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I love your all vids. thanks man you help alot. have a blessed shrimp week end

Thanks for this great video. Lots of great information.

I really appreciate you keeping practicality at the heart of your shrimp keeping! This is such an excellent piece of info and I'll be sure to use it for my future tanks!

Hey Mark, I've been doing this since I first saw this video a year ago. works awesome!

I like using fry starter, has algae and spirulina and other things the shrimp eat a little so it supplements their diet, and its a very fine powder making it easy for them to eat and has same benefit as powdering up flakes, plus its what I feed my phoenix rasboras that I keep with my shrimp. Don't worry the rasboras are so tiny they cannot even eat hatchling shrimp.

man! This is working great for me! Thank you for this tip!

Just got into shrimp keeping a couple days ago and appreciate the video

Love that you said, "If you are an aquascaper, you're not going to want to do this." Great video!

Thank you for this video! I noticed an increase of biofilm in my guppy tank when I started grinding up food for the unexpected (but totally predictable) fry. The fry like to pick off the sides of the tank.

I'm so happy you made this video. It's extra helpful! I have a group of chili rasboras in my shrimp tank and i feed them a small amount of powdered fish flake every day. After watching this video, I see that i can increase the powdered flake to benefit the shrimp too! Very good. Bunches of thanks!

very good tip thanks! I saw my very first velvet blur babies this morning! only saw two but I have so many plants I'm sure there are more

I rub sheets of seaweed between by fingers, breaks down easy, create biofilm. Also be feeding bits of frozen mackerel/pollock that I've caught to my fish and shrimp for their protein with live food every other day. Thanks for another great video. 👍

Happy Days my friend!!! Nice to see that I am not crazy, haha! Thanks for a great video. From an Aussie living in China.

Another great video! I’ve got the same observations with powdered food. My tanks are full of babies on the glass since I started this method ☺️💕🦐💕

I seen my first babies yesterday, thanks for all the info!!

Might have to try this out in a few tanks as well as the ponds outside

I have a 55 gallon heavily planted shrimp and fish tank. I grind up fish flakes with a pill crusher for my bamboo shrimp. My neos and tiger shrimp breed like crazy, so I agree with feeding the tank.

Great video and information, Mark! I will start this tomorrow with my weekly water changes. Sweet!!👍🦐

Awesome video! I would have never thought of doing that. I’ve spent a lot of $$ on shrimp food and so much goes to waste because the shrimp simply don’t eat it so I toss it. I guess sometimes simpler is better. Thanks Mark! Cheers!

This is very good video Mark. Basics that a lot of even experienced breeders forget. Keep doing such vids 💪💪💪

Thank you, I've been thinking of ways to increase my shrimplet's chances of survival and I was so cautious about buying specific powered food it didn't cross my mind to grind up some of what i already have

A very wise man told me this method a few days ago. 😜 thanks Mark for another great video. I recently got a coffee grinder so I’m gonna put it to some use!

Really interesting, thank you Mark. I do something similar but was feeding with a more plant/algae bias, but after watching this I added more freeze dried daphnia and bloodworm into my mix. I've found that when I've added 'bespoke' shrimp pellets to the tank, the shrimp don't really seem interested, preferring to graze across the tank in what I assume is a more natural behaviour? Great stuff again and thank you. 🦐❤️

Mark, you're a genius!

Thanks for the tips, I used to have a shrimp tank and I failed miserably.. afraid to start again until I see this. This makes me motivated

Mark your wisdom, advice and tips on shrimp keeping and breeding are always appreciated. I'm a beginner shrimp keeper and have learned so much from your channel, keep up the great work 👍

Both of my shrimp tanks are aquascapes and I just clean the glass front of the tank. I make gel food using agar agar and powdered fish flakes and I have booming colonies. The only problem I get is culling which is difficult with loads of plants. I have some ideas for two new tanks which will be for the best of both my existing ones. I have fire red and deep yellow neocaridina.

One thing I struggle with in my caridina tanks is to grow biofilm. They start off with green algae and diatoms, but after a few months, the glass is clear. Might give this one a go!

