therehere3 Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Hello everyone! I have a well-established tank that is perfect for my shrimp:) however.... all my LFS cherry shrimp are absolutely horrible (not taken care of) and they die very shortly after I buy them I would love to buy some sturdy home-bred cherry shrimp from anyone very very close to California, Sacramento USA. 95826 If anyone can sell me like 10-30 of them (depdending on price) I would LOVE to buy/pick them up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftNDirrty Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Well no matter what you shrimp should be dying unless they are being eaten. Unless they are CRS of course. I've had all types of shrimp only tanks doing fine even with a WC a month. Doesn't mean they are happy though if they are surviving. But even then they will live for quite a while but won't be happy in bad parameters. Just buy some off eBay or on here and you should be fine. Do at least a 50% WC beforehand and add some Prime to condition the water and some safe start. Make sure your HOB filters are clean just rinse them and clean them in fresh conditioned water if they are dirty and clean the glass and sand or gravel before the WC. Just trying to help and give advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therehere3 Posted June 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 11 minutes ago, DriftNDirrty said: Well no matter what you shrimp should be dying unless they are being eaten. Unless they are CRS of course. I've had all types of shrimp only tanks doing fine even with a WC a month. Doesn't mean they are happy though if they are surviving. But even then they will live for quite a while but won't be happy in bad parameters. Just buy some off eBay or on here and you should be fine. Do at least a 50% WC beforehand and add some Prime to condition the water and some safe start. Make sure your HOB filters are clean just rinse them and clean them in fresh conditioned water if they are dirty and clean the glass and sand or gravel before the WC. Just trying to help and give advice Couldn't understand you very well.... What are you trying to say exactly? That the shrimp I am getting, no matter how stressed they were beforehand, that they shouldn't die in my tank unless my tank is bad? haha, because that is not true. If they are stressed before I get them, there is likely chance they won't make it very far. Not due to my tanks fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftNDirrty Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 No not at all I wasn't talking about anyone's tanks at all just saying all shrimp are pretty hardy except CRS to my knowledge and that isn't from research it's just from keeping shrimp and breeding them. I have 6 20L tanks on 3 double stand and 2 29high and 3 55 tanks and stuff reef tanks planted community tanks and I work st a very reputable LFS but it doesn't matter about all that. I wasn't saying anything bad about your tanks at all man that is way far away from what I was actually talking about. Just trying to let you know shrimp are hardy and can deal with a lot when kept by themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftNDirrty Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Just because I didn't spell very well just now and use correct grammar doesn't mean I'm an idiot either lol sorry bud but just trying to help like I said initially. Just trying to comfort you and let you know you can do whatever you want and others will always be there to help you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftNDirrty Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 I have shipped so many shrimp on eBay and that is stressful. It helps to use the kordon bags that breathe through the bags. But imagine riding in a USPS car or ups truck being delivered it's always going to be stressful and I haven't had an issue ever with getting shrimp or delivering them. Even the extra shrimp for doa has always made it probably. Just being honest bud. No one shakes up the bags and sends you shrimp they want you to be happy and enjoy your live inverts, we all love our aquariums etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftNDirrty Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 If you just read the first reply I sent to you anyone can tell I'm just trying to help. I may have a few years of experience but doesn't mean I know what I'm talking about. Initially I said: Do at least a 50% WC before you add more shrimp and add some Prime to condition the water and some safe start. Make sure your HOB filters are clean just rinse them and clean them in fresh conditioned water if they are dirty and clean the glass and sand or gravel *before* the WC and run the clean filters. So when you clean and start it back up it puts a bunch of bad stuff directly into the new water you just out in. Just trying to help and give advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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