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Safest Travel for the Healthiest Arrivals
At Swimming Creatures, we meticulously select the healthiest live aquatic friends and secure them with optimal air and water conditions for their journey. Our careful packing ensures the safest travel and healthiest arrival for your aquarium companions.
Ultimate Protection for Your Live Animals
Our custom-designed, exclusive heavy-duty Styrofoam boxes protect your live animals from extreme temperatures. We also include extra heat packs or ice packs, depending on your delivery region, ensuring the safest journey for your aquatic friends.
****Important: Please check your local weather before ordering. Even with double insulation and heat/ice packs, extreme temperatures (below 32°F or above 92°F) can impact shipments. Orders placed during such conditions will not qualify for DOA (Dead on arrival) claims.
Fast, Cost-Efficient, and Careful Deliveries
We offer free deliveries that are both cost-efficient and as fast as possible. Each box is clearly labeled "Perishable - Handle with Care" to ensure the safe arrival of your aquatic friends. For those needing even faster service, customers can request overnight shipment for an extra cost. Our priority is to combine speed, affordability, and utmost care in every shipment, so you can trust your order will arrive in perfect condition.
Trusted Source
Our shrimps come from a renowned farm with decades of expertise in raising top-tier shrimp. Get ready to be amazed by their quality and vibrancy. Be excited to welcome these exceptional shrimp into your aquarium!
The Ultimate Aquatic Shopping Experience
Trust, Quality, and Care in Every Delivery
At Swimming Creatures, we are dedicated to providing an exceptional shopping experience. Our professional packaging and shipping practices, perfected through the delivery of over 1,000,000 shrimp and fish, ensure your live animals arrive in optimal condition. Many of our customers return to us, confident in our consistent quality and attentive service.
Did you know shrimps have grades?
Low Grade Cherry Shrimp
These shrimp often have faded colors and slimmer bodies. They are considered low grade, but are cost-effective, making them ideal for beginners to get started with shrimp keeping or for those wanting to give it a try without a significant investment.
Standard Grade Cherry Shrimp
Commonly available from most suppliers as budget-friendly shrimp options, these shrimp typically feature somewhat red coloration with some spots and a more slender body.
Fire Red Shrimp
Fire Reds boast fuller, vivid colors and bulkier shapes, making them excellent for producing strong colonies and culls for breeding. Swimming Creatures’ Fire Red Shrimp are the market’s favorite, known for their highest quality and often including Painted Red lines.
Painted Red Shrimp
The best in the market, Painted Red Shrimp from Swimming Creatures are top quality at cost-effective prices. Ideal for creating vibrant colonies, they feature excellent coloring and larger, bulkier bodies. Each shrimp is hand-picked from a quality farm with decades of expertise.
I have so much respect and trust for this seller, and you should too!
If you are debating whether or not to do it - DO IT. I have so much respect for this business and how much care and attention goes into the well-being of these little guys. I received 4 of each color, all still alive after being acclimated to my 10 gal for 2-3 hours according to the water parameters they provided in the box. They had one extra shrimp to account for DOA issues, but unfortunately he passed away. However, the rest of the shrimp are lovely, lively, and beautiful - one of them is berried! I could not recommended this business more and I am beyond happy with my purchase. THANK YOU SWIMMING CREATURES!!! :-)
Absolutely beautiful shrimp and even arrived with a few pregnant!
Absolutely beautiful shrimp and even arrived with a few pregnant and a few babies swimming around! Unfortunately looks like a few passed away in shipping, but I wasn't interested in compensation since the ones that did arrive were perfectly healthy and absolutely beautiful, but I'm sure this is because I am all of the way in Texas. On top of that they began reproducing almost immediately and within a month 7 became 30, and now 30 has become probably over 80! The packaging was done perfectly and there was absolutely no signs of rough handling, so I think I just got poor luck due to travel time / weather but I absolutely do not regret making the decision to raise these fantastic pets! They are so surprisingly smart and just FILLED with personality. Better than any fish I've had, and if you get attached to one It'll really steal your heart, their faces are so cute!
Well packaged. All arrived alive. I ordered multiple times.
I have ordered shrimp from here twice. Once when it was hot out and once now that it's cold. Each time all the shrimp arrived alive. Very well packaged. I did lose a couple each time in my tank in the first day or two unfortunately but I guess that's to be expected. The shrimp are colorful and a nice size.
Surprisingly satisfied. They are well packaged!
I am so happy with the shrimp I received from this order. I was surprised how well they were packaged, I was sent an extra couple shrimp just in case, and was very satisfied with that. It's been a few days and they're all doing just fine. All of them are bright colors and healthy. It's so nice to find a good online service for shrimp for my tank. Most of the aquarium places I've gone to like to charge $4 to $9 per shrimp. I was able to get them for about $3 each through this company.
