimp by fiddling around with water. Consistency is the most important thing. Even if its high ph they may breed..but theyll have to get used to it... their eggs may fail a few times even, but those babies that finally hatch will be totally aclimated from then on usually. Also use very small amounts of water dechlorinator (i found stresscoat is not good...i like seachem prime)... or even distilled water at 99 cents a jug at a market. Good luck and watch my other how-to shrimp care videos :)

[@frankallen3634]

I just stick any neo in the tank, whatever color just like my snails. I feed all the time since the snails eat everything I go with bacter and repashi. Algae never gets a foothold after the snails do a run through

[@Fishtory]

That works for a lot of people...especially with decent local water :)

[@susieweakly6304]

Can they live in a plastic container without a filter?

[@Fishtory]

Usually if you don't over feed, it has decent light and plants, they'll be fine

[@darlenebecherer3658]

It may not have been this video but I saw you talk about betel to kill planaria and snails. Where do you get it? I looked on Amazon and couldn't find it.

[@Fishtory]

So there is an affiliate amazon link with the lowest price i found, let me grab it for you. The product is called no planaria amzn.to/3Dcg3ms

[@GLP_Aquatics]

hey, you mention iron can kill shrimp too. I have a set up that i added cherry shrimp too and they all died. i have hardwater so perfect (i thought) for neos. i have used slate as a hardscape in this tank. i wondered if you think that would be enough to take them out? personally i think that it still wasnt quites settled enough from cycling i added cycled media etc but the substrate kicking about PH and other minerals too much. the tank wasnt old, but with cycled media and aim to target feed. same as i have successfully done for fish time and time over.

[@cmaylene6787]

How do you get enough movement for the plants with just a sponge filter? I recently switched over and my plants are turning brown.

[@Fishtory]

You need a stronger air pump im guessing, or a sponge filter with a little power head/ outflow pipe...theyre very inexpensive on amazon. But also some plants go into shock if they were used to having flow and it stops...so you may need to trim back the dying leaves and let the plants re-aclimate.

[@numo203]

What temperatures are shrimps okay around? During summer , my tank gets around 28 to 30 degree celcius. Is it fine?

[@Fishtory]

Depends on the species, but that should be okay for most neocaridina and amano shrimp

[@numo203]

@@Fishtory thanks!

[@tonyhind6992]

So much knowledge.

[@CasildaChenier]

What's the loach in with your shrimpies

[@Fishtory]

Panda loach. .my favorite...the most peaceful lil guys ever

[@jillmudd3224]

Hi from the uk ! I’ve got talking catfish in my tank would they have been responsible for the loss of 7 bamboo shrimp some weeks ago. I’m actually thinking of finding new homes for the catfish because of this because I kind of want to have shrimp in my tank ! Please can you advise?

[@Fishtory]

What species of catfish? Only a larger catfish like synodontis, maybe some plecos (it would be odd, but it happens) and raphael or red tail catfish will eat that large of shrimp. Corydora are a great pairing...and also you could check out banjo catfish, lizard tail or whip tail catfish... and finally brochis which is like a super sized corydora, would all get along fine. The other thing to consider is that bamboo shrimp need lots of floating debris and or algae / food particles to feed all day long..and a location with flow for them to perch and wait for the current to bring them food...they arent good at scavenging off surfaces and can die from lack of water flow/ or lack of food if you have a uv sterilizer, skimmer or even just very very thorough filtration on the tank. Lastly make sure you add some egg shells, crushed cuttle bone or crushed coral/limestone (250 to 500 grams per 40 liters of tank water if you dont have hard water)... look up their gh/kh and make sure your tank matches those details if all else fails. Goodluck!

[@MsKateKunt]

In your personal opinion what other shrimp would you mix with blue bolts to have a really nice mixed shrimp and snail tank.

[@heaven7360]

I recently purchased shrimp 3 different times. From what I had researched it didn't seem anything I couldn't handle. However, I killed all of them. I feel like I have poison water. Dang!! My bettas are all alive..I have 7 of them in different tanks. The water parameters were okay...I don't know..maybe it was too warm of water? Well, I'm just wondering only if you think I got the wrong impression. This meaning, they are touchy to keep as far as water goes....or other factors I just didn't know about, or perhaps I didn't acclimate them slow enough. My fish weren't hurting them. I just found them dead...all of them, in different tanks, but with water that had been checked. At this time I really am feeling I can't have these critters which is a shame as I think they have a lot of charm and they aren't mean spirited. It's no big deal if you can't think of anything I might have done. I am curious as to what the heck was so awful. On youtube it seems so many folks enjoy them and I don't get the impression they are a delicate creature.

[@Fishtory]

Sorry to hear that, but no- they aren't super fragile... if you get a neocaridina species ....red cherry, blue dream, blue velvets, red rilis, yellow sakura, gold lines, brown chocolate, snowballs, green jades or carbons are all great. Id make sure your nitrates are very low, dont buy tiger shrimp, crystal reds or blacks, babaultis, or Taiwanese/ japanese bees or bolts...so no king kongs, blue bolts, green hulk, pinto, galaxy, herringbone, no red wines, no gold bees or pure red lines etc. Beyond that they need about 68-80 degree waters with 74 being pretty much ideal. Also they need catapa leaves or wood for the tannins and anti bacterial properties usually.... the ph needs to be 6 to 7.5 and tds between 50 and 300ppm ideally. I wouldnt give up, but slowly acclimate the shrimp over 20 minutes or so and theyll be fine usually. Also finding local shrimp that are acclimated to your tap water helps keep them alive somewhat

[@heaven7360]

@@Fishtory Maybe I didn't acclimate slow enough and long enough. Some of them were super little guys, very young. I had Cherry and I think they were called Blue Velvet and some green ones. They died so soon it seems like it had to be acclimation. Thanks for the information. I'm going to lay off for a bit on shrimp (for their own sake). This was a costly bummer.

[@lash4572]

temp fluctuations is a real thing esp true for caridina/bee shrimp, can sometimes be the case with neos... its the rate at which the temp drops which makes it deadly, if the temps drop quick its deadly, if its a slow drop in temp its usually fine. the second -myth i dont know where you heard that from, but many people have been keeping various shrimp together for some time now,but some shrimp shouldnt be housed together ie amanos and long arm shrimp/whisker shrimp, these shrimp are aggressive feeders can an may eat shrimp and their young. 3rd myth it depends on the species of fish..(eg.gouramis are merciless hunters) and also wether your tank is heavily planted an if the shrimp have been established first.. myth about mixing colours is done usually by people that like the look of different colours and for the fun of keeping them. not mixing them is mainly for people getting into linebreeding/ working on certain colourforms/breeding for profit. though some of the info is correct, some of those myths you may have misheard,or taken as a common fact at one point..

[@MongyBongy]

There are people in the comment section arguing some of the myths

[@shesellsfish]

On point with the solid information. 👍💕👍

[@Fishtory]

Thanks as always Shelby