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Crystal Red Shrimp: What's a Fair Price?

Crystal Red Shrimp cost $4.20–$5.99 per shrimp today; the median is $4.60. Based on 10 in-stock listings with a stated pack size across 4 US vendors, updated October 18, 2026.

Cheapest per vendor

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 Red Shrimp today ($5.99) is 1.4× 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 ($4.60) 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 19 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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Price history

The per-shrimp market median for Crystal Red Shrimp has changed 9 times in 96 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.

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 Red Shrimp cost?

The median is $4.60 per shrimp, based on 10 in-stock listings with a stated pack size across 4 US vendors as of October 18, 2026. The range runs from $4.20 per shrimp at the low end to $5.99 at the high end.

Which vendor has the cheapest Crystal Red Shrimp?

Superior Shrimp Aquatics has the lowest verified per-shrimp price at $4.20 per shrimp, as of October 18, 2026. Prices exclude shipping and live-arrival guarantee terms, which differ by vendor and can change which store is cheapest to your door.

Which vendors sell Crystal Red Shrimp?

4 of the US shrimp vendors the index tracks list them as of October 18, 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 Flip Aquatics at $5.99 per shrimp. Each figure is that vendor's cheapest current listing.

Has the price of Crystal Red Shrimp changed?

Yes. The per-shrimp market median has changed 9 times across the 96 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 Red Shrimp in stock right now?

10 of the 19 listings the index tracks for them were in stock as of October 18, 2026, across 4 vendors.

Cite this page: Shrimp Price Index, "Crystal Red Shrimp price," data through October 18, 2026. https://shrimppriceindex.com/morphs/crystal_red

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