How To Keep Shrimp And Bristlenose Pleco Together

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@meminustherandomgooglenumbers 8 ай бұрын

11:50 ZOMG THE FISH NEEDS CONCUSSION PROTOCOL! He’s STUNNED! 😱😂

@MarksShrimpTanks 8 ай бұрын

my wife is a chef so i get all this crap for free 😂

@yazanhasan8830 Жыл бұрын

Yess plecos are the best to keep your tanks clear and clean and adding fish will make your tanks more stable 👍🙂

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

You can thank Mark Shelly here for corrupting my shrimp mind with fish kzfaq.info

@MarkShellyAquatics Жыл бұрын

Just remember lol, don't put them in a tank unless you are ready to destroy the whole tank to catch them out lol. Hardest f'ers to catch known to man lol

@MDFishTanks Жыл бұрын

finally!!! 😁😁😁😁

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Someone said I have to change my name to Marks Fish Tanks now ..I said NEVER !!!😂😂😂😂

@brianmaramba2935 Жыл бұрын

Otos for sure

@treewitch666 Жыл бұрын

I just ordered a super red long fin online for my 70 litre tank for now where I have neo cardina fire shrimp. Later it will be going into my larger 120 litre tank. I’m not getting another until I know what sex it is as it’s unsexed as yet. Thanks for the info, very good!

@Chris18o0 Жыл бұрын

In my experience my Bristlenose would never hurt a fly. Currently have both in sumner tubs. Surprised they were hard to find in Norway, when they’re sold on every corner in the USA. For us it’s the quality shrimp that a struggle to find locally.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Its not that they are so hard to find nobody is willing to ship at all.

@alfabettabe Жыл бұрын

Love your T-Shirt mark, thanks for the video!

@ana007 Жыл бұрын

Super awesome! I used to have a bristlenose (2 males and a female) before shrimp keeping and I managed to breed them. It was great adventure. Those tiny "tadpoles" are so cute 🥰 Be careful, because if you succeed, you will have a hundred from one spawn 🤪

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Very cool! I want billions of them

@LeahhJett Жыл бұрын

I have Neos with my L046 zebra plecos… 10 of them… everyone is breeding like mad! Quarantine them!

@lizzysanders523 Жыл бұрын

Pygmy corydora. They get along great.

@alisonnicholson Жыл бұрын

Oooh never thought of putting a pleco with shrimp. I tended to stick to nano fish like chili rasbora and axelrodi. The shrimp are all over the tanks like ricochetting bullets yet the fish hang out out at the back. Great idea about the bristlenose. I could put my pleco juvies in the shrimp tank to grow out now I know it can be done.

@MarkShellyAquatics Жыл бұрын

Shrimp do love pleco poop lol 😆 Thanks for the shout out 👋 Fun video Mark 👍

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Thank you mate.

@jamesholbrook7785 Жыл бұрын

My two favorite shrimp keepers. My best to you both.

@Jackey420 Жыл бұрын

Let’s go

@jasonplacing Жыл бұрын

Watching one of my shrimp gorging itself on snail eggs I realised why they do better with a few snail in the tank

@Guppy_Girl Жыл бұрын

Carful when you handle the larger ones by hand because those have larger spikes that protrude from their cheeks when scared. I didn’t know this until I scooped mine up with a net and he got tangled in it because of the spikes.

@milcosucculents Жыл бұрын

Nice to read the good tips and tricks, I have sturisoma festivum together with my shrimps. Have a nice one ✌️💪👍

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

@MullockHeap Жыл бұрын

I keep an Otocinclus Catfish and 9 Ember Tetras in my Red Cherry tank. The fish are the shy ones in the tank, very calm combination for me.

@csharpe5787 Жыл бұрын

Well, I must honest you have any baby shrimp, because embers are the worst for eating babies.

@FezCaliph Жыл бұрын

@@csharpe5787 I've got one In my shrimp tank right now. I heard they eat planaria so I tried it out. Im going to keep an eye out for that. So far shrimps of all sizes are safe.

