Top 3 Mistakes New Shrimp Keepers Make and How to Avoid Them

[@Chardymc]

Enough of the self depreciation, hands down best shrimp channel on KZbin.

[@SarahKilby69]

Blather away. I can listen to your Scottish accent for hours! ❤ I have learnt so much from your videos. My shrimp and I thank you.

[@superjaz1810]

Good to see you Mark! I've not found any of your videos crap or boring, always very informative 😁👍

[@Error2pt0]

Thank you Mark you are GREATLY appreciated!

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I appreciate that!

[@MarkShellyAquatics]

Good tips. Glad to see a video from you 👍

[@nickeverett358]

You speak just fine. Thanks for the information. :)

[@Timsfreshwatertanks]

Hardly boring my friend. Quite informative though. You do have a great repertoire of informative videos, so anyone getting lost in the shrimp game really should back track and check them out. Lots to learn. Thank you Mark.✌🦐🐟🤙

[@HeRo-qd6tk]

Hi Mark, i really learn from your videos. Thank you so much!!!

[@vladislavjordanov4081]

Mark, glad to see your video! Thank you! ❤🦐🦐🦐

[@scotty3693]

All your videos are very helpful, hell you have tought me a lot about shrimp, all thanks 2 u, I have all kinds of shrimp, and they are all heathy tanks, now I have 14 tanks!!❤❤

[@UKFishCam]

Excellent tips!

[@vatozkosku]

nice to see you after a long time my friend🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

[@gagaloo83]

Joining your group now! I've gone through a few shrimp over this past year. Now I'm setting up a 29 gallon and want to make sure it's right!

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

That's great to hear! Welcome to the group and congratulations on setting up your new 29 gallon tank. I'm sure you'll do a fantastic job!

[@gagaloo83]

@@MarksShrimpTanks Thank you! I hope I will. Still working on cycling it :)

[@naopak259]

Its hot in my town and my tanks are at 28-29c is it a problem for neocaridinas ? Thanks

[@Cleeon]

Move your tanks to cooler area at your home

[@naopak259]

@@Cleeon they are in my basement

[@Cleeon]

@@naopak259 hmmm.... That's mean your basement need more airflow, I suggest some air circulation system, maybe using some exhaust fan?

[@naopak259]

@@Cleeon there was a heat wave when i was writing comment they are at 26 now i need to put some screen on my windows in basement cuz u cant defend frow mosquitos

[@Cleeon]

@@naopak259 ooh yes, same here my friend, weird, mosquitoes is coming en masse, maybe this because of El Nino effect 😑, good luck for you

[@VortexWajji]

Thank you for the tips sir I have a question that can I make a colony of red yellow blue black shrimps in my tank is that ok for me? Or any side effects.

[@GothicCorvid]

thanks for this, will be showing my dad because he ends up letting my shrimp die even after ive suggested to him things similar, especially the 5 level testers. but he sits on it and i get so devastated that my wee guys are dying yaknow? ... had some pinto and cherries, but theres significantly much less and it just feels upsetting. i cant do much myself, my mobility is limited, but i do what i can to help but my father just never listens. maybe sending this video will help hi, further look into it. love you as always mark, keep it up. thanks for the reassurance too, means tons

[@Davenport901]

We all kill fish and shrimps until we get better and better. Your dad will come around, I'm sure

[@GothicCorvid]

@@Davenport901 thank you !! appreciate it man. hope so for that

[@Cleeon]

Which shrimp is it? Caridina or neocaridina?

[@SarahKilby69]

The NT Labs liquid test kit covers all 6 of the basic/ necessary tests at an average price or around 22 GBP. Not too expensive at all. Weigh this up against the cost of lost shrimp and its nothing

[@usmc187]

I noticed all your tanks contain a mini Oxydator, are they beneficial to shrimp keeping? Thank you!

[@AquariumAficionado]

I lost all my shrimps, they were too sensitive and needed a lot of tlc to keep them happy I gave up and sadly they all passed away Now I just have 6 nano fish in there Much easier less maintenance less worry Also I had my fun with the shrimp for about a year had a population explosion and bred cool hybrids But I really struggled to maintain a stable environment for them and decided to stick with fish and snails Breeding 100+ golden Inca snails at the moment

[@Cleeon]

And that shrimp, I guess is caridina species, is I'm right, sir?

[@johnnybest6386]

Long time dont see

[@naegwut]

Hi!

[@farabi0013]

keeping shrimps for last 7/8 years and never had a tank full of shrimps. and feeling tired of taking care of them with no outcome (population-wise). seriously thinking of shifting to a school of tetras.

[@Cleeon]

Hmmm.... I think and feel, that's ever happened to me, but something about caridina shrimp make me keep trying

[@GrumpyGillsFishing]

The number one mistake new shrimp keepers make is mixing up neos and caridinas. Neos are much hardier. I’ve had complete success with shrimp in cycles when setting up new tanks with neos. I’d never attempt this with a caridina. But with plants, prime, stability, and short food rations it’s completely feasible to do shrimp in cycles with neos. Obviously I don’t think it should be done by anyone who knows the dangers of nitrogens.

[@GrumpyGillsFishing]

I love that you went on to say essentially the same thing right after I finished commenting that lil

[@rythmjunky5292]

I’m in well water where I live,and not a fan of chasing parameters(high iron and calcium in the water). For whatever reason,it doesn’t serve my shrimp well.

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

I'd say, the fitst mistake, is keeping shrimp in small aquariums. First think, when shrimpkeeping, is get a fair large aquarium (40-50l). This will be extremly usefull, because any change of the water parameters won't be as bad on the shrimp, as in a small volume. Water quality, is most important for shrimp.

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

If there is something decaying in the shrimp tank, that will affect the water quality and kill your shrimp.

[@robbor353]

The worst mistake for New caradina holders is trying to correct the EC/TDS value in the tank it self by making there waterchange ro water with a lower value off EC/TDS with GH+ This will drop the GH level

[@Cleeon]

So, do you suggest the new water must have exactly same TDs value with the water inside aquarium?

[@robbor353]

No , all waterchanges must be made with ro and the correct value of the GH+. The value is mentioned on the package off the GH+ The value off tds/ec in the tank isnt always only the gh value. All waste materials (no3,po4 en, enz ) will involve the tds/ec value in the tank itself.

[@harryfp1494]

I’m here at work worried to death that I killed all my shrimp by over feeding . I think when I get home I’m going to drop the water by a gallon and suck up the crap from the bottom

[@akoayisangogag]

I was waiting the whole time for a huge face to come out of that dark aquarium.

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

Website link aquariumshrimpkeeping.com/ Facebook link facebook.com/groups/AquariumShrimpKeeping

[@diedampfbrasse98]

my shrimps and dwarf cryfish are fairly easy to keep alive, they breed just fine and finish their meals. I rarely test water for toxins anymore, is good enough with plenty of margin whenever I do. ... what I have trouble with is keeping a lot of plant species well and growing. No trouble with moss or something simple like frogbite ofc, but getting the lighting and nutrients balanced so that neither algea explode nor my fancier plants wither is quite the challenge. But then again, my tanks aint pure breeding capsules .. they have to look interesting and different too. So just replicating a well working combination of soil, hardscape and plants isnt really an option for me. Everytime I set up a new tank I calculate the loss of a couple of plants, as it takes quite some time to figure out the specific demand of that new design / combination of plant species.