what is going on shrimp uses Robert live
aquatics common today finally get around
to doing a little update for you guys I
haven't talked about the foreigner and
80 gallon in a long time
now this is a monster aquarium with some
very small inhabitants so we're gonna go
through there I'm gonna give you guys a
full update on what's going on there and
I do feeding with you and also update
you with a few other projects that we
had going on this week and in the last
month's as I post the video so hope you
all are doing great thank you so much
for all the support thank you for
hanging in there with me as we go
through the busy season but to live
aquatics we'll get right into
there are so many shrimp like tons and
tons and tons so I actually listed these
back up on the website these are under
assorted new heritage this is a Hittite
planted tank system we're just trying
some new plans yeah let's see it what is
it
so I thought this tank was worth sharing
we got a couple of hi great galaxies in
here they're all blocks most of our
fishbone but my two favorite tanks just
cuz they're so cool look at the oranges
these guys just pop and this take a look
at this filter and just tell me that
that doesn't look cool like try to tell
me that that doesn't look cool you know
this is the view it's beautiful and
there's my my new piece of art flesh out
the Vivian for drawn that for me
absolutely so we're gonna do a little
feeding today now I am so excited to
finally have this stuff back in stock we
got shrimp mineral shrimp protein and
complete all from shrimp king we finally
got back together worked out a deal now
we're working together again which is
super exciting because I love their
foods and then always glass garden and I
love the bacteria always a great food
shrimp dinner is pretty good it makes
your water smell like cabbage but it's
still good and mineral junkies always a
really good one so we're actually gonna
feed on some shrimp king foods today but
check this baby out so these guys have
been breeding like crazy as you can see
there's some new babies right there and
they're just shrimp absolutely
everywhere now I don't even remember the
last time I did a video on this tank so
it's probably been a little while but
like just look right here I mean there's
babies all over the place we got a moss
carpet back there
we got moss fallin off of this island
the java fern it never seems it really
bounced back like it always does okay
but I never does great I mean some of
its doing really good over there it's
doing if he in the middle they're just
shrimp all over the place look at the
crib went I are wente I mean it was just
spreading all over the place the crypts
Perales we got some of it coming up and
then I think that's red melon back there
a red Reuben that stuffing really never
took off I think it's just a short plant
it's doing really good like it's got
really nice red leaves back there and
then let's see we've still got a ton of
bamboo shrimp up here they're waiting
for me to feed them a little little back
to ayyyy today
or I could feed this the shrimp king in
tops it's another great food for them
but just shrimp absolutely everywhere we
got Crips fellas coming up through there
and this thing is doing really good now
the sad thing is we're actually gonna
have to do a revamp on this thing we're
gonna completely reset it take all the
shrimp out do something with the shrimp
take all the plants out and do a full
Reece Cape the soils coming up on two
years old and you should replace it
every two years and instead of thinking
of like a creative solution I think it's
time just for a new scape a new look
sinews trim maybe some nano fish
something like that and so that's coming
up soon but all in all the tank is doing
really good this first island we
actually broke this island down we took
all it will not broke it down we took
all the moss off of it pretty much like
completely to where it was just bare
roots or it was just bare like this and
and it's growing back like insane so you
can see all this is all new growth is
really not there this is starting
growing really good and so it just shows
how resilient masa is like all you need
is a tiny little piece and it will just
start growing back so let me take you
through a closer look at this tank and I
do got to give a shout out to my man
will well I'm sorry I haven't planted
the Taiwan lilies yet but I'm getting
around to it I promise
and so I need to get these guys planted
for him I'm gonna put them in the back
of the tank and I'm sure they're just
gonna take off like crazy so a new plant
that my buddy will fit for sure brought
down to me and donated so a super nice
guy and now let's get right into talking
more about this tank and feed them so I
just want to show this really quick I'm
really excited about this tank this is a
125 gallon that we set up for new
caridina shrimp I don't even know how
long ago it's been a little while and
these things that are just going crazy I
mean I can't even tell you how many
shrimp are in here look at me and I must
have just fed them
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there's so many shrimp like tons and
tons and tons so I actually listed these
back up on the website these are under a
sorted neo carried in this room I think
you can buy them in 20 packs I only put
10 available because I didn't want to I
really don't know how many are in here
but you would get like this type it like
this size and I mean all these are a
part of it but this tanks just going
crazy I mean you could just see them
like all over the glass babies
everywhere look at all the blue ones up
there and I saw some really nice strip
in here so if you're looking to get into
shrimp these are a great place to start
they're cheaper than all of our other
shrimp and you know just a good mix and
there's some really freaking nice ones
