How to Acclimate Freshwater Shrimp [Beginner Shrimp Keeping]
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Acclimating shrimp is one of the most crucial aspects to making sure shrimp survive in your aquariums. When you receive shrimp in the mail or from the fish store, there a 6 steps to make sure that those shrimp live in your aquarium and do not die during the transition period (30 days). It is very important to acclimate shrimp correctly or the stress can easily induce molting which could lead to death.
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Hey Rob great video. At the end of a acclimation would it be necessary to add some stress coat plus to the tank and turn the lights off for stress? Also I sent you some emails with questions Thank you so much Rob!
This is a huge help! Thank you!!!
thank you, subbed
Thank u for the vid just got into shrimp and I'm moving from ten g to 29g and needed to know how I could minimize losses
Hi!
Can you do a video on treating planaria with panacur c the dog dewormer please?
Thank you so much for this video. I am now on round 2 of trying to care for shrimp, (the first time I made a lot of ignorant mistakes) and I am just now finding out about the 4 degree rule. I hope my 5 Neocaridina shrimp acclimated well and will begin to thrive in their new home, a fully natural planted tank!!
Getting a dropper and better net seems to be a move.
Good info, Bag in water for half hour, release into tank, never had a problem but I'm sure the real way as you demostrate is 100% foolproof
That's how I do
Yeah I had two black rili I did this with die 2 and 4 days later after I did this but I think they were sick at petsmart already. I just got 7 amanos and I did the half hour in the bag thing and now I’m scared I did it wrong 😅 I’m about to run to the store and get kits to test my water hardness and all that and I’m hoping my shrimp will stay healthy
@@ava_radio988 tbf it’s neocaridina that need harder water, not caridina
When your shrimp cost $25 per shrimp, you don’t want to take that risk.
Just ordered dip and pour and 3D net. Im a long time fish keeper so the acclimation part i knew but definitely found some new items to assist the job. Thank you, keep up the GREAT WORK!
Great Video, my shrimp andMerrah's show up today, I can not wait!!! thanks for the video!
I love how detailed this video was. I just placed an order through you guys and I’m excited to receive my shrimp and snails! 😃
I'm so glad I found this video and your channel! I've been planning on buying shrimp from Flip Aquatics for a while now, but my tank is still doing a fishless ammonia cycle, so I'm trying to research how to set up for my shrimp while I wait. Getting resources and tips directly from the source of my future shrimp is exactly what I need! Thank you!!
I’m excited to get my first shrimp!! This video was super informative and helpful content. Thank you!!!
Cool video. I dripped the shrimp i got from you for about 2 hours at 1 drop a second and all my shrimp survived and are still doing good 👍 thanks Flip
Really, been at this for 40 yrs. This video is for O.C.D. aquariest, I float for 1/2 hr., add 1 tablespoon of tank water, when you 1st float, then every 10 minutes, total
Is your method effective for cherry shrimp?
@@DalalGaming 50/50, I'm new with Ghost Shrimp, but I'm on my 3rd litter and it's gets easier and more healthy. But I still need more tips on these Ghost Shrimps, before I even think about Cherry Shrimp. As far as tropical fish, both fresh and salt, 95% success and I'm being modest, for I too have a few tricks and tips to share, including how to bring back to life, freshly died off fish, haven't seen anyone talk about this subject yet. But 40+ years as an Aquariest, I've been through almost all worst case scenarios, but I love watching this channel, because John is honest and speaks the truth. This is a full time job, not just a hobby. I have 4 tanks and a 23.5" pleco in a 20 gallon tank, I'm bummed about it, but it wasn't my fault and he's 4yrs old. I'll be making my channel public in June. Please advise me on not to overfeed my Shrimp, they seem picky more than they are scavengers.? ✌
@@nbdsafetysolutions.7892 Is your fish channel up?
Thank you for this video! I just got my neos in. They are so cute. I’ll have to just get one more tank for only shrimp. Last tank...I swear.
See dead shrimp: add water conditioner immediately, then remove dead shrimp.
Fast temperature changes causes shrimp molt: always acclimate.
