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Pure Black Line (PBL) Shrimp: What's a Fair Price?
Pure Black Line (PBL) Shrimp cost $3.71–$9.99 per shrimp today; the median is $4.50. Based on 4 tracked listings with a stated pack size across 2 US vendors, updated September 2, 2026.
Cheapest per vendor
| Vendor | Listing | Per shrimp | Listing price | Stock | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropicflow | Pure Black Line Caridina Shrimp — Pack of 30 + 5 (35 shrimp) | $3.71 | $130.00 | out of stock | view → |
| Flip Aquatics | Pure Black Line Shrimp — Imported / 1 Shrimp | $9.99 | $9.99 | out of 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 Pure Black Line (PBL) Shrimp today ($9.99) is 2.7× the lowest ($3.71). A spread that wide is common for Caridina morphs and usually isn't the same animal at wildly different prices: grade is the usual driver, with higher-grade or selectively bred lines commanding more than standard stock. Pack size matters too — larger packs tend to work out cheaper per shrimp. 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 none of the 4 tracked listings are in stock right now, so today's stats reflect the most recently listed prices rather than shrimp you can buy today.
Keeping them alive once they arrive
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Price history
The per-shrimp market median for Pure Black Line (PBL) Shrimp has held steady across all 50 days we've tracked it. That's normal here: US dwarf shrimp prices hold still rather than drifting — genuine repricings are vanishingly rare across the whole index (we measured this across the whole market) — so today's numbers above are a dependable benchmark, not a snapshot of a jittery market.
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 Pure Black Line (PBL) Shrimp cost?
- The median is $4.50 per shrimp, based on 4 tracked listings with a stated pack size across 2 US vendors as of September 2, 2026, none of them currently in stock. The range runs from $3.71 per shrimp at the low end to $9.99 at the high end.
- Which vendor has the cheapest Pure Black Line (PBL) Shrimp?
- Tropicflow has the lowest verified per-shrimp price at $3.71 per shrimp, as of September 2, 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 Pure Black Line (PBL) Shrimp?
- 2 of the US shrimp vendors the index tracks list them as of September 2, 2026: Tropicflow at $3.71 per shrimp and Flip Aquatics at $9.99 per shrimp. Each figure is that vendor's cheapest current listing.
- Has the price of Pure Black Line (PBL) Shrimp changed?
- No. The per-shrimp market median has held steady at $4.50 on every one of the 50 days the index has tracked them. US dwarf shrimp prices hold still rather than drifting: the index has yet to observe a single genuine repricing of a shrimp listing.
- Are Pure Black Line (PBL) Shrimp in stock right now?
- No. None of the 4 listings the index tracks for them were in stock as of September 2, 2026, so the prices shown are the most recent listed prices rather than buy-it-now offers.
Cite this page: Shrimp Price Index, "Pure Black Line (PBL) Shrimp price," data through September 2, 2026. https://shrimppriceindex.com/morphs/pure_black_line
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