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Hello beanbag! I apologize that i did not see your thread earlier. Ok from what i read, there is no such thing as unfertilized eggs. Meaning when the females are berried all of those are gonna be live hatches. If they are not fertilized, the eggs will not be moved down to her tummy at the bottom as you have seen on your berried mama and they will show the saddle.(sexually matured but not pregnant) I am so sorry i did not see your thread earlier as i would have encouraged you to give a go at hatching those eggs yourself? It is possible to do that, kind of gross at first but it is possible. I know it is a silly question but do you still have those eggs? For mamas, there are many reasons why they die. I read a first time mama may "drop" her eggs after molting. In this case, you can also save the eggs. For me, personally my shrimps used to die because of shifts in water parameters and also during water changes i dont really know what im doing. (I was all over the place) I have learnt from the kind people here that taught me, getting a book and changing the exact same water amount every time and gradually lowering or altering the individual values very slowly helps. Than note the date, amount changed, parameters before and after water changes in the book. This helps me take note of what needs to be changed and how to. @sdlTBfanUK simon always reminds me to drip all new water into the tank very slowly. Quick changes to the water kills them pretty fast. Please dont feel too sad as well,@zoidburg did mention once that sometimes the shrimps are already advanced in years when you got them? Sometimes its one of those things? Your parameters i may not be the best to advice you on what is right? But all i can say is keep it stable most importantly? I have a 16litre main tank with crystals and blood marys(neos) my gh is 6 and kh is 0, quite similar to yours? And my ph is 6.3 also with an active substrate. Im still using distilled water remineralized. Will switch to rodi when im back from my trip. If you still have the eggs for any reason, this is what i attempted, by any means it does not look pretty but it works: https://skfaquatics.com/forum/topic/14201-new-tank-setup-for-yellow-shrimps/ Sorry if its a lengthy thread i think i was very longwinded [emoji23], scroll down to see what to do with the eggs ok? This is the video simon shared with me, good as well: I hope everything works out good for you ok? Regards, Jo Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

zoidburg many thanks for the info. I'll go for Equilibrium.