Cleaner shrimp death.

[Reesj]

I setup my new 50gallon aquarium and put in 3 small similar damsells about 5-6 days ago and they have been doing great.
I only have fish atm so my selinity is only 1.21-1.22 .
Today I decided to bring a single cleaner shrimp.
I bought him and put in about 1/3 of orginal bag water 1st then about same in another 15 mins and put him in.
Mind you I did not float the bag as lfs and I run at normal temprature.
When its comng down a damsell thought its food and attacked but after it landed they left it alone.
Unfortunetly it dies of shock in baout 45 mins and did not move from where it landed.

Maybe my acclamation was 2 fast. Things to consider,
1. LFS keep their tanks salinity at 1.25 and outside one at 1.30 even.I checked when i went their with my refractrometer. (1.30 cause Evaparation and filling with salt water i guess maybe)
They take water stright from sea not salt mix.
2. The LFS took water from diffrent saltwater tank neted him and put him in. (maybe big swing there also)
3. After neting him it took about 6-10seconds to put him inside.

Any ideas for what to do next time and what went wrong. (Mayeb everything )

 

[JP Reef]

If you want things like shrimp you need to bring your salinity up to 1.024 to 1.026. They don't do well trying to acclimate them to a lower salinity. I would slowly raise salinity by topping off with saltwater for a while until you reach the correct salinity and then switch back to freshwater top off. After that, then your tank will be ready for things like shrimp and other invertebrates.

 

[Reesj]

Humm . I read that Most aquarium fish do great at lower salinity and specially powder blue tangs. (Many videos and experts advice).
So I thought i will keep my tank at a lower salinity untill i get almost all fish then go for corals afterwards.
I don't know if adding a cleaner shrimp last isa option them. (Maybe other established fish might go after it at first?)

 

[BestMomEver]

Inverts can go in the tank anytime. But they don’t do well with Salinity levels too far off what we typically keep in our Aquariums, which is around 1.025. That being said, acclimation for inverts, in my opinion, needs to be slower and more deliberate than what is required for fish. My suggestion would be to raise the Salinity of your water and when you get the next shrimp, float the bag for 15 minutes and then drip acclimate it slowly. If you don’t have the little kit for drip acclimation, you can make your own.

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Also, some aquarium shops keep Salinity levels lower because it seems to help keep diseases at bay. If you buy fish that have been kept in hyposaline water, slow acclimation is crucial.

Good luck!