Fire Shrimp Keep Dying

[Krisd]

My fire shrimp keep dying in my 29 gallon tank. My parameters are in the normal range and my snails and hermit crabs are doing great. I was just wondering if anyone had any input on why I can't keep fire shrimp in my tank. I have 2 clowns and a Bluefin damsel fish, 4 turbo snails and 8 blue leg hermit crabs.
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
ph 8.4
nitrate 5
salinity 1.022
I do weekly 5 gallon water changes and I feed twice a day. any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!!

 

[Kristin1234]

How old is your tank?
How are you acclimating them?
Temp?

 

[jay0705]

Any other shrimp?

 

[Krisd]

How old is your tank?
How are you acclimating them?
Temp?

My tank is about 5 months old, I acclimate them for about an hour, introducing my tanks water into their bag over that hour slowly. My temp is between 76-78 degrees.

 

[Krisd]

Any other shrimp?

No other shrimp in the tank, just the turbos and the hermit crabs.

 

[jay0705]

How old is the tank?

 

[jay0705]

Oops nvm. Ok try some pep shrimp. If they live the other should.Shrimp are sensitive to high nitrate, ammonia and such

 

[Kristin1234]

Do you have any coral banded shrimp? They killed my skunk.

 

[jay0705]

Read above post lol no shrimp missy

 

[jay0705]

That was my thinking tho coral banded are nasty

 

[jay0705]

5 months could be a bit early. Uhave hardy fish so they can handle alot. Inverts especially shrimp can't

 

[Krisd]

Thanks for the input, I'll wait a bit before I get another shrimp. I've only had 2 fire shrimp and the most recent only lasted 3 days. so that makes me worried for my other inverts. I don't want them to die either. All of my snails and hermit seem to be doing great.

 

[Krisd]

Do you have any coral banded shrimp? They killed my skunk.

nope no other shrimp

 

[jay0705]

They should be ok if there lasting now. Did u get the shrimp from the same place?

 

[bang guy]

Fire shrimp are very reclusive during the day. Did you find an actual dead shrimp other than the molt?

3 days sounds to me like osmotic shock from an inadequate acclimation. What is the difference in salinity between your tank and where the shrimp were purchased?

 

[Krisd]

They should be ok if there lasting now. Did u get the shrimp from the same place?

Yeah I have gotten them from the same place. The last fire shrimp was around for a while before it died.

 

[Krisd]

Fire shrimp are very reclusive during the day. Did you find an actual dead shrimp other than the molt?

3 days sounds to me like osmotic shock from an inadequate acclimation. What is the difference in salinity between your tank and where the shrimp were purchased?

Yeah I found the dead shrimp no molt had happened. They told me the salinity was 1.023.

 

[jay0705]

I would let ur tank settle and age a bit then try again. Maybe a few pep or camel shrimp first and if they last go w a fire

 

[bang guy]

Test their water yourself. Them telling you the Salinity is 1.023 is fairly meaningless since that's not a salinity reading. If the difference in salinity between your tank and their tanks is significant then a shrimp will need a lot longer to acclimate.

 

[pegasus]

Test their water yourself. Them telling you the Salinity is 1.023 is fairly meaningless since that's not a salinity reading. If the difference in salinity between your tank and their tanks is significant then a shrimp will need a lot longer to acclimate.

While it's a good idea to test the LFS water's salinity and compare it to your tank water, but I never have. I treat ALL water from a different source as being extremely different than mine. I slow-drip acclimate all new shrimp for a minimum of 2 hours, and I've never lost one in the process. Doing it this way, I don't have to worry about parameters such as salinity, temp, and pH not matching. Just saying...