Hi, I have a 6 gallon tank and I got 7 red cherry shrimps. I have set up the aquarium, add some bacteria, plants a piece of wood to start it off and let it all filter for a day. The next day, the shrimp doesn't seem to be looking for food or eating from the plants and them all the shrimp went into hiding except one and I saw him to seems like its grasping for air then collapsed. When I change the aquarium and turn the heat up to 80, looks fine until they went into hiding... should i be worried?
@WillyChoi87 Hi. I can't pin-point to you the exact problems because there are afew possibilties. 1st, cycling period of 1 day is too short eventhough bacteria is added. I suggest the next time u start an aquarium, cycle it for at least 5 days. 2nd, wood add may not be suitable or may hv harmful content. Or wood is too 'new', releases too much tannin into water. 3rd, When change water, use aged or de-chlorine water. Temperature seems fine. Please take note of NO2, NO3 and PH.
@Aquaticstory cycling for three days is still too short, you know. My tanks take at least a month to cycle through, give or take ten days, even WITH added bacteria. The biggest problems could be cycling issues and acclimation issues, not to mention that the tank is too small, and the fact that the tank is new and has no algae. Shrimp are mostly scavengers, and they need a bunch of live plants and a lot of algae to survive. They take to live algae better than algae pellets.
Hi. These are Japanese Hairgrass. You may wish to check out our other videos whereby Japanese Hairgrass is being introduced. They are good carpeting plants for foreground. :)
Do you think it would be ok to keep some shrimp like these with Neon Tetra's? I have a 15 Gallon tank currently cycling, but I'm unsure of what I could mix together.
Hi, it is ok to mix if your tank is heavily planted tank or if the tank is not for breeding purpose. Tetras may just eat up baby shrimps as they are tiny enough to fit into their mouths.
How many shrimp can I keep in a 2 gallon tank? I have some moss balls, a piece of aquarium wood from the pet store and a few low maintenance plants and other type of moss, is there any plant I should avoid and is maintenance required? i'm pretty new at it and I have a small filter without carbon.
Hi. From our experience, you can easily keep up to 50 shrimps without any problem as long as there is no over-feeding and water quality is good. As for plants, try to avoid using Anubias species such as Nana or Barteri etc. Because these plants will release toxin substances when being trimmed and it may kill the shrimps. For beginners, I recommend going for moss balls, moss and java ferns as maintenance is minimum. Finally, it is ok to do without carbon in filter.
How do clean the gravel with all of them running around. I'd worry about sucking one up. Also how often do you do it. It's a beautiful tank you have set up
Hi. As we are using soil, there is no way we could clean it. But as long as the tank is well planted and have a good filtering system, the aquatic plants and animals in the aquarium will do just fine. If you are using non-soil as substrate and wish to clean it, it pretty difficult with all the shrimps creeping around especially babies. So cleaning substrate may not be possible with them around.
The shrimps are obviously well cared for! :) The cherries in particular have a lovely wine-red hue... where did you purchase them from (or their parent stock if you've bred them yourself)? I've always marveled at the fancy invertebrates from a distance since they were out of my budget range, but I will be able to create an appropriate setup for a few pretty soon. Do you have any advice for a beginner?
Thanks! These are what they call the Sakura shrimps, the very red version of Cherry shrimps. I got them locally in Singapore. They are not very expensive, probably around S$2. Sakura/Cherry are quite easy to care for as long as temperature is between 15ºC - 28ºC. Keep tank well planted with 0ppm of NO2/NO3. They will definitely thrive. :)
Beautiful shrimp! I bought 30 cherry red a few months ago - Now have 3 thriving colonies. I didn't notice any young shrimp although I saw plenty of eggs. Did you just recently stock that tank with adults that haven't had time to hatch eggs? Or do the SAE eat the babies?
Again really nice looking shrimp. My oldest biggest females are pretty red but not like yours!
I took this video a month after restocking with the shrimps, therefore there are no shrimplets. From my experience, SAE don't hunt for baby shrimps. My other tanks have both SAE and shrimps, yet the population of shrimps are increasing. Thanks for watching my video. :)
I fed them with a wide variety of shrimp feed. Some of the brands I'm using are namely Mosura, Ebita-breed, Ebi-ten, BoneoWild and Choice. I feed them once every 2 to 4 days since they are in a heavily planted tank. Recommended feeding is alternate days. i.e. 1 day feeding and next day without.
