Breeding Shrimp For Profit in 2023 - How to make money as a shrimp breeder!

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@FishKeepingAnswers 8 ай бұрын

Hello! Did you know I recently released a 97-page book titled The Neocaridina Shrimp Handbook? It covers everything new and experienced hobbyists alike need to know about Neocaridina Shrimp, including Red Cherry Shrimp. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Check it out here 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 fishkeepinganswers.com/neocaridina_shrimp_handbook/

@yoyo_hughes_1179 Жыл бұрын

I must say this video has been my biggest inspiration to start breeding, ive been keeping fish on and off for about 3-4 years. i think its about time for my hobby to start paying me back 😂

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Pleased to hear it. Would love to hear how you get on 🦐🤞🏻

@markmeador1137 3 ай бұрын

I just found your channel, I have had aquariums for years but no shrimp. I am retired now and it looks like a good side business that wouldn’t cost much to get started. I am in Texas so my biggest problem is keeping them cool. I thank this hobby is pretty new to the US.

@FishKeepingAnswers 3 ай бұрын

Selling shrimp can be really profitable, but you are right, keeping the temps down in your part of the world might be tough. Would love to hear how you get on if you do try it

@nsane992002 2 ай бұрын

It’s not too bad as far as keeping them cool, I live in Mississippi and I’ve raised them by the hundreds in my tanks. I’ve raised them in every temp from around 60 to 82 and had them flourish. Get your tanks set up correctly from the start and let nature take its course. They love moss, wood and leaves. Dense floating plants have been one of my secrets but I never really chased PH or temperature. I have naturally really hard water here. You should go for it they are so rewarding in so many ways!

@missyflutter5562 6 ай бұрын

As I sit and watch my shrimp until my back breaks 😂 they’re fascinating and addictive ❤

@laurabustos6560 Жыл бұрын

I love shrimp, I might be a wee tiny bit obsessed. But still, after all I've seen, I have to say, neo's are my favorites! They just seem to have more character or something. They're the little type A personality guys that are always bright, cheery and active in my tanks.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

I have to admit, I’m a Neo man through and through 😍

@AlQahira Жыл бұрын

Richard, you did an awesome job with this video. I am retired and want to turn my aquarium hobby into a side gig selling shrimp and dwarf Mexican crayfish to local retailers here in Dallas. You have given me some great ideas for setting up a small breeding operation using simple plastic tubs. This one idea alone will greatly reduce my initial costs for setup. In addition, you answered many of the questions I had regarding water quality management. You made me realize I was initially trying to overengineer the expansion. Keep up the great work.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the positive comment and feedback. Would love to hear how your journey progresses 👍🏻

@xDheNgzTxD 6 ай бұрын

Yo we are just getting started with shrimp - privately for display and breeding.. this vid is so real and down to earth! It gives me hope that i can actually make a good side income to a part time job. thanks :)

@FishKeepingAnswers 6 ай бұрын

Glad you are finding my videos helpful. 🫶🏻

@constantinegc47 Жыл бұрын

Just move in the UK last 2 months ago and we're from the Philippines. The weather there is really warmer obvioisly because it is a tropical country and I breed bettas and had a community of cherry shrimp with some pink danios on a 20 gallon tank. To make the comment short, I want to continie my hobby keeping shrimps and subtropical small fish or fish that can live in colder water. Lovely content, more power to your channel, and give him some love guys by subscribing. The channel has imformative, and helpful contents. Wondering why so few Subs on such awesome channel.

@missyflutter5562 6 ай бұрын

You and your wife are my kinda people ❤

@robb7748 4 ай бұрын

Great, practical video. You've clearly been doing this quite awhile and know your stuff. I particularly like your comments about buyers.... oh, so true 👍

@bettibriedad Жыл бұрын

Great video and good advice! Makes perfect sense. Thanks so much! I'm just subscribed to your channel! All the best!

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment and welcome aboard the good ship FishKeepingAnswers 🤜🏻

@alexs4446 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for answering so many of my questions in one place!

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Pleasure! Glad I can help 👍🏻

@alexs4446 Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the E-book as well. Thanks for a handy resource that I can't lose!

@e2stella Ай бұрын

Very informative, thanks!

