I've learned many new facts from this video, thank you. I am a beginner to shrimp keeping and I see some changes I will implement. And Chris, the photography is so beautiful.
but today i also learned something..in one of the comments a person said that they did a lice treatment and somehow this could have killed the shrimp in the room..
Thank you for everything you have done, your actions are bringing Aquatica joy to so many! This is so informative! Great job, fantastic reporting!🌻🌼🐝 Keep it up 🙌
You are full of amazing information and truly a treasure in this hobby!! I already liked what you do and who you are, but that final bit about just wanting the information out there and being upset about people charging so much really kicked my respect for you even higher!
I totally agree about old age. I’m a reef keeper. I had a gorgeous and expensive orange dot blenny fish. One day I found him lying at the bottom of the tank, dead. And that’s pretty rare in a reef, as fish generally just “disappear”. But anyways, I was upset until I remembered that the life span of this rather difficult to keep fish is 4-5 years, in the best of conditions. I did some quick math, and I had him for 7ish years. 😬
The copper thing is always so interesting, because on the one hand we know that shrimp are more sensitive to copper than fish, we learned this very early with the use of copper medications like Cupramine for treating parasitic diseases, that was a problem! But on the other hand, shrimp blood is copper-based (hemocyanin instead of hemoglobin) and they lose a lot of it when they molt, so it's also a vital micronutrient that they can't live without! Now, a lot of plumbing and food has enough copper to supply what they need, but we know that water column values directly relate to blood copper content. So in the US, it's very common to use RO/DI water and remineralize the water with a GH booster. There's a possibility that there won't even be enough copper to supply them with what they need. I've had an experience of using RO/DI water, everything was controlled, I was using a copper-free fertilizer, and I was seeing abnormally high failed molts. I switched to a fertilizer that had some copper in it and I actually saw an immediate decrease in failed molts. It was incredible. So I actually avoid copper-free ferts. All of the modern aquarium ferts have incredibly low amounts of copper, and it's chelated. Ironically, I find that the "shrimp-specific" fertilizers actually have the potential to do more harm than good. Most modern aquarium ferts would require dumping entire bottles of fertilizer in to reach copper toxicity. They would die from nitrate poisoning way before copper. I appreciate the old age and travel damage aspects in particular. People really do underestimate massively old age as a factor. I've also seen in my fish, often half of a batch (same species) has a lower CO2 tolerance than the others. I have a pet theory that those fish have scarring on their gills from ammonia exposure earlier in their life. No way to prove it, of course, but it is documented in fish farming.
thanx a lot for yur good answer. I agree with you its always the dose of copper. This is also what the scientiffic papers say. appreaciate your answer !!!!
Thanks, Chris! This is a very detailed explanation of the topic. Just one add-on from my side, there's a Sulawesi shrimp called "Sulawesi Snowy or Snow Zebra", which is body white. There's an assumption that they are immune to muscle necrosis, I'm still learning it if it's the truth. Looking forward to the incoming videos on bacteria and parasites.
yes, i saw them and i know also that if you see the muscle necrosis they are not immune. Thats why the muscles show that white. I have kept some and they all died after a while. So now i need to see if it was the change that they could not deal with because stress can lead to death too in case the body is already weekend or if MN gets them all after a while. I need to do more research on that.
@@chrislukhaup I’m glad you started posting on RU-vid because I don’t really do Facebook or Instagram. Keep up the great work and I look forward to celebrating when you hit 100k subscribers which I believe you’ll get there sooner than you think!!!
well, its just a personal challenge. I think it doesen matter. But still there is some ego that pushes me ;-) When i had the 100.000 on Insta i could be more relaxed ..lol...its always the challenge that i like but i think that youtube is more personal then Insta. On insta i dont know that many people..but youtube already there is a little group always joining..so i think that is great to connect as well@@terrymartins2552
Chris I really enjoy seeing your knowledge and passion that you share in your videos. Copper water pipes are common in my area with my own being decades old. I plan to have my water tested for heavy metals as I prepare for Sulawesi shrimp, but luckily my neo shrimps have been doing OK for years with my copper pipes. But I need to test so I can know. Cheers!
Very informative and well made. Especially make me warned to make sure using Dechlorinator for every water source from water plant company, just to make sure it safe for shrimps. Can't imagine if that happen with lovely and expensive pure red line of caridina, wew
Thanks very much for this video, Chris. My first dwarf shrimp colony is now 1 year old and I'm really enjoying it. I only have the 1 aquarium. I buy RO water from my local discount store. My tap water usually runs around 17 GH and 8 KH, but also we occasionally get warnings about chemicals leaching into the water from local military air strips, so I feel better using the filtered water. I love your videos - you have some amazing nano fish!
Thanx a lot THomas ! You could go to Wal Mart and get some moountain water as well. THat also works for shrimp and it is really cheap ;-) How much you pay for the RO water ?
@@chrislukhaup - Hi Chris. The RO water is cheap, it's less than 50 cents a gallon. Normally, I only change 10% of the water a week, and in my 10 gallon tank, that's of course only 1 gallon a week. Lots of people here don't drink the tap water. Unbelievable in 2024.