The fish is Siamese Algae Eater (SAE). They are very good algae eating fish and are peaceful towards other fish/shrimp. However they may display aggression/dominance among each other.
@Aquaticstory they only eat mostly algae when young...becoming true catfish as they grow. Unlike Oto's, these will suck up baby shrimplets. Stick with otocinclus IMO. Nice looking cherries...very dark.
Hi! These are actually new 'cherry shrimp', called Rili. Both males and females Rili are about the same. Just that females are usually bigger and brighter. They are relatively new in the market, so the price tag is about 10 times more than normal cherry shrimps now.
Im thinking of getting some shrimp (cherry) and was just wondering if a 6-7cm cory catfish would be too big to mix with these shrimp and would eat them?
Cory of that size may be too big for the shrimps. I'm not sure if they will 'accidentally' eat the newborn shrimplets or not. Although cory are peaceful in nature, but its presence may stress up the shrimps. How about going for smaller corydoras such as pygmy cory? I kept them with my shrimps and are all doing fine.
This is aquarium soil. I'm using ANS for this aquarium. There are many brands out in the market. You can try some of these brands which are quite popular:
Most freshwater shrimp can be housed together. However, there will be a risk that they may cross-breed. And also please take note of Sulaweisi shrimps. They required water with higher PH (about 7.5 - 8.5) compared to the rest such as Cherry, CRS, Snowball etc which requires lower PH (about 6 - 7).
dude/dudette i have to say, this video was awsome, amazing quality, now most people say keep small fish with shrimps, but i wanna make sure I dont have any of my fish eaten, what would you say, also I know you said the degrees above but can they live somewhat comfortably in 80 degrees? Thanks!
Most Neocaridina and Caridina species are relatively small in sizes. Probably up to 2.5cm when fully growth. You may still keep them with small fish such as small tetras or endler guppies. However, such fish will still eat shrimplets whenever them find them. I would recommend Boraras Brigittae though because they are 1 of them smallest fish with tiny mouth. They will have problems to even swallow little shrimplets.
With regards to the temperature, 80ºF is fine. Try not to let the temperature go above 82ºF. Most species of shrimps can't survive in warmer water. I have an aquarium at around 85ºF, keeping cherry shrimps. They can survive but are unable to breed well.
Hi, these shrimps are easy to care for and given a good condition, they can breed like crazy. It is better to start with cherry or sakura shrimps as they are beautiful and easy to start with. Just take note of the temperature (15ºC -28ºC) and NO2/NO3 level.
I'm from Singapore, shrimps and moss are very common here. We can easily get them from any fish shops. I'm not very sure about your location though. You may wish to check online for sellers at your location. :)
Shrimps are scavengers, they will eat almost anything, from algae (selective) to dead plants/animals to uneaten fish feed. Shrimps are great addition to aquarium as long as water temperature is right (below 28ºC) and fish are not too big.
These shrimp have an amazing deep red. Mine are just as red, but slightly less dark. Do you add anything to help them get this color? Very nice shrimp, keep up the awesome work!
Thanks! I add Mosura products such as Mineral Plus and ShiZhen. I'm also feeding them with various brands of shrimp feed, namely Mosura, CHOICE, Ebita Breed, Ebi-Ten and BORNEOWILD. Once again, thanks for viewing the video! :)
so... I saw at least 4 berried females and 2 more that were saddled... which means the shrimp are happy ;) Great tank!
angelfish22093 4 days ago
wow beautiful tank! check my tank out
ayeitsashlyn 5 days ago
Hi, I have a 6 gallon tank and I got 7 red cherry shrimps. I have set up the aquarium, add some bacteria, plants a piece of wood to start it off and let it all filter for a day. The next day, the shrimp doesn't seem to be looking for food or eating from the plants and them all the shrimp went into hiding except one and I saw him to seems like its grasping for air then collapsed. When I change the aquarium and turn the heat up to 80, looks fine until they went into hiding... should i be worried?