@Dobromir_Chodkowski Жыл бұрын

Good to see how breeding shrimp looks in practice. I'm waiting for the next episode then. Thanks

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for taking the time to comment. Part 2 hopefully out on Saturday

@ruidadgmailcanada8508 Жыл бұрын

Richard, you are on fire with another quality video. Thank you for sharing shrimp breeding/selling wisdom. It doesn’t have to be fancy, it just needs to work. Now I’m looking at my 3 40L red/yellow/blue tanks with $ signs in my eyes lol.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned my friend. By the time I have finished this series you’ll be making $500 to $1,000 a month breeding and selling these little monster 😂

@WOW_AQUATICS Жыл бұрын

I very much appreciate all the information! Going to start my own here in Friendswood, Texas!

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks you so much for the $5 Super Thanks. Support like that is really appreciated 🫶🏻

@michaeljiang6437 6 ай бұрын

By far the most honest and helpful video i've ever seen. Thank you!

@FishKeepingAnswers 6 ай бұрын

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@jonbuckley Жыл бұрын

Enjoying this series.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

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@MrPowaking 5 ай бұрын

This video is gold! You are getting your 2000th thumbs up from me.

@FishKeepingAnswers 5 ай бұрын

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@danajackson504 Жыл бұрын

This is so informative!!! I have a shrimp tank and starting another and they’ve all been mixbreeding and we now have a bunch of babies. We started breeding to start selling and this has been the best! Thank you!

@ChaplainReece Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Give and it shall be given

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind feedback 🙏🏻

@kimberlyroman Жыл бұрын

The video looks so much better! Well done! :D

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks. Feedback was much appreciated 🫶🏻

@sixt3denied 7 ай бұрын

As many others have said I too have been trying to figure out if I should get into breeding and selling fish and shrimp. It would be nice to profit off of my favorite hobby. You have inspired me to take the next step. Awesome video Thank you so much!

@FishKeepingAnswers 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to share 🫶🏻

@Varzo11 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! Your concentration on "Ship" and "Shrimp" is priceless lol. :)

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Yeah, you would not believe how many takes that took 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

@wingingitadventures Жыл бұрын

Ooh, I was actually thinking about totes. As always incredible information 👏

@wingingitadventures Жыл бұрын

I also like your views on what to call cherry shrimp. It's so confusing trying to figure it out

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind feedback 👍

@russellwitter7408 Жыл бұрын

Good video. Sounds like Real talk.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🫶🏻

@swift410 2 ай бұрын

Some really solid points…selling cheaper shrimp vs exotic breed shrimp. And the really valuable point was selling everything as one grade…give the customer more…great!!! Thanks so much for sharing the real knowledge. Will be buying your book soon.😊

@FishKeepingAnswers 2 ай бұрын

Pleasure. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts 🫶🏻

@BGN_Aquariums Жыл бұрын

Really informative video. No heater sounds good. I have cherry shrimp in my nursery tank, to help clean up after the fry that passes through. But when that colony grows i might start tubs and see how it grows. Im currently going around my place looking for somewhere to start building a shrimp rack 😂 Thanks Richard for sharing your valuable knowledge

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure 🤜🏻

@kenschulz5138 9 ай бұрын

Thank you I learn a lot and I'm interested to try this hobby/ business out

@FishKeepingAnswers 9 ай бұрын

Go for it! Would love to hear how you get on!

@HypnoNett 11 ай бұрын

Awesome vid! Once I’m ready to get some shrimp I’ll be in touch :)

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

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@NyteFryte 11 ай бұрын

Great video

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

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@RWAquariumPages Жыл бұрын

Such a great and informative video. It's so true selling $1 to $3 shrimp gets the quantity of sales over high end $50 shrimp. Love the breeding tub idea, great video and can't wait for the next one

@ChaplainReece Жыл бұрын

I’m subscribed to your channel

@RWAquariumPages Жыл бұрын

@@ChaplainReece thx sir :)

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

In my experience there is definitely more money to be made selling low-end but high-demand shrimp compared to high-end, low-demand shrimp 🦐 👍🏻

@kurtdowney1489 2 ай бұрын

Great video- Excellent information Instant sub.

@FishKeepingAnswers 2 ай бұрын

Thank you and welcome to the channel 👍🏻

@CoreyPelletier86 3 ай бұрын

This video conveniently landed before me at a time where I am ready to take the plunge further with my house plants, aquariums and paludariums. Raising shrimp feels right up my alley and this video has helped to reinforced my decision. Thanks! I have one question, have you ever experimented with other aquatic plants, such as the bottom cover types? If it does not negatively impact the shrimp, some of the grasses seem to spread quickly and would be a great additional sale!

