Cleaners shrimps dying on my tank

[mario_07963]

Any ideas of why everytime I get a cleaner shrimp on my tank they died. I have two clowns, cherub pygmy, anemone and they all have been doing good on my tank for 9 months. but I introduced two cleaner shrimps at a time, once 5 months ago and the other a week ago......they both have died. first one within a week, and the other one next day. any ideas?
do they need a lot of water circulation, I probably don't have enough as of yet, i'm waiting for a MJ1200

 

[chocolateblnt]

cleaner shrimp are one of the first to die if you have nitrate problems ... any of that? Give us water parameters if you need help!

 

[falconut]

Are you aclimating them slowly?

 

[mario_07963]

I will check water parameters and post them....
To be honest w/you the last shrimp I don't think was aclimated rigtht, I got it from the store and was coming late from school so I just left it on a bucket dripping water from my tank but only for 10 min....

 

[chocolateblnt]

I had a shrimp live forever and I never acclimated him ... he did however die of a nitrate spike when my skimmer pump got stuck!

 

[mario_07963]

I better check my nitrates a.s.a.p....how come the fish are ok though?

 

[chocolateblnt]

like I said ... shrimp are much more susceptible to nitrates. Did they appear "drunk" before they died ...