Can't keep cleaner shrimp, whats th deal?

[justinl]

yeah marine inverts are often lost to to a quick change in salinity. they are quite sensitive to it (more so than most fish)

[marie]

Originally Posted by justinl

yeah marine inverts are often lost to to a quick change in salinity. they are quite sensitive to it (more so than most fish)

I'm not convinced it's the change in salinity that affects them. I regularily move my shrimp ( no acclimating) from tank to tank with no ill effects and I discovered one day (I don't test salinity on the tanks very often ) that the salinity on one of the tanks was 1.023 and the other 2 tanks were at my target level of 1.025.

[Fishfanatic]

The last batch I acclimatized for over 3 hours and they are the only cleaner shrimp in my tank with plenty of fish, so I am sure they have plenty to eat.

[kwirky]

I hand fed mine once a week to be sure. I lost it about 2-3 weeks ago though when it died molting. Had it for 6 months before that.