I love daphnias too! not sure what type of daphnia I picked up couple times along with other critters from ponds. Daphnia seems to get eaten by guppies way faster than seed shrimp.
I've been keeping some aquatic plants in a rubbermaid for several months now while i wait for a good time to put a tank together. the past few weeks, i started noticing these little poppy seed things. It turns out they're seed shrimp! I feel lucky. Thanks for the informative video!
I did the exact same thing except my container of choice was a couple half gallon sized mason jars. After awhile, I saw a few of the little things zooming around the top of one of my jars. I had no idea what it was at the time but they sure intrigued me because I'd never seen anything move through water before like these do. Then they started disappearing. I thought maybe my pond snails got to them...although it seems like they are too slow to catch any of them. But in hind sight I believe it was the rising temps of the summer. Weeks of 100+ degree temps (with no A/C due to broken central air unit) almost did my snails in too. I'm impressed that the snails and plants survived it. But now that I know what they were, from your video and the search of an alternative live food to daphnia, I wish I still had them. I'd love to grow a culture for my future fish later. They seem to be hardier, easier to cultivate, and maybe a bit more interesting than daphnia, from what info I've gathered so far.
@@dsmith8263 They are found very commonly in ponds all around the world if your like me, you can end up getting them for free. These seed shrimp are very specially adapted to certain environments, Mine were found in a heavily nutrient polluted, almost anoxic and almost decaying lake which allowed them to be fairly tolerant to a variety of conditions, They are even 4mm in length possibly due to the lack of predators in the lake. So if you look hard enough you may find a unique species, that may have desirable traits, These are extremely adaptable creatures and they continue till this day astonish me.
@@BossOfAllTrades how do you scavenge for them? Any tips or things to look for in particular? i have a pond near me that I might be able to search for them. Maybe I can find some scuds too...
I love the accent. Makes it so much more exciting for me lol xD Just subbed and clicked bell after watching like 1hr straight moss growing videos. Thanks!
Thank you your video was very helpful. I have just found seed shrimp in my small tank, which houses shrimp and 6 Cardinals. The shrimp breed really well in the tank and are fascinating to watch. I was very concerned as hadn’t noticed the seed shrimp before but you have put my mind at rest and I will treat them as friend not foe.
I was exploring my yard for emergency food after a week a research. I was looking for mosquito larva to feed some minnows I got from a drying up pond. I found blood worms in a bucket of soapy water that had been sitting in my front yard after cleaning my dog and cat supplies a week before. When emptying it I saw a red worm fall out and stopped pouring... there were as least 50 wiggling blood worms in there. I also found a tote full of rainwater and plastic pots with mosquito larvae in it and after I removed the pots I used an extremely small net I resonantly got to catch them but when I emptied them into the bag I was using as transportation I noticed hundreds of daphnia got caught as well! Looking closer at the tote of water I could see hundreds of them jumping around in the water! I am glad I bought the net. A few days after I was looking for more kinds of land moss around the yard when I thought to look in three tires that have been leaning against our abandoned grain bin for years and I used to see mosquito larvae in. They were mostly covered in over grown and dead grass but the first one I looked into I saw larva, but I also saw little light brown moving bubble like things in the filthy water. I got a bag and scooped some of the water out and found they were seed shrimp... I also have side swimmers/scuds from the pond as well as cyclops, snails and thousands of weird organisms that are see through.... who knows what they are or what else is in the water I brought up.
I followed your example and setup various container aquariums, and populated them with ostracods, they grew explosively!! Now I setup more with different ostracods and cyclops, very addicting hobby, thanks again for the amazing ideas.
TRUE JUSTICE ALLAH I live in NY indeed. But I don't sell any thing. I share what I spare I have when I have with those who can meet with me. This video explanation about it: ruclips.net/video/CL6a13Pq60o/видео.html
So I have a planted community tank with a reasonably deep dirt-sand substrate and I introduced some microfauna--daphnia, cyclops and ostracods. Daphnia just disappears almost instantly (a sign that I need more surface hiding spots to protect them from fish). However, while both the ostracods and cyclops disappeared, I noticed that the cyclops would show up during dark hours...and they possibly have shrunk in physical size (compared to the fishless colony I bred) in order to hide under the sand and minimize the odds of being eaten by the fish. I wonder if the ostracods have done the same thing. If they weren't wiped out by the fish, then could they have hidden themselves better?
Fish goes after any critters all the time. So, don't be surprised your critters disappearing quick. Critters also learn to hide from predators. And you may (and most likely) have seed shrimp hidden somewhere in the aquarium. Though, they colony would never get grown large for you to notice them. Daphnia and cyclopes have to swim through the water exposed to more light (where food growing) to get food and therefore gets eaten faster. They don't grow smaller - they just don't get chance to grow larger (older) as fish eat them faster. Seed shrimp on the other hand can get by more varieties of food as you pointed out - hidden in the substrate. You may want to setup a separate tanks for culturing any little critters away from fish. And use those nurseries for feeding your fish. I've been doing this way with great success. PS: adult scuds (grown up to 1 cm long) survive and breed in aquariums with small fish. Though again, the colony never grow big in aquariums with fish.
It depends on the strain of snails you have. My snails hatch in about 1-2 weeks. Check videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/EBybkcGTFvQ/видео.html All the best!
When I was a kid I found some really big seed shrimp about the size of half a dime. They were in a large rain puddle, so I went to that same location today and dug up some the old dirt to see if I can get some old eggs from them.
Yay thank you Micheal Keep it up I already hve seed shrimps to feed my betta. And do you have a problem with mosquitoes in your aquarium? My Infusruia has been popoulated with mosquito larvae
I had some mosquito back when I took first samples from ponds. Though, I get rid of them completely - that was the purpose of keeping wild samples in separate nurseries ;)
I got them from ponds of Central Park of New York City. You may find them in almost every pond/lake/river during warm season. This video could help with details: ruclips.net/video/mQb7cKeTKqA/видео.html Though, there is a list of videos about them: ruclips.net/video/Z46zGbeCC6Q/видео.html All the best!
I find it exciting to meet online people from my city :) There are 3 aquatic plants that I personally picked up in ponds of Central park. Duckweed can be found during warm season in most ponds. Here is a playlist of my videos about this plant: ruclips.net/video/v2PVDHlZ5rQ/видео.html Leafy Pondweed also can be found during warm season. I have just one video about it ruclips.net/video/As1aWbjjV7w/видео.html And Filamentous algae. This one can be found all year around. Be aware - filamentous algae is very hard to remove from aquariums! And it can get into your aquarium against your will just with any other wild plants, snails or any thing taking from ponds. I actually cultivated filamentous algae in my aquariums for a couple years - successfully. It grows very fast from even a tiny single string. You can see it in number of my videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/hPCv2uEeS1A/видео.html You may be interested to check videos about what I found, where and when in New York ponds on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/625YZT91YL8/видео.html There is one more video coming next week about Bronx botanical garden lake ;) All the best on your adventures!
@@4me that's great and my female guppy died and her babies.....sadly male guppy is left alone and I know it's bad for it to be left alone...I found guppies of other species..will my guppy breed again with another species sir?
@@abhiramplal7214 For breeding would be better to have separate colonies of each. You can keep them in the same aquarium as well. In long run seed shrimp would dominate the aquarium though, because they have more food supply.
because of your interesting videos i have collected water from a swamp...after a month or so there are lots of tiny fast moving creatures,,,how do i know if they are seed shrimp or water fleas? they have multiplied alot.
Seed shrimp move through the water in a very specific way - like a drunk bees :) Check this video about some aquatic critters (including seed shrimp) in my aquariums: ruclips.net/video/LrIyAOATnvA/видео.html And here is full playlist about all critters that I come across: ruclips.net/video/JPhvcTBTl_g/видео.html All the best on your adventures!
