Thanks so much for watching all! Here is a complete guide to setting up an aquarium for Neocaridina Shrimp: Step #1 - 1:58 Step #2 - 8:45 Step #3 - 16:03 Step #4 - 24:04 Step #5 - 29:10 Step #6 - 30:10 Step #7 - 34:47 Don't forget to show Mike a little love and check out his channel: ruclips.net/channel/UCpUNfW0D7W_8YTQPXBNBSHQ
Most people don't realize .. Vinegar is also an amazing glass cleaner too. Anytime you get a film on the outside , oils and all.. I look through the tank to see the glass from the outside as I'm cleaning . You'll see all the oils and external films come off the glass easier. Once the glass becomes squeaky ,I know it's clean. It works better and is safer than anything else.
It's actually a base ingredient and many many cleaners companies have just started using lab made versions they own patents on. Windex smells like vinegar ffs lol. I agree tho plain white vinegar is in my top 3 household cleaning products.
thank you so much i have finally started a succesful tank without spending hundreds of dollars on stock... Always thought of Snails as nuisances and pests i was wrong i love my orange mystery snail
Rob. Your are truly gifted young man. Keep up with the videos. Very instructional. Looking forward to meeting up with you again at the next fish show. God bless young man
Thank you all for the great information! I especially love the save and slip before remineralizing the ro/di water. 😂 I'm going to be breaking down my 20 gallon long guppy tank to restart into a shrimp tank, what it was going to be originally. You both have given me great ideas for the future. Thank you all once again!
I love these types of videos... really learning a lot and definitely going to get some of that salty shrimp minerals for sure ... thanks so much really help me out !
I always enjoy watching your videos, you are so positive and it is awesome to see how you've grown your business and continue to help the hobby grow. I just started making videos this past year and watching channels like yours with good content always encourages me to keep making videos.
Ugga duggas are an official unit of measurement for tightening objects with an impact wrench. Bloops will become an official measurement for pouring liquids now.
Thank you for the setup video, setting up a 10 gallon and i just need a snail before adding shrimp, hopefully I will be able to successfully keep shrimp! Definitely will share this video! God Bless & Happy Holidays 🙏✝️😊
Thanks Rob, love your videos!!! Your upbeat attitude is contagious and it’s amazing that you’re so knowledgeable and willing to share your knowledge!! I am curious on your choice of snail, do you prefer mystery snails over nerite or Malaysian trumpet snails? A detailed snail video might be cool when things slow down. Thanks again for all that you and the crew do!!!
Should note: Mike can remove a little over half of the Swordplant's root's length. It doesn't hurt them at all and kind of kickstarts them started growing new roots. Red Flame Swordplants grow massive amounts of roots when fully established, and they look beautiful.
Thanks for another great video. Your passion and enthusiasm is contagious. Blessings to you, your wife and the crew. I went and subbed to Mike's channel.
Hi, thanks for your excellent and informative video, presented in an easy to watch style. The tip on vinegar cleaning was very helpful. Please allow me to make a comment, which is in no way whatsoever meant as criticism. Most of the videos I watch concerning fish keeping seem to be from America. There are 195 countries in the world and only three use the old Imperial system. Terms such as gallons, quarts, ounces, fahrenheit, inches etc are not used in the other 192 countries. Naturally we can always look up the conversion charts but it would be thoughtful to mention both measurement units - metric & Imperial. Keep up the good work. Regards from Cape Town
That's 5% vinegar. Then further diluted in that much water! Placebo comes to mind. Test the pH of that water and see if it made any difference. Use Chlorine. It will completely dissipate. Always works except for some cysts... not likely you will have those cysts in potable water.
Gretat vlog, very informative, I am doing ghost shrimp right now, and I took my mystery snails from my other tank . I hope this works out for you and me.
Thank you for specifically expessing not to use buffering substrates for neocaridina shrimp, i'm currently planning a 20 gallon shrimp tank and this stratum i bought will now instead be used for a small south american cichlid breeding tank! 😁
Interesting. Never thought of doing this! My family runs a shelter/pitbull rescue and we are always buying expensive disinfects to scrub kennels and floors and crates. I’ll have to look into the vinegar method!!!
