You are my inspiration love your videos :)

Thanks for the idea! :))) It's almost impossible to buy banana leaves in my country, but I can buy seeds instead.

at 4:46 yes! that was cool lol

Thank you sir :)

Any time!

I have a small one in my house ,I did have a big one but it rotted and then a new one grew in its place :)

Oh I'll need to put one of the baby plants in a pot and try it inside. :)

Thank you sir ,I will probably pass 11k in a day or two :)

Thank you Brenda :)

Glad it was of some help ,I probably wont feed the banana itself alot because its full of sugar but the leaves I will use :)

Marks Shrimp Tanks What do you think the sugars would do to your tanks?

Hello I do video monthly video tour ,they have a playlist in my video section.

Marks Shrimp Tanks Yes! I'll be waiting for the next one.

Thank you :)

lol

Thank you :)

Thank you Cicco :)

Bat Fink its been 30 years since I seen that cartoon as a kid lol best of luck with the shrimp :)

Marks Shrimp Tanks haha I used to love that cartoon , Hugo ago go lol!

Welcome aboard and thank you for subscribing :)

Thanks for watching Jerry :)

I would eat all the cabbage myself :D

I hope you enjoy the cherry as much as I have, and mine have been bomb proof! Originally got shrimp to put in a little planted tank with neon tetras thinking to breed them as fish treats for my other tanks, but, not a single shrimp became food lol. They are too awesome! Not because I am mean but because of lack of info at the time, I did so many 'wrong' things and my shrimp thrived...so much so that the same colony of cherry shrimp are alive and well today (just a whole lot more of them and multiple tanks lol). I never checked anything (didnt know I was meant to), temp has varied over the years depending if had anything else in with the shrimp but usually about 24-26degC, usually at least java moss and various substrates and use Prime for treating tap water...thats it! Feed has varied too. I either have been super lucky or the cherry are tougher lot here in Australia lol or these shrimp are not as fragile as people think. Ive even had heaters fail, filters fail and worst was my cat vomit in one of the tanks (no joke, this happened!)...and...they survive! (except for a few I didnt see and were still in the gross vomit tank :( ). Not just survive but they have continue to breed like rabbits so they must be happy enough (kept having to get more tanks lol). Ive also moved house and diff water supply and they still happy! BTW, its been about six years since got my first shrimp and at some point bought a few as I thought it might help with the gene pool (dont know if it made any difference tbh). Other than that, the easiest pets Ive ever had!

I have pumpkins growing in the garden right now ,not ripe yet :)

Bananas are going to be part of my crystals food rod from now on, thanks to the ever so valuable tips

Hello Sir I have playlist for food and this series :)

Thankyou! I was on my phone just now. Will have a look later!

That was tap with a few drops of prime and a tiny amount of added bacteria :)

Cherrys love mineral rich water ,so think about stones ect in the water which should help :)

Plain flower or egg noodles?

Egg noodles well cooked!

Shrimp Addiction I will have to try the plain pasta, they also love yellow squash

My videos are very under lite because I dont use anything ,buut I do now have a spare light I can use to illuminate still shots better. Regarding the Ramshorns I sell them so I want them to breed ,they are only really prolific in one tank because I feed them more :)

Cheers Dani

Thank you Walter :)

Walter Crews I will have to try the pasta,

Walter Crews , my ghosts and japonica love peas, it like a laxative for them.

I made my own shrimp food, using frozen chopped spinach, spiralina, broccoli , peas, paprika, shrimp sticks, algae wafers montmorillonite clay, bee pollen, and flake food. blended all together and slowly baked it. it's crispy but the fellas love it.

Yes I live in Norway,I moved here from Scotland 10 years ago :)

My leaves were in a bucket of water going on 10 days and I dont think yo can leave them to long ,the slime you feel on them is biofilm which shrimp eat ,in the wild the shrimps habitat is nearly all a leaf base :)

Marks Shrimp Tanks ok, I thought I was doing something wrong. Glad to know about the slime. another great video

lol I see what you did there :D

They do love it all of the banana in all of the tanks was gone within an hour :)

Hello ,I pay for a licence to play this music in my videos ,you can look them up player.epidemicsound.com/#/

Oh thatds not so good hope you are feeling better though :)

Thank you Mark, I will be ok in a couple of weeks, then, I will be completely immerse in shrimps. ;-)

fantastic !!:)

Hi ino your comment is old but no I wouldn't put mint in a tank, don't think it's safe, something to do with the oils in the plant. Emma.

@@Scouse.raver1 Thanks :)

I always normally soak leaves for a day before I put them in a tank green or dried ,I know I dont always do it in my videos but you should. The important thing is you research whatever leave you use ..if you dont know what it is or cant find information on it dont use it

It was a gift from a friend I can ask them for you :)

That would be amazing! Thank you!

