My 4 Year Old Shrimp Haven and it’s near Collapse 🌱🦐
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- The no filter shrimp vase is now over 4 years old!
After almost meeting it's demise after 3 years and 11 months old, I had to almost completely tear the vase apart and rebuild it. I hope you enjoy watching this update of the last 2 years of the vase's existence.
You can see the previous updates for this tank here:
27 month update : • 27 month old Shrimp Va...
2 year update: • 2 year old Shrimp Vase...
18 month update: • 18 month old Shrimp va...
Items used:
Similar vase:amzn.to/3HYr1iC (mine was much cheaper from TK Maxx)
Equivalent Lamp holder: amzn.to/48jDvw0
Equivalent bulb: amzn.to/49yjUct
Aquascaping tools: amzn.to/42Hhy99
#aquarium #plantedtank #shrimp
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00:00 Intro
00:16 Years 2 and 3
01:34 The Collapse
03:12 Starting again
05:16 The final result 
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I appreciate you sharing this, its easy to forget when looking at videos online that even people who know what they are doing are still human. As someone who struggles with my mental health, I get it.
I love these voices of shrimps 😂
Me too, made my day 😂
Same!
This is such good content. Love the noises you give the shrimp lol
Haha, thank you!
@@creatinganecosystem. I hope the ones I get will talk as sweetly as yours! 😊
Excellent video! Some times our projects just need a little TLC! love the shrimp voices! that caught me off guard and i just cracked up!
Thanks for the comment. You're right, always regret leaving them for so long once the maintenance is done. Glad you liked the shrimp voices 😅
I love the shrimp noises lmao
Looking great! I'm glad you are feeling better and that you were able to bring it back. This just goes to show that you have the strength and motivation to never give up on anything.
Beautiful video. Thanks for documenting the whole journey
It's glittering beautifully.
Love ❤️ your planted vase glad you sorted it out looks brilliant
I’m about to do one for my son, I have a small litre & half jar I’ve made I’ve got a 11 week old guppy & molly in there for now just seeding it a little then a few shrimp & snails going in 😊
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@@Saxonwomen thank you! 💚 My son loves the shrimp vases too!
The vase is awesome, and that Samara figurine is fantastic.
What
The treatment you gave this talk the last four years feel like how my life has been, drained, refill, drain, almost die, refill n trim, hopefully not dead yet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I thinkt the tank is a reflection of my own life 😅 Still going though! 💚🦐
Great content. Your production has grown so well and I appreciate your process! Keep it up! 🤙
Thank you so much! 🤙
Your efforts paid off
Minecraft song :D
Enjoyed it. Thanks.
Thank you
hahahah not the minecraft music, lov it
Still look good after that long
Thank you, it's looking even better now 6 months later 🌱🦐
Wow, how have i found this hidden gem of a video?
The Minecraft music fits this Video so perfectly ❤
excelente trabajo, saludos
That was great to watch. I get confused because I have a container aquarium similar to this and when I post things online about it, people tell me it is abusive to my animals to not have an air stone in the tank and a filter etc even though I can see that my little aquarium is doing fine with its balance.
Thank you.
That's strange, what size container and what animals are in there? Do you have plants?
This vase houses around 10 shrimp so the plants can easily keep the water "clean" and provide enough oxygen.
Armchair aquatic life specialists. Lol. That's the thing with the internet. There will always be those😂. Best to research or watch those who have actually done it successfully like this channel. 😊❤
i have a tank with tetras and Amano shrimps, but i always wanted another one just with cherry shrimps.
Do it! Cherry shrimp are awesome 🍒 🦐
thank you for the music, I could only stand it for a minute, listening to it any longer was beyond my strength.
Sorry! 😅
The shrimp sound effects made me giggle 😅
getting Minecraft Flashbacks
Yup
awesome , its great you didnt give up and revived it, may i ask what soil were you using for the substrate?
Thank you! I actually used a clay substrate capped with sand. It's called Tetra active Substrate on Amazon.
Amazing transformation. I might just do one of these ecosystems myself now
Do it! So easy to do, cheap, take up little room and can be so satisfying!
this is really beautiful, do you have a video explaining the set up?
Thank you. Not yet, but strangely, I just found some videos from when I set it up yesterday, I thought I lost all the footage, but I guess not. I'll add it into the next video I make on this vase, probably in a few months. I'll also add to the description how I set it up, it was quite simple.
Beautiful ! Just a little maintenance and itnwas beautiful ecosystem again. What substrate did you use ? Pot soil ?
Thank you!
