Shrimp Death?

[thefatboy]

My tank is about 3 months old now. Corals are happy. Fish are happy. I bought a peppermint shrimp, slowly acclimated it over about 30 minutes, and when I put it in the water, it died in less than 5 minutes. What gives?

[FBNitro]

I just introduced a shrimp to my tank on Thursday, it took me a little over 2 hours to acclimate... 30 minutes seems like you rushed it.

[thefatboy]

i was worried about it pooping in the bag... so a 2 hour acclimation is necessary for shrimp, or do you do that for everything?

[jamest0o0]

all 4 of my shrimp I acclimated from 30-1hr and they are doing great I just floated them and every 5 minutes added some tank water to the bags(I know I should ahve drip acclimated them, but I didn't know about that at that time)

anyway I don't see how he would die within 5 minutes eveen if you didn't acclimate them at all.... did something kill him maybe?

[jamest0o0]

inverts are a lot more sensitive than fish and should be acclimated longer

[Bremmon]

I read that shrimp were really sensitive to change in water quality so I acclimated my fire shrimp over 3 hours. He's been happy ever since.

3 hrs may have been overkill but I didn't want to take the chance and lose 30 dollars worth of shrimp. I figured better safe than sorry.

[Bremmon]

I read that shrimp were really sensitive to change in water quality so I acclimated my fire shrimp over 3 hours. He's been happy ever since.

3 hrs may have been overkill but I didn't want to take the chance and lose 30 dollars worth of shrimp. I figured better safe than sorry.

[kzickovich]

All inverts should get at least one hour of acclimation.

[FBNitro]

Well, it really depends on the place you got it from. I keep my tank at 35ppt (1.026). The store I bought my shrimp from keeps their tanks at ~30 ppt (1.020). So I keep putting 1/2 cup of water into the bag (dumping when full) every 5 minutes until the SG in the bag and the SG in my tank match.

For my other LFS they keep their water around 1.025, so acclimation is a little quicker... but I at least dump a good portion of the water once. So 1hr or so.

I don't drip acclimate... I know it is the best way, but it's just hard to do with my setup.

[wiscsaltwater]

next time you dump your shrimp in the tank after only 30 minutes, at least have cocktail sauce ready.

[thefatboy]

wouldnt be worth the effort to get at that tiny morsel of meat :)

[ScubaDiver93]

I know i'm about to get a lot of crap from everybody and i'm sorry for this, but personally with all my inverts and coral, i temp acclimate for about 5 to 10 mins and then say hello to the tank. It has honestly worked really well for me with outstanding results. Fish i do take my time with because I know they need it.