I am so glad I found your channel! I’m loving your content! Very detailed, yet great for someone just getting really into this hobby. Your DIY prowess makes me think you’re an engineer…🤣 I’m definitely loving the versatility of the “boxes” - especially the planted boxes! The idea that I would be able to moved planted boxes between tanks is mind-blowing! ❤❤❤❤
Wonderful Tiger Shrimps 😍 and wow dont know that CO2 drops the PH so low 😱I have an Oxydator for my Aquarium for the Summer but it is always in the Aquarium. I love your Do-it-yourself Tipps! I enjoy every single Video :)
hey! do you ever put plants in the UGF to grow them? I have a ton of monte carlo and I planted some of it into my UGF. But now i'm wondering if it'd clog up the UGF overtime as the roots get bigger?
CO2 is amazing what it does to plants. You are right, if you con’t want to constantly cutting them back. Don’t do it. Might be great to start up the plants, but pull them out. Great video. I appreciate it.
Thanks Steve, glad you enjoyed it! I'm ok with most of the plants it's only hair grass I'm not happy about because it makes a lot of mess with thousands of grass particles once you trim it and it's hard to remove it from the tank.
I started 3Dprinting something like that. A box with a grate for keeping back substrate and an air hose intake. you only need to put a plastic tube on it, and substrate into the box, and it's ready to go.
That red stuff at the back of a mirror is mercury. It is the very last thing you either want to put in your tank or to grind down without wearing a lot of protection and active masks. A brilliant tip that one day I will put to use making that filter box.
@@ShrimpMania I realised that. It is possible that they no longer use mercury in mirrors but a metallic film instead. Still, one can never be too safe with not adding anything to a tank that you are not absolutely sure of. For the past hours I have been thinking about doing the same under-gravel filtration in a container, especially for a chichlid tank where normally they move gravel around. Unfortunately, in the country where I stay all crustaceans are banned in the aquarium trade as well as commercial fish farms therefore no shrimp here except on the black market, but I am not going to risk the massive fines.
I have watched a lot of your videos. Very well done. I am trying to do basically the same thing you are doing here with a planted tank with CO2 and Caridina shrimp. Do you run your CO2 24/7? I did not see any electrical or solenoid so I am thinking you do. Could I simply add an air stone to supply the oxygen at night? I do like your oxygen generator idea. Can you give me an update on how the shrimp are doing? I did see another video but I can't find it and I am pretty sure it was yours where you talk about a single stage regulator that when the CO2 tank is close to empty it dumps a lot of CO2 and can or did kill a lot of your shrimp. Sorry if that was not your video and I am having a hard time finding it. I do have a dual stage regulator in my setup. The PH swing is really wide when you turn off the CO2 at night which is why I am thinking you are simply running yours 24/7. Running both simultaneously CO2 with Oxygen seems they would cancel each other out though. Thank you for any insight and guidance you may have to share.
Hey, glad you enjoyed my vids. The tank doing fantastic both of them, I have another one with co2 and shrimp in it (previous video) now I have plenty of green dust algae in both tanks and shrimp love it. All shrimp look healthy and active . Yes I run co2 24/7. One tank has air-driven ugf so it's like an airstone so I think it's plenty of oxygen for shrimp. Another tank has no water aeration (external filter) shrimp still doing great. So I think CO2 is not a big deal for shrimp and I've got a feeling that they even like it.
@@ShrimpMania that is all great news! I have seen some other videos about CO2 killing shrimp but that could also mean that they are using a lot of CO2 or have done something outside the ordinary that caused their setup to kill their shrimp. I am excited to add shrimp to my setup. I have a feeling this is becoming an addiction!
amazing video! love those ugf boxes, i have the supplies but haven't build or used them yet ! one day! speaking of co2 + inert substrate, my friends use this method for their caridina tanks but with a co2 controller to keep the ph from 5.0 to 5.3 for safety. i just made a video on this topic, released in a few weeks, i think i scheduled it then :) i'm always intrigued about oxydators, i haven;t used them myself but it makes total sense to increase the oxygen levels in the tank, but to how much? there;s oxydator machines that we use in reef tanks and with a controller it injects to a certain level, keep up the great quality videos!
Hey, Love your videos! Did I understand it correct, you use only RO Water without salt in the first 8-10 weeks? Only the day before you put the first shrimps inside you use salter RO Water? What is the reason? Is it bad if you use saltet RO Water from the beginning? Thanks and greetings from Germany 😊
Hey, there is no reason I use whatever I have on hands. If I just fill my water storage tank with ro water I use it. if I have already mixed salts I use ro+salts. If no shrimp in the tank it doesn't matter.
did you make that oxydator by yourself? os is it by Sochting brand? I really want to get one in hand, but it's not easy to get here in my country, I wonder if it's possible there is method to DIY?