Same results here in Canada. I was combining leftover/old fish food and grinding it up for a Daphnia culture. Some of this high nutrient water got into (what I thought was) a blue shrimp tank that wasn’t growing in population. Then a population boom within a month. Side benefit: I also will suck up detritus worms (who thrive with no predators) from the shrimp tank for a Chili Rasbora treat.

Again mark speaks the honest truth great video again💪

Even when you’re into scapes many of us do it this way, we just keep the front razored off for the view, it’s a great way to also feed “the plants” without having to add made amounts of fert for low tech setup.

Hi Mark …. I love your dedication to the hobby and your videos have been helping me on my shrimp keeping journey. I started this process using ground up Cichlid flakes and feed to my tanks every other day. I have not experienced any mortality or failures to molt that i’ve noticed. BUT i have noticed in the 2 tanks that i’ve been adding the flakes to my TDS has spiked from 130 to 177. I keep Caridina shrimp. So i didn’t gradual water changes to get it back down to 130 and stopped feeding the powder. What do you think i should change? Are you seeing increased TDS in your tanks?

Still using this method to keep a source of food in the tank. Although the tank is aquascaped i just keep on top of cleaning the front glass every few visits and let the other 3 sides biofilm out. Great video

Awesome video and info! What are the small jars with grey bottoms I see in lots of your tanks?

Thanks Mark great idea bactere AE is exspensive and I can only get it by ordering online.

Love all the limpet and copepod shots

Hi Mark. Another great video. Could I do this to get biofilm started in a bran new tank?

I've watched a few of your videos and enjoyed them, but once you made a Star Trek joke I knew I had to subscribe hahaha!

Glad i watched, have all this in too, just done it. How often weekly?

I want to add some kH reading for my neocaridina tanks because I'm using RO water remineralized with salty gH+ (still have alot remaining, I will use salty gh/kh+ once it gone). So can I add baking soda to raise my kH slowly for now? Will it has any affects on shrimps/biofolm or anything it could be? Thanks alot!

I have been using ground up ReptoMin to feed the tank and seems to be doing the trick also. Started using it to help cycle the tank but found that the shrimp love it!

Interesting this. I hadn't made the connection, but I've been feeding more fishfood (fine, not quite dust) to my shrimp lately and they have been surviving better and breeding better. Nice one Mark 🙂👍

I know generally people don’t like to keep fish with their shrimp but I introduced a group of Ottos to my tank and they help to make sure any extra food gets processed into material my plants can eat. That’s the crux of it right? You want to be able to feed more to support micro flora and fauna but not so much that you get spikes. It’s all about balance. I’m an aqua scaper so I like my glass clean but I just keep my front and back glass clean and leave the sides to get funked up. I also think you’re onto something with the ceramic media. It’s important to have high surface area features in the tank to encourage biofilm production. I do all my hard scaping with lava rock and it makes a good amount of film. With time and experience you get clean consistent plant growth and biofilm where it should be. Great video as always. I’ll definitely be trying ground flake food when I run out of my current powdered food.

Hi Mark, very interesting video. now I'm also considering buying flakes and grinding them 😆 I currently use "Bacter AE" and "Tima Garnelenstaub Gravid" as dust food. can I just take tetra main food or actually goldfish flakes?

Great video! Can this cause any detritus worm or hydra issues?

I recently cleaned out my shrimp tank and kind of started things over. It doesn't have enough biofilm growing back which is causing some problems. So this morning I put in some powdered krill to try and feed the bacteria, and now I randomly find this video. Pretty interesting. Maybe I'll pick up some flakes today.

I do this with my Guppies as well and it works great. i just grind it up with my fingers but may save the mess and get a coffee grinder. Lost my shrimp colony to a crash and it is Chicago in Feb so it will be a few months before I can safely order again but hopefully soon.

Very useful

Great video Mark. Quick question, could I do this before adding my shrimp? Part of the cycling of the tank so that there is already bio film in the tank?

nice one sir

hi like all ways grate content, how often would you say one must feed them this way.