@FishKeepingAnswers 3 ай бұрын

I'm glad I could help! If you are looking for a good plant to grow along with the shrimp for great additional sales, I can't recommend anything more highly than Java Moss. When my wife and I bred shrimp commercially, we also grew Java Moss in the same breeding tubs. It has an almost symboitic relationship with shrimp.

@RC8Tracer 5 ай бұрын

Just watched this video and part 2. I was wondering if you could do a video of your water changes? Gravel cleaning or not? I have kept fish for many years but have been kicking the idea around about shrimp selling for a side hustle. Thank you for the video.

@myrodshop1904 Жыл бұрын

Great video Richard! Have you ever tested leaf litter substrate in your breeding tanks?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻 I haven’t really played much with leaves or leaf litter, although I am going to add lots of dried oak leaves in the autumn 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

@derich1288 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful Video. I really appreciate your straightforward approach. How long did it take you to build up your current sales numbers.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Thank you. We made a few mistakes along the way, but I reckon it took around 12 to 18 months to develop our current breeding system. We have changed it much since.

@pillsnpiegaming Жыл бұрын

i want to do the same but will use a sponge filter as i believe they provide some excellent grazing area for shrimps

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

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@SporeZoo Жыл бұрын

The shrimp won't care, rule #1.

@jonbuckley Жыл бұрын

I had 20 Shrimp go missing for 6 days before Xmas in the bitter cold. They all survived. Seller packaged them extremely well.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Yep! Properly packaged shrimp can easily cope with a week or more in the post! 📦 🦐

@Josh-fh7vu 11 ай бұрын

What a amazing video, I love this channel. I have a question about catappa leaves. Will they stain my water ?

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

Hi. I am sorry I didn’t respond, your comment went into my KZfaq spam comments filter. To answer your question, yes, catappa leaves can release tannins into the water. 🤞🏻

@ChaplainReece Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this series! I just bought 6 10 gallon tanks for shrimp breeding. They were only 12.50 on sale at local pet store. I ordered 20 bloody Mary’s, 20 blue dreams and 20 green jades. Several arrived dead and a bunch have died since. I don’t think I lot my tanks cycle enough and my ph showed to be high. I’m sick but just going to wait till spring to try to get started better. I’ll be looking forward to the next videos!

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your losses. Please let me know how you get on in the future. I love green jades 🫶🏻

@ChaplainReece Жыл бұрын

@@carmahdee yeah at Petco of all places. I have no idea what happened to those shrimp but the others seem to be ok

@gentlyusedpencil213 Жыл бұрын

I have experience with reptiles and I plan on trying out keeping some shrimp because I have always want some. I was also gonna ask everyone, what could be a good center piece animal to keep with shrimp?

@mikekayanderson408 Жыл бұрын

Hi Richard. Thanks for video and info! I said a few weeks ago I had about 30+ baby shrimps from a black female and a blue male. All babies transparent in colour! Anyway the local fish shop has said they will take them off my hands. I want to empty the tank of the young completely and replace with a single colour so any new babies will have a colour to them But what is amazing is that 3 of the babies are berried! All seems so quick! I want to replace with new shrimp right away after a bit of a water change and light clean so my cycle doesn’t crash😜 So I am afraid I can’t wait till March to get my shrimp from you which I had wanted to do! Dubious to go elsewhere to get them online as there seems to be a lot of deaths out there! So hopefully the fish shop will have some in when I go next week to take these youngsters in. I only hope people will take them as they are clear as obviously people like coloured ones better!!! I won’t get paid for them so maybe the shop can give them away free to people who just want a clean-up crew!! I don’t want to start up a business as it sounds like a lot to have to package and post - but I don’t mind just giving excess to the local fish shop 😁😁 Then I have the joy of just watching them. H How is your breeding test batch going!,, All the best - Kay

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hi. Thanks for taking the time to leave such a nice comment. I am loving interacting with so many people about their shrimp and fish. The store might sell the clear babies. You would be surprised how many people just want shrimp no matter the colour. Breeding project is going fairly well. 2 are berried, but unfortunately I lost 3 adults for no apparent reason. Sad times 😞

@mikekayanderson408 Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers sorry about the deaths!! 🥲 but hope the others go from strength to strength and you get lots of youngsters - keep us informed K

@dragzy8992 Жыл бұрын

Hi mate great vid, do you keep the lids on the totes all the time or just loosely placed. Cheers just subscribed.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

I keep lids on all my tanks to keep evaporation down 👍

@Mateiisback Жыл бұрын

Woah I remember when you had 500 you grew fast!