Hello my friend , great video but I have a question why did I put tiger shrimp on low pH ? they require a high pH around 6ph, this may not be such a good idea...
Hey Jakub, They are not exactly tigers, they do have a tiger gene but I don't believe it's impacting them a lot. I treat them as my other high-end caridina shrimp
@@ShrimpMania Of course, I do not negate your decision, but from my experience, I know that they feel much better at a higher pH, the lower the pH, the worse they multiply and grow, but as always, I respect your opinion and wish you the best
How nice it is you mention where to buy this in Europe ❤ thx. How do you know how big and how much the ugf should be? By example in a tank 30x30x30 cm how much and how big would i need?
@@ShrimpMania thank you so much. I will put my order and try out my first ugf then 🥰, you inspired me to try this. I had so much tips from your channels already, i didnt realise i always saw your videos when i searched specific things 🤣 until i scrolled on your channel and saw i had already watched most of your videos. I will start following you 😊 you are the best
9:30 What a beautiful shrimp right there! if you don't mention it I thought that is a BOA shrimp hahaha. Recently I just got a shrimp from my friend but i dont know the name of it, its like BOA but its lack of the blueish color and only a little bit of metallic color, but the pattern is pretty similiar, is it considered as low grade BOA? or where can I share the picture to identify it?
Thank you for joining my friend, appreciate your support! I'm not an expert in grading shrimp, I never had proper BOA shrimp. I had some good grade galaxy shrimp with some blue hue, they looked similar to low-grade boa. I can take a look at your pic and give you my thoughts if you email them to me or you can find it in the description box.
Yes i have an air system which runs with powerful airpump so i simply connected new tank to the system. It should be a decent power for a good filtration.
@@ShrimpMania thanks for all your help from the videos, finally i am cycling my first caradina tank, i am using the ugf from the link and 2 other sponge filters, currently my ph is 7.2 which is worrying me😟i am using akadama from a link marks shrimp tanks recommended and i am remineralising ro water with gh+ , will the ph lower over the time the tank cycles?
@@ShrimpMania oh wow really that sucks, i had originally planned on using ada but changed my mind as mark switched from using ada to akadama and talked good things about it, do you think i should just stop cycling this tank and use ada instead then?
I am so glad I found your channel! I’m loving your content! Very detailed, yet great for someone just getting really into this hobby. Your DIY prowess makes me think you’re an engineer…🤣 I’m definitely loving the versatility of the “boxes” - especially the planted boxes! The idea that I would be able to moved planted boxes between tanks is mind-blowing! ❤❤❤❤
Thank you for the kind words, appreciate your support! I'm a builder - the carpenter maybe that's why I've got some DIY skills😊
Gotta love an ugf box ❤
Wonderful Tiger Shrimps 😍 and wow dont know that CO2 drops the PH so low 😱I have an Oxydator for my Aquarium for the Summer but it is always in the Aquarium. I love your Do-it-yourself Tipps! I enjoy every single Video :)
I'm so glad to hear that! Thank you for your support my friend!
hey! do you ever put plants in the UGF to grow them? I have a ton of monte carlo and I planted some of it into my UGF. But now i'm wondering if it'd clog up the UGF overtime as the roots get bigger?
Hey, yes if you do that the roots will clog the filter over the time makes it hard for water to pass through
Dude, you are great, you share beautiful posts 👌👍👍👍👌👌👌
Thank you, appreciate your support.
Stupid question, can we still plant plants in the filter medium? Just wondering, cause that would be awesome
Indah sekali.... Menyejukan mata... 😍
CO2 is amazing what it does to plants. You are right, if you con’t want to constantly cutting them back. Don’t do it. Might be great to start up the plants, but pull them out. Great video. I appreciate it.
Thanks Steve, glad you enjoyed it! I'm ok with most of the plants it's only hair grass I'm not happy about because it makes a lot of mess with thousands of grass particles once you trim it and it's hard to remove it from the tank.
Top notch content, beautiful shrimps 👍👍👍 Keep it up
Appreciate your support my friend. Thank you
Would like to see the update on how the shrimp are doing in co2 tank
I started 3Dprinting something like that. A box with a grate for keeping back substrate and an air hose intake. you only need to put a plastic tube on it, and substrate into the box, and it's ready to go.
Sounds interesting, I hope I can get a 3d printer one day
Do you have an Stl you could send over?
That red stuff at the back of a mirror is mercury. It is the very last thing you either want to put in your tank or to grind down without wearing a lot of protection and active masks. A brilliant tip that one day I will put to use making that filter box.
