I received 4 peppermint shrimp from ORA via SaltwaterAquarium.com. They were very much DOA, the bag water was foul smelling. And it seemed like a pretty clean overnight shipment and I had them out of the box within an hour of arrival.
I'm being offered a refund or replacement and I'm trying to decide. If shrimp just don't ship well I'd rather try and find them locally. But if this was atypical, I'd like to have them shipped because I wanted captive bred.
Honestly I just kind of feel like how they shipped contributed. They were all in a bag together and there didn't seem to be much in the way of extra air. But I'm not sure what is best practice for shrimp.
I'm being offered a refund or replacement and I'm trying to decide. If shrimp just don't ship well I'd rather try and find them locally. But if this was atypical, I'd like to have them shipped because I wanted captive bred.
Honestly I just kind of feel like how they shipped contributed. They were all in a bag together and there didn't seem to be much in the way of extra air. But I'm not sure what is best practice for shrimp.