The feed on everything, any organic detritus or algae. So, seed shrimp would be fine as long as you have any growing (alive) plants in your aquarium ;)
hello, so my guppy just spawn her fry, i have a heavy planted tank and i don't know if the fry can eat the fish food from the surface, but i notice there's a colony of seed shrimps on the back area of my aquarium, it is so little, just like white dots, can my guppy fry eat those seed shrimps?
I have a question, would it be bad to release a large number of my seed shrimp babies back into the river where I first collected them? I'm thinking in terms of helping the environment because of how beneficial they are in removing algae and bacteria. Could i slowly keep adding my nursery babies back to the original ecosystem to help clean the water ways?
Great intention! The population of any species (except human) in Nature governs by the same rules. If you add more number of seed shrimp than that Natural environment can support than they will simply die out. If the environment can support more - they will multiply on their own rather rapidly until they reach the maximum density population - then they population density goes down back to optimal. So, helping the Nature in the way you propose is not really effective either way I can think of.
I have seed shrimps too....but mine all disappear after 2 months.... I just take most of the water out and let the bottle dry with the detritus at the bottom for a month or 2 ....then I add distilled water and the eggs left behind by the seed shrimps hatch and a lot of new seed shrimps appear...then I rinse and repeat. I will try the self sustaining ecosphere aquarium with guppies in it. Thx and more power. Liked and subscribed.
Thank you very much! I've never tried to culture seed shrimp in the way you described- there was no need for this...but it's interesting! I may try to do it in your way just for fun fun of it this Summer. All the best on your adventure!
I have an 8 month old eco sphere with hundreds of seed shrimp and some snails and recently, I've noticed that the shrimp will float up to the top of the water and get stuck. They can't swim down and it usually dozens of them at a time. They dont die because I can push them back under the surface and they'll swim around but I was wondering if you knew the cause of this? I find it unusual to randomly have 20 or 30 seed shrimp all get stuck floating on the surface at the same time with no dramatic changes in the environment.
I've seen them swim to surface, but they never stuck they for too long. And most of the time they would be hanging on or around floating plants or walls of aquarium. What you described is interesting. I could not think of any explanation about it.
Seed shrimp breed very fast anytime common algae grows fast...the population grow exponentially then drops down and so it goes in cycles. It happens every month or so in my settings. Seed shrimp like filamentous algae, but it grows faster than they can eat it.
Hi. How can I identify which critter is seed shrimp? There are many different critters I saw in pond water..but how can I separately identify seed shrimp from others?
Thank you for the question! It's easy to identify them by the way they move - as drunk bee :) Check this video for close up view on seed shrimp and some other critters: ruclips.net/video/LrIyAOATnvA/видео.html All the best!
How warm does it have to be for them to breed how long does it take them to reproduce how lo g does it take them to populate a jar how long are guppies pregnant how warm does it gave to be for guppies to breed how do you make fish food flakes
Seed shrimp breed in my nurseries with regular room temperature. Pregnancy period of guppies is about a month. Look through videos on this playlist for details on how to make fish food flakes and more : ruclips.net/video/-OgKd7Vn2cc/видео.html
Hi Michael, I set up a 20 gallon planted tank a couple of months ago, I have driftwood and dragon stone in there too, with tetras and nerite snails. I'm now dealing with a seed shrimp infestation (thousands). I understand now that that is a good thing to have, however they seem to be eating my healthy plants - new holes in healthy leaves. I've read they generally only eat dying plants. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks.
It sounds like you have a great aquarium! My plants have never suffer from seed shrimp. Seed shrimp do eat wilting / dying plants indeed leaving holes in them. Seed shrimp are not the cause of the wilting plants.You have to find what is the cause of plants dying to begin with. Also, the population of seed shrimp goes up and down as with any other live organism (except humans) obeying the same density population rules. This number is self-regulated. All the best!
Michael Langerman The plants with new holes in them are healthy. Not wilting or dying. Not sure what is causing it but i’m glad to hear it’s not the seed shrimp. I have not observed any other organisms in the tank. I will have to figure this out. Thank you for your prompt response! :)
Seed shrimp are too small size for me to notice exact amount of them. Nevertheless, I generally see huge increase in population in about a month. The population grow exponentially until it reach the top density population for a given space/food supply. Then it start decreasing and then go back to maximum. And so it goes in cycles. I usually move some seed shrimp from a nursery to other aquariums at the time when population is visibly large. All the best on your adventure!
It depends on what type of aquarium care you provide. I make sustainable aquarium gardens where all organic remains (waste) stays in aquariums and eventually become fertile soil for bacteria, algae, microorganisms, tiny critters and plants to feed and thrive on. So, for sustainable aquariums it is beneficial. Otherwise...waste is a waste that need to be removed from aquariums where people do regular water changes or use man made filters.
Thank you for the question! I don't plan to keep larger fish anytime soon. I want and will get other fish and creatures when I clear up my ongoing projects with guppies ;) Happy Holidays to you and your family!!
@@Someone-qk7fc I've been working on video about a different type of snail (possibly Campeloma...) that I picked in Central park pond last Summer. Mystery snails have to wait their turn ;)
Couple weeks in my example. But it depends on how many you start with, the type of strain, amount of algae/food, water temperature, and many other factors. As with all live critters the population density grow exponentially until it reaches the limit of space/available food. Then it goes down and again in cycles.
I have been playing around with keeping cultures of ostracods and daphnia. I have noticed the daphnia like the pH really high, but I haven't nailed down the ostracods' pH preferences. Do you know if they have a pH and/or hardness preference?
I do not test water in aquariums for pH or anything - only use regular visual observations to determine health of the aquariums as whole. Based on my observations ostracods do better (as many other critters) in aquariums with plenty of natural light and common algae rich water (not blooming!). Hope it helps. All the best on your adventure!
@@4me i 'think' they need hard water to use the calcium for their shells. maybe add some limestone rocks to the tank? my tap water is hard so it's prolly good. but checking the water where they live naturally might be useful. i will take a pH test kit next time i go there. i should use a tds meter, seems like it should read 250 for scuds/shrimp. plenty of shrimp grower info out there, but i am not one and don't know offhand.
Surely I am taking in account reproduction rate of all species (seed shrimp, snails, worms and etc including fish that consume them all) living in my aquariums - that is the only way to build sustainable aquariums.
A good way to get seed shrimp if you can't find them anywhere is collecting dust and putting it in a jar of water. Their eggs are carried by the wind and can survive for years without water, they occur in most of the dust you can find. That is how they can find their way into your aquariums too. I did this a week ago because all of them had disappeared from my aquarium and I noticed it getting dirtier because of that, now I have a few tiny ones in the jar I put the dust in.
i really love these things but i can't find them in fish store's does anyone know were u can get these??? btw i don't live near a fresh or saltwater lake thanks for reading this ;)
hi michael: i have shrimp eggs and i've tried several times to get them to hatch and nothing happens. what do you think i am doing wrong. i followed the instructions but nothing. i really would like to have them in my aquariums. thanks, carmine petracca.
I've never grow them from eggs to tell you for sure, but I think you may simply not notice them as they hatch due to very small size of young seed shrimp. Just give them time to grow.
@@HoaDaoAreca brine shrimp live and breed in slightly salty water and their look different. I have very closeup videos for you to look what my seed shrimp are: ruclips.net/video/LrIyAOATnvA/видео.html All the best!
I purchased seed shrimp eggs on ebay and nothing happened. I like Michael's videos and wish I could keep seed shrimp like he does. I have guppies too and I feed them flake food and algae wafers -- they go crazy over the wafers, they sink to the bottom and give them an all day banquet. Maybe my fry got the seed shrimp before I could see them. I put some eggs into a 2 liter bottle and after a week I am still waiting - algae is growing but no sign of the shrimp yet.