Very similar to setting up hydroponic water.i use mycorrhizae in my soil for rapid root growth also strength. my plants tend to show better coloring with my flame swords
To break down the powder faster you should throw in a wave 🌊 maker in the bottom! That’s how I mic stuff really fast and really well!! Give it a try it’s awesome!
love your vids and thnx for sharing your knowledge, rob. i'm a beginner and trying to keep and breed cherries in a 3 gallon low-tech nano tank (marineland contour 3), with lots of plants and some drift wood and mineral rocks. it's taken me 2.5 months of learning, trial and error, and sadly killing a bunch of shrimps in the process. i finally have the water parameters within range, with ph @ 7.1, kh @ 4, and gh @ 7. however, the tds likes to stay around 250. i tried water changes and lowered it to 200; it eventually slowly creeps back up to 250. i don't know if tds will continue to rise; i guess time will tell. so my question is how accurately should i monitor the water parameters, esp. tds? i keep hearing to do less and keep it stable. at which point do i need to lower tds? and besides water changes, what else can i do to lower tds? 2nd question is my water temp fluctuates from 72 to 75 everyday, depending on day/night natural room temp. is that ok? last question, how many shrimp in a 3 gallon tank is too many for them to breed? many thnx, rob. your fan, david
Step 3..🤣lol Great catch & splash mike🤙 Hey guy's link up with myself & my 36yr old daughter...we live in Washington state, and have been trying our luck with the tank hobby! We'd love to network with you'all 🤞 Leave us a link.
I used the seachem fluorite dark, it says pre washed but literally destroyed my tank with mud. Chocolate milk water. This substrate needs a very thorough washing before.
When you clean the filter how do you prevent your substrate from shifting? Or do you not need to remove that kind of filter to clean it. Never used one?
Thanks for the video. I used salty shrimp gh/kh w/ distilled water. Got the TDS to 200, water temp 72, added some plants that feed off the water column and inert substrate... got the bio cycle going. My plants came with pond snails which are quite reproductive, but I’m leaving them for now as they’re ensuring the cycle stays alive. Anyway my main concern at the moment is the ph. The salty shrimp jumps the ph from neutral all the way up to almost 8. I do have some cholla wood in there. No leaves yet. But I keep reading RCS like it 7-7.2 or so. How can I lower it but also keep my TDS up?
Hey Rob. Thanks for the tip on putting the snails in a corner to see which arrived alive and which arrived . . . well . . . not 😟. I just finished acclimating dozens of Malaysian trumpets (another seller, sorry, I did not realize!) for my endler grow-out tanks and, since I ordered, it has been almost all negative feedback for the seller, yikes! Your "test" should reveal the truth; although I am happy to report that after just 15 minutes in the dark, two are starting to climb the wall! Maybe I'm the lucky one!!! Thinking of adding shrimp next (definitely yours), then some marketable plants (do you sell? Hang on, I'm off to your website again. Be right back . . .. ) Tell you what, to keep you from waiting around on me to return, I'll keep watching if you'll keep teaching. Coffee-on!
Really enjoyed this vid thanks for sharing your process... Shout out to Mike... I just set up my first 10gal shrimp tank and now im hooked... What is the lowest ppi sponge would u recomend for a shrimp tank?
I just started keeping Neo’s and have a ten gallon with some cherries, blue dreams and jade greens. I’m excited as hell to get into this side of the hobby. Quick question, what is that you use for your aquarium tops? Is that a light diffuser?
Got a quick question, I’ve been having random shrimps die lately. Not a lot, just ones here and there. One of my new blue dreams passed and that’s a bummer... I’ve got babies swimming around. My tank is 78F, with live plants a sponge filter and a small powerhead. I use tap water with Seachem Prime. My water is treated well water and it’s hard as hell. What do? Really not wanting to have to spend the money on RO.
