Acclimating shrimps from blackish water to full freswater

bgssamson · Post by **bgssamson** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:48 am

I will be getting 20 wild tiger shrimp (seller's not 100 % sure). The seller said that water they are in is brackish with 1.07 gravity. I have a 2.5gallon empty that I have just cycling since yesterday (freshwater) I will buy the hydromiter tonight & get it started with 1.07 salinity.

Now the question is how can I acclimate them slowly to freshwater? any hints suggestions are very welcome.

Note:
As soon as I received this shrimps I will post the pictures to help identify them.

Thank you in advance!

-Brian

bgssamson · Post by **bgssamson** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:44 pm

Anyone!

gnatster · Post by **gnatster** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:05 pm

I saw those same posts. I've delt with that seller as an admin on another forum. I'm sorry to say but I don't trust that guy as far as I can toss a car. We'll see and I hope you can prove me wrong.

Now as to aclimate them I would do small water changes every few days with fresh water untill it is all fresh.

bgssamson · Post by **bgssamson** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:45 am

You got mail!

-brian

bgssamson · Post by **bgssamson** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:53 pm

gnatster wrote:I saw those same posts. I've delt with that seller as an admin on another forum. I'm sorry to say but I don't trust that guy as far as I can toss a car. We'll see and I hope you can prove me wrong.

Now as to aclimate them I would do small water changes every few days with fresh water untill it is all fresh.

Nathan,

Well, I was wrong to doubt you! He really is selling a fake shrimps. What I got is a Ghost Shrimps. I hope I can get my money back through paypal.

-Brian

Post by **Mustafa** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:30 pm

Oh man....I hate people like that. Everyone has to be careful NOT to buy anything from anyone unless they provide an original representative picture taken by the seller himself/herself. This applies to both individual sellers and online stores (I have experienced both types of sellers trying to sell shrimp they did not have and deliver something totally different...and half-dead or dead at that). I consider that criminal.

Shady people and outfits like that should never even get near anything that's alive.

bgssamson · Post by **bgssamson** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:26 am

He posted back friday saying that I was wrong & it will color-up within a couple of days, can't believed this guy! Up to now the shrimps still looks ghost shrimps all white/clear no black spot not any color in it.

-Brian