Got it.
Literally
Thank you so much!!! This is so helpful for a beginner!!😄
That's a really good point about the hang on tank bin and the siphon. That would definitely simplify things in a busy situation!
Missed the opportunity to say "shrimplify" things😂🤣😂🤣
Your water temperature was very similar between the tank and bag. How do you acclimate if you're going to room tempersture of about 65 and tank temperature of 77? I would think the catch cup on the outside of the tank would and the slow drip would not warm the water to the tank temperature.
Thanks for the great video!
watching in prep for my cherry shrimp coming this week!
I just done this with a bunch of river glass shrimp I bought for my turtle. Now I have a shrimp tank because I can bring myself to feed them. I’m amazed I bought them in salt water and managed to acclimate 18 out of 20
That’s nice
Thanks so much, great information.
So I live in a temperate climate and have to heat my tanks, so I temp acclimate by floating the bag. My question is how do I then drip acclimate while maintaining the temperature as my room is cooler than the tank?
Bro.... neck strap monopod.... trust me. If you're shooting your own videos, it will free up your hands. You're pretty resourceful, so I'm sure if you can't find one, you could make one. That way you won't have to put down your camera when you, say, cut open your bag.
Rhanks for sharing the knowledge btw. Still waiting for the turn of the year to start my build for my plywood & you will be my main source for inverts. Love this channel. Quality content brother, as always....✊🏾
Sweet info.
As an option, we use an aeon forehead laser thermometer that has a surface setting to test tank temps.
Thank you for that video it's good to know these details.. May I just ask why you don't put plants in the shrimp's tank? Thanks
Thanks for knowledge, bought some shrimp (so excited) and could not quite get/understand how the drip acclamation principle worked. Bought shrimp (some months ago), but was ignorant about them (they looked cool in the store) and just floated them in bag for 1 hour - and they died within a week. Thanks for knowledge.
The "always reach out to the company" works a lot of the time however i recently had a horrible time with one company. Fedex ran 48 hours late. Once my shrimp got here they were all dead. Took pictures and sent them to the company. They have a 7 day money back thing. This company waited till 11pm on day 6 to tell us we needed different pictures because "The pictures you took still had water meaning our customer service cant verify completely". Needless to say that was a lot of money spent on dead shrimp. Purchased from a different company and they showed up live and healthy. Just had my first babies start popping out of the tank. Currently setting up a new tank so in a month or so imma give flip a try. Anything is better than the first company.
Can you say which company so I can avoid them?
@@FilmDragons live aquaria.
@@InfuriousCoffee oh yea those guys are bad. Sorry for your loss man
@@FilmDragons learned my lesson thats for sure. Havent ordered anything from them since. Not even frozen foods
Hello from Chicago Illinois 💚 💛 💙
can i float the shrimps in my aquarium to adjust the temperature slowly? Because most aquarium stores in my country always come with a normal plastic bag with oxygen inside
Same with my country (Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹) getting certain things can be expensive 😅
Same in Canada.
Yes you can float the bag so it slowly adjusts to the tank temperature.
I now use an empty 2L container, dump the bag with shrimp in, drain some water so there’s about only 150-250ml of the original shrimp water. Then drip acclimate them in the 2L container until it’s almost full. Now you can dump it all into the tank.
If you don’t have an airline valve tie a knot in airline tubing or punch the tubing with a small clamp until you get about 3 drops/second.
@@ruidadgmailcanada8508 I think floating the bag is only an issue if it's one of those silky-feeling air-breathing bags. Floating one of those cuts off the shrimp's O2 source. I don't see an issue with floating a regular plastic bag or just pour them into one of those dip things and hang it on the inside water side of the aquarium instead of the outside. With a rock in it if it wants to float.
@@claudeclawsonne4510update: I’m now just netting my shrimp from 1 tank into another with 0-acclimation.
Didn’t check any parameters and put 2 blue neos in with my reds.
I didn’t see the 2 test blues for a few days, but no corpses. A week later there they were munching away so now I’m catching the rest of my blues and putting them together.