This was the one www.amazon.com/AZOO-AZ90191-Shrimp-Poster/dp/B00B7JWWUE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1505032510&sr=8-3&keywords=shrimp+poster

I have doen it before but I never do it now

What is substrate? It's lava rocks?

try this my friend kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ppOJdsRh0bqaeoU.html

brew them like you would a cup of tea ,let them sit in hot water for a few minutes then add to tank :)

Marks Shrimp Tanks thanks. i will try that. next week i will be away for 5 days hope my shrimp will survive with the leaf

oh they will 5 days is nothing for shrimp :)

thanks. now i am less worried. First time I going on trip ever since the baby cherries are born

Maybe ,I have them in the garden but they are not ripe yet with any fruit though you shouldn't feed to much at once because of the sugar content bad bacteria can thrive on it so only ever feed friut in small amounts :)

Marks Shrimp Tanks ty Mark

Yes I use bio media its has many forms sponge ,ceramic,gravel,ect what are you using ?

Marks Shrimp Tanks I'm looking at getting a pre loved AquaNano 40. Whatever media it comes with I'll dispose of. What's best to put in the filter? I'm going to pack one section with foam and floss to prevent shrimplets getting through. What about alfagrog for the other section? Is there anything I should avoid?

Sounds like you got it covered ,If its a dedicated shrimp tank you could look into getting a stainless steel cover for that intake ? thats what I would do or even try and diy one ?

Marks Shrimp Tanks thanks Mark :)

Hello Gemtail, The absolute best shrimp if you are new to shrimp that is the Cherry shrimp,super easy to keep because they are pretty hardy :)

Hello From Norway sir,hows it going ?

Marks Shrimp Tanks not so well healthy wise

What is it with us shrimp keepers and rubbish health .?!?! makes you wonder.

Marks Shrimp Tanks ya i know we all want to be closer to nature while we are not doing well

The food question just depends on how many shrimp you have ,e.g in one tank I have well over 500 shrimp and If I dont feed them every day they will start to eat each other ....in a tank where you only have 10 shrimp you might only have to feed once a week or maybe not at all. The best way to do is to put the food in and watch them if they are slow or just dont come for the food try the next day and the next day and so on :)

No,the ones got from ebay are rusting and are pretty rubbish so I wouldn't suggest them to anyone ,if I ever find a good one I will let you now :)

Thanks Mark

It is but the tank does do better with added minerals :)

It will be subwassertang check this playlist kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7ClmLl5nazMoZc.html

do you have a time stamp for me on what you are talking about so I can look?

@@MarksShrimpTanks 9:31

yes it was biofilm, i leave my leaves to soak in tank water for a few days to a week before adding to a tank, this makes the best holiday food if you are going on vacation.

no idea, I cant even remember what I did yesterday. 😂

Hello Mark ,yes you can use the dried leaves in your tank shrimp love them ,just know though that In my opinion there are no shrimp safe fish ..they will eat any babys your ghost shrimp have so you should really choose shrimp or fish :)

Thanks for answering, will have to choose, I probably would have separate tanks for them. Thanks again!

You are very welcome Mark :)

Hello Hannah ,they are made of rope and tied up with subwassertang :)

Thanks for the answer! : ) What kind of rope can be used?

I used nylon rope form a hardware store , this is the video I made for it :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qplpjbSDza3Nf5s.html

Thanks man! :)

I was thinking about dock leaves,we used to feed them to our Rabbits when I was a kid :)

I am drying banana skins as we speak to add small pieces in the tank ,they are breeding grounds for micro fauna.:)

Marks Shrimp Tanks is it just a case of rinsing in water first Mark? I always bought mine dried already. They do look ideal as grazing material. I wonder if any other fruit or veg skins could be used, although would there not be a problem with potential decay and turning the water?

I used to just soak them to get rid of the tannins but it turns out there is more benefit to leaving them long for biofilm to grow ..Banana skin ect will grow mold and fungus I know that for sure ..you can also do diy penicillin if you really had to from mold of orange skins ,the mold might give you an upset stomach and the runs but it could save your life if you have an infection of some sort lol

Marks Shrimp Tanks so do you just clean the skins thoroughly under water to take any excess fruit pulp off then immerse in powdered bacteria water? lol that's what you did in your vid.. that does make sense. how about drying the skins once they've "fermented" for a few days? I'm trying to think of away to store. the film would die off but wouldn't the process kick in again once immersed?

I can explain it in a video,I dont have worms or planaria so I cant show it being done..I have had planaria before so I know what has to be done :)

if there is your vision is way way better than mine :D

I just let them soak for a day to make them sink :)

Marks Shrimp Tanks Thanks mark

Depends on what you want from it, if you want lots of breeding then no small tanks are not very good ...if you just want to look at shrimp then yes they are good.

@@MarksShrimpTanks what the small one can breeding shrimp on it ?

the yycan breed shrimp but they tend to stay small .

Yes you can :)

yes they will be fine ,what kind of shrimp do you have ?

Cherry

crystal red shrimp :)

@@MarksShrimpTanks thank you for your quick responce. I am new to the hobby and will like to own these type of shrimps. Is their anyway I can buy from you once I set up and age my tank? Please!!!

you dont put loads in :D

Marks Shrimp Tanks I have only 4 shrimps in my tank how small of portion should I put? I also have neon tetras and other small fish just in case

Oh they will eat that ,some of the diy foods Ive made in the past have agar in it .