the shrimp need the minerals in the water to survive, its definitely something that they require. Tap water may contain levels of KH and GH present but they might not be at the levels the shrimp need. He mineralized the RO water because RO water is super pure so he brought those levels from 0 to the amount that the shrimp would need
Cherry shrimp always die on me in a week or two. Ghost shrimp live forever, but the cherries never seem to survive. I'll wake up one morning and they're just gone
Great info! But tbh all my neo tanks I never once used a tds meter I’ve seen people chase tds levels and kill off established shrimp colony’s what works for me might not work for others i do top offs at room temp water I dose with prime and stability every top off I add a half a teaspoon of calcium carbonate once a month for calcium these tanks have been running for 5 years with minimal issues and very few losses but like I said what works for me may not work for the next guy or gal
Thanks for sharing!. I'm worried about your sanitation protocol though. No chances 8oz of vinegar in this volume of water will make any difference, vinegar kills bacteria because it is acidic (it is acetic acid diluted in water to ~5%) . So do the math: 5% from 8oz that's 11mL of pure acetic acid in your 125Gal aquarium. My suspicion is that at best you are reducing the pH by 1 or 2 points. not enough.
Hey mate big fan.. just wondering if the vinegar trick can be used to sanitise canister filters as well ? can I leave it running to clean everything ? or will it be too hard to wash out the vinegar once its in the canisters ?
Hey Brad, yeah you can do that. I've never tried it but it's a great idea. The only thing that could go wrong is if you have a ton of sponge in it, the vinegar can break down the sponge if you run it too long
Hi..I have some Amano shrimp in a 20 gal tank. From watching this vid in the past, I ordered a TDS monitor. just checked that tank and it's reading 569. wow...but the 2 shrimp I have in there seem to be doing ok. I want to get some cherry shrimp, but how do I bring this reading down? this is just my tap water with Prime.
Would you always recommend snails in your breeder tanks? I’m doing two 3 gallon tanks and would I be able to substitute the snails with a good amount of plants instead?
A lot of shrimp specialists say 8 weeks before adding shrimps but you guys say just one week if we follow these 7 steps? 🤞 Please confirm and i will put in an order with you guys right away!!!
I’m about to set up my first neo shrimp only tank. If you’re adding snails to a new tank, what do they feed on while the tank doesn’t yet have a bio film or algae?
~21:50 - Why wouldn't you just quadruple the TDS with a single 30 gallon barrel, and then top off the aquarium with just plain RO water? Wouldn't that take a lot less time and result in the same thing? Or, with a new tank, just fill the tank and then start measuring TDS/adding until you get to where you want to be?
We didn't want to confuse the beginners by mixing inside the tank. One major issue people have is not knowing to mix the water prior to adding it in. Many beginners will add RO to the tank then add minerals which will kill / stress the livestock
Hey! Thank you for this video, I am so anxious to order my shrimp from you guys but want to make sure I have everything dialed in, so this is perfect timing. Q: how do you determine how many snails is appropriate AND say you add MTS, and they breed like nuts before you add shrimp, do you need to remove a ton?
For Malaysian trumpet snails and ramshorn snails, their population will fluctuate with the increase or decrease in shrimp population. So if you have a ton of shrimp, the snail population will fall due to the lack of food. As for determining the proper amount, I always favor less is more. 10-30 Malaysian trumpet snails is usually good for most common tanks but I would recommend 1-3 per gallon.
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Thanks so much for watching all! Here is a complete guide to setting up an aquarium for Neocaridina Shrimp:
Step #1 - 1:58
Step #2 - 8:45
Step #3 - 16:03
Step #4 - 24:04
Step #5 - 29:10
Step #6 - 30:10
Step #7 - 34:47
Don't forget to show Mike a little love and check out his channel: ruclips.net/channel/UCpUNfW0D7W_8YTQPXBNBSHQ
Very helpful video. Can you make the same video for caridina shrimp?
Will the Snails eat the Sword plants?
if only other youtubers did this on their video guides
Pro tip for those without ro/di
Most ice filling kiosks sell ro/di water (for water cooler jugs) for average 1 dollar per 5 gallons.
So do you absolutely need a TDS as well as remineralization product or will the shrimp do fine with de chlorinated tap water and or distilled water?
Susswassertang is a great alternative to moss. It’s a fern and stays in a ball/clump where you put it.
This was a very good video I dont know how I missed it 👍
Thank you Mark! We appreciate the support. Glad you enjoyed it.