Strangely, no! I have used soil on other aquariums, but this one was a clay substrate I bought off Amazon years ago and possibly mixed in with some aqua soil ( I dint remember, sorry). I'm surprised it's lasted this long!
@@creatinganecosystem thanks 👍
nice but curious you restart again those shrimps?? still survive ? Because I never see you any shrimps while you remove all the plants and redo again, Kinda amazed is you never use any filter.
@retroworldnews hey, yeah there were a few shrimp left when I did the restart. I removed them before I cut all the plants and drained the water. If you have enough plants and not too many shrimp or fish, the filter isn't needed 🌱
Beautiful video, might start one myself. I fell in love with shrimps by setting up my first aquarium :D
Do you have problems with algae on glass?
Thank you! You should do it, super easy to set up and maintain (unless you're me).
Never had issues with algae, get a tiny bit very occasionally when the weather is good, because it's in a window. But I just wipe it with some old filter foam and it's gone easily.
I think the end result is perfect! I am going to start a 5.3 gallon tank for a betta. I plan to have it planted and have a few shrimp before introducing a betta. Any suggestions on which would be the best shrimp? I’ve never had them before.
Nice. Cherries are nice and easy and breed super quick. Make sure you let the shrimp have its babies before introducing the Betta (if you want more shrimp that is), once the fish is in, the babies will be eaten lol. In fact just be warned, the Betta can eat the adult shrimp too, like in my video from last month.
Amazing Video! I wonder what size of a Vase you use and how many Shrimp you recommend putting in there? Greetings from Germany
Thank you! When I first got it, I checked the volume of the water, I'm pretty sure it was just over 5 litres, but I can't remember now 😅 At the moment, there are around 10 shrimp in there and there are times I have to spend a good minute staring at the vase before I can see one! I'd say 10-20 would be no issue at all, as long as they have places to hide and aren't too crowded. There are plenty of plants and floating plants keeping the water clean and oxygenated for them.
i loved this video, what light did you use? do you ever get alge?
I just used a 6500K 4.5W LED bulb from Amazon. Get a very small amount of algae, but only since the vase is in a window
what sort of light bulb, are you using just a general bulb?
Yep, just a 9W LED bulb 6500K, only replaced once in 5 years. Cost a few £s off Amazon.
amazed u don't use a filter or oxygenator. i do and my water is getting cloudy. is that a special lamp? it's so stunning
Yeah the plants produce enough for these little guys. It's just an LED bulb, cost like £5 off Amazon. Thank you
Hey! I really like it , are you using heater in that jar? Thank you for sharing😊
Hey, thank you! No heater in this one. It's currently sitting around 18C in the middle of winter.
@@creatinganecosystem super👌🏻 I am going to make similar jar , thank you for inspiration 😊
The leading consensus is that a shrimp jar is fine but a fish jar is not sustainable.
Definitely! Unless it's a huge jar with tiny fish
Do you add water conditioner when you change the water?
Yes. I always add water conditioner. I use seachem prime.
What is the temp in your house? What temp is the vase?
It's around 18-20C most the time where the thermostat for the heating is, so prob a little cooler by the window where the vase is. Put a thermometer in the vase last night and it's 17C at the moment.
6:20 is that a water mite? Can it be bad for the shrimp?
It is indeed. From what I've read they're fine and I've never had an issue with them. There are so few of them, I don't think they bother the shrimp
How often you change the water? I am really interested
When I keep on top of maintenance, I top up the water that has evaporated once every 1-2 weeks, just a small amount. Actual water changes of around 25-30%, only when cleaning up any small pieces of moss or algae after trimming. It's gone 6 months without a water change and had no issues.
@@creatinganecosystem hat's off to you bruh, I am also gonna achive that one day, I have just started the hobby
@@kunalsharma9396 honestly, this is the easiest way to start in the hobby. I wish I knew how amazing plants are in aquariums and how much easier it is to keep fish alive when I first started. Hope you have success with your tanks in the future!
How much water does your vase hold?
Hi Duck,
I can't remember exactly, but I think it's around 3-4 litres
I have a 10 gallon tank how can I make a ecosystem with shrimp in there without filter just heater but how would I cycle the tank
Add a small layer of soil, maybe 1/2", top it off with about 2" of sand. Add as many plants in there as you can fit. Leave the tank to cycle itself for about a month. If you add a snail or something it will cycle quicker. Once the plants have started growing again, it should be safe to add shrimp, but always test the water beforehand.
Maybe consider more slower growing plants so there's less maintenance needed. What temperature is the water of the vase?
I feel like the faster growing plants are needed as they are the only filter in the tank but I know, I suck at keeping on top of maintenace! I am determined this time, but the moss is already getting annoying.