Hi, only stumbled on this video today . However how many times would you feed the powdered fish food ? Would shrimp baby food high in protein not work the same ? I know price might be a issue is that the only reason ?

great vid which brand of flake food did you use ?

great! Was on my way to bay shrimp food,saved some money ther tank you.Without fully understanding I used this to get ottos into breading conditions. had a cotainer in sunlight with clear plastic packings feeding with flakes and rotateing into the tank.

Heheheheh ... nice to see I was correct in my observations of my own tanks. Don't overclean the glass (scrape only when necessary) and mulm is our friend. I only vac mulm IF my nitrates/nitrites start to rise too high, I also try to get every tank running on top off only, no water changes (lots and lots of plants!) THERE ARE NO UGLY SHRIMP ... only "happy accidents"

8:09 lol your rabbit snail (?) with 'grass' hula skirt. I use our spice grinder (only have 1) and clean it thoroughly after.

I’ve only had my shrimp tank running since December of last year. I let it season & finally added shrimp this past Feb. Other than snails, there are no other tank inhabitants. I’ve most likely over fed and I have a ton of seed shrimp & ostracods swimming around. I only have a 3 gallon at this point so is feeding powdered flakes going to continue to boost their population as well?

I have just 5 red cherry shrimps living with two baloon mollies, I guess they'll just eat on the leftover flakes from feeding the mollies or do they need their powered flakes too?

Love your informativ videos on shrimps and how to take care of them. I really like this video, because its a problem to get enought biofilm for the shrimps. But one thing that Im thinking about is polluting the water with this much powder food? Howe often do you feed them and how much water do you change when you feed them this much? I have allways been told not to overfeed because you will get nitrite and other things that will kill your shrimps.,I feel confused :)

Took my little can of Tetra Rubin and grinded it to powder. Took like 10-15 sec :) Will be nice to skip the Bacter AE because it is difficult measure and can be dangerous to the shrimps, and its expensive to buy. Read on Tetra Goldfish info and it says its bio active. Thats sounds better then the tetra Rubin, I just ordered the Tropical Tanganyika flakes so I will try that instead later. Thanks for this information / tip Mark.

Awesome vid. I have always steered away from meat derived proteins with caridina but this is worth a shot and see what we get!

Always like your vids, but the fact that you know the "star trekkin'" song is totally legendary 👌 "boldly going forward, cause we can't find reverse." Seriously, haven't heard that since the 80s.

Flake for Lake Tanganika Cichlids usually has the highest protein content . So I'll buy some at the weekend ! Slightly off topic , but a handy way to judge the quality of a fish food is to examine the ingredients list . They are listed in order of magnitude . IE, first is the highest percentage of content and so on . Wheat high up on the ingredients list is an indicator of poor quality . It is used as a binder in nearly all fish foods but if it appears as one of the main ingredients then it is being used to bulk it up . It can not be digested by fish ( or shrimp ? ) so it goes in one end and out the other .

Mark spilling the beans lol 😂 keep some micro rainbow fish around to clean up all the left over micro fauna …

I want to try this however I have scuds in my tank do you think I'd just be feeding the scuds and supporting their population? I've been feeding large food I can removed to try to cut back their numbers

hey Mark I have a question can I do this in my crystal red and Taiwan b tank also or just in the neotanks?

How often do you feed the powered food or did I miss that in the video?

A lot of cheaper flakes are fairly high in phosphates which probably helps with the algae and maybe the biofilm

Hey mark would this be a good method to keep a smaller colony full of algae? I’ve got a 5 gallon desktop tank that’s got a really good thing going with Blue Dreams, but there are bladder snails (don’t mind them) and an unfortunate infestation of limpets. I have 4 berried females and I want a decent survival rate. Also, any advice for how to deal with limpets? They legit cleaned off almost all the algae in my tank, which would be great in basically any other type of tank.

Hi quick question somewhat new to fish and shrimp keeping. I've been at the hobby for about 7 months now, what is the best way to get / introduced all those beneficial microorganisms and crustaceans to my tank?