Most people don't realize .. Vinegar is also an amazing glass cleaner too. Anytime you get a film on the outside , oils and all.. I look through the tank to see the glass from the outside as I'm cleaning . You'll see all the oils and external films come off the glass easier. Once the glass becomes squeaky ,I know it's clean. It works better and is safer than anything else.
It's actually a base ingredient and many many cleaners companies have just started using lab made versions they own patents on. Windex smells like vinegar ffs lol. I agree tho plain white vinegar is in my top 3 household cleaning products.
If you forget to pull your wash out of the washing machine and it sits overnight pour a cup of vinegar and rewash it and the smell will be gone!
thank you so much i have finally started a succesful tank without spending hundreds of dollars on stock... Always thought of Snails as nuisances and pests i was wrong i love my orange mystery snail
I like that little "bloop" you added when dumping the vinegar in. Most effective.
Rob. Your are truly gifted young man. Keep up with the videos. Very instructional. Looking forward to meeting up with you again at the next fish show. God bless young man
Thank you all for the great information! I especially love the save and slip before remineralizing the ro/di water. 😂 I'm going to be breaking down my 20 gallon long guppy tank to restart into a shrimp tank, what it was going to be originally. You both have given me great ideas for the future. Thank you all once again!
I love these types of videos... really learning a lot and definitely going to get some of that salty shrimp minerals for sure ... thanks so much really help me out !
Nice setup, I can feel the MTS creeping up on me! Lol Subscribed
I always enjoy watching your videos, you are so positive and it is awesome to see how you've grown your business and continue to help the hobby grow. I just started making videos this past year and watching channels like yours with good content always encourages me to keep making videos.
Lol dude I’ve been researching dart frogs and I really like your favorite dart frog video. It’s cool to see all these people in different places!
@@user-tb4sl4ex2q Thanks! Yeah it is nice to see the hobby growing, let me know if you ever have any questions.
TCS Dart Frogs thanks 🐸
Ugga duggas are an official unit of measurement for tightening objects with an impact wrench.
Bloops will become an official measurement for pouring liquids now.
Thank you for the setup video, setting up a 10 gallon and i just need a snail before adding shrimp, hopefully I will be able to successfully keep shrimp! Definitely will share this video! God Bless & Happy Holidays 🙏✝️😊
Thanks Rob, love your videos!!! Your upbeat attitude is contagious and it’s amazing that you’re so knowledgeable and willing to share your knowledge!!
I am curious on your choice of snail, do you prefer mystery snails over nerite or Malaysian trumpet snails? A detailed snail video might be cool when things slow down. Thanks again for all that you and the crew do!!!
“You will be doing this on a much smaller scale”
I think you underestimate my nonsense when it comes to the animals I house 🤣
Rob mate that is one heck of a tank for shrimp
With a love to see you acclimate, and put the shrimp in the tank. Other than that great and informative video
For your analytics or whatever, this is the video that got my sub. Aquarium Co-op introduced me to you I believe. Thank you for sharing the knowledge!
This is a great video. Very informative. Can’t wait for the next video in this series
Should note: Mike can remove a little over half of the Swordplant's root's length. It doesn't hurt them at all and kind of kickstarts them started growing new roots. Red Flame Swordplants grow massive amounts of roots when fully established, and they look beautiful.
DJ Magic Mike... we like the cars that go boom or we like the keratina shrimp that go boom and our fish tanks...Tom from New Jersey ♡♡♡
dude because of that bottle drop I ve screamed at work xD 17:00
Thanks for another great video. Your passion and enthusiasm is contagious. Blessings to you, your wife and the crew. I went and subbed to Mike's channel.
Came here for knowledge. Liked for the NF hoodie.
Subed both channels. Yall rock. Im wanting to add cherry shrimp to my 55 gallon guppy grow out tank. Maybe one day.