@@pawnslinger1 guppy fry definitely go after seed shrimp. You may not notice tiny seed shrimp in green water until there are many of them. How fast it happens depends on the staring number, though you would not know how many hatched from the aggs. So, just wait.
It depends on how large colony of seed shrimp to begin with, available food and there should be no fish (or any other who feeds on seed shrimp). In my example it would take 1-2 months. Though, I move them into other aquariums breaking the large colony on many small ( in each aquarium including those aquariums with fish).
Seed shrimp would eat wilting leaves. And they rest/hide on leaves of plants. I am not aware of floating plants infection to tell you anything about it.
What kind of snails are those? I live in Georgia and I have them in my tanks, with my seed shrimp, but I want to know what species they are so I can know if they can live with my betta. I looked at the video where someone identified them, but my snails NEVER grow that big.
I have 3 types of freshwater snails in my aquariums: pond (or perhaps bladder) snails, ramshorn snails, and mystery trapdoor snails. Your betta should be fine with any of them. Mystery trapdoor snails are very large (up to 6-8 cm in wild) compare to all others and they have "trapdoor". Pond, bladder and ramshorn snails grow up to 2 cm in my aquariums. I have videos on this playlist about all of them: ruclips.net/video/A7-cEOIJpFs/видео.html All the best on your adventure!
What’s interesting is that they also mutate and develop different strains rapidly herbivores mutants are usually smaller and more whereas scavengers and carnivores tend to be yellow and larger yet fewer. Originally I assumed that the larger yellow ones are older adults but nope. Depending on the environment they either mutate into the large yellow ones or tiny dark green ones. There’s also extremely rare ones that are green but huge. Bear in mind these all began from the same culture all looked the same.
how did you do that?? Please, I need some seed shrimp urgently and I can't find them anywhere. If you can't answer the previous question, can you please suggest some good places to find seed shrimp??
How do this guy arrive to a fish tub? Like 3 or 4 weeks ago I collected New water hyacinth for my tub, I let the hyacinth on water for 4 hours. Then I used the hose (with some pressure) to clean the roots and the steams, finally I used 10 ml of comercial chlorine in 10 liters of water to let the hyacinth there for 30 mins, then dechlorinated water for another 30 minutes and to the tub... In the previus weeks I didnt see this guys. But today when doing my parcial water change I saw 3 of them swiming on the tub I used to put the hyacinth and the elodea... So im almost sure they came with the hyacinth 3 weeks ago when I brought it Home. Just I cant believe the survived the chlorine bath. Im fine with them in my tub. I like little critters with my fish as long as they dont pose a threat. But still surprised they made it to the tub.
Seed shrimp are the best known to me survivors after algae ;) There are types of seed shrimp that survive even after been eaten by other larger creatures.
Thank you for the great content Michael. Your videos are both entertaining and informative. I have not yet succeeded in capturing seed shrimp without also collecting hydra and often planaria in the same sample. My fresh water snails seem to multiply without much problem but my seed shrimp colony never grows beyond just a few and I wonder if hydra may be the issue. Is this a problem that you face and if so how do you deal with the little sea monsters?
You can separate seed shrimp from other critters using a pipette - that is what I do. Move them in a separate nursery - whatever few you can get would do to start a new colony (though, the more you start with the faster the colony will grow). Just make sure they have something to chew on - common green algae, some dry leaves and such. A cup size nursery is a good for a small starting colony. In a month or two you may split the colony on a couple more and grow them in a larger tanks ;)
Caught a great type of seed shrimp in our Amsterdam canals. It seems there are 70,000 species of seed shrimp, so forgive me for not identifying it more precisely, but these are bottom dwellers. There are quite a lot of them, but their population does not seem to crash, presumably because it is kept in check by the guppies.
My seed shrimpies are turning pale and elongated. What is the cause of this? I had to get more seed shrimp bc after they turned elongated, they started disappearing. Can u help, so my other batch of seed shrimp do not go the same way?
No, they could not be other critters, because I got them from a place which has only blood worms, seed shrimp and sometimes mosquito larvae. I know, because I have taken scoops of the dirt there and put them into jars filled with rainwater and algae, so I can see what creatures came along with it. So far, there have been blood worms, seed shrimp, and the occasional mosquito larvae or two, but nothing other than that, except for the surprise baby dragonfly that I got along with some filamentous algae from an abandoned fountain near my friend's place. Could it just be a growth stage, in which they are born round and tiny, but they grow elongated and pale before dying?
Mixing helps on genetical level. Culture crashes happen for many different reasons. Most common reason for "crash" is when culture grow to the maximum density population of that particular tank size/ food amount and such. Population of all living organisms growth in accordance with the same Natural rules. It growth exponentially to the maximum and than "crashed" - down to minimum and than repeat. Overfeeding - the large cultures consume more food and produce more waste. You have to accommodate for the waste or the culture will suffocate in the waste. The best way to deal with overfeeding is to avoid it...simply reduce amount and/or frequency of feeding. That is the to maintain density population on desirable level. Diseases (all kind of) can wipe out the whole population as well - that would be irreversible lost of the culture. Mixing helps to prevent genetical diseases.
@@4me So in order to avoid a crash: maintain the population below that max amount. Which is good: periodically remove some seed shrimps from a full tank to some new tanks... create new batches from your old batches to keep old batches healthy and avoid crashes that way.
@@jmgalaxytab2325 You got it right. I put critters in all my aquariums. It is interesting to notice that you would not see them much in aquariums with fish. Though, once you remove fish it takes very short time for critters to rebuild population. Fish hunting on those critters regulate their population in the most natural way 🙂
@@WAFE55 It depends on location. Each local pet store have different local suppliers and therefore there is a huge difference in what is available in each store.
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Спасибо! И Вас тоже с Новым годом!! Русского канала у меня нет. Но я размещаю текст из видео в описании к видео, а также публикую блог пост с этим текстом и фотографиями (ссылка на блог в конце описания к видео). Я это делаю для удобства тех кому нужен перевод на любой язык ;) Скопируйте текст и вставьте его в любой переводчик, например в гугл переводчик: translate.google.com/ а можно перевести ссылку к видео ;) Эти шримп водятся в абсолютном большинстве водоёмов. Множество разновидностей, включая тех что живут в солёной воде. Поймать их легче всего в тёплое время года. Обычно они попадаются вместе с водорослями. Вот видео об этом: ruclips.net/video/mQb7cKeTKqA/видео.html Всего вам наилучшего!
@@4me Спасибо Вам огромное за подробный ответ ! Очень фильтр понравился , уже и на ебэй посмотрела ,,, придётся оставить своей конструкции из акваэля на синтепоне - 22 000 рублей это проще ещё один холодильник пиобрести :-):-):-) у нас в Питере это хорошей зарплатой считается , для женщин конечно :-) О бязательно пересмотрю всё с описаниями , рачёк напомнил циклопа , а вот на счёт аулофоруса -сомневаюсь , не похож . Спасибо за эксперименты ну супер интересные :-)
@@irenairena2772 Фильтры, даже очень хорошие, которые сделанные людьми не настолько хороши как природные фильтры ;) Я не пользуюсь искусственными фильтрами уже несколько лет и результаты...такие как должны быть в природе которая без человека обходится очень хорошо :)
@@4me у меня был много лет назад аквариум как сейчас говорят со старой водой ( воду только доливала ) грунт песок и допотопный аэратор растюху корчевала , меченосцы плодились , улиток снимала со стен и листьев на фазе икры :-) даже стёкла не зарастали :-) что сейчас не знаю , но грешу на воду . Да и рыба стала другая , то манка то гниль . А корма хлопья красят воду :-):-):-) вот потому очень заинтересовали Ваши видео :-):-)
Seed shrimp are harmless for Daphnia. They may eat dead Daphnia. I've never did actual experiments to tell you for sure how fast seed shrimp breed and how long they live for the matter... The population of seed shrimp kept in a separate from fish nursery seem to double in matter of 4-6 weeks.
