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[donnievaz]

I'd bet the farm the Coral Banded is killing these shrimp...

 

[maroun.c]

That's a big of a swing for an hour acclimation. Suggest introducing in a bucket with same salinity then raising over couple of days.
I've also seen shrimps tear other shrimps apart.

 

[kingdog22]

Why in the world can I not get a Camelback cleaner shrimp to survive acclimation this is my fourth attempt at $30 a pop I'm about to give up on this shrimp. I drip acclimate until the salinity matches that of my tank about an hour or at least an entire gallon. I never let the shrimp out of the water he never is exposed to the air. I turn off all lights pumps and powerheads. And I put the entire acclimation bucket in the tank and let him come out on his own. A couple hours later I find some snails eating him what in the world am I doing wrong please help if you can thank you

It could be the temperature difference in what you are acclimating the shrimp in compared to the tank. Especially if it's in an air conditioned home and you are dripping for an hour or so. The water in the container will chill a lot in an hour and then when you add the shrimp to the tank the warmer water is a shock.
I had this happen with cleaner shrimp during the summer one time. I use a acclamation box for inside the tank now and it works great. And haven't lost anything.
I hope whatever is your issue you figure it out.

 

[DMan]

Ill side with the acclamation. With that large a difference a least an 8hr acclamation. Days to weeks seems like a lot. Can't really think of anything that I've ever had to acclimate for that long. Except corals maybe. But I don't buy inverts all that much. Maybe once every couple of years, so maybe I got lucky.

 

[themcnertney]

I was told one time to chase shrimp around the tank once placed in the display. This allows water to flow the shrimp.

 

[Jmas4]

I'd bet the farm the Coral Banded is killing these shrimp...

I agree I had a coral banded shrimp and all my small fish stayed away from it. I also had a fireshrimp. I added peperment shrimp to kill aptiasia but one by one they dissaperead and I saw my fire shrimp chase one down and kill it.

 

[Reef Stu]

I have three peppermint shrimp and one fire shrimp. As I recall, some shed there exoskeleton pretty quickly after I added them to my tank. The fire shrimp went into hiding after the shed for at least a week. I thought I had lost him. I'm guessing you can tell the difference between a shed and a dead animal... (I had a hard time telling the difference the first time my red leg hermit crab molted).
I can definitely tell you that my peppermint shrimp avoid the fire shrimp. The three of them hang out in one corner and the fire shrimp has rain over 2/3 of the tank.

 

[sbash]

I have three peppermint shrimp and one fire shrimp. As I recall, some shed there exoskeleton pretty quickly after I added them to my tank.

Indeed, this happens to me almost every time I add a peppermint shrimp. That said, when I buy them, they are far too small so they get sucked through the grating on my overflow - so I stopped trying to add them (at least at that size).

However, in the spirit of troubleshooting, and maybe I missed it, but how exactly are you acclimating the shrimp?

What about PH? how does it compare from the source to your tank?