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

🤣 Hopefully effort X time = success 🤞🏻

@Mateiisback Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers well it’s working!

@Frogmandb Жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing video mate ! I live in Cambridgeshire England and would love to start doing this. Can’t wait for part two. Where do you advertise these shrimp?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for the feedback. 👍🏻 We only sell through eBay. We don’t advertise anywhere other than that.

@Frogmandb Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers thanks for responding ! that’s amazing really thinking about setting up one of these bins for myself would love to make a bit of money for some projects. Do you have an Instagram account?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

I’m not on instagram 😞

@Frogmandb Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers no worries ! When’s the next episode out?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

With some luck, Saturday 🤞🏻

@heldersanches Жыл бұрын

Hi Richard, I've been recently following your videos and enjoying them quite a lot. Congrats on your very informative and straight to the point approach to your videos. Can I ask you if you run an established business (VAT number, taxes and all that) or do you sell only through personal contacts through your website, EBay, etc? Whatever the case, what would you consider to be the great advantages in each model? Thanks and wish you all the success.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for taking the time to comment. We sell through eBay primarily. eBay just makes the whole selling process so simple. We don’t pay VAT as our turnover is no where near the VAT threshold. We do however have to pay tax on the profits we make from selling shrimp. I am currently considering moving everything from eBay to a sales website, but I am not sure there is much to be gained. Hope that helps 👍🏻

@heldersanches Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswersThanks for the prompt reply, Richard. It surely helps. Cheers!

@saizan5875 Жыл бұрын

thank you for the video. Last year I want to breed and sell shrimp but never take any steps forward. I have 2 glass aquarium. one I put cherry shrimp in it and one I'm thinking to out blue or yellow(I haven't decide it yet.) using tubs is much more cheaper I might use it to put other shrimp colour so I can have 3 colours of shrimp ready to breed and sell. for now I need to propagate more java moss and just run an airstone. I moved from fancy filters to just sponge filter in my goldfish/shrimp tanks but both is dirted tank. thank you again and I just subscribe to your channel

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hi. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. You should definitely take the final steps to set up breeding and selling shrimp. It’s not easy money, but it certainly boosts the monthly income. 🦐👍🏻

@morganisss Жыл бұрын

Hello, have you got a Amazon link to the plastic tank tubs that you can provide please? Because I’d like to buy the exact same ones that you have in the video, great video that will help me on my journey of breeding a good colony of shrimp hopefully.🤞 🦐

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hi, sorry for the delay. Check the tubs out here 👉🏻 fishkeepinganswers.com/hynf

@danecoates7601 11 ай бұрын

Are you able to do a video on how you pack your shrimp. What you use to package, method of shipping and weights, costs incurred possibly please.

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

Hi. I have covered this a little. I think it was in Making $500 a Month Part 2, but I could be wrong.

@danecoates7601 11 ай бұрын

@FishKeepingAnswers that is correct you pretty much did buddy! Thank you for the response :)

@watkinsprice 5 ай бұрын

Got a link for your shop after some blue adults.

@FishKeepingAnswers 5 ай бұрын

Sadly we no longer sell shrimp online. We opted to make KZfaq videos instead.

@watkinsprice 5 ай бұрын

No probs :) thanks for the reply. Just started my shrimp keeping journey first time!

@FishKeepingAnswers 5 ай бұрын

Hope it goes well 🤞🏻

@julianparry5505 Жыл бұрын

Great vid im getting in to shrimp i have a 500l aquarium in my living room looking to stock it with shrimp guppies and plecos where do you sell your shrimp

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a nice set up. I have now wound down my breeding set up in favour of making KZfaq videos 🤞🏻

@Dobromir_Chodkowski Жыл бұрын

In episode two can you explain how do you provide air to all 9 tubs, please? Is it one air pomp or separate ones?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

So, I can probably answer that one here, but I’ll try and remember for the next video too. Essentially I run a single Eheim air pump which has 2 outlets. Each outlet runs to a four way gang valve, with each gang valve serving 4 airstones (well one technically serves 5 airstones thanks to a small t-piece in one of the pipes) 🦐👍🏻