Thank you for the video! I believe this is what I have in my tank since they are similar size and move the same. I was worried they were bad for my tank as I have never seen these before, but I think all will be okay thankfully.
I don’t have any natural water bodies to find seed shrimp, I only got mosquito larvae! But I harvest them and feed them to my zebra danios and serpae tetra they love them, but I wish I could get some seed shrimp!!!
Next time you go on vacation somewhere near pond or lake during warm season take a sample of plants ;) That's how I got seed shrimp among other critters. Happy Holidays to you and your family!
I'd love to do something like this, but My GF doesn't like all the tanks.. I have 3 set up for daphnia, scuds, and seed shrimp. The seed shrimp one is the simplest one. It's a freaking plastic container that was used for popcorn from walmart.
You may want to make your nursery attractive one for your GF. Check out my sustainable aquarium gardens for this purpose: ruclips.net/video/8ZD8PX0myas/видео.html
I think I found seed shrimp in a mud puddle near my house... but these are the size of a kernel of corn...I will be posting a video of them in a couple days to see if anyone can tell me what they are...
I posted a short video of what I think is some kind of seed shrimp... If you would please look & tell me what you think I would appreciate it... thank you.
I have them in all aquariums. Though, I don't keep them in a separate breeding nurseries as I used to do. I am freeing space for shallow aquariums (still have to check on the minimum aquarium size ;)
@@4me My seed shrimps just very violently and quickly try and snatch the food from the shrimplets, but it's just that they couldn't coz they're too small so they just continue to violently harass so the shrimplet couldn't go near the food 🤣
My plastic bottle aquariums with tube attached at the bottom may work very well as breeding tank for brine shrimp. Though, brine shrimp need saltywater. I may do saltwater aquariums in future for sure. Happy Holidays to you and your family!
Thank you for your question. We could speculate a lot about what is the best for our pets. However, it's always better to check with the pets for sure. And that is what I did for number of years painstakingly testing aquariums of different dimension to find out what is the necessary minimum for any fish. The results published in this video: ruclips.net/video/ofPxX3qz1OI/видео.html And I have a lot of info about my dwarf guppies and related projects in videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLM88hGt0AfGsF7UD45C23Su_VEJjWXCe5
Thanks you!! I love these little guys and recently all my seed shrimp died and I still don't know why. Now I can collect a healthy population for future re-introducrion!
Your the only person I'm ok with putting fish in jars.
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That means a lot for me!
Thank you very much!!!
@@4me you know what your doing unlike inexpearenced Betta owners.
@@selecaoselecaoselecao I guess so :)
;)
@@selecaoselecaoselecao that's really silly aquarium :)
I have two Daphnia types. They came with aquatic plants. They are so fun and easy to take care . Love youre videos .
I love daphnias too!
not sure what type of daphnia I picked up couple times along with other critters from ponds. Daphnia seems to get eaten by guppies way faster than seed shrimp.
What are the type of Daphina I have red daphnia only and do they become white after there death ??
I've been keeping some aquatic plants in a rubbermaid for several months now while i wait for a good time to put a tank together. the past few weeks, i started noticing these little poppy seed things. It turns out they're seed shrimp! I feel lucky. Thanks for the informative video!
My pleasure! and all the best on your adventure!!
I did the exact same thing except my container of choice was a couple half gallon sized mason jars. After awhile, I saw a few of the little things zooming around the top of one of my jars. I had no idea what it was at the time but they sure intrigued me because I'd never seen anything move through water before like these do.
Then they started disappearing. I thought maybe my pond snails got to them...although it seems like they are too slow to catch any of them. But in hind sight I believe it was the rising temps of the summer. Weeks of 100+ degree temps (with no A/C due to broken central air unit) almost did my snails in too. I'm impressed that the snails and plants survived it.
But now that I know what they were, from your video and the search of an alternative live food to daphnia, I wish I still had them. I'd love to grow a culture for my future fish later. They seem to be hardier, easier to cultivate, and maybe a bit more interesting than daphnia, from what info I've gathered so far.
@@dsmith8263 They are found very commonly in ponds all around the world if your like me, you can end up getting them for free.
These seed shrimp are very specially adapted to certain environments, Mine were found in a heavily nutrient polluted, almost anoxic and almost decaying lake which allowed them to be fairly tolerant to a variety of conditions, They are even 4mm in length possibly due to the lack of predators in the lake.
So if you look hard enough you may find a unique species, that may have desirable traits, These are extremely adaptable creatures and they continue till this day astonish me.
@@BossOfAllTrades how do you scavenge for them? Any tips or things to look for in particular? i have a pond near me that I might be able to search for them. Maybe I can find some scuds too...
I love the accent. Makes it so much more exciting for me lol xD Just subbed and clicked bell after watching like 1hr straight moss growing videos. Thanks!
I appreciate you very much!
Happy Holidays to you and your family!!
@@4me Thank you comrade, I wish you and your family all the same!
Michael Langerman Can I ask where you’re from? You sound Russian but your last name is German.
@@RicardoCanedoMX USSR
This is great and also no cost to set up as can just use empty coffee/pickle jars, etc.
You got it right!
Thank you your video was very helpful. I have just found seed shrimp in my small tank, which houses shrimp and 6 Cardinals. The shrimp breed really well in the tank and are fascinating to watch. I was very concerned as hadn’t noticed the seed shrimp before but you have put my mind at rest and I will treat them as friend not foe.
:)
All the best on your adventure!
I was exploring my yard for emergency food after a week a research. I was looking for mosquito larva to feed some minnows I got from a drying up pond. I found blood worms in a bucket of soapy water that had been sitting in my front yard after cleaning my dog and cat supplies a week before. When emptying it I saw a red worm fall out and stopped pouring... there were as least 50 wiggling blood worms in there. I also found a tote full of rainwater and plastic pots with mosquito larvae in it and after I removed the pots I used an extremely small net I resonantly got to catch them but when I emptied them into the bag I was using as transportation I noticed hundreds of daphnia got caught as well! Looking closer at the tote of water I could see hundreds of them jumping around in the water! I am glad I bought the net. A few days after I was looking for more kinds of land moss around the yard when I thought to look in three tires that have been leaning against our abandoned grain bin for years and I used to see mosquito larvae in. They were mostly covered in over grown and dead grass but the first one I looked into I saw larva, but I also saw little light brown moving bubble like things in the filthy water. I got a bag and scooped some of the water out and found they were seed shrimp... I also have side swimmers/scuds from the pond as well as cyclops, snails and thousands of weird organisms that are see through.... who knows what they are or what else is in the water I brought up.
That is a nice catch you got right in your yard :)
@@4me yes it is!:D
I followed your example and setup various container aquariums, and populated them with ostracods, they grew explosively!! Now I setup more with different ostracods and cyclops, very addicting hobby, thanks again for the amazing ideas.
Great!!
Happy Holidays to you. your family and your pets!!!
Your in nyc too, ill buy eggs
TRUE JUSTICE ALLAH I live in NY indeed. But I don't sell any thing. I share what I spare I have when I have with those who can meet with me. This video explanation about it: ruclips.net/video/CL6a13Pq60o/видео.html
True, it's addictive. xD
So I have a planted community tank with a reasonably deep dirt-sand substrate and I introduced some microfauna--daphnia, cyclops and ostracods.
Daphnia just disappears almost instantly (a sign that I need more surface hiding spots to protect them from fish). However, while both the ostracods and cyclops disappeared, I noticed that the cyclops would show up during dark hours...and they possibly have shrunk in physical size (compared to the fishless colony I bred) in order to hide under the sand and minimize the odds of being eaten by the fish. I wonder if the ostracods have done the same thing. If they weren't wiped out by the fish, then could they have hidden themselves better?
