Can't keep cleaner shrimp, whats th deal?

[marie]

how long are you acclimating the shrimp before adding to the tank. Shrimp are the only animals that I have lost because I was impatient and added to the tank to fast. Now I drip acclimate at least an hour and a half if not longer before adding

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by marie

how long are you acclimating the shrimp before adding to the tank. Shrimp are the only animals that I have lost because I was impatient and added to the tank to fast. Now I drip acclimate at least an hour and a half if not longer before adding

I think Marie is on the right track. I do a drip for both shrimp & mandarins as they seem to take a long time to acclimate. I believe they are sensitive to the salinity as well as temp.

[justinl]

yeah marine inverts are often lost to to a quick change in salinity. they are quite sensitive to it (more so than most fish)

[marie]

Originally Posted by justinl

yeah marine inverts are often lost to to a quick change in salinity. they are quite sensitive to it (more so than most fish)

I'm not convinced it's the change in salinity that affects them. I regularily move my shrimp ( no acclimating) from tank to tank with no ill effects and I discovered one day (I don't test salinity on the tanks very often ) that the salinity on one of the tanks was 1.023 and the other 2 tanks were at my target level of 1.025.

[Fishfanatic]

The last batch I acclimatized for over 3 hours and they are the only cleaner shrimp in my tank with plenty of fish, so I am sure they have plenty to eat.

[kwirky]

I hand fed mine once a week to be sure. I lost it about 2-3 weeks ago though when it died molting. Had it for 6 months before that.