@slamboy66 Жыл бұрын

Would you do the same water changes if tanks were filtered ? I am power filtered and do 10% weekly on heavy stock with live plants.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hi. Yes, I have them same water change routine in my filtered tanks. If you’re doing 10% changes and it’s working, stick with. The live plants will hopefully absorb much of the nitrates too, so that always helps 👍🏻

@Mateiisback Жыл бұрын

I just got some new shrimp and my shrimp had some babies(:

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Good work 🦐

@danielthompson3205 9 ай бұрын

Decided to look up wat 'cappa', leaves were, I know them as indian almond leaves ... My wife hates it as were on the beach and I'm literally striping the trees of any nice leaves for my tank XD

@FishKeepingAnswers 9 ай бұрын

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@omkaringalgi Жыл бұрын

What about making a automated water top off system.. I want to breed these in this summer.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

An auto top off is a great idea, but not one I currently have space for. 👍🏻

@ericafry7985 5 ай бұрын

At my local pet store in the states they sell neocaridina shrimp for $5.99 a shrimp.

@FishKeepingAnswers 5 ай бұрын

They can be quite expensive. Maybe have a look online for a local breeder

@heartsonchannel 11 ай бұрын

I love your videos they are straight to the point and very informative. However I've been having lots of difficulty keeping and breeding ghost shrimp I get from the pet store. I set up a tank with gravel and a small sponge filter like you said and put in java moss. However, lots of waste buildup happens in gravel. Do you ever clean the gravel? My shrimp die and I can't figure out why. It tends to happen after like a 10-20% water change. The water is dechlorinated and left in the same room for at least a day to match temperature before it gets added to the tank. I'd rather top off water but the water gets dirty and debris can be seen floating. I want to give it more light for my floating plants to stop turning yellow/pale but algae immediately takes over the tank and suffocates the little java moss that I have. Lastly my shrimp tend to develop small white dots at the head or all over the body. Please help 🙏

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

Hi. First question, what else do you have in the tank besides the ghost shrimp?

@heartsonchannel 11 ай бұрын

@FishKeepingAnswers Thanks for replying! All I have in the setup: washed pea gravel from home depot, salvinia minima that's pale and barely alive, small amzom sponge filter, a catappa leaf, tiny bit of java moss that was glued to a rock (barely grew at all and now covered in green or blue-green algae). BTW the tap water we have here seems to have pretty high KH, GH, and pH.

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

Ok. My next thought is could you be over feeding? If you just have Ghost Shrimp how is the water getting dirt with lots of debris? Do you own a gravel vac?

@heartsonchannel 11 ай бұрын

@FishKeepingAnswers I did notice overfeeding and cut it down 2 weeks ago. I feed sunken tropical flakes and shrimp pellets. I thought they would eat the leftover flakes but they only eat fresh ones even when hungry. The only pregnant shrimp I had died today and is what prompted me to finally ask you for help 🥲. I don't have a gravel vac because I want to set it up and leave it if possible. Also, tank is small anyways so I don't like the idea of sucking so much water out. I think you've mentioned shrimp like stability. Due to those reasons I'd prefer to keep things easy. If that's possible. 🤷‍♂️

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

I get you. Do you have a water test kit? Are you able to test for ammonia and Nitrite?

@high_fructose_corn_syrup 8 ай бұрын

Question.. i have blue neos but they're different kinds of blues.. what happens when they start breeding? Will i get shades of blues?

@FishKeepingAnswers 8 ай бұрын

I think they will probably throw out every shade of blue 👍🏻

@kennethcutts3111 8 ай бұрын

Hello Richard Is it possible buy some bloody Mary shrimp from you. How would I do it ? Enjoy your videos very much keep up the good work.

@FishKeepingAnswers 8 ай бұрын

Hi. Unfortunately we no longer breed shrimp to sell. We wound that down in favour of making KZfaq videos👍🏻

@donblaa Жыл бұрын

How did you do your lighting? Did you take apart some lamps? Not wanting to spend a tonne on other lights atm

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Google Batten Lamp Holder. I used these with regular LED bulbs in them 👍🏻

@donblaa Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers Thanks!