Fish goes after any critters all the time. So, don't be surprised your critters disappearing quick. Critters also learn to hide from predators. And you may (and most likely) have seed shrimp hidden somewhere in the aquarium. Though, they colony would never get grown large for you to notice them. Daphnia and cyclopes have to swim through the water exposed to more light (where food growing) to get food and therefore gets eaten faster. They don't grow smaller - they just don't get chance to grow larger (older) as fish eat them faster. Seed shrimp on the other hand can get by more varieties of food as you pointed out - hidden in the substrate.
You may want to setup a separate tanks for culturing any little critters away from fish. And use those nurseries for feeding your fish. I've been doing this way with great success.
PS: adult scuds (grown up to 1 cm long) survive and breed in aquariums with small fish. Though again, the colony never grow big in aquariums with fish.
I don't always say it but I really enjoy your videos! Thank you for sharing them! Merry Christmas!!
Thank you very much!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
I change many things and way of breeding my guppies from your videos
Thanks so much for all this
My pleasure!!
I have some seed shrimps and I feed them to my pink zebra danios and they seem to love the live food!😁
Crunchy snacks they are :)
I love how helpful and informative your videos are man!
Thank you yet again!
My pleasure!!
My snail just lay eggs today. How long is it until the eggs hatch?
It depends on the strain of snails you have.
My snails hatch in about 1-2 weeks.
Check videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/EBybkcGTFvQ/видео.html
All the best!
This video just seems so calming and peaceful
Thank you very much!
When I was a kid I found some really big seed shrimp about the size of half a dime. They were in a large rain puddle, so I went to that same location today and dug up some the old dirt to see if I can get some old eggs from them.
Wow! That it is interesting.
All the best on your adventure!!
Yay thank you Micheal Keep it up I already hve seed shrimps to feed my betta. And do you have a problem with mosquitoes in your aquarium? My Infusruia has been popoulated with mosquito larvae
I had some mosquito back when I took first samples from ponds. Though, I get rid of them completely - that was the purpose of keeping wild samples in separate nurseries ;)
Bettas love mosquito larvae
@@turtle2pond my guppies love it too :)
Tiffany N I have betta fry, i feed the larvae to my guppies, but some infusria gets caught
Where did you get that? , the shrimp
I got them from ponds of Central Park of New York City.
You may find them in almost every pond/lake/river during warm season.
This video could help with details: ruclips.net/video/mQb7cKeTKqA/видео.html
Though, there is a list of videos about them: ruclips.net/video/Z46zGbeCC6Q/видео.html
All the best!
Hi, what type of aquatic plants do u get from Central Park? I live in nyc, I’d love to pick some myself
I find it exciting to meet online people from my city :)
There are 3 aquatic plants that I personally picked up in ponds of Central park.
Duckweed can be found during warm season in most ponds. Here is a playlist of my videos about this plant: ruclips.net/video/v2PVDHlZ5rQ/видео.html
Leafy Pondweed also can be found during warm season. I have just one video about it ruclips.net/video/As1aWbjjV7w/видео.html
And Filamentous algae. This one can be found all year around. Be aware - filamentous algae is very hard to remove from aquariums! And it can get into your aquarium against your will just with any other wild plants, snails or any thing taking from ponds. I actually cultivated filamentous algae in my aquariums for a couple years - successfully. It grows very fast from even a tiny single string.
You can see it in number of my videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/hPCv2uEeS1A/видео.html
You may be interested to check videos about what I found, where and when in New York ponds on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/625YZT91YL8/видео.html There is one more video coming next week about Bronx botanical garden lake ;)
All the best on your adventures!
Can daphnia be used instead of seed shrimps as a cleaning crew?
Daphnia feeds on algae and could be great addition for seed shrimp feeding on algae and whatever else remains of organic ;)
@@4me that's great and my female guppy died and her babies.....sadly male guppy is left alone and I know it's bad for it to be left alone...I found guppies of other species..will my guppy breed again with another species sir?
Is it safe to put him with them
@@abhiramplal7214 For breeding would be better to have separate colonies of each. You can keep them in the same aquarium as well. In long run seed shrimp would dominate the aquarium though, because they have more food supply.
@@abhiramplal7214 Yes. You can keep different types of guppies to breed a new strain ;)
How soon after hatching do they become visible
My eyes do not get better with years 🙂I can only see increase in population after about 4-6 weeks.
because of your interesting videos i have collected water from a swamp...after a month or so there are lots of tiny fast moving creatures,,,how do i know if they are seed shrimp or water fleas? they have multiplied alot.
Seed shrimp move through the water in a very specific way - like a drunk bees :)
Check this video about some aquatic critters (including seed shrimp) in my aquariums: ruclips.net/video/LrIyAOATnvA/видео.html
And here is full playlist about all critters that I come across: ruclips.net/video/JPhvcTBTl_g/видео.html
All the best on your adventures!
Thanks for the video. Your voice reminds me of Jean Reno, the lead character in The Professional!
Kok Kiong Lim :)
Thank you very much!!
Awesome video production very informative and helpful!!!!
Thank you very much!
If I have to many in one aquarium will there not be enough food
The feed on everything, any organic detritus or algae. So, seed shrimp would be fine as long as you have any growing (alive) plants in your aquarium ;)
hello, so my guppy just spawn her fry, i have a heavy planted tank and i don't know if the fry can eat the fish food from the surface, but i notice there's a colony of seed shrimps on the back area of my aquarium, it is so little, just like white dots, can my guppy fry eat those seed shrimps?
Is there any video with the homemade fish food recipe?
I have many videos about homemade fish food on this playlist: ruclips.net/video/mjMVry5uYP4/видео.html
I love your videos! They are all so educating
Thank you very much!
I have a question, would it be bad to release a large number of my seed shrimp babies back into the river where I first collected them? I'm thinking in terms of helping the environment because of how beneficial they are in removing algae and bacteria.
Could i slowly keep adding my nursery babies back to the original ecosystem to help clean the water ways?
Great intention!
The population of any species (except human) in Nature governs by the same rules. If you add more number of seed shrimp than that Natural environment can support than they will simply die out. If the environment can support more - they will multiply on their own rather rapidly until they reach the maximum density population - then they population density goes down back to optimal. So, helping the Nature in the way you propose is not really effective either way I can think of.
@@4me Thank you!!
I have seed shrimps too....but mine all disappear after 2 months.... I just take most of the water out and let the bottle dry with the detritus at the bottom for a month or 2 ....then I add distilled water and the eggs left behind by the seed shrimps hatch and a lot of new seed shrimps appear...then I rinse and repeat. I will try the self sustaining ecosphere aquarium with guppies in it. Thx and more power. Liked and subscribed.
Thank you very much!
I've never tried to culture seed shrimp in the way you described- there was no need for this...but it's interesting! I may try to do it in your way just for fun fun of it this Summer.
All the best on your adventure!
Idk why but I love that accent just now.
Thank you very much!
Dude i love the way he says "seed shrimp"
Thank you very much!
Now I love the way I say it even more :)
I have an 8 month old eco sphere with hundreds of seed shrimp and some snails and recently, I've noticed that the shrimp will float up to the top of the water and get stuck. They can't swim down and it usually dozens of them at a time. They dont die because I can push them back under the surface and they'll swim around but I was wondering if you knew the cause of this? I find it unusual to randomly have 20 or 30 seed shrimp all get stuck floating on the surface at the same time with no dramatic changes in the environment.
I've seen them swim to surface, but they never stuck they for too long. And most of the time they would be hanging on or around floating plants or walls of aquarium.
What you described is interesting. I could not think of any explanation about it.
I saw a bug in my ramshorn tank bigger but pretty small and looks like it has dots on it and kinda redish idk what it is help me please
Michael, how long does it take for the seed shrimp to reproduce and will they eat hair (filiment) algae?
Seed shrimp breed very fast anytime common algae grows fast...the population grow exponentially then drops down and so it goes in cycles. It happens every month or so in my settings.