I had a 3rd tank of yellow neos but they weren’t as hardy and died off…I think that tank went acidic from over feeding. 😢
I’m thinking the general shock of being caught, transported and dumped into new surroundings is the worst part for them. Less is more with shrimp.
@@ruidadgmailcanada8508 Well it is quite a different thing moving fish or shrimp or anything else from a tank in your own home to another tank in your own home. Unless you've done something to deliberately make the tans differ from one another, creating water that's harder or softer than normal, all the tans in your home should all be the same water parameters, temperature etc. and shrimp will only need acclimatizing if the temperatures differ from one tank to another. At most you might want to float them a bit but generally I lun mine in and out of different tanks in my house no problem. But if I travel an hour from home and pick them up at a swap meet r something then I definitely do a drip for an hour or so.
Perfect timing! I just ordered my first shrimp from you last week. Very excited for my Fantasy Blue shrimp to arrive!
I just float the bag in the tank and add a bit of tsnk water ever 10 mins for about half an hour then tip them in. Never had any problems. But i just keep hardy species like cherry shrimps
Thank you so much for this! Even while drip-acclimating for 30 mins, the first three months of trying to introduce shrimp to my tank I’d lose them within 3 days due to molting failures and never understood what was wrong. Never thought about the temperature being an issue!
I do live in a cold climate where my fish room ambient temperature will never get close to the temperature inside my tank. Is there another way to slowly warm the bag up than just leaving it out and hoping it gets close?
I'd imagine 30 minutes might be a little too quick. try to slow the drip so that it's ready in 3-6 hours instead?
Love this video thankyou, Can you keep shrimp with angel fish?
amazing video. tysm 🥰
Hello, do i need to put shrimp bacteria powder before i can put in the shrimp?
Just me, sitting here, waiting for my shrimpies to drip acclimate in their gallon bucket. :P
What if the room is colder than the tank ? How do you warm them up ?
Thanx bro ,I m planning to make my 55 gallon tank into shrimp tank
I watched all 3 of the beginner videos very informative I love the way you made all easier to understand thank you 🙏
I was on the fence about who to order my shrimp from. Not any longer, your video was so Informative and on point every step of the way. I will be ordering very soon. Thank you for the great content and Inspiration you give. God Bless you and Flip Aquatics.
Great guide except for the whole temperature thing. A lot of us have tropical aquariums where the water is significantly warmer than room temperature. So the whole leave the bag out to reach the temperature you want doesn’t work for many of us. But you also said don’t float the container in the water so how the hell would I raise the temperature then? I just bought shrimp online from flip aquatics so I am trying to learn the best way to acclimate but that seems like a pretty big thing to just not mention.
I used a under tank reptile heat pad to heat the shrimp container.
I put a 5 gallon bucket on the hey s filled 3/4 with water and a heater set to sand temp as tank . Then another bowl floating on top . Add my shrimp and the siphons line as as he says . The bowl gets warm like the tank so slowly warms up and the shrimp are getting drip acclimated at the same time . Just be sure to have a rue in the bowl with the shrimp as if it over flows it goes into the bucket . Just to be safe I add prime to the bucket water so if it overflows then the shrimp just swim in the bucket which isn’t great , but it’s the same water I use in my tanks for my neo’s.
Awesomeness. I've been wanting to branch out to shrimp keeping. Thanks so much for the advice.
What brand of breather bags do you recommend for transport?
should make how to ship caridina shrimp in tropical areas that can take up to a week.
What if my room temperature is colder than the tank? My room temp is about 63, while the tank is 75. Right now the water the shrimp are in in their transition bowls are 79. So wouldn't leaving them out 4 hours make them cold, and further from the temperature we need?
I had no idea that shrimp were that sensitive to the slightest changes. It's not as complicated, I'm sure. But I bought 10 shrimp and just did the first couple of steps then put them straight into tank... they still look alive, but they just seem to be hiding out in the grass... I how they're ok😮😊
I ordered some cherry shrimp and I have water conditioner for fish will that work in place of what you put in the acclamation kit?
