In November I sold 20 cherry shrimp to someone locally. After about a month I decided to contact them. It was my first live animal sale and I wanted to put my mind at ease before selling more. They replied and told me they died within a couple hours of getting them home.
I keep the shrimp in a 10 gallon aquarium at room temperature(68-72). They are overcrowded and were overcrowded at the time I sold them. They were overcrowded a long time before that so unless this guys aquarium is really bad, I'd think mine has to be worse. I do water changes 2 or more times a week trying to compensate. I think ammonia and nitrite were around zero the last time I checked, but it has been awhile. They are at my dad's house as far as checking now.
So far all I know is the guy said his aquarium temperature is around 74-76 and that their tank has been up for about a year(mine is approaching a year as well). I also asked if they use dechlorinator, if they do regular water changes, if fish attacked them, and if they floated the bag when they got it(waiting on response).
I'm thinking it could be an issue with the temperature difference(maybe water chemistry) or with how I transported the shrimp. When I transported the shrimp I brought them in a fish bowl so they could see them and then poured them into a gallon ziplock bag. There were some stragglers in the bowl so I used room temp bottled water to wash them out into the bag. It was only a small amount compared to the tank water they were in, but maybe it only takes a small amount? So II'm thinking those actions might've hurt or stressed them as well.
Since I think they were being honest I offered a refund or replacements. I know there are too many variables but I wanted to see what others thought likely killed them. Worried this will happen again if I try to sell or rehome more and I really need to because they are overcrowded.
I keep the shrimp in a 10 gallon aquarium at room temperature(68-72). They are overcrowded and were overcrowded at the time I sold them. They were overcrowded a long time before that so unless this guys aquarium is really bad, I'd think mine has to be worse. I do water changes 2 or more times a week trying to compensate. I think ammonia and nitrite were around zero the last time I checked, but it has been awhile. They are at my dad's house as far as checking now.
So far all I know is the guy said his aquarium temperature is around 74-76 and that their tank has been up for about a year(mine is approaching a year as well). I also asked if they use dechlorinator, if they do regular water changes, if fish attacked them, and if they floated the bag when they got it(waiting on response).
I'm thinking it could be an issue with the temperature difference(maybe water chemistry) or with how I transported the shrimp. When I transported the shrimp I brought them in a fish bowl so they could see them and then poured them into a gallon ziplock bag. There were some stragglers in the bowl so I used room temp bottled water to wash them out into the bag. It was only a small amount compared to the tank water they were in, but maybe it only takes a small amount? So II'm thinking those actions might've hurt or stressed them as well.
Since I think they were being honest I offered a refund or replacements. I know there are too many variables but I wanted to see what others thought likely killed them. Worried this will happen again if I try to sell or rehome more and I really need to because they are overcrowded.