Seed shrimp like filamentous algae, but it grows faster than they can eat it.
@@4me Is green water enough, or does the aquarium wall need to have algae growth?
@@johnhopkins6731 slightly green water is enough.
@@4me Thank you very much. I am excited to breed seed shrimp :D
you are getting good at this....best of luck 💙❤
Thank you very much!
Happy Holidays to you!!
Hi. How can I identify which critter is seed shrimp? There are many different critters I saw in pond water..but how can I separately identify seed shrimp from others?
Thank you for the question!
It's easy to identify them by the way they move - as drunk bee :)
Check this video for close up view on seed shrimp and some other critters: ruclips.net/video/LrIyAOATnvA/видео.html
All the best!
@@4me hi thanks...I appreciate it :)
@@xs-writing my pleasure!
How warm does it have to be for them to breed how long does it take them to reproduce how lo g does it take them to populate a jar how long are guppies pregnant how warm does it gave to be for guppies to breed how do you make fish food flakes
Seed shrimp breed in my nurseries with regular room temperature.
Pregnancy period of guppies is about a month.
Look through videos on this playlist for details on how to make fish food flakes and more : ruclips.net/video/-OgKd7Vn2cc/видео.html
Hi Michael, I set up a 20 gallon planted tank a couple of months ago, I have driftwood and dragon stone in there too, with tetras and nerite snails. I'm now dealing with a seed shrimp infestation (thousands). I understand now that that is a good thing to have, however they seem to be eating my healthy plants - new holes in healthy leaves. I've read they generally only eat dying plants. Would love to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks.
It sounds like you have a great aquarium!
My plants have never suffer from seed shrimp. Seed shrimp do eat wilting / dying plants indeed leaving holes in them. Seed shrimp are not the cause of the wilting plants.You have to find what is the cause of plants dying to begin with.
Also, the population of seed shrimp goes up and down as with any other live organism (except humans) obeying the same density population rules. This number is self-regulated.
All the best!
Michael Langerman The plants with new holes in them are healthy. Not wilting or dying. Not sure what is causing it but i’m glad to hear it’s not the seed shrimp. I have not observed any other organisms in the tank. I will have to figure this out. Thank you for your prompt response! :)
@@saltycat262 My pleasure!
gréât vidéo, i will get some seed shrimp next summer. would you know how long it takes to double the population?
Seed shrimp are too small size for me to notice exact amount of them. Nevertheless, I generally see huge increase in population in about a month.
The population grow exponentially until it reach the top density population for a given space/food supply. Then it start decreasing and then go back to maximum. And so it goes in cycles. I usually move some seed shrimp from a nursery to other aquariums at the time when population is visibly large.
All the best on your adventure!
Michael Langerman thank you
Hello, I'm a newbie aquarium owner and I find these little things in my bottle. at first I thought they were enemies. thanks for the video!!
My pleasure!
All the best on your adventure!
The green residue. Does it have any beneficial aspect?
It depends on what type of aquarium care you provide. I make sustainable aquarium gardens where all organic remains (waste) stays in aquariums and eventually become fertile soil for bacteria, algae, microorganisms, tiny critters and plants to feed and thrive on. So, for sustainable aquariums it is beneficial. Otherwise...waste is a waste that need to be removed from aquariums where people do regular water changes or use man made filters.
@@4me thank you. I'm doing what was shown in the video with wine jugs. Now i know not to worry about the green stuff that's accumulating :)
@@henrylin6537 all the best on your adventure!
Are you ever going to keep larger fish?
Thank you for the question!
I don't plan to keep larger fish anytime soon. I want and will get other fish and creatures when I clear up my ongoing projects with guppies ;)
Happy Holidays to you and your family!!
Michael Langerman What about mystery snails?
@@Someone-qk7fc I've been working on video about a different type of snail (possibly Campeloma...) that I picked in Central park pond last Summer.
Mystery snails have to wait their turn ;)
Michael Langerman ok. Your videos must take a very long time to make
@@Someone-qk7fc Some projects go over 2 years ;)
M.L can I get them in shop from Malaysia? I cannot find them in my local lake....
Check out some other lakes. You should be able to find them in online stores.
Hi, how much time do they need to increase the population
Couple weeks in my example.
But it depends on how many you start with, the type of strain, amount of algae/food, water temperature, and many other factors.
As with all live critters the population density grow exponentially until it reaches the limit of space/available food. Then it goes down and again in cycles.
I have been playing around with keeping cultures of ostracods and daphnia. I have noticed the daphnia like the pH really high, but I haven't nailed down the ostracods' pH preferences. Do you know if they have a pH and/or hardness preference?
I do not test water in aquariums for pH or anything - only use regular visual observations to determine health of the aquariums as whole. Based on my observations ostracods do better (as many other critters) in aquariums with plenty of natural light and common algae rich water (not blooming!). Hope it helps.
All the best on your adventure!
@@4me i 'think' they need hard water to use the calcium for their shells. maybe add some limestone rocks to the tank? my tap water is hard so it's prolly good. but checking the water where they live naturally might be useful. i will take a pH test kit next time i go there. i should use a tds meter, seems like it should read 250 for scuds/shrimp. plenty of shrimp grower info out there, but i am not one and don't know offhand.
@@bobs5596 I have sea shells in all my aquariums - use them as anchors for plants. It's basically the same as limestone :)
Are you taking into account the reproduction rate of the species your using? how many eggs do aquatic snails lay and how often??
Surely I am taking in account reproduction rate of all species (seed shrimp, snails, worms and etc including fish that consume them all) living in my aquariums - that is the only way to build sustainable aquariums.
A good way to get seed shrimp if you can't find them anywhere is collecting dust and putting it in a jar of water. Their eggs are carried by the wind and can survive for years without water, they occur in most of the dust you can find. That is how they can find their way into your aquariums too. I did this a week ago because all of them had disappeared from my aquarium and I noticed it getting dirtier because of that, now I have a few tiny ones in the jar I put the dust in.
Hmm...that is interesting way...I should try it.
Where do you collect dust?
@@4me In the shed in the garden. I thought there's probably a higher chance of eggs being there than inside the house. Also much more dust.
@@Individualpsychologe Thank you!
@@4me No problem
i really love these things but i can't find them in fish store's does anyone know were u can get these??? btw i don't live near a fresh or saltwater lake
thanks for reading this ;)
Look them up in online stores.
All the best!
@@4me thank you
hi michael: i have shrimp eggs and i've tried several times to get them to hatch and nothing happens. what do you think i am doing wrong. i followed the instructions but nothing. i really would like to have them in my aquariums. thanks, carmine petracca.
CARMINE PETRACCA, what you have are brine shrimp it sounds like
I've never grow them from eggs to tell you for sure, but I think you may simply not notice them as they hatch due to very small size of young seed shrimp. Just give them time to grow.
@@HoaDaoAreca brine shrimp live and breed in slightly salty water and their look different. I have very closeup videos for you to look what my seed shrimp are: ruclips.net/video/LrIyAOATnvA/видео.html
All the best!
I purchased seed shrimp eggs on ebay and nothing happened. I like Michael's videos and wish I could keep seed shrimp like he does. I have guppies too and I feed them flake food and algae wafers -- they go crazy over the wafers, they sink to the bottom and give them an all day banquet. Maybe my fry got the seed shrimp before I could see them. I put some eggs into a 2 liter bottle and after a week I am still waiting - algae is growing but no sign of the shrimp yet.
@@pawnslinger1 guppy fry definitely go after seed shrimp.
You may not notice tiny seed shrimp in green water until there are many of them. How fast it happens depends on the staring number, though you would not know how many hatched from the aggs. So, just wait.
Hello, how long does it take the seed shrimp to reproduce to the numbers seen in your aquariums?