WillyChoi87 3 weeks ago
@WillyChoi87 Hi. I can't pin-point to you the exact problems because there are afew possibilties. 1st, cycling period of 1 day is too short eventhough bacteria is added. I suggest the next time u start an aquarium, cycle it for at least 5 days. 2nd, wood add may not be suitable or may hv harmful content. Or wood is too 'new', releases too much tannin into water. 3rd, When change water, use aged or de-chlorine water. Temperature seems fine. Please take note of NO2, NO3 and PH.
Aquaticstory 3 weeks ago
@Aquaticstory cycling for three days is still too short, you know. My tanks take at least a month to cycle through, give or take ten days, even WITH added bacteria. The biggest problems could be cycling issues and acclimation issues, not to mention that the tank is too small, and the fact that the tank is new and has no algae. Shrimp are mostly scavengers, and they need a bunch of live plants and a lot of algae to survive. They take to live algae better than algae pellets.
Pop12646Okami 2 weeks ago
what type of plants are they?
556todd 1 month ago
@556todd
Hi. These are Japanese Hairgrass. You may wish to check out our other videos whereby Japanese Hairgrass is being introduced. They are good carpeting plants for foreground. :)
Aquaticstory 1 month ago
What was that red and white striped shrimp? It is cool!
spearman481 1 month ago
@spearman481
Hi. Yes, it is a shrimp too! Crystal Red Shrimp. You can check out our other video on this type of shrimp.
Aquaticstory 1 month ago
Do you think it would be ok to keep some shrimp like these with Neon Tetra's? I have a 15 Gallon tank currently cycling, but I'm unsure of what I could mix together.
TenrouFang 1 month ago
@TenrouFang
Hi, it is ok to mix if your tank is heavily planted tank or if the tank is not for breeding purpose. Tetras may just eat up baby shrimps as they are tiny enough to fit into their mouths.
Aquaticstory 1 month ago
Well shrimp are really easy to take care of how many gallon is your tank..
pokemonarceusiscool 1 month ago
How many shrimp can I keep in a 2 gallon tank? I have some moss balls, a piece of aquarium wood from the pet store and a few low maintenance plants and other type of moss, is there any plant I should avoid and is maintenance required? i'm pretty new at it and I have a small filter without carbon.
WillyChoi87 1 month ago
@WillyChoi87
Hi. From our experience, you can easily keep up to 50 shrimps without any problem as long as there is no over-feeding and water quality is good. As for plants, try to avoid using Anubias species such as Nana or Barteri etc. Because these plants will release toxin substances when being trimmed and it may kill the shrimps. For beginners, I recommend going for moss balls, moss and java ferns as maintenance is minimum. Finally, it is ok to do without carbon in filter.
Aquaticstory 1 month ago
How do clean the gravel with all of them running around. I'd worry about sucking one up. Also how often do you do it. It's a beautiful tank you have set up
thebluespiritpsn 1 month ago
@thebluespiritpsn
Hi. As we are using soil, there is no way we could clean it. But as long as the tank is well planted and have a good filtering system, the aquatic plants and animals in the aquarium will do just fine. If you are using non-soil as substrate and wish to clean it, it pretty difficult with all the shrimps creeping around especially babies. So cleaning substrate may not be possible with them around.
Aquaticstory 1 month ago
i am really jealous, none of my local pet stores sell these i wanted them because they are unique and a change from fish.
Bradyz4 2 months ago
do your shrimps have successful babies with the oto in the tank?
aquaticgeek 2 months ago in playlist More videos from Aquaticstory
@aquaticgeek
Yes, from our experiences, oto will not harm baby shrimps. :)
Aquaticstory 2 months ago
The shrimps are obviously well cared for! :) The cherries in particular have a lovely wine-red hue... where did you purchase them from (or their parent stock if you've bred them yourself)? I've always marveled at the fancy invertebrates from a distance since they were out of my budget range, but I will be able to create an appropriate setup for a few pretty soon. Do you have any advice for a beginner?