@jybrokenhearted 11 күн бұрын

Catch the bigger ones by hand and the smaller ones by pour the others into a net. They are very resilient.

@chrismucha2552 Жыл бұрын

I use Dwarf suckers (Otocincus) with my shrimps and it works great. One huge issue with Bristlenose is they grow big and most of them will be to big for shrimp tanks. Cheers

@arcticwinds6125 Жыл бұрын

Nice looking Plecos, I know Mark Shelly loves them in his NEO tanks. Let us know in time if you see any little shrimps missing, still on the fence about mixing fish and shrimp myself.

@hobragen Жыл бұрын

I love them. I just got two of them in the neocaridina tanks, and they’re getting along just fine. Some are a little lazy and some really clean the tank through. It is kind of tricky to catch them because they can get stuck in the net, but they’re not aggressive at all.

@hobragen Жыл бұрын

Yeah otocinclus are helpful too, but they’re too small and wouldn’t clean the tank that much if there’s only one. Will never attack or eat the baby shrimp tho. I have two… "barbo cerezo" I don’t know the English name, they’re also pretty peaceful and don’t really care about the shrimp, also they look great with a few red shrimp and/or plants with a little orange/reddish on top.

@clifflindberg4383 Жыл бұрын

I have 4 Pseudohemiodon apithanos and 2 frog plecos in a 75 with tons of emerald neocaridinas and zebra Babaultis. All are doing great.

@LauraZeller-oy3ye Жыл бұрын

That’s so exciting, I’m glad you have something new - and babies too! I corral my betta into the net with the aquarium trowel thing. Your fish look really fast.

@heavenboundfarm2159 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing enjoyed the show...

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Mate !!

@sharpiesfishandphantoms Жыл бұрын

Good choice of tank mates with the bristleys, clown plecos are good too, smaller than the bristles but produce similar levels of plant/shrimp/snail food😉. Catching wise i normally just use a net and lift the piece of wood out so they drop off into the net, im normally catching 100 at a time though lol, currently got 1,300 ish 😂. Other good tank mates are pigmy corydoras. Bristlenoses do eat plenty so an algae wafer a day per plec is about enough, or a chunk of green veg, courgette is good.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that tip John

@alisonnicholson Жыл бұрын

Ayyy up it's the pleco king 🤣👍 alright John?

@FloridaManVal 12 күн бұрын

My bristlenose are the cutest little fish. I could watch em all day

@MarksShrimpTanks 12 күн бұрын

Mine too!

@KNSFarmTX Жыл бұрын

Fun video!

@jimmyhfishes Жыл бұрын

Bristlenose plecos are great as they only get to about 4 to 5 inches max.. there are some long fins that longs fantastic..good luck..👍

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@StephenBevilacqua Жыл бұрын

I raise them and it's better just to catch them with your hands this way you can feel them and not damage with a net but the babies are much harder to catch what I do for them is put a small net and catch them when there swimming to go into the net. I wish you all the good luck in your hobby, really enjoyed your vids. Stephen

@scottyk5748 Жыл бұрын

Pygmy Cory’s who sometimes breed more then the Neo’s without trying. I don’t know if they do anything but their cute and don’t mess with shrimp.

@schummy5606 Жыл бұрын

Its true ancistrus and shrimps make a good team. I had an RCS invasion were i had some little ancistrus. You need wood in the aquarium for them.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

I got wood.....NOT LIKE THAT 😂👍

@3DRC-707 Жыл бұрын

^^ I'm a shrimper! It's official now.

@divingaquarist Жыл бұрын

I don't have plecos myself (looking for some nice longfin variants), but from what I know the best way to catch them is to shoo them in a glass jar with your hand. Using nets on them is risky, since they can get stuck in there if they struggle too much (I believe they have spikes on their pectoral fins)

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

That's a great idea!