Oh thats good to know. It was only an example I wouldn’t place it in the tank
@@ShrimpMania I realised that. It is possible that they no longer use mercury in mirrors but a metallic film instead. Still, one can never be too safe with not adding anything to a tank that you are not absolutely sure of. For the past hours I have been thinking about doing the same under-gravel filtration in a container, especially for a chichlid tank where normally they move gravel around. Unfortunately, in the country where I stay all crustaceans are banned in the aquarium trade as well as commercial fish farms therefore no shrimp here except on the black market, but I am not going to risk the massive fines.
Fantastic!
beautiful Sir....!!!
My friend, I noticed that you do not use heaters in shrimp tanks, is this not a problem?
Because i have lots of tank its easier just to heat a room to the right temperature
Won't the ph rise back to 5.7 when the co2 is turned off at night? Will the fluctuations in ph hurt the shrimp? Thanks.
I run CO2 24/7 to avoid this. Yes it will hurt the shrimp if you turn it off at night because of ph fluctuations
wow beautiful setup....which are the small fishes you put along with the shirmps mate
They are baby guppies
I have watched a lot of your videos. Very well done. I am trying to do basically the same thing you are doing here with a planted tank with CO2 and Caridina shrimp. Do you run your CO2 24/7? I did not see any electrical or solenoid so I am thinking you do. Could I simply add an air stone to supply the oxygen at night? I do like your oxygen generator idea. Can you give me an update on how the shrimp are doing? I did see another video but I can't find it and I am pretty sure it was yours where you talk about a single stage regulator that when the CO2 tank is close to empty it dumps a lot of CO2 and can or did kill a lot of your shrimp. Sorry if that was not your video and I am having a hard time finding it. I do have a dual stage regulator in my setup. The PH swing is really wide when you turn off the CO2 at night which is why I am thinking you are simply running yours 24/7. Running both simultaneously CO2 with Oxygen seems they would cancel each other out though. Thank you for any insight and guidance you may have to share.
Hey, glad you enjoyed my vids. The tank doing fantastic both of them, I have another one with co2 and shrimp in it (previous video) now I have plenty of green dust algae in both tanks and shrimp love it. All shrimp look healthy and active .
Yes I run co2 24/7. One tank has air-driven ugf so it's like an airstone so I think it's plenty of oxygen for shrimp. Another tank has no water aeration (external filter) shrimp still doing great. So I think CO2 is not a big deal for shrimp and I've got a feeling that they even like it.
@@ShrimpMania that is all great news! I have seen some other videos about CO2 killing shrimp but that could also mean that they are using a lot of CO2 or have done something outside the ordinary that caused their setup to kill their shrimp. I am excited to add shrimp to my setup. I have a feeling this is becoming an addiction!
amazing video! love those ugf boxes, i have the supplies but haven't build or used them yet ! one day! speaking of co2 + inert substrate, my friends use this method for their caridina tanks but with a co2 controller to keep the ph from 5.0 to 5.3 for safety. i just made a video on this topic, released in a few weeks, i think i scheduled it then :) i'm always intrigued about oxydators, i haven;t used them myself but it makes total sense to increase the oxygen levels in the tank, but to how much? there;s oxydator machines that we use in reef tanks and with a controller it injects to a certain level, keep up the great quality videos!
Thanks Ray, looking forward to see your new video about CO2 in shrimp tank!
Hey,
Love your videos! Did I understand it correct, you use only RO Water without salt in the first 8-10 weeks? Only the day before you put the first shrimps inside you use salter RO Water?
What is the reason? Is it bad if you use saltet RO Water from the beginning?
Thanks and greetings from Germany 😊
Hey, there is no reason I use whatever I have on hands. If I just fill my water storage tank with ro water I use it. if I have already mixed salts I use ro+salts. If no shrimp in the tank it doesn't matter.
any chance you sell the coconut shells with fissidens fontanus?
Mark Valley
Hi , with so much soil in the tank, do you encounter planaria worms
Nope never had problems with planaria
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did you make that oxydator by yourself? os is it by Sochting brand? I really want to get one in hand, but it's not easy to get here in my country, I wonder if it's possible there is method to DIY?
It is Sotching oxydators I had them for a very long time. I have a link in the description box check it out I think they can ship worldwide
how many hours your lights on?
12 hours
Hello my friend , great video but I have a question why did I put tiger shrimp on low pH ? they require a high pH around 6ph, this may not be such a good idea...