There is no heater and I'm in the UK, so water is not very warm during winter.
@@creatinganecosystem What kind of moss is in there?
@@BrenanArntz pretty sure it's java moss
What plants have you used?
The stems are rotala rotundifolia, the bigger leafed one at the front is an Amazon sword, the small ones at front bottom is micranthemum Monte Carlo and the moss is Java moss.
Looking to do something similar what plants didyou use.
The stems plants are rotala rotundifolia, the carpet at the front is Monte Carlo, the little green leaves bottom right is an Amazon sword and the moss is Java moss.
What you use for heat ??
No heater in this vase
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Need KH, making a little plaster of Paris 1 part water to 2 part Pp, would help maintain KH.
I'm not aware of any KH issues so far, my water is quite hard so KH is pretty high straight out the tap.
У меня филлантус плавающий зеленеет. Только корни розовые, а сам весь зелёный.
I think that is quite normal. I guess they are red-root floaters, not red floaters 😅 I have not had much luck with them recently. They keep getting drowned by the shrimp.
@@creatinganecosystem Да, креветки любят на них кататься. Но у меня это растение растет быстрее, чем его топят 🦐
@@hifikla that's good. I used to have success with them, but for some reason, not any more. I do like to see the shrimp taking a ride on the floaters.
@@creatinganecosystem 🙂
Very Nice. I'm not a pro at all... You look more of a pro than I am (Just got a 30 liters nano aquarium) But maybe it was the still water, the lack of movement.... And the plants consuming all the oxygen?
Thank you. It was mostly just me not maintaining it and not trimming the plants so it got so overgrown it was a mess. Hopefully with some love it'll end up looking like it did before!
@@creatinganecosystem it is still amazing what you are trying to do though - or even doing. I have a small pump in my tank, a filter and throw in a bit of food in every day - trimming and refreshing is a once or twice a month thing. But your vase is more of a "pico" system... I once tried out bonsais but when you forget them for a day or two in the summertime (or leave them behind the curtains 😬) they die and that's irrevesible (unless they reincarnate somewhere LOL)
@@KenadaDry haha yes bonsais are tough! I have another planted tank with a filter also. With a no filter tank, the more plants, the better, the plants actually produce the oxygen as opposed to using it up and will also "eat" ammonia, so the plants act as the filter.
What can be addedd to keep down plant life
Good question. Could add slower growing plants. Or I've just discovered that rabbit snails eat plants too and they also look super cool and weird. But they are too big for this vase.
@creatinganecosystem thanks about to setup a 120 gallon tank I will look into those.
@@shenberry 120 gallon?! You won't need to worry about too many plants in that! 😅 More plants the better. Just don't be like me and keep on top of trimming them and you'll be fine 🤙🌱
@@creatinganecosystem Thanks it all started with a gold fish from a fair with my three year old and now i know way more stuff
@@shenberry haha no way. I think goldfish are supposed to be good at destroying plants too! Fish keeping is weirdly addictive...
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I lwaysmput any plants in water because baby shrimp like to hide.
I don't think a contained tank could ever be permanent home. Using evaporation will only concentrate minerals
I do the very occasional water change. 4.5 years and still going.
Be lazy and let your fishtbtanks thrive, using father fis method. Use soil about 2 cm an top it off with atleast 5cm sand, and plant those plants, ive never done a water chang in a year and my aquarium does great!
Father fish method seems like a slightly different walstad method. Will be testing this in my next project soon! I have a walstad tank that I haven't done a water change in a year and still going after 2.5 years.
Thats nice :0 yes its slightly different...
Why would you somthing beautiful like that , that is in front of a window, what you see evry day, neglect so far?
Honestly, I regret letting it get so bad. Sometimes when you're not feeling great in yourself, it's hard to keep on top of certain things. Unfortunately, I let all my tanks get like this. I'm keeping on top of them now though and plan to continue to do so.
@@creatinganecosystem I understand. You can do it, you will find the strength! All the best to you 🫂
I'm working on something similar but have considered an under gravel filter, like the old school bowls. Not sure if it's needed with such a small bioload 🤔 What's the volume of your vase please?
@@Goldiworks there's no need for a filter when you have plenty of plants and only a few shrimp. Part of the beauty of a vase is that it's so simple and easy to do, no need to over do it.
It's normal to neglect this type of tank its intended to be a terrarium but it's beautiful ether way you saw it ugly swampy but it's not it's beautiful.
Poor shrimps 😢
Why?
They are in a nice planted environment and pretty well taken care of, I’ve seen much much MUCH worse!