Peppermint Shrimp dead?!?

carnophage · 01/06/2008, 05:30 PM

i just got, like 3 hours ago a Peppermint Shrimp, to add to our AP-12. i also got 2 clowns. the tank has been up for a week, i used live rock and live sand. there is a hermit some mushrooms and 3 snails in there already. i added the Peppermint Shrimp like 2 hours ago, i floated him, then put him in, and how he is dead. i tested the water, and nothing is out of wack. i am so confused!!! help!!!

reeferman00 · 01/06/2008, 05:31 PM

did u let your rock cure?
are your clowns doing alright?

carnophage · 01/06/2008, 05:32 PM

live rock from Bio-Reef. and the clowns look fine so far. should i take them out?

younglcy · 01/06/2008, 06:24 PM

Shrimp are very sensitive and have to be acclimated very slowly. I usually drip acculimate for 3-4 hours and that's assuming the salinity of the store water is fairly close to mine. Peppermint shrimp also don't like being suddenly exposed to bright light - they're noctural.

carnophage · 01/06/2008, 06:50 PM

bright light would kill a shrimp?

MegsB · 01/06/2008, 07:20 PM

if you used cured lr and your params are all in check then i would imagine it was probably the acclimation, how did you acclimate? as younglcy said shrimp are very sensative when it comes to acclimation, and since it died so quickly that would be my best guess as for COD (cause of death).

Kengaroo131 · 01/06/2008, 07:33 PM

it sounds like an acclimation error, like everyone else said shirmp are really sensitive to that kind of thing and if your salinity with the lfs and your tank where way different it could have shocked it causeing death.

but if thats not the case i would keep an eye on the clowns if they start to twitch real quick or show signs of heavy breatheing i would recomend you take them out

zotzer · 01/06/2008, 08:30 PM

You can't just acclimate shrimp for temperature. Next time, add small amounts of tank water every 15 minutes. When the bag is near full, empty half of it out (NOT into the tank

) and begin the process over again. The longer you take to do this, the better off you'll be.

Good luck with the next one...
Tracy

Deb91 · 01/06/2008, 09:03 PM

I swear it makes me so mad when people who go by what the lfs person tells them to do or what is written on those bags to just float on top of tank for 15mins loose their animals. Not everyone has a forum to go too,they are just following directions. It should be a law that when selling live things then they should made sure they give the buyer correct acclimating instructions! Sorry for your loss!!

01/06/2008, 05:30 PM	#1
carnophage Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wa Posts: 418	Peppermint Shrimp dead?!? i just got, like 3 hours ago a Peppermint Shrimp, to add to our AP-12. i also got 2 clowns. the tank has been up for a week, i used live rock and live sand. there is a hermit some mushrooms and 3 snails in there already. i added the Peppermint Shrimp like 2 hours ago, i floated him, then put him in, and how he is dead. i tested the water, and nothing is out of wack. i am so confused!!! help!!!

01/06/2008, 07:33 PM	#7
Kengaroo131 Fish Crazy Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jupiter, Florida Posts: 1,361	it sounds like an acclimation error, like everyone else said shirmp are really sensitive to that kind of thing and if your salinity with the lfs and your tank where way different it could have shocked it causeing death. but if thats not the case i would keep an eye on the clowns if they start to twitch real quick or show signs of heavy breatheing i would recomend you take them out __________________ ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 75 gallon mixed reef, 12 gallon bookshelf reef

01/06/2008, 09:03 PM	#9
Deb91 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scituate,Ma. Posts: 577	I swear it makes me so mad when people who go by what the lfs person tells them to do or what is written on those bags to just float on top of tank for 15mins loose their animals. Not everyone has a forum to go too,they are just following directions. It should be a law that when selling live things then they should made sure they give the buyer correct acclimating instructions! Sorry for your loss!! __________________ Deb Current Tank Info: None running now.

01/06/2008, 05:31 PM	#2
reeferman00 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: maryland Posts: 189	did u let your rock cure? are your clowns doing alright?

01/06/2008, 05:32 PM	#3
carnophage Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wa Posts: 418	live rock from Bio-Reef. and the clowns look fine so far. should i take them out?

01/06/2008, 06:24 PM	#4
younglcy Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canton, MI Posts: 93	Shrimp are very sensitive and have to be acclimated very slowly. I usually drip acculimate for 3-4 hours and that's assuming the salinity of the store water is fairly close to mine. Peppermint shrimp also don't like being suddenly exposed to bright light - they're noctural.

01/06/2008, 06:50 PM	#5
carnophage Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wa Posts: 418	bright light would kill a shrimp?

01/06/2008, 07:20 PM	#6
MegsB Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: BC Posts: 230	if you used cured lr and your params are all in check then i would imagine it was probably the acclimation, how did you acclimate? as younglcy said shrimp are very sensative when it comes to acclimation, and since it died so quickly that would be my best guess as for COD (cause of death).

01/06/2008, 08:30 PM	#8
zotzer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 346	You can't just acclimate shrimp for temperature. Next time, add small amounts of tank water every 15 minutes. When the bag is near full, empty half of it out (NOT into the tank ) and begin the process over again. The longer you take to do this, the better off you'll be. Good luck with the next one... Tracy