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GREAT news, well impressed and pleased it worked out! I will keep my fingers crossed they survive. You should rightly feel pleased with yourself, and hopefully it has boosted your confidence so you can carry on with renewed vigour! Simon

It was a bit freaky that so much was relevant to you, it had the same shrimp, and it was only posted yesterday, freaky, it was posted for you! He also mentioned that shrimps can die a week after they are put into a tank due to the earlier stress. Also he mentioned feeding the new borns so hope you saw that? You have quite a small tank with quite a few shrimps in it (the yellows) so I doubt the tank would produce enough food on it's own to cover them all. If you use broccoli or spinach make sure it is organic (no pesticides or pollution). I feed mine something every day and alternate, but with commercial shrimp food I use the 'dip a pin into the tank 2mm, then quickly into the food, then back into the tank'. I would do this same thing with yours every other day, dipping 1-2mm of the pin into the tank quickly. Each step has to be done quickly so that not too much food/powder sticks together. Regarding the water change, it is probably a bit impossible to not do a water change when a female is berried as there is likely always going to be at least one berried? I do a weekly maintenance in 28L where I change 2L (about 7%) but it slowly drips in over a period of 6 hours (I timed it yesterday for reference). As you say, it probably was a mistake to do a water change so soon after putting the shrimps in the tank as it wasn't needed really but like ALL of us you learn by these things so don't be too hard on yourself! Although I never had ANY problems when I started with cherry shrimp as I think mine were supershrimps (I didn't even acclimatise them in any way, just chucked them in with the fish straight from the shop - I didn't know any better at that stage so it was sheer dumb luck they survived I guess), but you are still doing really well in such a short time, certainly way better than when I tried the TB the first time! I think the main thing, BOTH videos said was to keep everything constant and stable. It is better to mess about with the parameters BEFORE you put the shrimps in the tank, but sometimes this isn't possible! Glad you were inspired by the youtube video - it could have been made specially for you, spooky. Simon

Yep i have watched that video. Mark is really passionate about the hobby, you can hear it in the way he talks about things. Much like yourself and jayc. Thanks for sharing this video, it is indeed very relative and actually it did encourage me a whole lot. 14mins into the video he covered mummy shrimp molting with the eggs.(forced molt) 20plusmins into the video he covered failed molting, (post molt or stuck in the molt, aka "white band of death mr diamond") I learnt alot from this video. My thoughts: I think i myself killed yellow mummy shrimp, not the water parameters, i did it. Realized i should not have done that 800mls water change after they were in there. There wasn't a need to do that water change actually. They had just acclimatized to the tank not too long ago and i should have left them to it. (Prompted by mark, he mentioned when there are berried shrimps you minimize water changes) I had the idea that i wanted the water to be pristine and so a small 800mls water change isnt going to be shocking anyone. I failed to remember that they had just came into this tank from the breeders. So had i not done the water change, they would not die. I think the drip acclimating done for them in the bag was done well but i shocked them further, another time you could say, when i did that water change way too soon. Kills me to remember that actually that water change was not really needed. (Believed nitrates was low, tds was just about climbing but not rocket high). Could be why after that, they dropped like flies and than the one baby shrimp from the pail died along as well. Than at this point in the video i was reminded of my main tank with the crystals n reds. When all the females were berried, i hardly did water changes. Actually only once or twice and very small amounts and the babies were all successfully hatched with the mummies not dying till much later. This is a lesson for me. Over caring for the tank is gonna harm them more than anything(fussing too much) He also mentioned failed molts in shrimps and had related it to diet. (After he dropped the broccoli into the tank) Makes me think, i actually neglect the shrimps diet generally. In the sense i do not feed them regular enough. Had thought they can eat all that biofilm in the tank, i only drop a minute sized pellet or powdered shirakura chi ebi in for them once a week or sometimes even once every 2 weeks, i wonder if this could be why they seem to be dying from molt failures despite the water being relatively better than last time? Noticed that they die usually with a gap after their heads and always after a water change. Because the water is really better than before when i first started and i slow drip back new water into the tank but it is so frustrating to see 1 die day after a water change. I may have neglected their diet in this aspect??? Will give a try to use fresh boiled foods for a change to see if things improve, want them to have more vitality for sure. Im sure if i neglect this area it would affect breeding for sure, i had been too obessed with getting the water better till i neglected nutrition. Lastly he talked about keeping everything to a constant and in a way he is saying dont chase numbers, see what works for you in your setup and that takes trial and error. Will definately keep that in mind now that i am better than when i first started. I think this video was really meant for me, thank you again simon. Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

JOJO you definitely should watch this video, and not just because it is the same shrimp as you have. It is a bit long and he is a bit of a waffler but it mentions A LOT of what has happened with you so it may explain somethings better than I could, ie the water change may have caused your berried shrimp problem etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRENRvQbxaw Enjoy! Simon

You are doing it the right way. Several water changes with pure RO, Distilled or Rain water will bring GH down. And yes, I believe that rock you had in the tank was the cause. So removing it was the right thing to do. Just stick to 10% weekly water changes. This will reduce GH slowly, so as to not stress the tank inhabitants.

Here are some photos of the moment, sorry for all the typo errors in the previous reply, was too emotional. I could really celebrate. You know, its one thing to have so many shrimp dying and one other life changing thing to witness eggs that you saved, actually hatch! **dancing around** Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

Me too I have all the equipment and plants, and carpeting plant seed for a good setup, just no patience.