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For your invaluable information on breeding and keeping CPD fry Alive.

Giving this a bit of a bump for you. I can't help since I'm not from Brissie. But a few members on SKF regularly go shrimping, and they might be able to help.

Great work @Paul Minett!! keep the photos flowing!

Those orange look higher grade yellows and those yellows look lower grade. Neither look orange to me. My old yellow juvis never looked orange, they were lighter yellow and became darker as they got older.

Another of my girls is berried! fingers crossed these ones become the first shrimplets in the tank! how long do they generally carry the eggs for?

What are your water parameters if you don't mind sharing? I have been thinking of trying to spawn panda and pygmy corys.

I would suggest using the method that Jayc has mentioned. This is what I did when my wp was out of whack after my holidays. I did weekly water changes of around 15 to 20% and remineralised the water 75% of what I usually do. for example I keep my tds for my tigers at 180 to 200 so I remineralised the RO water to about 150. The other option you have is to put the shrimp into a bucket and drain the tank and refill with water to the exact wp that you are aiming for. Once the tank has cleared up you acclimatise the shrimp back into the tank.