It depends on how large colony of seed shrimp to begin with, available food and there should be no fish (or any other who feeds on seed shrimp). In my example it would take 1-2 months. Though, I move them into other aquariums breaking the large colony on many small ( in each aquarium including those aquariums with fish).
@@4me thank you
@@justinsparks6128 My pleasure!
All this time i was being told that seed shrimp could eat my guppy and molly fry and now you tell me is safe i can breath peaceful now
My pleasure!
All the best on your adventure!
Nah they’re harmless to fish they’re the primary food source of my 3 day old betta fry
I will definetly try it
Best of luck for next
Video
Thank you very much!!
Michael langerman or nothing. Love your amazing vids Mike. Keep it up.
Thank you very much!!
Great video man, love it, I'm gonna try this
Thank you very much!
All the best on your adventure!
Happy Holidays to you and your family!!
Bro does seed shrimp eats the leaf of water lettuce? In my tank all lettuce are infected.. Is seed shrimp the cause of the floating plants infection?
Seed shrimp would eat wilting leaves. And they rest/hide on leaves of plants.
I am not aware of floating plants infection to tell you anything about it.
@@4me bro is there any way to remove seed shrimp from tank there is a lot of them.. And natural way without effecting guppy
@@hashimrashid6015 yes.
Guppy fry eat seed shrimp reducing seed shrimp population to nothing.
@@4me but bro forget the fri not even bigger guppys are eating them? Why?
When guppy see it moves at first they swallow it and then they are spitting them out why?
will these grow with daphnia?
Yes.
They go along just fine.
What kind of snails are those? I live in Georgia and I have them in my tanks, with my seed shrimp, but I want to know what species they are so I can know if they can live with my betta. I looked at the video where someone identified them, but my snails NEVER grow that big.
I have 3 types of freshwater snails in my aquariums: pond (or perhaps bladder) snails, ramshorn snails, and mystery trapdoor snails. Your betta should be fine with any of them.
Mystery trapdoor snails are very large (up to 6-8 cm in wild) compare to all others and they have "trapdoor".
Pond, bladder and ramshorn snails grow up to 2 cm in my aquariums.
I have videos on this playlist about all of them: ruclips.net/video/A7-cEOIJpFs/видео.html
All the best on your adventure!
Another video as I was expecting ,Its so cool !!!!!!!!
Thank you very much!
What do you do for overpopulation of seed shrimp?
I feed them to guppy fry and add into other aquariums.
Thanks. I have just had a bloom after rain.
All the best on your adventure!
What’s interesting is that they also mutate and develop different strains rapidly herbivores mutants are usually smaller and more whereas scavengers and carnivores tend to be yellow and larger yet fewer. Originally I assumed that the larger yellow ones are older adults but nope. Depending on the environment they either mutate into the large yellow ones or tiny dark green ones. There’s also extremely rare ones that are green but huge. Bear in mind these all began from the same culture all looked the same.
This is very interesting! Thank you for sharing!!
I have natural occuring seed shrimp in my tank
Great!
From there you can easily populated them to as many aquariums as you want ;)
thx
how did you do that??
Please, I need some seed shrimp urgently and I can't find them anywhere.
If you can't answer the previous question, can you please suggest some good places to find seed shrimp??
never mind I got them
@@sarvajitkulkarni8271 put a leaf of lettuce on water and boom you have it
Thank you.
You are my go to guy.
My pleasure!
How do this guy arrive to a fish tub? Like 3 or 4 weeks ago I collected New water hyacinth for my tub, I let the hyacinth on water for 4 hours. Then I used the hose (with some pressure) to clean the roots and the steams, finally I used 10 ml of comercial chlorine in 10 liters of water to let the hyacinth there for 30 mins, then dechlorinated water for another 30 minutes and to the tub... In the previus weeks I didnt see this guys. But today when doing my parcial water change I saw 3 of them swiming on the tub I used to put the hyacinth and the elodea... So im almost sure they came with the hyacinth 3 weeks ago when I brought it Home. Just I cant believe the survived the chlorine bath. Im fine with them in my tub. I like little critters with my fish as long as they dont pose a threat. But still surprised they made it to the tub.
Seed shrimp are the best known to me survivors after algae ;)
There are types of seed shrimp that survive even after been eaten by other larger creatures.
@@4me 😲 omg! Thats awesome
@@MarcoAntonio-tb4gx :)
What a nice video. Thanks
My pleasure!!
Thank you for the great content Michael. Your videos are both entertaining and informative.
I have not yet succeeded in capturing seed shrimp without also collecting hydra and often planaria in the same sample.
My fresh water snails seem to multiply without much problem but my seed shrimp colony never grows beyond just a few and I wonder if hydra may be the issue.
Is this a problem that you face and if so how do you deal with the little sea monsters?
You can separate seed shrimp from other critters using a pipette - that is what I do. Move them in a separate nursery - whatever few you can get would do to start a new colony (though, the more you start with the faster the colony will grow). Just make sure they have something to chew on - common green algae, some dry leaves and such. A cup size nursery is a good for a small starting colony. In a month or two you may split the colony on a couple more and grow them in a larger tanks ;)
@@4me Thanks Michael, I will try this. :)
@@davej474 All the best on your adventure!
your are my teacher of micro live thanks
My pleasure!
All the best on your adventure!
Caught a great type of seed shrimp in our Amsterdam canals. It seems there are 70,000 species of seed shrimp, so forgive me for not identifying it more precisely, but these are bottom dwellers. There are quite a lot of them, but their population does not seem to crash, presumably because it is kept in check by the guppies.
I gave up long time ago on all my attempts of identifying them for the same reason.
And for guppy fry they are all the same - food :)
Nice I want to try a type of a aquatic creature that does not need a filter.
Great!
Just to be clear - you want to try with aquatic creatures that does not need man-made filters ;)
For that purpose any creature would do :)
@@4me yes except salt water creatures. Also have you tried brine shrimp.
Also I was meaning, like a simple creature like brine shrimp or seed Shrimp.
@@selecaoselecaoselecao I did not try saltwater aquariums yet.
Yeah they are hybrids.
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My seed shrimpies are turning pale and elongated. What is the cause of this? I had to get more seed shrimp bc after they turned elongated, they started disappearing. Can u help, so my other batch of seed shrimp do not go the same way?
How much elongated do the get?
I suspect it could be some other critters - my seed shrimp grow without getting elongated (or may be I missed it).
@Michael Langerman they get around an inch
No, they could not be other critters, because I got them from a place which has only blood worms, seed shrimp and sometimes mosquito larvae. I know, because I have taken scoops of the dirt there and put them into jars filled with rainwater and algae, so I can see what creatures came along with it. So far, there have been blood worms, seed shrimp, and the occasional mosquito larvae or two, but nothing other than that, except for the surprise baby dragonfly that I got along with some filamentous algae from an abandoned fountain near my friend's place. Could it just be a growth stage, in which they are born round and tiny, but they grow elongated and pale before dying?
@@amolimestry7968 That is huge species! My adult grow up to 2 mm or so.
Very nice, are you saying by mixing the cultures you can avoid the famous “crashes”?
Mixing helps on genetical level.
Culture crashes happen for many different reasons.
Most common reason for "crash" is when culture grow to the maximum density population of that particular tank size/ food amount and such. Population of all living organisms growth in accordance with the same Natural rules. It growth exponentially to the maximum and than "crashed" - down to minimum and than repeat.
Overfeeding - the large cultures consume more food and produce more waste. You have to accommodate for the waste or the culture will suffocate in the waste. The best way to deal with overfeeding is to avoid it...simply reduce amount and/or frequency of feeding. That is the to maintain density population on desirable level.
Diseases (all kind of) can wipe out the whole population as well - that would be irreversible lost of the culture. Mixing helps to prevent genetical diseases.
@@4me So in order to avoid a crash: maintain the population below that max amount. Which is good: periodically remove some seed shrimps from a full tank to some new tanks... create new batches from your old batches to keep old batches healthy and avoid crashes that way.