Yes it will.
What to do when my ambient/room temp is 65 but my aquarium is 78-80?
Do you recommend quarantining the shrimp?
Its funny, I just take 50/50 water from the other fish tank, wait an hour and chet the ph level, once everything is looking good I’ll just let them swim out if the bag themself… not lost a singel shrimp yet.. and that’s after a bumpy ride for a few hours from Sweden and across the border
Can we use seachem amguard in shrimp bag to detoxify ammonia
Just got my order thanks so much everyone is alive .. the 2 bamboo are still hiding but hope to see them soon. The blue shrimp are beautiful thanks so much
Hi guys, I just placed my shrimp order through your company! :) I'm looking forward to my first Flip Aquatics delivery! Do you consider Amano Shrimp to be nocturnal? Do they do better in darkened tanks? I have a drip acclimation system for new fish and shrimp. Excellent presentation and thumbs up of course!
Just curious, can Amano shrimp be kept in cold water?
@@seanflynn8467 nope... they need 64 to 80 deg. F with optimal temp being 76 deg. F.
@@FrederickDunn okay thankyou very much, do you recommend any cold water algae eaters
@@seanflynn8467 Definitely Hillstream Loaches
Well I bought your acclimation kit. And I bought the dipping pool (same one you link to). It just doesn't work with the dipping pool hanging on the side like that. You kind of completely skip over the part where you set it up and get it hanging just right, but I'm guessing it has to be oh-so-perfect, or the water levels become too close, and suction won't occur. Whatever. I put the dipping pool on a stand next to the tank, about a foot below the tank's water level, and now it's working, sort of.
Good thing I was testing it with snails, first. I'm a ways away from adding shrimp yet.
I added bamboo and ghost shrimp in the tank 4 days ago. While the ghost shrimp are active and normal, the bamboo shrimp are just hanging by the filter but I don't see them eating. At least one molted at the bottom but came back up. Should I be concerned?
Whats the difference between your fish aquriums and the tubs u keep?
Thank you for all of your instructional videos. I have learned everything I know shrimp from you. I have a question. Can you put cherry shrimp with tiger shrimp without them cross breeding? I would love to have multiple colored shrimp in the same tank. I am in the process of setting up a 20 gal just for shrimp. Thank you. John
Where have you buy your fish net:)?
Great job
It's important to read and understand the terms of "DOA" (Dead On Arrival) which your chosen distributor honors for your order because you will often be required to photograph any deceased livestock while they are still in the sealed bag/container they arrived in and may also be expected in some cases to pay for additional shipping/handling on replacement orders. This is also the first time I've seen a "breather bag" (I'm new to the hobby) so with such an opaque surface it could be key to also have access to a camera which can capture detail in good quality pictures in the event that some of your new shrimp don't make it.
Question 😬... I know you don't recommend using the same water the shrimp came in but what if a female shrimp you received had baby shrimp in transport 👀😬 i saw a few but they're really hard to see
The temperature method won't work if your tank and room temperature are way too much different, example tank with chiller in a hot countries. Drip acclimate wise is good.
Agreed! there are plenty of exception. Now for the every day shrimp hobbyist that has never had shrimp, they need a starting place and this is as easy as it comes. I'll be doing another video on it to talk about issues addressed here.
I don't have a thermometer ☹️
Such a coincidence, I just received blue dreams!
What is the hardest shrimp to get
Japonica in my opinion (Amano)
Thanks for the info. Waiting for my first shrimp from you guys. Can't wait.
Great video flip team. Nice to see you go back to your roots with an updated version. If I get another little fluval tank for Christmas I'm getting some crystal reds from you. I've only ever kept neocaridina.
Very clear, concise information. Thank you so much!
Just ordered some shrimp from you guys, this video was so helpful, so excited for my shrimp!
That was great and very informative! I have some shrimp arriving tomorrow and wanted to refresh my approach to a proper acclimating process! I will order from you guys next for sure!
