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Crystal Black Shrimp: What's a Fair Price?

Crystal Black Shrimp cost $4.20–$5.50 per shrimp today; the median is $4.50. Based on 9 in-stock listings with a stated pack size across 3 US vendors, updated November 10, 2026.

Cheapest today
$4.20/shrimp
Median
$4.50/shrimp
Highest today
$5.50/shrimp
In stock now
10

Cheapest per vendor

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VendorListing Per shrimpListing price Stock
Superior Shrimp Aquatics Crystal Black (CBS) Shrimp — 5 (5 shrimp) $4.20 $21.00 in stock view →
Shrimpy Business Crystal Black Shrimp — 40 Shrimp (40 shrimp) $4.40 $175.95 in stock view →
Coast Gem USA Live Freshwater Aquarium Shrimp Crystal Black Shrimp (Caridina) — 10 Shrimp (10 shrimp) $4.50 $45.00 in stock view →
The Shrimp Farm Crystal Black Shrimp for Sale (Shipping 11/16/26) pack-priced $34.99 in stock view →

Per-shrimp prices are computed from pack size (a $33 ten-plus-one pack is $3.00/shrimp). Shipping and live-arrival guarantee terms differ by vendor and can change which one is cheapest to your door.

Reading today's numbers

The highest per-shrimp price for Crystal Black Shrimp today ($5.50) is 1.3× the lowest ($4.20). That is a fairly tight range, meaning vendors broadly agree on what this shrimp is worth right now. When judging a price, the median ($4.50) is the better anchor than the low: the cheapest listing can be a large-pack price or a lower grade. If a quote is well above the median, check the vendor table above to see what grade or pack you're comparing against. Note that 10 of 16 tracked listings are in stock right now; today's stats come from the in-stock ones.

Keeping them alive once they arrive

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A new colony needs stable, tested water and shrimp-appropriate food more than anything else. Chewy — a general pet retailer that sells no live shrimp and is not one of the vendors this index tracks — carries shrimp food, water test kits, and water conditioners.

Price history

The per-shrimp market median for Crystal Black Shrimp has changed 1 time in 119 days of tracking. Median shifts here usually come from the in-stock mix changing rather than vendors repricing (how these prices actually behave). Genuine repricings land on the price drops page as we observe them.

$4.45$4.47$4.50Jul 15: $4.45Jul 16: $4.45Jul 17: $4.45Jul 18: $4.45Jul 19: $4.45Jul 20: $4.45Jul 21: $4.45Jul 22: $4.45Jul 23: $4.45Jul 24: $4.45Jul 25: $4.45Jul 26: $4.45Jul 27: $4.45Jul 28: $4.45Jul 29: $4.45Jul 30: $4.45Jul 31: $4.45Aug 1: $4.45Aug 2: $4.45Aug 3: $4.45Aug 4: $4.45Aug 5: $4.45Aug 6: $4.45Aug 7: $4.45Aug 8: $4.45Aug 9: $4.45Aug 10: $4.45Aug 11: $4.45Aug 12: $4.45Aug 13: $4.45Aug 14: $4.45Aug 15: $4.45Aug 16: $4.45Aug 17: $4.45Aug 18: $4.45Aug 19: $4.45Aug 20: $4.45Aug 21: $4.45Aug 22: $4.45Aug 23: $4.45Aug 24: $4.45Aug 25: $4.45Aug 26: $4.45Aug 27: $4.45Aug 28: $4.45Aug 29: $4.45Aug 30: $4.45Aug 31: $4.45Sep 1: $4.45Sep 2: $4.45Sep 3: $4.45Sep 4: $4.45Sep 5: $4.45Sep 6: $4.45Sep 7: $4.45Sep 8: $4.45Sep 9: $4.45Sep 10: $4.45Sep 11: $4.45Sep 12: $4.45Sep 13: $4.45Sep 14: $4.45Sep 15: $4.45Sep 16: $4.45Sep 17: $4.45Sep 18: $4.45Sep 19: $4.45Sep 20: $4.45Sep 21: $4.45Sep 22: $4.45Sep 23: $4.45Sep 24: $4.45Sep 25: $4.45Sep 26: $4.45Sep 27: $4.45Sep 28: $4.45Sep 29: $4.45Sep 30: $4.45Oct 1: $4.45Oct 2: $4.45Oct 3: $4.45Oct 4: $4.45Oct 5: $4.45Oct 6: $4.45Oct 7: $4.45Oct 8: $4.45Oct 9: $4.45Oct 10: $4.45Oct 11: $4.45Oct 12: $4.45Oct 13: $4.45Oct 14: $4.45Oct 15: $4.45Oct 16: $4.45Oct 17: $4.45Oct 18: $4.45Oct 19: $4.45Oct 20: $4.45Oct 21: $4.45Oct 22: $4.45Oct 23: $4.45Oct 24: $4.45Oct 25: $4.45Oct 26: $4.45Oct 27: $4.45Oct 28: $4.45Oct 29: $4.45Oct 30: $4.45Oct 31: $4.45Nov 1: $4.50Nov 2: $4.50Nov 3: $4.50Nov 4: $4.50Nov 5: $4.50Nov 6: $4.50Nov 7: $4.50Nov 8: $4.50Nov 9: $4.50Nov 10: $4.50Jul 15Nov 10

Common questions

Every answer below is computed from this page's own numbers at build time, and updates with the daily data refresh.

How much do Crystal Black Shrimp cost?
The median is $4.50 per shrimp, based on 9 in-stock listings with a stated pack size across 3 US vendors as of November 10, 2026. The range runs from $4.20 per shrimp at the low end to $5.50 at the high end. One other vendor sells them in packs whose animal count the listing doesn't state (The Shrimp Farm), so those listings are excluded from the per-shrimp figures rather than divided by a guessed pack size.
Which vendor has the cheapest Crystal Black Shrimp?
Superior Shrimp Aquatics has the lowest verified per-shrimp price at $4.20 per shrimp, as of November 10, 2026. Prices exclude shipping and live-arrival guarantee terms, which differ by vendor and can change which store is cheapest to your door. Pack listings without a stated animal count cannot be compared per shrimp and are left out of this comparison.
Which vendors sell Crystal Black Shrimp?
4 of the US shrimp vendors the index tracks list them as of November 10, 2026: Superior Shrimp Aquatics at $4.20 per shrimp, Shrimpy Business at $4.40 per shrimp, Coast Gem USA at $4.50 per shrimp and The Shrimp Farm at $34.99 per pack (animal count not stated). Each figure is that vendor's cheapest current listing.
Has the price of Crystal Black Shrimp changed?
Yes. The per-shrimp market median has changed 1 time across the 119 days the index has tracked them. Shifts here come from the in-stock mix changing — listings selling out or restocking — rather than vendors repricing.
Are Crystal Black Shrimp in stock right now?
10 of the 16 listings the index tracks for them were in stock as of November 10, 2026, across 4 vendors.

Cite this page: Shrimp Price Index, "Crystal Black Shrimp price," data through November 10, 2026. https://shrimppriceindex.com/morphs/crystal_black

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