like look at all that color that's
awesome got my trusty helper with me
today this is penny
we got my cryptic riffs in the house
he's back there doing some betta water
changes now this is system I haven't
talked about yet this is a high tech
planted tank system we're just trying
some new plants and we just got them in
let's say yesterday and you can see got
them pearl in there's a pearl and a
bunch of new plants
we got the co2 just pumping we got the
drop checker in there it's looking nice
and green we got the Japan we got a man
in the house and then a bunch of like
really nice swords and everything yeah
let's see it what is it
it's shaking too much sorry I see all of
them that's really cool you got two of
them with eggs
you're gonna breed them yeah and then
this is some training Java firm we're
trying to grow back and recover but look
at the flow on this thing it's just
jihad now and so uh so this really cool
system it all goes back to this um we
got to Matt and filters in there so all
the the crud gets stuck on the outside
when cleaning out we can take that
sponge out and it doesn't get sucked up
into the filter we've got a second one
and so this systems going really good no
uh no livestock we're actually using AI
dosing in this tank but we'll do a whole
video on that coming up soon but just
want to show you guys this is an update
and again huge shout out to Mike and
cryptic riffs on YouTube so I thought
this tank was worth sharing we got a
couple of hi great galaxies in here
they're all blocks most of our fish bone
and they've just been breeding like
crazy so we got a bunch of babies
growing out as you can see then there's
some you know these are either blue
bolts or blue steels I'm really not sure
off to look at them more deeply yeah
this takes doing really good and then
the one right below it is some and sorry
about the fan noise it's right here then
we got Ruby with us but this is a red
fancy tiger tank these are ones that we
kept that we really like the patterns on
them yeah haha he's growling at me she
wants attention look at that face how
can you deny that face but anyway these
guys are breeding like crazy too and
doing really good and so we're actually
getting a lot of these tanks set up for
higher-end shrimp that's what a man is
actually working on now these are
something I haven't showed before these
are some dragon Bloods hopefully plan on
getting these breeding and listing some
soon but these are another rare shrimp
but there's a lot of really cool stuff
that's going on here and as always our
yellow bikini cones are breeding like
crazy we're actually setting up a 125
gallon breeding rack which I'll actually
take you over there right now before we
get back into the 480 and I just kind of
give you guys a little update on all the
cool stuff that's happening here at flip
aquatics okay so here's what we're doing
I figured we'll feed them before we go
over to the other building just because
I want them to all gather up and you
guys be able to see them
up close and personal but we're gonna
give them a little scoop of bacteria
this is a great powdered food it's
really good for a baby survival
it adds biofilm to the tank so when you
have as many shrimp as we have in here
it's not always easy to keep biofilm
growing so we like to dose this it's
really really good for the the filter
feeders too which are all the bamboo
shrimp up here and so we're gonna throw
that in there for them and then we're
gonna feed some shrimp king food which
is right here and I just got it out so
it's easier for me to feed on camera so
we'll usually like to feed oh this is
tough to do a little bit over here
and I'll take some over here and this is
where the currents the strongest that's
why that this is all empty and so will
gather there don't wind up carrying it
like in all different places sorry for
the bad camera work let's uh and I feed
them a lot because there's I mean
there's a couple couple thousand shrimp
in here I would say maybe like 2,500 or
so so you can see they're all starting
to come out and then we'll put a couple
more over on this side you know I'll
walk over to the other building kind of
give you guys an update what's going on
over there and what some of our plans
are and and that the timeline for what's
going on over there and just kind of get
you guys up to date and then we'll come
back and we'll see how many shrimp
gathered up in the front of the day so
walking down here this is our 125 gallon
fish room there's 24 125 down here right
now
pretty much everything's empty because
we're getting ready to get a huge import
in but my two favorite tanks just
because they're so cool to look at the
oranges these guys just pop in this take
a look at this filter and just tell me
that that doesn't look cool like try to
tell me that that doesn't look cool just
thinking oranges I love these guys I
think they're a very underrated shrimp
they're they're pretty much just as
cheap as cherry shrimp just as Hardy
maybe even Hardy er you know they're
just doing phenomenal in here and you
can see like all the little little
specks of babies in here and then
there's another tanking them down here I
just think they're they're very very
cool string of an underrated shrimp and
they're doing really good over here so
we're getting ready to move one ting to
the new building and then we'll put
another ting back here and then we'll go
from there we got that import coming in
next week so we're gonna be busy now on
the caridina side we got a couple empty
tanks so this tank is empty this tank is
supposed to be empty but looks like we
got one little blue bolt straggler and
then this is tangerine tiger so we're
keeping one tangerine tiger tank and
we're getting rid of this one down here
we're gonna move them all up and then we
got crystal blocks we're actually moving