Nice
Great info. We used this video to acclimate 4 shrimp 2 yellow and 2 cherry shrimp. They were put into a tank with Guppies, neon tetras, 2 otocinclus and 2 snails. They all died out within a month. The water was within parameters heavily planted and multiple driftwood and caves for them to hide. They were bigger shrimp and were not afraid of the fish. We would drop algea wafers and almond leaves for them. We love these shrimps but scared to buy more because they end up dying. Any idea what could cause them to die?
Current readings
Temp 79°
Iron 0
Copper 0.5
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
GH 50
Chlorine 0
Alkalinity 80
Carbonate (kh) 80
Ph 6.8
TDS 100
Sorry for your loss by the looks of this comment section he's not going to answer u I don keep shrimp so can't help sadly but u should search marks shrimp tanks and ask him I'm sure he'll help you
Thanks
Hi there from Germany, they might have died because they are from different tribes. When shrimps are in an Aquarium, they develop certain bacteria depending on the individual bacteria in this aquarium. So one tribe of Cherry shrimp for example in one Aquarium might therefore be able to tolerance bacteria A, but another tribe of blue shrimp are in a different aquarium and therefore they have a tolerance for bacteria B.
If you now put shrimps from these two tribes together in one aquarium, the cherry shrimp will now be confronted with the bacteria from the blue shrimp and vise versa. Now unfortunately in the worst case, all of them will die, because their immune system does not know the bacteria from the other tribe. That is one of the reasons why you only put one tribe into the aquarium.
You can however try to prevent the deaths if you want different tribes:
- huge waterchange (80%) in the aquarium where they should get in before you put them in (its about lowering the germ density)
- humic substances in the water (lowerinf germ density)
- really slowly acclimation with the aquarium water, best over hours
One note: if they die because of the bacteria from other tribes, they do not need to die on an instance - it can take some weeks. Also there can only be one tribe dieing and one survivng.
In Germany ist called "Bakterielle Unverträglichkeit (BU)" or "Kreuzverkeimung" but I couldn't find the English term 😊
@EKGsandPianoKeys I'm glad you liked the word and found the comment useful! 😊
Shrimp can't have copper
So, even if I see dead shrimp in the bag, last step of acclimation is by drip acclimation?Not plop and drop?
That part was so he could sell you something. Just remove the live ones and you’ll be okay. A little ammonia on a shrimp will wash right off when you put him in the tank.
I'm confused why these animals can't handle a quick temperature swing. How do they handle it in the wild when it happens? Mother nature can drop temperatures fast. I've been outside on 90+ degree days when it drops to 70 suddenly and starts pouring rain. I can only imagine a stream, river, or the ocean working the same way. Streams and rivers especially.
Not every animal survives what the environment throws at them
@@jessl1934 you missed the point. If nature can throw big temperature swings. Even underwater. It's not the temperature that kills them. It's probably the large swing in water chemistry.
@@xSpaceInvader If nature can throw big temperature swings what makes you think that it wouldn't be able to throw big swings I water chemistry?
How does someone turn out like you?
@@jessl1934 What are you on? You are acting deranged.
@@xSpaceInvader Yep. Everyone who doesn't agree with your unwavering trust of your gut instinct on matter, despite plenty of actual evidence to the contrary, must be deranged.
I just pop them into the aquarium and never had any problems. All these chemicals you use will just create new water parameters anyhow, just put them into your nice tank with lots of plants and watch them go about with their business. I dont even let them adjust to temperature anymore - if they are somewhat close to temperature in aquarium i just toss them in, and well. They usually are since shrimps prefer colder water and therefor have room temperature, which your bag most likely will be, if not just leave it for a while in room temperature.
Keep it up !! Nice job !!
Very useful tips.... noob here. 🙂
Excellent video and service. Good bless you all.
Would Prime or more common "newbie" detoxifiers/ dechlorinators neutralize ammonia at a comparable level to ACCR?