Humilus 2 months ago
@Humilus
Thanks! These are what they call the Sakura shrimps, the very red version of Cherry shrimps. I got them locally in Singapore. They are not very expensive, probably around S$2. Sakura/Cherry are quite easy to care for as long as temperature is between 15ºC - 28ºC. Keep tank well planted with 0ppm of NO2/NO3. They will definitely thrive. :)
Aquaticstory 2 months ago
what is your food of choice?
tritan1 2 months ago
@tritan1
I'm feeding them with various brands of shrimp feed, namely Mosura, CHOICE, Ebita Breed, Ebi-Ten and BORNEOWILD. :)
Aquaticstory 2 months ago
@Aquaticstory tiny pieces of bread and left over pieces of fish torn to pieces work just as well
strawdable 2 months ago
@strawdable
To add, boiled spinach is 1 shrimps favorite meal. :)
Aquaticstory 2 months ago
@Aquaticstory k u sure
strawdable 2 months ago
Beautiful shrimp! I bought 30 cherry red a few months ago - Now have 3 thriving colonies. I didn't notice any young shrimp although I saw plenty of eggs. Did you just recently stock that tank with adults that haven't had time to hatch eggs? Or do the SAE eat the babies?
Again really nice looking shrimp. My oldest biggest females are pretty red but not like yours!
Ansonidak 2 months ago
@Ansonidak
I took this video a month after restocking with the shrimps, therefore there are no shrimplets. From my experience, SAE don't hunt for baby shrimps. My other tanks have both SAE and shrimps, yet the population of shrimps are increasing. Thanks for watching my video. :)
Aquaticstory 2 months ago
I like this video. So clear and to the point.
jaredultimatum 2 months ago
nice deep color
zakartaz 3 months ago
Nice aquarium. Your shrimp look really healthy!
FarukonKyaputen 4 months ago
What music is this?
Farvan893 4 months ago in playlist Farvan893's favorites
@Farvan893
The music is 'Moon Shadows (Stephen Rhodes)' from the audioswap. :)
Aquaticstory 4 months ago
wow your red cherry is sooo red.. my turned pink and purple (females)
what do u feed them mate? and how oftend do u feed them?
huntertank90 5 months ago
@huntertank90
I fed them with a wide variety of shrimp feed. Some of the brands I'm using are namely Mosura, Ebita-breed, Ebi-ten, BoneoWild and Choice. I feed them once every 2 to 4 days since they are in a heavily planted tank. Recommended feeding is alternate days. i.e. 1 day feeding and next day without.
Aquaticstory 5 months ago
@Aquaticstory I think that they are Sakura, a normal cherry will never have that intensity of red.
nikoproks8 2 months ago
The fish is Siamese Algae Eater (SAE). They are very good algae eating fish and are peaceful towards other fish/shrimp. However they may display aggression/dominance among each other.
Aquaticstory 6 months ago
@Aquaticstory they only eat mostly algae when young...becoming true catfish as they grow. Unlike Oto's, these will suck up baby shrimplets. Stick with otocinclus IMO. Nice looking cherries...very dark.
ShiebMo 4 months ago
Awesome video, I love freshwater shrimp. I'm hoping to set up a nano tank with crystal reds.
ThereThereTBKON 6 months ago
nice minnow lol!
habsrock76 6 months ago
Hi, Nice Cherry Shrimp. I'm looking to buy some for my 25 gallon tank. Are the Cherry Shrimps with the pale stripe down their back male?
JayAOnline 6 months ago
@JayAOnline
Hi! These are actually new 'cherry shrimp', called Rili. Both males and females Rili are about the same. Just that females are usually bigger and brighter. They are relatively new in the market, so the price tag is about 10 times more than normal cherry shrimps now.
Aquaticstory 6 months ago
Im thinking of getting some shrimp (cherry) and was just wondering if a 6-7cm cory catfish would be too big to mix with these shrimp and would eat them?
If anyone can help that would be great!
duane99 7 months ago
@duane99
Cory of that size may be too big for the shrimps. I'm not sure if they will 'accidentally' eat the newborn shrimplets or not. Although cory are peaceful in nature, but its presence may stress up the shrimps. How about going for smaller corydoras such as pygmy cory? I kept them with my shrimps and are all doing fine.