@@jmgalaxytab2325 You got it right. I put critters in all my aquariums. It is interesting to notice that you would not see them much in aquariums with fish. Though, once you remove fish it takes very short time for critters to rebuild population. Fish hunting on those critters regulate their population in the most natural way 🙂
What plant you use for the seed shrimp
Any live plants will do for seed shrimp. Use whatever is available ;)
Could I use soil for my fish tank
@@WAFE55 I suppose you can. Though, I don't use soil in my aquariums to tell you for sure.
Another question can you find frog bit in Petco or petsmart
@@WAFE55 It depends on location. Each local pet store have different local suppliers and therefore there is a huge difference in what is available in each store.
Can you feed them to your fish?
Yes. Seed shrimp are small and therefore perfect food for small (baby) fish.
Good video
Thank you!
С Новым Годом ! Смотрю уже второе Ваше видео , подписалась , хоть и понимаю слово через десять , наглядность эксперимента понятна :-):-):-) как называется этот шримп , летом в пруду водится ? И есть ли у Вас канал на русском ?
Спасибо! И Вас тоже с Новым годом!!
Русского канала у меня нет. Но я размещаю текст из видео в описании к видео, а также публикую блог пост с этим текстом и фотографиями (ссылка на блог в конце описания к видео). Я это делаю для удобства тех кому нужен перевод на любой язык ;) Скопируйте текст и вставьте его в любой переводчик, например в гугл переводчик: translate.google.com/ а можно перевести ссылку к видео ;)
Эти шримп водятся в абсолютном большинстве водоёмов. Множество разновидностей, включая тех что живут в солёной воде. Поймать их легче всего в тёплое время года. Обычно они попадаются вместе с водорослями. Вот видео об этом: ruclips.net/video/mQb7cKeTKqA/видео.html
Всего вам наилучшего!
@@4me Спасибо Вам огромное за подробный ответ ! Очень фильтр понравился , уже и на ебэй посмотрела ,,, придётся оставить своей конструкции из акваэля на синтепоне - 22 000 рублей это проще ещё один холодильник пиобрести :-):-):-) у нас в Питере это хорошей зарплатой считается , для женщин конечно :-) О бязательно пересмотрю всё с описаниями , рачёк напомнил циклопа , а вот на счёт аулофоруса -сомневаюсь , не похож . Спасибо за эксперименты ну супер интересные :-)
@@irenairena2772 Фильтры, даже очень хорошие, которые сделанные людьми не настолько хороши как природные фильтры ;) Я не пользуюсь искусственными фильтрами уже несколько лет и результаты...такие как должны быть в природе которая без человека обходится очень хорошо :)
@@4me у меня был много лет назад аквариум как сейчас говорят со старой водой ( воду только доливала ) грунт песок и допотопный аэратор растюху корчевала , меченосцы плодились , улиток снимала со стен и листьев на фазе икры :-) даже стёкла не зарастали :-) что сейчас не знаю , но грешу на воду . Да и рыба стала другая , то манка то гниль . А корма хлопья красят воду :-):-):-) вот потому очень заинтересовали Ваши видео :-):-)
@@irenairena2772 Рыбу важно не перекармливать в любом аквариуме - и вода и аквариум и рыба будет лучше ;)
Do they eat Daphnia? How fast do they multiple??
Seed shrimp are harmless for Daphnia. They may eat dead Daphnia.
I've never did actual experiments to tell you for sure how fast seed shrimp breed and how long they live for the matter... The population of seed shrimp kept in a separate from fish nursery seem to double in matter of 4-6 weeks.
Love these great ideas!!
Thank you very much!
I mix water with spirulina powder. Seed shrimp seem very happy!
They love algae :)
Thank you for the video! I believe this is what I have in my tank since they are similar size and move the same. I was worried they were bad for my tank as I have never seen these before, but I think all will be okay thankfully.
All the best on your adventure!
I don’t have any natural water bodies to find seed shrimp, I only got mosquito larvae! But I harvest them and feed them to my zebra danios and serpae tetra they love them, but I wish I could get some seed shrimp!!!
Next time you go on vacation somewhere near pond or lake during warm season take a sample of plants ;) That's how I got seed shrimp among other critters.
Happy Holidays to you and your family!
I love your voice! So awesome
Thank you very much!
Happy Holiday to you and your family!!
The seed shrimp in my tank are easily 3 times the size of those, I've not found any fish who can eat them.
There are many different strains of seed shrimp varying by size and other traits - some live in saltwater ;)
Always love your videos!
Thank you very much!
I'm trying to breed them and make a close ecosystem with algae.
I have it done. Check videos on this playlist for details: ruclips.net/video/zTmhJhY3WkU/видео.html
@@4me Wow, thank you man. That's awesome.
Loved it! Keep It Up Sir! Wellllll doneeee
Thank you very much!!
Excellent video!
Thank you very much!
absolutely based video, great choice of music too!
Thank you!
I don't get many comments about my music - appreciate it very much!!
I'd love to do something like this, but My GF doesn't like all the tanks.. I have 3 set up for daphnia, scuds, and seed shrimp. The seed shrimp one is the simplest one. It's a freaking plastic container that was used for popcorn from walmart.
You may want to make your nursery attractive one for your GF. Check out my sustainable aquarium gardens for this purpose: ruclips.net/video/8ZD8PX0myas/видео.html
I think I found seed shrimp in a mud puddle near my house... but these are the size of a kernel of corn...I will be posting a video of them in a couple days to see if anyone can tell me what they are...
Seed shrimp rather smaller size...
Those should be something else ;)
I'm going to post a short video of them in my tank... I'll let you know when... I'd like for you to look at them please
@@WishingIWasFishing73 Will do.
I posted a short video of what I think is some kind of seed shrimp... If you would please look & tell me what you think I would appreciate it... thank you.
@@WishingIWasFishing73 I don't know this critters.
Do you still have seed shrimp?
I have them in all aquariums. Though, I don't keep them in a separate breeding nurseries as I used to do. I am freeing space for shallow aquariums (still have to check on the minimum aquarium size ;)
I have to go look for these guys when summer comes. Don't think I'll find any during winter in Iceland. :P
I could not find them at winter in New York :)
У Вас отличное произношение в отличие от многих нетив спикеров. Все понятно и без субтитров. Теперь буду знать чем кормить своих остракод.
Спасибо! Успехов Вам!!
I see them always fighting with my shrimplets whenever I drop in food 😂
to me t's more like a race than fight :)
@@4me My seed shrimps just very violently and quickly try and snatch the food from the shrimplets, but it's just that they couldn't coz they're too small so they just continue to violently harass so the shrimplet couldn't go near the food 🤣
@@mansing what do you feed them with?
I HAVE AN IDEA...what about "Brine Shrimp".....ill be waiting..Michael Langerman..GOOD LUCK🦐🐟
My plastic bottle aquariums with tube attached at the bottom may work very well as breeding tank for brine shrimp. Though, brine shrimp need saltywater. I may do saltwater aquariums in future for sure.
Happy Holidays to you and your family!
Love ur work!! HAPPY HOLIDAY
Cool vid can’t wait for more
Thank you very much!
Thank you. Very informative!
My pleasure!
Why are the guppies in such small tubes that seems less then ideal
Thank you for your question. We could speculate a lot about what is the best for our pets. However, it's always better to check with the pets for sure. And that is what I did for number of years painstakingly testing aquariums of different dimension to find out what is the necessary minimum for any fish. The results published in this video: ruclips.net/video/ofPxX3qz1OI/видео.html
And I have a lot of info about my dwarf guppies and related projects in videos on this playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLM88hGt0AfGsF7UD45C23Su_VEJjWXCe5
Thanks you!! I love these little guys and recently all my seed shrimp died and I still don't know why. Now I can collect a healthy population for future re-introducrion!
All the best on your adventure!