Peppermint shrimp care

[StartingATank]

Salinity is way to high. I suggest keeping you salinity at 1.024-1.027 ppt. Do you have livestock in the tank other than the peppermint? If you don't, do a water change and put barely any salt in to level the salinity. Peppermint shrimp is likely going to die, but it might survive. Do gradual water changes with low salinity to stabilize it and slowly decrease the salinity

Unless OP changed the Salinity, this is completely bad and wrong information. Reef salinity is 35 ppt.

I’m sorry I made a mistake in the calculations in my brain. Tried to clarify in first post just now. I forgot that there were two parts of salinity measuring. I made a mistake. Sorry again

 

[Blennioidei]

My luck will acclimating peppermint shrimp is very bad I don’t know if it is because they are so sensitive or I just am doing something wrong. My store gave me them in 25 ppt salinity while mine is 35 so I dripped acclimated but then they seem to fall on their side and die I don’t know what their weakness is or they are just super fragile?

This is a wierd thread :D Just to answer your question:
- If they keeping them at 25ppt, then that super low. They would need a super slow acclimation, wich introduces other problems like temp etc. Just get them from a different source
- I have 10+ shrimps, I introduced all of them like this: 30 min float for temp, 30-45 min drip accliamation, i aim to double the water wolume, the I take some out, an drip some more. So at the end you should have 3/4 of the water from your tank.
- While salanity shock is the most likely, there are other things that can kill a shrimp, just a few : high nitrates, ammonia, copper, temp differences. Do you have anything else in the tank?

 

[germieac]

Watch out with these little jerks... they attacked my hammer coral not too long ago

 

[Shawnfish1122]

Sorry maybe he misunderstood the store employee then ?

thats what I'm wondering, something is weird, hope the OP can clarify

I empty the e store water bag into container to drip acclimate and I tested it and it came back as 25 ppt ?

 

[Shawnfish1122]

I was referring to this part:

Sorry maybe he misunderstood the store employee then ?

I dumped store water into container and tested it at 25 ppt

 

[Shawnfish1122]

Watch out with these little jerks... they attacked my hammer coral not too long ago

Wow

 

[Euphylliaphyle]

My luck will acclimating peppermint shrimp is very bad I don’t know if it is because they are so sensitive or I just am doing something wrong. My store gave me them in 25 ppt salinity while mine is 35 so I dripped acclimated but then they seem to fall on their side and die I don’t know what their weakness is or they are just super fragile?

How long did you drip acclimate?

 

[Shawnfish1122]

My luck will acclimating peppermint shrimp is very bad I don’t know if it is because they are so sensitive or I just am doing something wrong. My store gave me them in 25 ppt salinity while mine is 35 so I dripped acclimated but then they seem to fall on their side and die I don’t know what their weakness is or they are just super fragile?

How long did you drip acclimate?

Like 2 hours or more

 

[Euphylliaphyle]

Like 2 hours or more

Then I am with @akossard on this: I think it may be temperature. When I have to acclimate for a long time, I float the bag in the tank first for about 20 minutes. Then I open the bag by cutting off the knot or rubber band. I empty about 1/2 or 2/3 of the bag water into a waste bucket, and curl up the top of the bag as if rolling up shirt sleeves. This forms an air pocket in the cuff that sustains flotation. I also secure the top edge to the tank edge to keep it from floating away or capsizing. A binder clip will often work for this. This way, the bag continues to float in the tank to keep temperature.
Next, I make a bridge/scaffold over the tank that can support a clean 1-gallon jug (mine is from distilled water to avoid contaminants.) I fill this jug with aquarium water and place it on the scaffold. I then start the drip from this jug into the bag. The jug may cool below tank temp, but the few drips per second are equalized by the remaining water in the bag floating in the tank, so the temperature differential problem is solved.
Just keep a close eye on the process so the bag doesn't overflow into your tank and to refill the jug and/or partially drain off bag water into the waste bucket as needed.