Aquaticstory 6 months ago
@Aquaticstory Thanks alot for the reply pal. Il look for smaller ones then :)
duane99 6 months ago
what substrate is this?
giorgiog01 7 months ago
@giorgiog01
This is aquarium soil. I'm using ANS for this aquarium. There are many brands out in the market. You can try some of these brands which are quite popular:
1) ADA
2) GEX
3) ANS
4) Magic Soil
Aquaticstory 7 months ago
@Aquaticstory
thannkkyouu :))
thinking of a planted tank setup , last attempt failed so im having another go :))
giorgiog01 7 months ago
can all freshwater shrimp be housed together?
slick0567 8 months ago
@slick0567
Most freshwater shrimp can be housed together. However, there will be a risk that they may cross-breed. And also please take note of Sulaweisi shrimps. They required water with higher PH (about 7.5 - 8.5) compared to the rest such as Cherry, CRS, Snowball etc which requires lower PH (about 6 - 7).
Aquaticstory 8 months ago
dude/dudette i have to say, this video was awsome, amazing quality, now most people say keep small fish with shrimps, but i wanna make sure I dont have any of my fish eaten, what would you say, also I know you said the degrees above but can they live somewhat comfortably in 80 degrees? Thanks!
jpologo 8 months ago
@jpologo
Hi, thanks for your compliments. ;))
Most Neocaridina and Caridina species are relatively small in sizes. Probably up to 2.5cm when fully growth. You may still keep them with small fish such as small tetras or endler guppies. However, such fish will still eat shrimplets whenever them find them. I would recommend Boraras Brigittae though because they are 1 of them smallest fish with tiny mouth. They will have problems to even swallow little shrimplets.
Aquaticstory 8 months ago
With regards to the temperature, 80ºF is fine. Try not to let the temperature go above 82ºF. Most species of shrimps can't survive in warmer water. I have an aquarium at around 85ºF, keeping cherry shrimps. They can survive but are unable to breed well.
Aquaticstory 8 months ago
@Aquaticstory awsome, keep up the amazing work!
jpologo 8 months ago
hey bro
im just wondering how the shrimps are.
im starting a shrimp tank in my 55 gallon and im just curious on where i can buy moss and cheap shrimp
thanks
TheBlasthockey 9 months ago
@TheBlasthockey
Hi, these shrimps are easy to care for and given a good condition, they can breed like crazy. It is better to start with cherry or sakura shrimps as they are beautiful and easy to start with. Just take note of the temperature (15ºC -28ºC) and NO2/NO3 level.
I'm from Singapore, shrimps and moss are very common here. We can easily get them from any fish shops. I'm not very sure about your location though. You may wish to check online for sellers at your location. :)
Aquaticstory 8 months ago
Are these shrimps kinda good at cleaning your fish tank, and I think adding shrimps to my fish tank might be awesome.
1peiceaznboi 9 months ago
@1peiceaznboi
Shrimps are scavengers, they will eat almost anything, from algae (selective) to dead plants/animals to uneaten fish feed. Shrimps are great addition to aquarium as long as water temperature is right (below 28ºC) and fish are not too big.
Aquaticstory 9 months ago
nice shrimp i was thinking on buying sum
Mtbskillz 9 months ago
@Mtbskillz
Yes, you should try. They are quite easy to keep, recommended for beginners. Then slowly upgrade to keep nicer shrimps such as Crystal Red Shrimp. :)
Aquaticstory 9 months ago
What kind of camera do you use?
lorez201 10 months ago
@lorez201 DSLR, Canon EOS 550D.
Aquaticstory 10 months ago
These shrimp have an amazing deep red. Mine are just as red, but slightly less dark. Do you add anything to help them get this color? Very nice shrimp, keep up the awesome work!
DrDollarGeneral 11 months ago
@DrDollarGeneral
Thanks! I add Mosura products such as Mineral Plus and ShiZhen. I'm also feeding them with various brands of shrimp feed, namely Mosura, CHOICE, Ebita Breed, Ebi-Ten and BORNEOWILD. Once again, thanks for viewing the video! :)
Aquaticstory 10 months ago
Great vid. Well done!
sforshrimp 1 year ago