@Omega59er Жыл бұрын

Heya, Mark! My otocinclus help my neos quite a bit. My neos don't particularly enjoy black beard algae, but the otos will suck it off the leaves. I've been worried about the otos eating shrimplets, but my population has increased dramatically since adding the otos around a year ago.

@FezCaliph Жыл бұрын

I've got a little ember tetra in my shrimp tank. I heard they eat planaria so why not. Haven't had a problem yet. Gotta keep an eye out to see if the Tera goes after baby shrimp though 😩

@Bigglare Жыл бұрын

Use the kitchen strainer. Just turn the camera off before you catch fish with it.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

oh thanks for that good idea

@jybrokenhearted 11 күн бұрын

I plan on a breeding pair in 20 gallon blue dreams.

@pelhamsaquatics Жыл бұрын

Colombian ramshorn snails I want to get them🙂

@jamesholbrook7785 Жыл бұрын

Has anyone tried reticulated Hillstream Loaches?

@freshwaterdreamingAquariums Жыл бұрын

You can see in my tanks, I keep fish, snails, shrimp and plants in ALL tanks (except hospital). I find setting up an ecosystem that is pretty much self sustaining is the best. Really, look at my vids (they are awful but show what I mean). At a minimum I keep a trio of guppy's in each tank, but I also have a community tank with swords, various tetras and danios, loaches ... lots of fish and it is my heaviest breed out of shrimp.

@tsuzot8192 Жыл бұрын

I keep Least Killifish in my tank with neocaridinas. The females get about 3cm and the males get about 2cm. With them being so small, they can only fit the tiniest shrimp babies in their mouths. I've never seen them hunt down shrimp, but I'm sure I've lost a few due to crimes of opportunity. The tank is heavily planted so that cuts down on predation as well. I keep an MFF trio and get about 30-40 babies a month. They're a live bearer and there's no predation on the young. I trade the Least Killifish along with other things from the same tank, like plants and snails, for store credit at the LFS. I rarely have to pay for anything out of pocket. While it might not be a symbiotic relationship like the shrimp eating pleco poop, one does benefit greatly from the other. I'm able to feed the shrimp a much higher quality diet of foods, such as frozen stuff more often.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

yes see thats the information I am looking for thank you mate. 👍

@Fishhead436 Жыл бұрын

i have rc shrimps in my 29 community tank w platies, honey gouramis (baby assassins), and zebra danios as well as in a 15 gallon w a betta and some corydoras habrosus. they seem to be having a much better time in the 15 gallon. if u decide to get any more fish i think u should get a betta! ive never even seen mine flinch at a shrimp, let alone chase one. if u get one with long flowy fins they end up being way slower than the shrimplets

@fishdaddyjackaquatics664 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, I have watched type show on and off for the past 2 years. I'm staying to watch it more and more as one of my shrimp colonies has been plaguedwith planeria and I'm having to redo the tank. I'm also getting into caradena shrimp as well so just looking for more tips. Bristlenose plecos are awesome with neocaradena shrimp. I breed plecos and endlers with my cherry shrimp and my shrimp colony still thrives. Sorry to toot my own horn, but I'm actually got a video on my own channel where I talk about tank mates for shrimp. I just wanted to reach out and wish you luck with your precos. I know you don't need it. You'll do fine. Jack

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jack that's much appreciated!!👍

@NetherViking Жыл бұрын

I keep a school of Ember Tetra's in my shrimp tanks, and the shrimps are doing amazing. They are calm and shy. Well you could say boring, but they arent.

@clifflindberg4383 Жыл бұрын

And finally, my wife has a 60 with 2 frog plecos, chili rasboras and oto's living with hundreds of blue dream neocaridinas and zebra Babaultis.

@Dylan-ok6ft Жыл бұрын

I put a trio of blue eyed spotted rainbowfish in a CRS tank temporarily and now the crystals are sharing their tank with about 50 fry 🤣

@rocko112camaro Жыл бұрын

I keep pygmy corry cat with my shrimps. They are about the same size as the shrimps and their mouths are small so they won't eat the baby shrimps.