this whole tank to the other building
pure black line we're gonna keep so
these guys we're gonna keep breeding
over here I don't think we have these on
the website yet but we do have the pure
red line on the website another really
and pretty much what a pure red line is
it just means that it won't produce
Golden's or anything like that it's a
pure strain of shrimp and so we're gonna
leave those guys over here to start
breeding and then we got red fancy
Tigers down here we're gonna call these
and take all the calls to the other
building to sell in five packs and then
we're gonna keep all the really nice
ones over here for breeding purposes and
then this tank up here is empty this one
down here we're getting ready to move
this to the new building these are
crystal red SSS grade and the SS grade
and then this tanks empty and then this
one we're gonna try to empty but we
probably won't be able to move all of
them we're gonna try though and then
what we're gonna be doing these this is
where it gets exciting so what we're
doing is we're actually gonna convert
these into breeding tanks and I'm gonna
have a whole series on each tank over
here we're gonna use different products
we're gonna use different wood types
we're gonna use different everything and
we're gonna see what we can breed and
how many we can breed and we're gonna
start creating our own flip aquatics of
lines of shrimp and so it's going to be
super exciting there's gonna be some USA
options on the website and basically
what it comes down to is we need new
types of shrimp and we want to try new
things out some things don't make sense
they imported so that's where it comes
into US breeding so super excited for
this so you guys stay tuned for some
more breeding series videos I know I
have one coming along in the office here
soon which it's been super busy and
thank you guys for that all the support
truly appreciate you guys and so let's
go back over to the other building and
see how the 40d is going and see if all
the blue
back at the funded
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so it seems that most of the shrimp
carried the food into crevices so like
we got a big group of food right here
and they're all feeding and then I think
there's a big piece right in there where
they're all feeding and then I'm sure
there's some back there where the
monitors room take them so I don't see
any Amano shrimp so what Amano shrimp do
is they literally grab a huge piece of
food and they'll just run away with it
no go wherever they want but there
here's the the big pile of shrimps
there's there's some out there there's
another piece right there and then
there's a lawrence lake underneath this
its crib when tied and i mean they're
they're everywhere so i'm trying to find
like one giant pile we look how dirty
this is Oh
I won't be able to see right therethat's plenty they're all up there yeah
oh my gosh look at that shrimp that
thing is gorgeous
it's got like extremely dark blue down
its side oh I think that is not the
lighting that's actually the color of
the shrimp that's phenomenal I love it
and so there's there's a bunch of mud
blood in here which means that they're
just like a little bit of everything
there's blue Steel's in here there's
extreme blue bolt so there's regular
blue bolts there's there's these kind of
things that are like a golden be with
like a little hint of black on that so
it's more of a Pinto but just tons of
stuff but I'm loving all the deep blue
that I'm seeing and that's all that
matters for me this is fun for me and
this is what I enjoy you know this is my
this my view so let me give you a shot
from my desk and give you guys an idea
of what I stare at all day now granted
there is a reflection from the saltwater
tank on it but although this is what I'm
looking at and I just absolutely love it
but I took I took my shelf down it's
right next to my feet you know this is
the view it's beautiful
I say though and there's my my new piece
of art a shout-out to Vivian for drawing
that for me just absolutely love it but
this is my life this is what it's like
having a monster aquarium
with thousands of shrimp well guys thank
you so much for all the support thank
you for sticking around until the end of
this video hope you guys enjoyed this
little mini update I'll try to not let
it go through these before I post again
all the know promises we've just been
Slam lately so I love you guys I
appreciate every single one of you thank
you for the support we're on our way to
a hundred thousand subscribers which is
a huge goal and I hope you guys enjoyed
this monster fish tank behind me with
some not so monster shrimp in it and you
guys make it a great week and as always
god bless
16 months ago we added over 1,000 blue bolt Taiwan bee shrimp to the 480 gallon aquarium. For such a monster aquarium, it feels a little weird to add such small creatures. We dare to be different though. 16 months later, the results are in! Did the 480 gallon fish tank do the job? Was it worth adding 1,000 shrimp? Well, let's take a look! Check out when we added these shrimp and what the 480 looked like: https://youtu.be/A9W93-A9Ff0 Everything Mentioned in the Video: 🔴Bacter AE: https://flipaquatics.com/products/bacter-ae 🔴Shrimp King Complete: https://flipaquatics.com/products/shrimp-king-complete 🔴Assorted Neo 20 Packs: https://flipaquatics.com/products/10-assorted-neocaridina-shrimp 🔴Cryptic Rifts (Mike's Channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpUNfW0D7W_8YTQPXBNBSHQ 🔴Micro Crabs: https://flipaquatics.com/products/5-thai-micro-crabs 🔴Black Galaxy Shrimp: https://flipaquatics.com/products/galaxy-pinto 🔴Red Fancy Tigers: https://flipaquatics.com/products/red-fancy-tiger-imported 🔴Yellow King Kongs: https://flipaquatics.com/products/yellow-king-kong 🔴Orange Pumpkin Shrimp: https://flipaquatics.com/products/orange-neocaridina