Hi, thanks for your excellent and informative video, presented in an easy to watch style. The tip on vinegar cleaning was very helpful. Please allow me to make a comment, which is in no way whatsoever meant as criticism. Most of the videos I watch concerning fish keeping seem to be from America. There are 195 countries in the world and only three use the old Imperial system. Terms such as gallons, quarts, ounces, fahrenheit, inches etc are not used in the other 192 countries. Naturally we can always look up the conversion charts but it would be thoughtful to mention both measurement units - metric & Imperial. Keep up the good work. Regards from Cape Town
Yall the real deal.. Gonna start ordering from here👻
I really feel like this guy is high as hell and its awesome
Its those blood shot eyes, and he's always so happy to see the shrimp lol
Its the smirk....
As a Kite!
He's stoned
So... am I 😁
Great tips and tricks! Waiting for your next big restock....! I hope it’s soon!!
That's 5% vinegar. Then further diluted in that much water! Placebo comes to mind. Test the pH of that water and see if it made any difference. Use Chlorine. It will completely dissipate. Always works except for some cysts... not likely you will have those cysts in potable water.
Thank you so much appreciate it. It was a Lotta good information.
Gretat vlog, very informative, I am doing ghost shrimp right now, and I took my mystery snails from my other tank . I hope this works out for you and me.
I am a new subscriber, just saw your video and you guys are awesome! Thanks for sharing!
I use oak leaves,which I add every 2-3 weeks,because they decompose quickly.The baby shrimp love them though.
Thanks for the beginner video! :)
Good to know about the Magnolia leaves.. very abundant around me :-)
Great information looks great trying shrimp but having issues with worms
That’s pretty cool I wanted to mix both of those as well for my new tank
Great video, thanks guys !!
Thank you for specifically expessing not to use buffering substrates for neocaridina shrimp, i'm currently planning a 20 gallon shrimp tank and this stratum i bought will now instead be used for a small south american cichlid breeding tank! 😁
Thanks for giving this advice. Have a good 2020!
Very good video brother can't wait to see how it all turns out
Hi! So many products packed nice with also nice prices. :))) Use the damn sand from a river. Will work same and way more cheaper.
This was really helpful !! I want to have a 10 gallon shrimp tank but I’m not sure what filter/heater to buy
Very informative and great advice!
the bottle wont add doses itself if you just throw it in! hahaha great video guys!
3:43 (singing) Do a little bloop, bloop...little bleep bleep... LOL
This was so so insanely helpful, thank you so much!!
Thank you for sharing! - Little Bobby
Also you should look into getting magenta mystery snails 🐌
Awesome! Can’t wait to get my cherry shrimp!
Thanks RLC :)
No drill and paint stirrer(er) 😂 perfect for mixing that batch of water
I am 62 always white vinagur for aquariums even bird cages. Safe, and will kill germs. I used it also on dog crates to cat bedding rinse.
Interesting. Never thought of doing this! My family runs a shelter/pitbull rescue and we are always buying expensive disinfects to scrub kennels and floors and crates. I’ll have to look into the vinegar method!!!
I use it to clean the cat litter tray too and all of the hard surfaces in the house.
Very similar to setting up hydroponic water.i use mycorrhizae in my soil for rapid root growth also strength. my plants tend to show better coloring with my flame swords
very helpful video. thank you
Great tip about snails
Thank you 😊
To break down the powder faster you should throw in a wave 🌊 maker in the bottom! That’s how I mic stuff really fast and really well!! Give it a try it’s awesome!
love your vids and thnx for sharing your knowledge, rob. i'm a beginner and trying to keep and breed cherries in a 3 gallon low-tech nano tank (marineland contour 3), with lots of plants and some drift wood and mineral rocks. it's taken me 2.5 months of learning, trial and error, and sadly killing a bunch of shrimps in the process. i finally have the water parameters within range, with ph @ 7.1, kh @ 4, and gh @ 7. however, the tds likes to stay around 250. i tried water changes and lowered it to 200; it eventually slowly creeps back up to 250. i don't know if tds will continue to rise; i guess time will tell. so my question is how accurately should i monitor the water parameters, esp. tds? i keep hearing to do less and keep it stable. at which point do i need to lower tds? and besides water changes, what else can i do to lower tds? 2nd question is my water temp fluctuates from 72 to 75 everyday, depending on day/night natural room temp. is that ok? last question, how many shrimp in a 3 gallon tank is too many for them to breed? many thnx, rob. your fan, david
all great questions I would love an answer too
Nice bro 😁
I'm curious how it will turn out at the end 👍💚
Step 3..🤣lol
Great catch & splash mike🤙
Hey guy's link up with myself & my 36yr old daughter...we live in Washington state, and have been trying our luck with the tank hobby! We'd love to network with you'all 🤞
Leave us a link.