@pelhamsaquatics Жыл бұрын

Norway is a bit far mate, I could send you a nice pair of lemon blue eye bn plecos, I breed a bunch of them🙂 but being here in the USA It’s a too far for me to ship. I might try and send mark Shelly some of my line of bn plecos. Congrats on your bn plecos mark I think you will enjoy them🙂👍🏻

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Its the thought that counts thank you mate. 👍

@stennorlin8848 Жыл бұрын

have a tub 60l with plenty of bristelnoses and hundreds of sherrys and blodworms that been doing great for years despite badly owerpopulated.Poo-eating might explain.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the input Sten its appreciated. 👍

@Tazjatoz Жыл бұрын

You might have wanted to quarantine them before putting them in but thats just me being very careful my self, looking forward to see how it goes and hope they do super well for you i have some snow White in one of my tanks that I hope to get breeding that yellow one is gorgeous

@kierynkelly7374 Жыл бұрын

I Have L397 plecos with my painted red cherry’s and different species of endler livebearers in all my various shrimp tanks :)

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that. 👍

@georgekohn9372 Жыл бұрын

There great fish,note do there notorus for genting themselfs stuck in wood and piles of rock.🍀🦐🌿😎👍

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip George, I dont think I have any wood like that in that tanks but I am going to check now 👍

@merlost1624 Жыл бұрын

Cool Plecos! Love the babies! But arent their mouths big enough to suck in baby shrimps?

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

I am not sure to be honest, i know shrimp thrive with them though.

@jamiea9067 Жыл бұрын

I keep 3 otocinulus with my cherries. Great video Mark. Good luck with the fish.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir

@Bigglare Жыл бұрын

there goes your biofilm!

@streettrash4220 Жыл бұрын

There’s someone local to me selling some super red ancistrus. Been fighting the urge to get a few. Maybe I should just cave and do it.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

oh see now you got me looking for them 😂

@streettrash4220 Жыл бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks 😂

@clifflindberg4383 Жыл бұрын

I also have a 20 long with spotted rasboras and blue axelrodi with OEBTs. No issues with them feeding on shrimplets.

@mypeeps333 Жыл бұрын

I keep Corey cat's in my shrimp tanks 🐥

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

shrimp eat fish 😂

@Auditing.northern.N.Y. Жыл бұрын

How would bristle nose be beneficial to a shrimp tank? Wouldn't they out compete baby shrimp for biofilm? I've been thinking about adding them to mine, but haven't for that very reason.

@forestmartin4352 Жыл бұрын

I keep a albino brisle noose pleco in my tanks but my tank is very established

@CupcakeFactoryGaming Жыл бұрын

What are your suggestions for RODI units for caridina shrimp?

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Ive had just a basic version for years and added a DI section to it, if your asking if its needed I would say yes.

@theboesmani Жыл бұрын

Mark , just mind that the Ancistris don't eat most of the biofilm and deprive your shrimp .

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

they will provide plenty of poop for food for the shrimp 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@shanel4196 Жыл бұрын

Hello Mark hows the fish doing within the shrimp tanks?

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

doing good so far, I am able to feed the tanks much more now so I hope I see the results in a baby shrimp explosion soon.

@MrG.Ivan76 2 ай бұрын

Added one to my tank 2 weeks ago never seen it since

@jamesesplin8712 Жыл бұрын

I'm looking to get into caradina shrimp, but i don't want to have to buy an RO system to then remineralize. It just seems like a lot, i have hard water, is there another way around it???

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

not really unless you buy shrimp from someone that is breeding them in hard water to start with.

@tunjilegba Жыл бұрын

I have 2 Giant shrimp and my Bristlenose will chase them mercilessly depending on his mood

@adams.6168 Жыл бұрын

Oto's,✔CPD's✔ Chilie Rasbora's, ✔ Pygmy Corydora's✔

@norwegian_noisemaker6737 Жыл бұрын

I think surface dwelling fish like hatchetfish are good because they won't get in the way of the shrimp.

