Nice video. Two other mistakes I see in fb groups are disturbing the substrate, wich can end up killing your shrimp, and putting rocks in the tank that leach minerals and alter water parameters.
Hello I’m new to the hobby and I want to setup a new tank for red galaxy fishbones. Been doing research for about a week now. But I’m seeing so much varying info on the materials for them. Can you share a list of the materials or supplies I should get to properly care and setup a colony for them?
Hello there i have had my caridina shrimp for one year now and i never put them with any substrate and just feed them algae wafers with lots of plants as well my plants dont even get substrate but everything is healthy if i were to complely change the tank to substrate do you think it would mess with the shrimp? sorry for weird question.
I'm using the undergravel box method. I was using a lot of Aquario Neo product and thought of trying their active substrate soil... it was ok... PH crept up after 6mths. It's time to replace i thought. I'm cycling a box of ADA Amazonia V2 for 3 weeks now and wow, it's still having 0.25ppm of Ammonia. I wonder when will it be over and done with leeching Ammonia... lol.
@@wrxsti22b I agree with you, the aquario substrate is nowhere as good as ada, so I've switched back and got 6 bags recently, going to grab 10 more later. As for the ammonia, I typically age the ada amazonia for 3 to 4 months for all of the ammonia to release. It does take a while
Do different strains of caridina (excluding sulawesi shrimps) need different care like water parameters and such? Say on a budget can I practice on some (let say) cheap bee shrimp culls? So care wise, is caring for fishbone/blue bolt different than caring for low grade obscure caridina shrimp?
Great question. $1 shrimp care is the same as a $500 but the higher end shrimp sometimes has weaker genetics due to over breeding. But yep you're right can practice on crystals to get used to setting water parameters
further you get from wildtype (aka more deeply inbred) = less forgiving of mistakes due to fragile health from recessive genes. "basic" beginner-friendly lower grade RCS are more forgiving of minor mistakes than, say, blue bolts for example
Nice video! 🎉I have a question about the soil. I have a cycled tank thats been going for two years now. Its a 36liter tank with gravel nearly sand looking type. Ph is around 7. I don’t want to ruin the tank by changing the substrate. I heard from a caridina breeder that it can be enough to have a little bowl with soil just to lower the ph in the tank. And then to poke around in it regularly. I wonder if you think thats a good way to go or if it somehow can be bad ? What are your thoughts ? 😊
Thanks for the support. What a great question. There's a few ways to do it, get some black mesh bags off amazon and fill it with active substrate and put it in the back. Or you can add a hang on filters and put In a mesh bag with substrate. No need to poke at it but the bag needs to be replaced every 6 to 8 months. I'd say personally a glass bowl would look ugly in my aquascapes but each to their own. I'll be making a video about mesh bag substrate later
Ik this is an older comment but I'd say get a hang on back breeder box that uses air to to circulate water and fill that with the active soil. I did that on a tank of mine and worked well. And when it's time to replace the soil all you need to do is get another hob breeder box and cycle it/let it leach out the ammonia in a 5 gallon bucket so when it's done you switch it out with the one on your tank and your are good as new
Really looking forward to my first caridina tank. I have too much time on my hands waiting to get a work release while on short term disability so my mad money has disappeared? With that being said can I keep tangerine tigers in a caridina tank and at some point drip acclimate them back into neo tanks?
@RWAquariumPages Thanks. Like I said I have more time now to think some. I didn't know kings were adaptable. You received keeping shrimp only for better baby survival rate but still have had success in same tank.I have a few more copies in there now and nothing bigger than some cardinals. Not seeing any babies yet even though I have more moss in tank now. I bet the small banjo cat is the culprit. I am waiting to pull the trigger on a 10 gallon with active substrate. I know using aged water and a good squeeze from a sponge filter with help cycle tank quickly. As far as my fish go I don't remember cycling a tank. Bacteria additives and aged water always worked but I know the caridina are more sensitive. I have two more months before I can start making my normal wages but I am getting stoked thinking about getting my first caridinas. I love those fishbones! Thanks.
@@robertbaker3174 that's amazing. I wish you success on your shrimp and aquarium journey. They've been really destressing for me. I just did a water change this morning and love doing it
@RWAquariumPages Yes Sir. All tanks are my happy place(when I have them going good) and enjoy seeing baby shrimp and fish. I have a scud tank and throw plants in there. I just saw a baby Cory and another baby rainbow fish. I just want to see some baby shrimp again !
Hello, I'm planning to get a Corydoras with CRS soon, but I haven't really had that much experience with shrimp before, and usually use a very fine sand for my cories, so is there an in-between substrate or a way that I can keep sand but keep the parameters stable for the CRS, would help a lot if you respond in the next 2-3 days as I want to start the build this weekend. Thanks!
Thanks for the support. What you can do is have active substrate in mesh bags under the sand and sand on top or mesh bags and tucked in behind the back of the aquarium or in yoyr filter. That willl help soften the water and drop the ph. But crs is pretty adaptable and prolific
@Voilabo I wouldn't just use sand only for crs. They ate adaptable but it'll be more ideal in slightly acidic water. So I'd add a bag or 2 mesh bags of active soil in the tank for sure. The key is stability. For crs, I'd aim for ph 6.6 to 6.8 and tds of 110ppm gh divide that by 17.9 to get degrees of hardness. With sand and tap water your ph might be out of that range
at 9:53 those shrimp look a lot like the ones i picked up and i’ve been wondering for a while now if it’s normal for them to look like this? i can’t find an answer anywhere
I was about try add some red bee in my care I try using active substrate but recently my ageing shrimp tank seems crashing, the plant start to rot and biofilm/diatom blooming idk what the reason it seems only this one had this issue. My questions is, are this normal when using active substrate or outside factor cause it (because my relatives kids playing around with my tank not long ago especially this particular tank) and should I cancel my plan to keep my red bee? My yellow and blue dream shrimp seems fine tho I only find one death shrimp this morning (probably due age since she is huge compared other)
@Fadillah from my observation of your water parameters, it looks like that's the issue kh around 5 is too much for bee shrimp , it should be 0 or as close to 0 as possible. The kh also raises the ph as you can tell from your ph reading. The ph should be ideally from 5.5 to 6 for many caridina bee shrimp. I'd start with that first, slowly do water changes with rodi water then rodi plus gh booster to get it to range
@@RWAquariumPages alright noted, I will do water changes next week with distilled water (that sufficient right?) till my ph reach 6.0 like before and for biofilm bloom is that fine? Or should I not feed my shrimp on this tank until the amount biofilm reduce or just add it like usual.
@@raihanrahmat1483 thank yoy for your support. Wishing you success. With comments like yours it helps motivate me to make more videos to help the community
Hi ray! I'm Jake, a Java programmer who's passionate about aquariums. I've created a free software for easy water parameter tracking, and I'd love for you to try it out and share your thoughts. Interested? I can send you the program link. Thanks a bunch! Jake
I apologize for the inconvenience. When I tried to share the link here, my comment was deleted. If you're interested in trying out the software, you can find the link on my RU-vid channel.