@GravHits 11 ай бұрын

Do you breed Amano as well? How would you compare potential Amano sales in your area compared to the 600-1000 red cherries, 400 yellows etc? I'm about 2 years into the hobby and I think I might start breeding because of your awesome videos! Just FYI, I live in Canada and ungraded cherry shrimp are sold at CAD 6.99 each or 5 for 24.99 lol

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

Hi. We don’t breed Amano Shrimp. Unfortunately Amano shrimp won’t breed in regular aquariums. Unlike Neocaridina Shrimp, Amano shrimp babies have to pass through a salty water stage. They won’t successfully reproduce in freshwater 😕

@TedH71 9 ай бұрын

Very difficult to breed Amano shrimp. I've thought about it because I've got massive ones swimming in my tanks now.

@ethanjefferson 5 күн бұрын

I’m in the United States and regular red cherry shrimp are like 5-6 dollars a piece 😢

@dakotalong8995 Жыл бұрын

Do you let your tubs cycle first or do you daily dose with prime until cycled? Also how do you safely remove all of your baby shrimp without hurting them?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

I just let the tubs run for a week or two with a small clump of Java Moss. Transferring the moss from a cycled tank brings in sufficient bacteria to kick start the cycle. I leave the baby shrimp in the tub until they are large enough to sell.

@dakotalong8995 Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers Thanks so much for the response! Love the channel extremely informative!!!

@deltoid4 Жыл бұрын

With all due respect to be selling 1000 cherry, 400 yellow, and 150 blues, you must have more than 6 x 25ltr tubs. I'm happy your wife sells with you. Mine, on the other hand, well, she says my amanos remind her of spiders so. I feel this video was more of a repeat to the other 300 videos I've watched, but you did offer an insight into something I didn't expect. I'm also from the UK. Wales to be exact. I feel like driving to where you live with a pen and notepad rather than wait for videos 😅. Thank you for your efforts so far sir.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for the feedback. Each of those tubs holds around 300 to 400 shrimp easily. I hope to make a video explaining how I move the shrimp between tanks to build large colonies. 🦐👍🏻

@fredeatstheworld308 23 күн бұрын

how many liters is the plastic tubs sorry if you already told so. and what is considered to many shrimps in those

@FishKeepingAnswers 22 күн бұрын

From memory they are 20 liters each 👍🏻

@artiliciousv Жыл бұрын

The filter from one of my aquaria was out without me knowing for couple days, and i lost a lot of shrimp. So beware of not using a filter i would say

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@Disturbedelv121 2 ай бұрын

Beware of low oxygen?

@artiliciousv 2 ай бұрын

@@Disturbedelv121 yes, i think so, and no filtration. Its hard to explain bc im not really good in english lol

@fishybusinessco.8398 11 ай бұрын

Have you mentioned to your customers about drip acclamation you can’t just set them in the bag in your fish tank and let them go as a minimum I drip new shrimp for three hours if not a couple days

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

I strongly disagree! I have never had any issues adding Neos to new tanks without drip acclimating.

@Joshinvestss 11 ай бұрын

Hi Richard, do you use any shrimp minerals inside your tubs

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

Hi. I don’t use minerals, but my tap water is naturally high in dissolved minerals 👍🏻

@Joshinvestss 11 ай бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers okay thank you 👍🏽

@komodo54 11 ай бұрын

I have a 10g tank with 5 Chili rasbora 3 green neon tetra and 2 otos, I built it around the CR shrimp, I have a shrimp breeding net to grow out the babies but I’m worried they won’t breed that much and don’t know if I should make a breeding tank for only the shrimp or to keep them in the 10g

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

They probably will breed in that set up, but if you are looking to breed for profit, you should keep the shrimp in a separate tank. Even nano fish like Chili Rasbora will eat baby shrimp 😳

@komodo54 11 ай бұрын

Yea I think I might get a separate tank for growing out the baby shrimp or like a net that seperates them until they grow big enough

@GuyFromSheffieldUK 9 ай бұрын

After watching your videos on breeding and selling shrimp i would like to purchase from yourselves. However i cant see a link to your eBay shop. I think you are missing a lot of sales not having a link in every one of your videos.

@emilyray8395 2 ай бұрын

What about shipping cost to get them to the buyer? How much does that usually run?

@FishKeepingAnswers 2 ай бұрын

It’s around £8 or £9 for guaranteed next day delivery here in the UK 👍🏻

@lourdesgarcia7269 4 ай бұрын

I don't know, can't find any Sulawesi shrimp for sale anywhere. Their all sold-out in all the online stores. Sulawesi shrimps are selling like hotcakes.

