@PhinClio
When Clint said "that is my childhood," I imagined him darting backwards as a kid. 😂
@canis2020
The hardest part of owning an Hawaiian Volcano Shrimp is trying to get the insurance to cover the volcano.
@Merb.
One shrimp: shrimp. Many shrimp:✨shrimpies✨
@hannahholland8323
I had one that would ALWAYS carry a piece of his plant in his claw. And when then the plant turned brown, he’d literally clip a fresh strand to carry around. He’d even eat while still holding his plant 😂
@madisonjacques8507
I really appreciate that Clint explains terms that laypeople may not be familiar with. He has such a good balance of treating his viewers as intelligent and curious and not having a background in animal husbandry/biology.
@LauraTrauth
Please consider doing one on Hermit Crabs. People need to understand they aren't throw-away pets you get at the beach and expect to live a couple of months. The pet trade in them is horrible and if you're going to rescue some, you should know how to give them the best chance. Maybe you could even collaborate with Crab Central Station or another channel to get their wisdom to your audience and vice versa....
@mattlawson714
I have no plans on getting a Hawaiian Volcano Shrimp but I still clicked on this as fast as I could. It’s just fun to learn about creatures from someone as passionate as Clint.
@jasonpatterson8091
I've been keeping these for 15 years or so, and honestly, the big problem with them is that the vast majority are taken from the wild, and property development has resulted in large scale loss of habitat (their anchialine pools aren't common, and they tend to be in places where people want to live), and they're threatened in the wild. They do breed in captivity, slowly, but again, most are taken from the wild. (They won't start breeding for 6 months or so once your tank is set up). Cherry shrimp (or any color of neocaridina) are a much better option for most people because they're larger, breed more rapidly, only require fresh water, and are still very easy to care for. Spirulina is also a good food, and it's fun to watch the shrimp skim the surface of the water while feeding.
@Ryodraco
6:25 For reference, I have a 20 gallon tank with hundreds of these guys and I often go for months without giving them any food at all. Most of their diet consists of biofilm that they constantly scrub off of surfaces. They'll certainly love getting a feast of pellet food, but it is best to keep things spartan most of the time. I'd also warn to be very careful where you buy them from, as a fair number of people still take them from the wild. As easy as they are to keep, they breed slowly compared to other pet shrimp, so few people keep them in commercial quantities. Lastly, I'd advise a dark substrate (like black sand) and a few rocks for a calcium source instead (holey rocks are a popular kind), as their colors tend to be more intense on a dark substrate.
@Aquarimax
Amazing things often come in small packages…this is certainly true of these little shrimp! You got some amazing macro shots. 😍 As always, I had a marvelous time filming this with you all! Thank you for having me. 😁 Out of curiosity, are your shrimp breeding yet?
@mathmeetsmusic
I think this is the first time I'm going to get the a pet entirely because of a youtube video. I've got a bunch of cool ideas for tanks for these little guys already!
@fafnir8714
My mother had one of these sealed "biosphere" things with shrimp inside. She worked an office job for years where she kept it on her desk. At some point during some moves and a switch to remote work, it was lost in a box somewhere, presumed dead. 10 years later, and I'm not exaggerating here, she found it while unpacking after we moved houses. When she looked inside, she didn't see anything, and understandably assumed it was empty and the shrimp had all died from being in total darkness for so long, as well as being quite long passed the "expiration date" given on these products. Fast forward, literally another few months later, I was taking a look at it because I'd noticed it sitting out for the first time. I asked her if she'd gotten a new one, and she said no that was just the old one and there was nothing in it anymore. This confused me, because I could CLEARLY see a shrimp swimming around happily inside. I asked her if she was SURE this wasn't a new one, and she asked why. I tried to tell her there was a shrimp inside, and she kept dismissing it as possibly the body of one of the original shrimp. I had to hold the thing in front of her face while she was trying to work to get her to see the shrimp in there, blatantly still alive. That thing lived for another 3-4 years after that, before mysteriously disappearing one day. These little guys are crazy. Knowing what we know now, we wouldn't get another one, and already were a little better educated when we'd discovered the sphere with the shrimp still inside. But it had been so long, we didn't want to mess with it. If it ain't broke, you know? To call these guys hardy would be an understatement.
@GoForACashew
my sister got one of those sealed glass "tanks" as a birthday gift in about 2008-ish. there were 3 in it, one died after maybe a year or two, another after maybe 5. can you believe that the last shrimp lasted until 2023?! that little guy saw her graduate high school, college, and move out of state! i'm so glad to know what species it likely was. maybe she'd be interested in having some in a real tank now!
@objective_psychology
Their natural habitat basically being an eternal puddle explains everything about why they're so easy to care for. No flow of water, not a lot of oxygen diffusion, rare meals.
@jasepoag8930
I work at a fish store that specializes in saltwater. I don't know how may times I've had the "Salt doesn't evaporate, topoff with RODI" conversation. haha
@Schlongles
Ross the type of person to lift up a rock, see a small invertebrate nobody would notice, and think to himself: "I should get myself a colony of these."
@khango6138
I love shrimps and their lil grabby claws which I cannot watch enough of.
@martenmaarten
ANOTHER PET VIDEO!! even if they're not the most well performing, these are my absolute favourites from you guys ^^
@AnamLiath
Our science center has a huge volcanic shrimp tank. When my kids were little, it's lose them for hours at the shrimp tank. That was back when you could only get wild collected shrimp, so they couldn't have them. Now my grandkids each have their own tanks that are over a decade old.
@ClintsReptiles