Hi Mark, thanks so much for the wealth of shrimp keeping information you consistently provide us! I have a couple of questions about this feeding method: Would cichlid flakes be better for the purpose than goldfish flakes? I'm happy to buy either or both, just wondering which one would be most beneficial? Also, I have a bag of axolotl pellets that my axolotls refuse to eat, do you think I could try grinding them up into powder for my shrimpies like you do with the flake food? I'm not 100% sure on the exact protein content on them, but I'm pretty sure it's in the realm of 40-50%. And lastly, I have Repashy Grub Pie and Meat Pie varieties that I feed my axolotls - I occasionally throw a small morsel of it in with the shrimp and they seem to love it. As Repashy comes in a powdered form that you mix with hot water to make into gel food, what do you think about the idea of sprinkling some of the powder into the shrimp tank occasionally in place of powdered flakes, for the sake of variety? Thanks in advance, sorry for all the questions!

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Have you considered making a mix of powdered fish flakes supplemented with BacterAE? Maybe some spirulina in the mix too.

Most fry food is simply ground up flakes. If you are in the US, aquarium coop has a squeezable fry food for a good price. Also know that this encourages snail population to grow.

Hello sir. Im from India. i watch your vedios regularely. its great knowledge about shrimps. Thank you. and powdered food need to feed daily?

so these little organisms are ok/ good for the tanks? new to shrimp, but I've had a few clutches of eggs hatch already, but looking to learn more

Do you think Cichlid granules would work as good as flakes? I'd imagine they would me similar ingredients.

Hey Mark ! Wouldn't over feeding the tank with powder get high levels of nitrate and nitrite wich are bad for shrimps ?

and here I was, thinking it was a good sign that my tank's biofilm was no longer growing back because it was so clean lol. I guess back to growing biofilm then! 😜

I've just made up a recipe of various shrimp foods and tropical fish flake etc...I'm liking the powdered feeding as I know it's dispersing across the whole tank. I'm thinking about making my powdered mix into a paste aswell...dry it out and break into pieces...maybe feed as a block food aswell...I like seeing my shrimp come to one area to feed.

Hey Mark, I’m relatively new to the shrimp hobby. I was wondering how often you feed powder food. Once a day?

What are your water parameters for your crystal reds? Thanks 🙏🏻

Mark, how can I use this method with a canister filter? Should I just turn it off when I feed the shrimp? Thank you.

With such a large set up I imagine you've got these tanks auto water changes? Wouldn't over feeding like this create ammonia spikes?

I use Glas Garten Shrimp Baby powder. When I started using it regularly , that is when my tank took off. But it is not inexpensive.

nice video. i might try this in my orange shrimp tank... is it okay to grind tetra bits then feed my shrimps? not gold fish feed? and do u usually mix only gold fish food or mix it with other feed also?

How often do you give this?

Hi Mark just joined your channel! Love all your content and story.. mine is similar :) Im struggling with getting nice green walls for my shrimp. What light do you use? Im hoping this may be my missing link

Bacter ae helps with bio film also

Can Hikari gold fish pellets work as well?

in my tank i have tetras as well as shrimp so will it hurt them. And how often do ya put feed and don`t this way cause cant remember the name sorry . There some sort of worm if there is 2 much waste food about

What about the extra minerals that are in Shrimp food? What to add to supplement that?

did you seed your tanks with daphnia, etc.?

My idea was just: If the tank has biofilm, shrimps are saturated. If it has no biofilm, shrimps are hungry. :o) In my really small tanks I cannot put enough bacter ae in, to get biofilm without hazardous overfeeding. I try your tip now and powder some fishfood. Thx man!

Do you use a combination of powdered fish flakes and bacter AE or just fish flakes?

Hallo mark from Greece What flakes brand do you suggest to use ? Also can i mix with flakes ,spirulina powder, spinach powder,something like this ?

I'm new to shrimp, how often do they get the powdered food? I only have 4 shrimp so far.

Is hair algae good or bad for shrimp, my tank have tons of hair algae cover all over the moss and stones.