I like the look of sponge filters, part of the functional beauty of a shrimp tank. Who doesn’t want to watch happy Shrimp feeding on the sponge?

Just getting into shrimp breeding and this video was a huge help! liked and subbed thank you

Your bloopers are Great!

very good, just found your channel love it

thank you for the video

Sponge filters are the best but I prefer the corner matten filter because you can use the cavity to house media, a heater and even a spare intake sponge. Have been running mattens for 4 years now and have only needed to remove them twice for cleaning. You can get around the issue of substrate falling into the space by either creating a barrier or by cutting a couple of inches off the bottom before using to create a stacked effect. Another trick for the matten is to cover it with moss or subwassertang and use a hair net to hold the plants in place. Within months the matten becomes a wall of green which helps it blend into your aquascape.

Sponge filter is the best. How often do you clean hour sponge filters? How do clean them too?

sponge filters are the best! Actually my shrimp are in a planted Fluval Flex 15 gallon. I'm using the built in filter and it's working well. I do have a sponge over the outflow spout and a couple behind in the flow grates that the shrimp find munchies on.

Sponge filters are the best!

Sponge filters are the best. Thanks for the great video😊

Sponge filters are the best! :D I actually like the Aquael Pat Mini double sponge conversion, tons of flow in a nano though unless you adjust it. The only thing I don't like is noisy air pumps thankfully the pat mini is pretty quiet though. You forgot about under gravel filters! :P I really want to try making an asian style UGF.

Sponge filter are the best :)

Sponge filters are the best. How do you take care of little floaties in the water? With a sponge filter, I can't polish the water. On my large community tank, I have a canister and I can customize it with a mix of sponge, bio-rings, and filter floss. However, I'm only using a sponge with my shrimp only tank and just can't get the water as clear.

Sponge filters are the best. I always watch your videos in full.

Sponge filters are the best !!!

Sponge filters are the best! I have a Bob Ross chia head that a friend gave me as a gag gift. Maybe I’ll stick him in the aquarium. Do you have any recommendations for sponge filter brands? I’m looking at doing a 5.5g shrimp only tank.

I’m trying a sponge filter in my 3 gallon shrimp and plant tank, but it creates a ton of condensation on the glass lid from the bubbles. The tank is only 9 inches high. Any idea as to how to combat the buildup of water on the inside of the tank lid?

Keep your shrimp hand strong! 😂

I'm creating a tank with shrimps, rasboras and snails which filter should i go for? I'm concerned if there'll be waste on the surface if i use sponge filters, or should i go for hang on back filters? Thank you!

Sponge filters are the best haha

Curious why you mentioned to remove the carbon from the hob filters? If you can comment on why that is I'd be grateful

Sponge filters are the best

I saw you mentioned not to use canisters on shrimp tanks. I have actually seen videos of Vin the shrimp breeder and his set ups. He is a very famous black galaxy/boa breeder. He connects the intake hoses directly into the sponge filters. So it has all the benefits of the huge space for biological media as well as the sponge filter for grazing. Really cool concept for larger tanks.

🤣🤣 at the end

Sponge filters are the best LOL

Man I just saw this and I was wondering if shrimp can thrive if there is high flow, I mean I thought about it and they are found in rivers that have slow currents which are way higher flow than even what a Fluval U1-2-3-4 can put out. I have been considering it for a 55 gallon, but I'd DIY a bit, remove that garbage filtration they come with and add 30ppi sponge media on the sides, maybe seachem matrix in the middle, and put like a 1" or 2" glued 60ppi sponge on the sides to make flow not suck in baby shrimp or drive them to exhaust themselves on there. I honestly don't know if they ll stop breeding if I have an area with high flow and an area with lower flow as it slows down while it hits that wall of fissidens moss. I feel like the nutrient redistribution into the water column should also help a lot, unless I missed out anything, but I certainly will wait a week or 2 before removing the sponge filter if I go with it. Anyways, great video as always, and i watched it all. Honestly in my tanks where I use sponge filters I never clean them, because rotifers and moina live in them which is like infinite renewable food supply that spreads and establishes in the entire tank 😀

I have a Top Fin Silenstream Filter that I added a sponge to the intake and now it's not flowing almost at all. Any advice?

I have an easy 10 amano shrimp living in my backflow! I wanna get them out but dont know how to get to them

How do you do the underwater grass is it real

Shrimp tanks are the best! Wait... fck... nvm 😆

Thanks for the helpful video man. I have a quick question, I'm about to set-up an 8 gal caridina shrimp tank for breeding and I have two filters available, a Aquaclear 20 and a canister filter (aqua one aquis 500). The Aquaclear is probably sufficient but the canister filter just seems like the better option if you have it lying around? Can more filtration ever be a bad thing? How would you approach this situation? Thanks again for the helpful channel.

what if..overhead filter then put sponge on it?

What type of shelf is that and how much? Subscribed!

Sponge filters are the best, and I do like a Matten filter on a 20 Gal Long with a HOB.

Sponge filters are the best!! ❤️

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Hey! Why would you remove the activated carbon on the HOB? I’m setting mine up tomorrow

LMAO! Matten filters collect pooh pooh 🤣

Hey do i have a way that i can contact you in private..i have caridina shrimp..i use media filter..do you what type media i can you that it can maintain ph below 6.7

Sponges are 👍

"Sponge filters are the best". I might modify that to "... the most practical" because they are so easy and functional, but for Display Tanks I think I prefer canister. BTW: Matten filters collect poo poo.

Matten filters do collect poo poo. What's the carpet plant you have growing? I like that length of grassy cover. I've mostly seen carpeting Monte Carlo so I'm not sure what that is.

Sponge filters ARE the best!..I don't know why it took me so long use them

Where do you order the Aquael Pat mini in the USA?

I use a back filter but how do you turn them down?

Sponge filters are the best... but still too much flow for my red root floaters and frogbit in the 55 gallon

Sponge filters are the best. Lol

Where do you get the sponge for the HOB intake?

Is to much oxygen bad for them?

What about under gravel filters?

Mattered filter collect poopoo

Sponge filters are indeed the best irrespective of the end of the video club lol. I ended up killing all my baby angelfish with the aquaclear 20, even with a sponge at the inlet. The force is just too high for the shrimp also even if you reduce it.

Sponge filters are the best!

Sponge filters are the best

Sponge filters are the best!

Sponge filters are the best