Audio is just right! :)
that was a damn good video
Thanks so much Harold :)
When yall dropped the bottle in the water i started dying hahaha
Awesome dude grate info
Hi, thanks for the video! good job. you should ship outside the U.S also... how can I buy from you otherway?
Awesome very informative love it! 👏👊
8:52 is there a white or light tan version? or can i put down the black and top it with white little rocks/pebbles?
Flourite black raised my tds through the roof!!!!!
I used the seachem fluorite dark, it says pre washed but literally destroyed my tank with mud. Chocolate milk water. This substrate needs a very thorough washing before.
When you clean the filter how do you prevent your substrate from shifting? Or do you not need to remove that kind of filter to clean it. Never used one?
Do shrimps require, heating in the tank
Thanks for the video. I used salty shrimp gh/kh w/ distilled water. Got the TDS to 200, water temp 72, added some plants that feed off the water column and inert substrate... got the bio cycle going. My plants came with pond snails which are quite reproductive, but I’m leaving them for now as they’re ensuring the cycle stays alive.
Anyway my main concern at the moment is the ph. The salty shrimp jumps the ph from neutral all the way up to almost 8. I do have some cholla wood in there. No leaves yet. But I keep reading RCS like it 7-7.2 or so. How can I lower it but also keep my TDS up?
Nice hoodie🤜
Hey Rob. Thanks for the tip on putting the snails in a corner to see which arrived alive and which arrived . . . well . . . not 😟. I just finished acclimating dozens of Malaysian trumpets (another seller, sorry, I did not realize!) for my endler grow-out tanks and, since I ordered, it has been almost all negative feedback for the seller, yikes! Your "test" should reveal the truth; although I am happy to report that after just 15 minutes in the dark, two are starting to climb the wall! Maybe I'm the lucky one!!! Thinking of adding shrimp next (definitely yours), then some marketable plants (do you sell? Hang on, I'm off to your website again. Be right back . . .. )
Tell you what, to keep you from waiting around on me to return, I'll keep watching if you'll keep teaching. Coffee-on!
Really enjoyed this vid thanks for sharing your process... Shout out to Mike... I just set up my first 10gal shrimp tank and now im hooked... What is the lowest ppi sponge would u recomend for a shrimp tank?
I just started keeping Neo’s and have a ten gallon with some cherries, blue dreams and jade greens. I’m excited as hell to get into this side of the hobby.
Quick question, what is that you use for your aquarium tops? Is that a light diffuser?
It's called twin wall polycarbonate paneling. It's made for green houses. It works great!!! Glad you're getting into this hobby :)
Got a quick question, I’ve been having random shrimps die lately. Not a lot, just ones here and there. One of my new blue dreams passed and that’s a bummer... I’ve got babies swimming around.
My tank is 78F, with live plants a sponge filter and a small powerhead. I use tap water with Seachem Prime. My water is treated well water and it’s hard as hell.
What do? Really not wanting to have to spend the money on RO.
Zach’s Fish Have you done a water test? For PH and everything? I believe you might want your water a little cooler. Like 70-75?
So do you absolutely need a TDS as well as remineralization product or will the shrimp do fine with de chlorinated tap water and or distilled water?
