How are the bloody marys holding color through shipping, do they pale for a few days?

They can look a touch lighter for a day or two after the box, then the red comes back once they settle. Mine are raised at TDS 140 so a similar tank will be an easy move for them.

Do you ship these only early in the week too, or is it different for shrimp? Asking before I order for a friend.

not the seller but shrimp usually ship on a tighter schedule than fish, so ask shrimplord directly what days he boxes them before you order

Listing doesn't give a shipping day schedule, so message me with your friend's zip and I'll tell you what works. The red does come back after a day or two like I said above.

Do they handle a pH around 7.5 or do they want it lower? My tap runs hard and I'd rather not buffer down.

Listing doesn't give a pH range, only that they're raised at TDS 140 on an inert substrate. If your tank is in a similar TDS range it's an easy move. Message me if you want to talk through your numbers.

Not the seller but neos are pretty forgiving on pH, 7.5 is fine for them in my experience. Just match TDS when you acclimate and go slow.

Fair, neos do fine there. Listing only gives TDS 140 on inert substrate, so match that and drip slow like coralcass said.

Do you ship these with a drip acclimation kit or just the bag? Thinking of picking up the bloody marys for my moss rack.

Listing doesn't mention a kit, only the ten plus two, TDS 140 and inert substrate. Message me and I'll tell you what I can do.

Thanks for the earlier answer on the kit. Does the 10+2 usually arrive with a couple of berried females already, or is that more of a few weeks later thing? Planning to put them in the moss rack.

Listing only says you'll get berried females in mo... so that's the timeframe I'd go by, not on arrival. Message me if you want me to check what's carrying eggs in the current batch.

shrimplord are the bloody marys fully opaque all the way through, or do you get a few with clear patches in the 10+2? been burned by that on reds before.

cass listing says deep opaque red from a line culled hard for six generations, and no rili throwbacks in the last three batches. i won't promise zero patchy ones in a given bag, message me and i'll look at what's in the tub now.