I’m a teenager and I am impulsive by design so I am taking full responsibility for my mistake…
I am a reptile owner, I have a ball python. Yesterday, I created a little 10 gal paludarium, aquarium rocks on the bottom, then lava rocks, then ecoearth for my pothos plants I’m putting everywhere. As of right now, there’s nothing living in it but my pothos.
However
I was browsing aquatics today and I found skittles shrimp and cherry shrimp, and I googled and it said they were hardy so I planned on putting them in my paludarium. So I bought them for my paludarium and plan on gifting them to my mom…
Are they gonna die if I drip acclimate them and put them in my paludarium as it is? I know I DEFINITELY need to change some things, I just might end up putting some aquarium rocks and pothos in a critter keeper until I get my paludarium sorted out.
All advice is wanted, please help me 
I’ve personally never had luck with shrimp but the water where I am is very hard.
They’re supposed to be hardy little guys if the water is up around 76-80 and conditioned…which the 10 gallon currently is not.
The nitrate cycle will be terrible for them. That will either be kicking up now or will go into overdrive once the shrimp are added. Ammonia and nitrates will spike to dangerous levels for them.
The easiest thing to do is just head back to the shop with them. That way you won’t have to stress over them.
Edit to add: you should be able to add them once every thing cycles, but that can take time and you may need to add a tiny filter. You can look into something like ‘quick start’ bacteria starters at the pet shop to help condition the water and get that nitrate cycle sorted.
How old is the paludarium?
Ideally you’d want it to be at least a month into cycling before adding any livestock, but understandably that isn’t the case here.
Do you have any way to test water parameters? If not I reccomend purchasing an API water test kit to make sure that you dont have ammonia or nitrites in your water, you also should probably add more water as neocardinia shrimp are not going to thrive in shallow water like that. At least halfway up filled.
You’ll also want to test Gh and Kh (water hardness) as this is vital for shrimp to survive molts. Too low and they wont be able to intake enough minerals to keep a healthy exoskeleton, too high and they may have failed retained molts. Though they can adapt if they are acclimated appropriately.
Tetra safestart will start an almost instant bacterial cycle to help battle ammonia and nitrites so you can at least make this situation a bit easier. Seachem Prime will remove toxins and chlorine from the water.
I use Crystalpro aquatics shrimp mineral to top up if my Gh or Kh gets too low from water changes.
They will also need some sort of water disturbance for oxygenation.
If this is all too much for you to be able to do in a reasonable time I highly suggest what @armiyana said and take them back to the store you purchased them from, because they otherwise are very unlikely to survive a new setup with unknown parameters…
Unfortunately I bought them online in my ninth period today, but I have since set up a 5 gallon with purified mineral water (Ozarka) and some water rooted pothos (no clue what they’re actually called) and some unused jungle river rocks/sand that I got from my O’pa.
That paludarium is less than a day old, I think I’m going to fix it up with what you guys said and put the shrimp in later? I can’t return them 
I also have pleco wafers with algae as the main ingredient to feed them in their temporary home until the biofilm builds up in my paludarium (after I fix it)
I’ll upload a photo of their temporary spot shortly 
And I’ll get something to test the parameters and some more aquatic plants and stuff, I have about 2 days to get their temporary tank suitable
What!!! You should be concentrating on your school work! 
I’m kinda kidding but I kinda mean it!!! 
. I’m sure your little aquatic buddies will be fine! 
Well at least you recognize that this was impulsive and asked for help, that’s big!
And this experience means you probably won’t do it again with a more complex-to-care-for animal, because suddenly caring for these shrimp will require more than you think! A good lesson (soon-to-be) learned about animal care, even for the little guys like inverts.
lol I’m graduating with honors and a teachers aide certification straight out of high school, then studying music or herpetology in college because I made all state on clarinet at 16 and have been studying herpetology since I was 7… I think I’m okay enough to allot some time for daydreaming and daydreaming turning into impulses way too soon
But I’m giving my brother my card to hide so I don’t do something dumb again
Oops!! Open wide insert foot in my mouth! I think you will be just fine! 
You’re good!! I just have too much free time so I get things done too fast, hence why I tend to make impulsive decisions
Well no matter! I’m glad you’re here!!!
You certainly sound very accomplished! 
Thank you ma’am!
Water disturbance, what do you suggest?
Either flow from a filter, an airstone, or a powerhead all create water surface disturbance to circulate oxygen, just make sure its not overwhelming.
Thank you! I really appreciate you, ma’am
I love fish and shrimp, what i’m going to say off the top of my head is that it needs more water. This tank is only ten gallons, its not suitable to have enough room for land and water. Although shrimp are bottom feeders, this is not enough water. What I say to do is to convert it into an aquarium and get some more fish, but make sure not to add too many fish. Do your research about whatever fish you buy because they can eat the shrimp. Add more aquatic plants and you should be fine. One more thing, the pothos should only have the roots in water which I see you must know since you already only have the roots in the water. You can put the pothos in the basket of the HOB (hang on back) filter, or you can buy small planters that hang on the side of the aquarium (search “aquaponics basket for aquarium”).
Thank you!!
I mean, I once ordered 3 tarantulas while at work (it was a sale, each species I wanted had a very limited supply, and TIME WAS OF THE ESSENCE!!), and I’m a grown woman, so I’m not going to judge you too harshly.