Hey Jakub, They are not exactly tigers, they do have a tiger gene but I don't believe it's impacting them a lot. I treat them as my other high-end caridina shrimp
@@ShrimpMania Of course, I do not negate your decision, but from my experience, I know that they feel much better at a higher pH, the lower the pH, the worse they multiply and grow, but as always, I respect your opinion and wish you the best
@@Doberminator No problem we going to find out for sure in a little while. If that would not work for them I’ll remove co2 then
Where did you get those co2 hydrogen peroxide tubes from?
there is a link in description
@@ShrimpMania oh, I did look but must have missed it. I'll go take another look. Thank you.
How nice it is you mention where to buy this in Europe ❤ thx. How do you know how big and how much the ugf should be? By example in a tank 30x30x30 cm how much and how big would i need?
The most common size is 15x15x10cm one would be more than enough for your tank
@@ShrimpMania thank you so much. I will put my order and try out my first ugf then 🥰, you inspired me to try this. I had so much tips from your channels already, i didnt realise i always saw your videos when i searched specific things 🤣 until i scrolled on your channel and saw i had already watched most of your videos. I will start following you 😊 you are the best
@@artiliciousv Of cause I'm the best💪💪🤣🤣welcome on board my friend!
9:30 What a beautiful shrimp right there! if you don't mention it I thought that is a BOA shrimp hahaha. Recently I just got a shrimp from my friend but i dont know the name of it, its like BOA but its lack of the blueish color and only a little bit of metallic color, but the pattern is pretty similiar, is it considered as low grade BOA? or where can I share the picture to identify it?
Thank you for joining my friend, appreciate your support! I'm not an expert in grading shrimp, I never had proper BOA shrimp. I had some good grade galaxy shrimp with some blue hue, they looked similar to low-grade boa. I can take a look at your pic and give you my thoughts if you email them to me or you can find it in the description box.
Is this type of filter for Caridina Shrimp? Can it be used for Neocaridina Shrimp?
Sure why not
Good morning
what is the variety of shrimp at the end of your video.
THANKS
thanks for watching mate!
Any tips on where to get shrimp in the UK? Thanks
Ebay
hate to sound silly but do you just connect the tube to a air pump and its done? does the air pump need to be strong power?
Yes i have an air system which runs with powerful airpump so i simply connected new tank to the system. It should be a decent power for a good filtration.
@@ShrimpMania thanks for all your help from the videos, finally i am cycling my first caradina tank, i am using the ugf from the link and 2 other sponge filters, currently my ph is 7.2 which is worrying me😟i am using akadama from a link marks shrimp tanks recommended and i am remineralising ro water with gh+ , will the ph lower over the time the tank cycles?
@@flava8053 Akadama has a very high pH it won't get lower than 6.5
@@ShrimpMania oh wow really that sucks, i had originally planned on using ada but changed my mind as mark switched from using ada to akadama and talked good things about it, do you think i should just stop cycling this tank and use ada instead then?
@@flava8053 if you planning to keep simple caridina like crystal shrimp then akadama would work just fine
You only feed your shrimp once a week?
Once per day or every second day if not too many shrimp in the tank. Once i put shrimp in the new tank I don’t feed for the first week or two
Mixing this 2 will turn into wild shrimp color?
You mistaken them with neos. They are caridina
@@ShrimpMania black n red galaxy will cross breed ?
@@andugo same as black and red crystals
Where to you buy the oxygen/peroxide thing you put in ??
Bought them 10years ago, but I found a website where you can buy them from. I added link in description
Just found your videos and really enjoy them. Does anyone know where I could purchase those mini oxydator in the U.S.?
Glad you enjoyed them! Try the link in my description they might sell worldwide
do you know if red cherry shrimps eat hair algae?
I'm afraid they don't
@@ShrimpMania damn
My caridina keep dying. I think due to the temperature here where the water temperature is between 28C to 31C all year round. Need chiller I guess?
Yea that's too hot for them
nice share
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Anyone had a link to buy oxygenaters
Where you buy youre shrimp??
ebay
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hey bro, where are you ??
i miss you :)))
Sorry was a bit busy, coming back soon😊
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Now I’m shocked that you are based in Singapore 🇸🇬 lol
Oops, my pea brain was so shocked by the Singapore shop footage that I thought you are based here lol
haha Darick made that footage for me. I'm based in the UK and I'm planning to visit Singapore in August
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Typically, it's a bad idea to store a Co2 tank like that on it's side.
What moss is that on the coconut shells?
I think fessidens
its dumb you say traditional! when this is basicly, the traditional way to do it, and is so old school. but its works
Didn't work well for me but it doesn't mean it won't work for you
@@ShrimpMania if it dont work for you, why the fuck. do you use under gravel filters, or say they are good???
Very nice video.sub for you.hello welcome to yt👌👌👌
Thank you, appreciate your support