A awesome company to order your products
The shrimp are bigger and most definitely brighter than I've ever bought before. The are true to their word and replies right back and has a kind word every time. Thank you
Excellent shipping, quality and shrimp! Buying again.
My shrimp all arrived alive, and even with swimming babies in the bag. Several were also berried, so looking forward to even more shrimp soon. I have ordered twice now, and the shrimp sent were a great variety of colors- I got reds both cherry and dark enough to be maybe bloody Mary's, both light and dark blue, lemon yellow, orange, some clear or almost clear, some with patterns and at least two so dark blue they look black. So, really happy happy about the variety of colors! I drip acclimated my shrimp and had zero issue with acclimation. Shrimp have all been happy and active in their tank. Excellent communication from the company with questions, and highly recommend ordering from them if you are looking for adding shrimp to your aquascape and tanks.
Very good quality, compare to other sellers!!
I ordered from two different companies. This batch looked so much better in both color and size. Would definitely recommend.
All arrived alive & 4 of them were pregnant!
I usually don’t write reviews but had to 5-star this one. Got 14 shrimp, a variety of colors, all alive and super active. When we added them to the tank, we noticed 3 tiny babies that had to have been born within the past few days. 3 of the adult shrimp are also pregnant. I wasn’t confident buying shrimp off Amazon, but I’m pleasantly surprised with what we got. Planning to order more next week!
How to Safely Acclimate Shrimp & Fish
Proper acclimation is essential for maintaining the health of your shrimp and fish. If a drip acclimation kit is unavailable, the following steps may be used.
1. Float the bag in the tank for 15 minutes. Ensure not to exceed this time for breathable fish bags.
2. Transfer the shrimp/fish to a small container, ensuring to remove any deceased ones.
3. Add 4 ounces of your aquarium water to the container. Repeat this process 2-3 times every 10 minutes.
4. Discard half of the water from the container and repeat step #3.
5. Carefully use a net to transfer the shrimp/fish to the aquarium.
Rachel coulomb
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2025
All 7 of them arrived well packaged, alive, and healthy! I drip acclimated them for 1 hour before putting them into my planted aquarium and they immediately went to work cleaning and eating :) I’m very happy with my purchase
Lilybear
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2025
I purchased 10 shrimp in September of 2024. I wanted to wait and see how they turned out long term before posting a review. I received 11 and lost one. The 10 remaining amano shrimp are thriving in my 15 gallon tank. The one shrimp that died was 100% my fault. While slowly adding tank water via drip tube, my ac unit kicked on. The two bowls were on the countertop directly under the ac unit. I had stepped away and came back to the poor shrimp huddled up in quickly cooling water. I am super happy with the way the shrimp were packaged and how healthy they were upon arrival. I love the lil buggers. They definitely help me smile whenever I glance over at them throughout my work day.
Charles K
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2025
They were not marked as live. Critters and so the postal lady had the box ont top of her dash in the sun. As far as I know, they were still Alive when introduced to my aquarium, but they swiftly jumped ship and I have not seen hide nor hair of them.
Michael Bolding
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2025
5 STARAlive and wellAll 10+2Easy to communicate with the buyer if there are any issues. I made a second purchase because the first batch of shrimp all had died from the cold. Quick, easy refund, I used that money later on the second order of their shrimp.Flash forward, and these guys are looking beautiful and continue to grow slowly but surely.They did come in small. Very slightly bigger than my cherry shrimp, but that just assures me they'll live long in my 20-gallon tank.BTdubs, Amano Shrimp are more of Hair Algae *preventers. However, they will eat Hair Algae if no other food is available.
Taylor P.
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2025
I ordered 7 Amano shrimp to combat the algae in my Neo and Caridina tanks. I received 9 shrimp with one dying during the acclimation process. The surviving 8 shrimp have been healthy and active. They’ve almost completely cleared out the algae problem.
Brayan
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2025
They are small but seeing the Growth rate and thriving makes it fun. Great value for money and they started work as soon as they were introduced. Gave me 3 extra. Who can complain. Would buy again
critical vector
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2024
I received 5 alive, seller refunded for the two dead. The 5 alive ones are healthy and thriving in my tank.
Breana Pearson
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2024
I ordered my amano shrimp and unfortunately they all came in deceased even with insulated packaging and a heat pack. I contacted the seller, provided images as requested per the DOA Guide sent with my order. Response was within reasonable time and automatically asked what would be the preferred route. I did request a new order be sent because I could tell the seller was thorough in packaging; netting for the shrimp to cling to in shipping, doubled bagged, bubble mailer, insulated bedding packed tight in the styrofoam cooler to prevent any damage.Today the new order arrived and i am very pleased to say that everyone arrived alive and active! Medium size shrimp and they are going to be a great addition to cleaning the driftwood in my 60g angel community tank.On top of receiving 9 healthy amanos, i also received a baseball size bag of java moss that i am super stoked about! beautiful, healthy java moss that is going to add the perfect pop of green to my driftwood
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