@IIGREGORY92II Жыл бұрын

Hello I'm very new to shrimp keeping the one thing I don't get is the no heater I also live in the UK but find it very difficult to see how in my home the water temperature would stay that high I'd imagine it to be far far lower

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hey. Thanks for commenting. Red Cherry Shrimp can live in water between 14-30 degrees C (57-86 degrees F). They do breed faster in warmer water than cold though 👍🏻

@IIGREGORY92II Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers that's fantastic wherever I've read people seem to say they need minimum of around 23 degrees so that's a big eye opener!!!

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

The problem with the internet is so many people just spout the same rubbish they read elsewhere without testing what they are saying. 🤦🏻‍♂️

@richapeter3540 10 ай бұрын

You never mentioned what is your water parameter?

@bigbotno1 Жыл бұрын

Winter temp 20C, summer 23C without heating and cooling... 😆

@codewithkam Жыл бұрын

Assuming you're keeping in the same room/house you live in sounds reasonable.

@bigbotno1 Жыл бұрын

@@codewithkam Winter temp 16-18C, summer 26-30C. (A++ energy efficient house)

@EuroGupper 11 ай бұрын

Have you tried sand substrates vs. gravel substrates?

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

At the moment I have tanks with a number of different substrates including Stratum, sand and gravel. I don’t see any real difference in shrimp health or breeding.

@EuroGupper 11 ай бұрын

@FishKeepingAnswers I suspect that sand substrate will not have big enough holes in between particles for foodwaste to collect and rot. Also, sand is smaller and provide more bactera surface and probably biomedia surface, allowing a more effective filterless tank It's all just a hunch. I just started with shrimps last week and fish a little more than 1 year. Btw Discus fish being fragile is a myth. They are very hardy. So it left me wondering what other industry lies are out there

@FishKeepingAnswers 11 ай бұрын

I suppose with Discus it depends on the source. I believe German Discus are extremely hardy if you can source those 😬

@EuroGupper 11 ай бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers Coincidenilty those are the ones I have. Stendker Discus fish Are the other really that fragile? Even the wild caught types?

@leaandemmabffsforever_gach8706 Жыл бұрын

I have question can those plastic bins or tubs break becuse of the water?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Not in my experience, no 🙂

@flexedout6650 10 ай бұрын

Talk about inflation, 10 red cherry shrimp at $33 on the website now, just 6 months later.

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 ай бұрын

Which website is this?

@randoggie5257 Жыл бұрын

Goodmorning sir Richard. I've been keeping my yellow golden back shrimps for a few weeks now, and they seem to be not breeding at all. Maybe it is because I'm just hasty and I should give them some more time? How long is the process between the maturation of shrimps to be capable of breeding and how long does it take for the eggs to hatch? Thank you so much! 😊 Your e-book guide has been a very good source of info for my shrimpkeeping.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Hello. Sorry to hear you have not seen any babies yet. Shrimp can usually breed at about 4 to 6 months old. It takes around 30 days for the eggs to mature and hatch. Could something be consuming the babies before you see them? Are there fish in the tank? Are you using a canister or hang-on-back filter without an intake sponge?

@randoggie5257 Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers I only have two shrimp only tanks with some bladder snails and seed shrimp coz I can't seem to get rid of them all. I use sponge filters on both of those tanks.

@pillsnpiegaming Жыл бұрын

My first shrimp i bought, i knew it was my haste in adding them to my tank that was the issue. when my borneo suckers managed to escape i learnt that im keeping my water level too high. Sadly in this hobby losses and sickness is how we learn. The store i get my animal stock from is a great store with clean tanks with healthy animals and plants its family run and they are friendly and willing to help and teach people if they have issues so i really dont blame the store. still have their shrimp in my tank now that its aged a little and they are doing fine berried up after just a week.

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

We definitely learn more from our failures than our successes 😎

@diegogallegos9305 Жыл бұрын

any chance you still have the link to the plastic containers?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

The were from Amazon. Search Gratnells trays F25 🙏🏻

@riaanwarren562 8 ай бұрын

Hi Richard In your experience with breeding shrimp is it possible that some colors of neocaridina shrimp are more difficult than others?