@pictishaqautics Жыл бұрын

I keep limia vittata and cherry’s

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

I had to google what they were, very nice.

@carybritton4178 Жыл бұрын

Just wondering, the plecos won’t eat the shrimp? I’ve wanted to add plecos to my tanks but been worried they might eat the shrimp

@shrimphfarmsirsa7 Жыл бұрын

Sir how remoov sludg from aqwarim ? Love from india

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

pipe?

@naopak259 11 ай бұрын

Do plecos eat planaria? Ty

@MarksShrimpTanks 11 ай бұрын

I am not sure to be honest.

@sparkymark68 Жыл бұрын

I got rid of my bristlenose from my 240L only because he kept destroying the 'scape. Otherwise, I think they're lovely.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that info, I am not much of a scaper so its not a problem.

@droemmesmurf Жыл бұрын

Hi. Do you sell shrimps?

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

No I dont sir

@redcecildk5676 Жыл бұрын

Strange, in DK, we cant get rid of the bristlenoses because everybody sells them

@eskimojulie Жыл бұрын

You need wood in their tanks , they require it for their diet .

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

I have wood in all of the tanks and they will get wood in the tabs I feed.

@meminustherandomgooglenumbers 8 ай бұрын

So basically you are pretty much the main shrimp breeder in Scandinavia?

@MarksShrimpTanks 8 ай бұрын

Haha, well, I like to think of myself as the shrimp whisperer of Scandinavia! Who knew shrimp breeding could be so exciting?😂

@meminustherandomgooglenumbers 8 ай бұрын

@@MarksShrimpTanks the SHRIMP WHISPERER !!!!! 😁👍

@mypeeps333 Жыл бұрын

You may find that they don't do well alone ! They normally live in groups.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

we shall see, they have shrimp friends now

@MarkShellyAquatics Жыл бұрын

I've got tanks that have had just 1 pleco for years and years, they do just fine on their own.

@Smalltimetanks Жыл бұрын

Ha ha they can spike you lol

@DebsSkelton Жыл бұрын

Little suckers 😂😂😂 I have a bristle nose but in my community fish tank not my shrimp tanks.

@rikardfriberg9529 Жыл бұрын

Is ancistrus hard to find in Norway?? In Sweden, it is kind of a pest. I accidentally bread mine with no predators in my tank. Ended up with about 140 fry. Such a pain to get rid of. No one wants them. I put them up on Facebook for free but not much interest at all. A couple of weeks ago I had about 70 full-grown left. Then suddenly a guy contacted me and took 50. So now I can manage the rest of them. I will never breed them again, that's for sure.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

no not hard really to find just nobody wants to ship.

@ewh.design8345 Жыл бұрын

I keep bristle nose and many types of coridoras in my shrimp tanks. The Cory’s do not bother them. They work well together.

@DebiSunset Жыл бұрын

Why bristle nose plecos

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

my friend Mark Shelly has a lot of success breeding shrimp with them.

@MaddDxD Жыл бұрын

Poor shrimp got side hit by the pleco.

@G-boi Жыл бұрын

Aren't you afraid that the fish will scare and stress the prawns out to the point that they die because of that very reason.!?!, I had little fish that where save to keep with prawns but after a little while I saw that my prawns where stressed out due to the present of fish and there for I lost almost all my prawns, so I realy hope it goes well in your tanks but I will remain scapticle, just saying.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

I am not worried at all, as I said in the video I have a friend that does this and he literally breed's thousands of neos.

@Bigglare Жыл бұрын

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

@Bigglare Жыл бұрын

I keep guppies, but they don't seem to help with shrimp. Well females anyways. I have a tank with Neo's and male guppies. The shrimp are thriving in that one.

@MarksShrimpTanks Жыл бұрын

@@Bigglare Thats good to know, I am not sure I will be getting any more fish though.