the shrimp need the minerals in the water to survive, its definitely something that they require. Tap water may contain levels of KH and GH present but they might not be at the levels the shrimp need. He mineralized the RO water because RO water is super pure so he brought those levels from 0 to the amount that the shrimp would need
@@chidori5011 Ight thanks bro
You could of just sprayed the tank with SMB slightly more expensive but way way faster spray and rinse and your done, saves on water too 👍🏻🇦🇺
Cherry shrimp always die on me in a week or two. Ghost shrimp live forever, but the cherries never seem to survive. I'll wake up one morning and they're just gone
Hey fellas, new to the channel, so I am curious where did you get the black totes? at video time 5:41 to the right of the screen, one is marked "E"
Prime Time aquatics sent me😂
Great info! But tbh all my neo tanks I never once used a tds meter I’ve seen people chase tds levels and kill off established shrimp colony’s what works for me might not work for others i do top offs at room temp water I dose with prime and stability every top off I add a half a teaspoon of calcium carbonate once a month for calcium these tanks have been running for 5 years with minimal issues and very few losses but like I said what works for me may not work for the next guy or gal
To get start is a 10 gallon tank good
yes, mine is about ten gallons and it is a good beginner size
Can u do a video of keeping cherry shrimp without ro water ? And.hiw u do your water changes
Thanks for sharing!. I'm worried about your sanitation protocol though. No chances 8oz of vinegar in this volume of water will make any difference, vinegar kills bacteria because it is acidic (it is acetic acid diluted in water to ~5%) . So do the math: 5% from 8oz that's 11mL of pure acetic acid in your 125Gal aquarium. My suspicion is that at best you are reducing the pH by 1 or 2 points. not enough.
what kind of foam did you use? this set-up is really neat and easy.,
foam
tube
aerator
Finish
Hey mate big fan..
just wondering if the vinegar trick can be used to sanitise canister filters as well ? can I leave it running to clean everything ? or will it be too hard to wash out the vinegar once its in the canisters ?
Hey Brad, yeah you can do that. I've never tried it but it's a great idea. The only thing that could go wrong is if you have a ton of sponge in it, the vinegar can break down the sponge if you run it too long
@@LupDiesel hmm ok will try it. thanks
Hi..I have some Amano shrimp in a 20 gal tank. From watching this vid in the past, I ordered a TDS monitor. just checked that tank and it's reading 569. wow...but the 2 shrimp I have in there seem to be doing ok. I want to get some cherry shrimp, but how do I bring this reading down? this is just my tap water with Prime.
Would you always recommend snails in your breeder tanks? I’m doing two 3 gallon tanks and would I be able to substitute the snails with a good amount of plants instead?
A lot of shrimp specialists say 8 weeks before adding shrimps but you guys say just one week if we follow these 7 steps? 🤞 Please confirm and i will put in an order with you guys right away!!!
I’m about to set up my first neo shrimp only tank. If you’re adding snails to a new tank, what do they feed on while the tank doesn’t yet have a bio film or algae?
Any food is fine. Standard fish food, unsalted green beans, potatoes, etc. They will eat it all :D
~21:50 - Why wouldn't you just quadruple the TDS with a single 30 gallon barrel, and then top off the aquarium with just plain RO water? Wouldn't that take a lot less time and result in the same thing? Or, with a new tank, just fill the tank and then start measuring TDS/adding until you get to where you want to be?
We didn't want to confuse the beginners by mixing inside the tank. One major issue people have is not knowing to mix the water prior to adding it in. Many beginners will add RO to the tank then add minerals which will kill / stress the livestock
Are there a complete book for neocaridina shrimp beginners setup and care
Watch out for corner silicone. I nicked it with those cause the leak in my silicone
Hey! Thank you for this video, I am so anxious to order my shrimp from you guys but want to make sure I have everything dialed in, so this is perfect timing.
Q: how do you determine how many snails is appropriate AND say you add MTS, and they breed like nuts before you add shrimp, do you need to remove a ton?
For Malaysian trumpet snails and ramshorn snails, their population will fluctuate with the increase or decrease in shrimp population. So if you have a ton of shrimp, the snail population will fall due to the lack of food. As for determining the proper amount, I always favor less is more. 10-30 Malaysian trumpet snails is usually good for most common tanks but I would recommend 1-3 per gallon.
I did some research and I found that substrate isn’t inert and it does raise PH
What color light(s) is best for shrimps and a few low-maintenance plants? White, white & blue, or white, blue & red. Thanks.
Even makes my skin crawl watching other people mess with dry sponge 🤣
I'm curious as to why you dont use aragonite gravel. Neocaradina are a hard water species arent they?