Hi Chris, great video. One question, at work we use 99.9% Pure isopropyl rubbing alcohol on our crystal glasses, it seems it evaporates quite quickly and makes the crystal perfectly clean. I was wondering if I spray the cloth first, if I could use it on the front aquarium glass?
Good video, thank you. My water is from a well and my fish have always thrived on it. I added shrimp a month ago and I notice even with a 10% water change the shrimp stop feeding for a few hours and hide away. I wonder if I have too much copper in my water?
At first, sorry because of my terrible English; cause English isn't my first language. I should say "Thank you, Chris Lukhaup" for, the time and energy you spend to promote this hobby and, trying to improve keepers and even, breeders knowledge. I've just an aquarium and set it up about one year ago. I set it up with DENNERLE SCAPER'S SOIL instead of using ShrimpKing Active Soil My problem isn't "Dying adults" My problem is, all larvae die after few days and, in one year, just 4 babies could survive I think ( I'm not sure ) my problem is just "Soil"
you will love my trip to Madagascar in April ;-) ...crayfish never filmed. And also i will be in the USA in May June..there i will film also crayfish@@Slavik-23-
Last summer my kids came home with lice, we treated it, I suspect some of the treatment got into 1 of my tanks , maybe on my hands or just earosols because that week they died. I heared before you have to be carefull also if you treat your doge against fleas.
My shrimp tank got taken over by some kind of algae or fungus or something. Its like a slimy brownish white film that builds up across all the substrate and hardscape and even plants over a few months. I'm not sure if it killed the shrimp colony or if the colony was keeping it under control and something else killed them, but either way the entire tank ended up wiped out other than the 2 snails. Hadn't put anything new in the tank for close to 2 years, not sure where it came from. Can't get rid of it, I clean most of it up with a full water change and in a couple months it grows back. Even got a new tank and new substrate, all new water, only transferred the rocks and plants after cleaning them and it transferred to the new tank too.
Thanks for the video. I recently lost 4 females. Before they died, they were apatic and stood in one place. I have no idea why. The remaining shrimp were normal and active. All the shrimp with eggs died :(
Most scientific papers in the usa are funded by the person them selves paying their doctorate and beyond way thru education, you must pay to attend classes and this inspires passion in the subject. These newer published journal entries are not private interest, and not funded by 3rd parties. Yay for science, we are in the golden age with the right information out there, we just need to share the results.
@@chrislukhaup Passion in script is celebrated, especially now that text to video a i open source sora just came out, things are looking exciting for people that dedicated ideas into text. Good niche subject that can now be put into video, easily.
Your knowledge & experience is priceless. This is an important video for every shrimp keeper and people who wants the best introduction into this fascinating hobby. I was surprised that you never feed veggies to your shrimp.
@@chrislukhaup Can I please ask you one more question about cpds? My bedroom aquarium is a 60p highlight, co2 planted community tank of fish & shrimp. I have plenty of hiding spots for my pumkin neocaridas. So I see lot of shrimplets on substrate. The reason I haven't purchased cpd's just yet is because of mix information. I've heard that they are fine with shrimp, then you may get a rogue one that behaves in a fiesty way. Also my biggest fear when introducing new fish to my aquarium is a feeding frenzy. I've never seen any of my fish actively hunting my shrimplets,but you got to think they do since they are on the lower end of food chain. I'm in Australia. cpds are rare over here. The cheapest I've seen them is $19.95 Aud each ( sale) and dearest $25 Aud each 1.5- 2cm. Any advice wiukd be much appreciated Thankyou. ps That's an amazing wholesaler you took Cory from Aquarium coop to.. I just saw a recent video. The whole operation set up was amazing. If only more whole salers had that set up.
I know a guy who lost all his shrimp in his room because his mom use that fumakilla one push mosquito thing. I use mosquito coil and it's fine but you can't be too careful
i saw that some tiger shrimp have this even in the habitat...so it is good possible that when they are in the place of the wholesale they get infected...as there are many on a small aquarium.
yes, i agree..i should have mentioned that. I had one in the tank that i have not seen ..and now she is not moving anymore ;( ..but some are still ok...
Jist a though but instead of making the magazine an epub why not just print more magazines? The demand is obviously high enough for them if there being sold for that kind of mark up on the secondary market.
Shrimp, are still very sensitive. If you plan buying shimp first time, be sure you have a large enough container for your shrimp. Even if shrimp are small creatures, they are very sensitive to water pollution.
of course i thought about that too..but i am not such a gig fan of adding veggies to the tank ;-) I add a lot of leaves..have you seen my video on the Leaves?
Didn't know nothing back then. Lol Yes no... Using an electronic device at the fuel pump to record video. Washing your hands can also introduce chemicals into your tank, but you would know not this yes maybe tomorrow. Pre-juice in wood. Lol Your leaves found out in the wild also have. "Cough" Pre-juice. Don't buy shrimp from overseas, buy locally. If you are buying shrimp that are not local then there's 3/4 of your problem. A well known not sometimes yes potato.