@FishKeepingAnswers 8 ай бұрын

Hi. So I wouldn’t say some colours are more difficult than others, but some strains are going to require more work to keep them pure. For instance I already know my Black Rose will throw blue, red and brown babies meaning I will have to constantly remove these babies to keep my Black Rose colony black 👍🏻

@riaanwarren562 8 ай бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers thank you cause I seem to struggle mote with the yellows then the blues

@FishKeepingAnswers 8 ай бұрын

I find the yellows breed well, but frequently just die off randomly 🤷🏻‍♂️

@riaanwarren562 8 ай бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers I haven't find a dead one but also not haven't found one with eggs but maybe I'm just too impatient thank you

@OrcHead Жыл бұрын

Only one problem with tubs is culling is more differcult

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

I haven’t found it to be. Don’t get me wrong, a nice clear aquarium would always be my first choice, but the cost here just made it less feasible.

@MeanShape Жыл бұрын

Can you put a link for the tubs you use please

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Check them out here 👉🏻 fishkeepinganswers.com/hynf

@MeanShape Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@PinkSaltire08 Жыл бұрын

I bought 4 today £12 😮

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Prices in stores can vary. Provided they are good ones, that may be a fair price. 🤞🏻

@nikitsheth640 3 ай бұрын

How many shrimps did you put in 25ltr tub?

@FishKeepingAnswers 3 ай бұрын

We would start a colony with 100 adults and usually allow the colony to hit 2,000 or 3,000 👍🏻

@monkeymman 10 ай бұрын

awesome vid, but can you make one about how to ship them out? because if we dont know how to ship them, theres no reason of making them ...

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 ай бұрын

Will do 👍🏻

@monkeymman 10 ай бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers awesome man thank you so much

@monkeymman 10 ай бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers how to ship them + find customers

@kingarthur7255 Жыл бұрын

I paid $6/shrimp for red cherries in the USA from my local pet store and because of how fast they are I thought they’d survive in my short body fancy goldfish tank they had swords and many other plants to hide in, glass bottle, rocks and many other things to hide in and they were all gone within 3 days worst $70 I’ve spent on the hobby so far and it sucks those pretty shrimp died I was hoping they’d breed faster than they were eaten so I’d have a constant 20 or so of them and they provided super natural food for the fish when they were caught here or there but the fish annihilated them but all of this being said I want more and for $1/ I’d buy 100 I think but I’d want mostly females if possible at least 50/50 worst case because I want to start breeding them I can get 10 gallon glass tanks new for $15-$18 USD and sponge filters for under $10/ I can get one $50 air pump that will run 12 10 gallon tanks easily and so on

@TheBigMclargehuge 5 ай бұрын

Link is wrong

@griffindubose9786 Жыл бұрын

Where/how do you sell them?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

We sell through eBay. It’s worked well for us 👍🏻

@michaelraimondi6931 Жыл бұрын

Where do u list the shrimp for sale?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

EBay 👍🏻

@mikekayanderson408 Жыл бұрын

Below a typo!!! Can’t seem to edit on this iPad! Should be SO MY CYCLE does not crash!!!😁😁

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

😂

@Legio_XII Жыл бұрын

My question is. Are the plastic totes food grade?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

Nope, they are good old plastic boxes 👍🏻

@Legio_XII Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers this video series kinda just changed the direction of my fish room I just setup. Starting to see shrimp is the best choice to making a little extra out of this hobby. Still gonna continue breeding apistogramma though haha.

@conorlloyd7278 10 ай бұрын

What’s your shop called ?

@FishKeepingAnswers 10 ай бұрын

We decided to scale back our breeding/selling in favour of creating KZfaq content. We no longer breed to sell 👍🏻

@Myella1703 Жыл бұрын

I would like to have about 20 shrimps assorted colours for my 40 lt tank but wouldn’t want to breed at all. Since you sell shrimps would it be possible to get them of you all being the same sex?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

It would be tough to guarantee all shrimp were 100% the same sex.

@Myella1703 Жыл бұрын

@@FishKeepingAnswers yes I can understand that. How big is the chance that I would only get 1 female and the rest are males? I would really like to have shrimps but wouldn’t know what to do with all the babies. Have you got any suggestions?

@FishKeepingAnswers Жыл бұрын

The best I can recommend (unless you can find a breeder who will hand select one sex or the other for you) is to buy some shrimp and put them into a spare tank. Then observe them to work out which are male and which are female. Then transfer whichever sex you want into your tank and give away the ones you don’t want.