That was hands down the best acclimation video I've seen. Step by step. Most people skip steps and just tell you what to do but I'm new so I don't know what they are talking about! Thanks so much for this amount of detail.
yall ever have to siphon the water on top of a pool cover, not fun business, we had a tube that was about 3 inches in diameter, and dear god it would take about an hour of the hardest suck a man can deliver. usually resulting in me almost dying on swamp pool water inhalation followed by me spewing out my daily nutrition. well good to say this year we finally found a better system
can river shrimp breed in aquarium???
He I guess bro if it’s like natural environment
Anyone know the survival % of mailed live shrimp?
Our survival rate is close to 100%. We send one extra for every ten shrimp bought just in case though.
They are so cute, Great video Rob! 🦐
I do a lot of these acclimation methods myself, great info Rob! I need some of those black 🌹 shrimp and give mine a boost.
great video did you no that shrimp dinner contains copper in it ??
Thank you for all your help!!!
love ya rob, keep on shrimpin'
Great vid Rob, thanks for the info!
Thanks, as a novice, I appreciate the information.
Jim
Just placed my first ever order with you yesterday... Got me some Tangerine Tigers, Cherry, and Amano Shrimp. Can't freakin wait for them to hit my door here in Michigan! 🤟🤟
Tokes Outdoors can you put the different kinds all in one tank or do you have 3 different tanks. One each for tangerine tigers, one for cherry & one for amano?
New & want to order some from them soon.
@@charlottedavis9769 I plan on breeding them, so I have 3 different tanks for them... but I originally was going to put the Amano and the Cherry Shrimp in the same tank together. That shouldn't be an issue. His online store does do a good job of explaining each different type of Shrimp, and what they'll do well in the tank with.
I'm sure I'll get hate for this but I've always just dumped them in and I've never had a shrimp die. I mean I have had random shrimp deaths every now and then but only like one at a time and never due to them not acclimating. I'm not saying you don't need to acclimate that I'm just saying I've been lucky.
Most of these procedures are overly complicated because people want you to buy their products they use in the video. Acclimating fish/inverts is NOT this complicated.
What do you suggest? I had a baby boom in my little patio pond and all the cool looking ones I bring inside don’t make it. The ugly brown ones do though 🙄
I had bought Amano, or so I thought, because I have a million babies. So I assume they are neocardina, some come out looking reddish, some bluish, some muted blue and grey banded, but the ones that survived and are bigger are brown with a tan stripe down their back. Every time I find the blue/grey banded I try to see if I can bring them inside and they last a week or so and then die 😐 whyyyy? What do I need to do?
Just realized this comment is three years old 😅 whoops
Recently made a shrimp purchase from you Rob and this video was perfect timing! Thanks! :)
Woohoo! Thanks Steve!
I want to try shrimp but I don’t want hurt or kill them so I don’t even try right now hopefully I will i the future.when I learn more about them
There a lot of good resources out there for basic shrimp care, but from my understanding, two of the most important things to know about starting shrimp are: water quality and water temperature. If you decide to order shrimp online, read everything about the handling process for the distributor you'd like to purchase from and find any reviews you can for them through Google or ask in a Facebook group for recommendations. Some Petco stores will get new orders of shrimp weekly and may also take order requests, so if you live near one, I recommend calling their aquatics department or asking in person.
This question is not about acclimating but I wanted to ask you if you think that Scuds can be harmful to shrimp?
I got some flame and christmas moss for my shrimp and now my aquarium is full of scuds :(
Hella dope! Question, is there any type of nano fish that is safe to keep with shrimp
Jr Flores yes tetra and danios
The only fish I don't see eating baby shrimp are otocinclus. I've seen tetras and danios eat them. And guppies.
August Vukosovich Yes but all you need is plants and hiding places for them to molt.
why such a deep tank for shrimp??
They like to climb out of the tank and will escape if there is a hole that they can fit through.
Where do we get those aclimastiotion boxes. Can't find them anywhere.
I do this to acclimate all my fish.
Can I put some shrimp in with a Beta? If so how many? What would you recommend? I mainly do saltwater but I have a 1.5 gallon beta cube with a moss ball, beta and a small plant.
@AmGoose I agree with you
Thanks for the tips what kind of food would you recommend for your shrimp
i used boiled egg.plant and or other veggies