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I had the same problem with the strip tests, and sometimes the drop kits aren't much clearer? You should drip acclimate shrimps (over several hours) as they are much more sensitive than fish. You should also drip new water when you do a water change/maintenance! I use one of these which are made iin US, though I use a latger one which is 1US gallon (4 litres), I expect they are widely available in USA or ebay/amazon etc? https://www.onlinereptileshop.co.uk/zoo-med-dripper.html You can rig up your own system, ie tie a knot in some airline or similar etc. Your Ph and TDS look pretty good. I would suspect the deaths are probably more likely to be you're not 'acclimating' approapriarely/slowly enough to the tank water by drip! Simon

Shrimp like cool temps, as they originate in the mountain streams in it's natural habitat. Heaters are almost never needed. 68F - 75 deg F (20 deg C - 24 deg C) is fine for shrimps. Heaters are used to maintain temps within this range, if you live in cold climates that cause the water temps to drop below this range. If temps go above, than aquarium chillers or even Air conds for the room can be used to keep the tank water cool. Hard water will be a challenge with shrimp. Try collecting rain water for the tank.

So I was wrong. I tested. I'm between 6.8 and 7.2 on the test strip for ph so I imagine that's probably a 7. Water is very hard. . Oh is ideal at around 180 I can just turn the heater off. Its arizona, and we are in the middle of April. I just thought they liked the higher temps. Like 76 to 78 range. But with the weather about to be how it is, I can just let them be the room temp ( which will probably be around 74. Maybe as low as 72 and as high as 78 when I'm not home, but not likely the water will make it to that high of a temp in the amount of time I'm gone) I did not drop acclimate, but I did let the water temp acclimate prior. No, I'm imbarrased to say I bought them from petco. Trying to find better local sources. But it's hard at the moment. . I just picked up a 5 way test kit, so I'll test ph tonight and let you know. I know we have very hard water. And I think it's slightly basic, but I'll know more once I test tonight. Oh, and yes, my yellow guy has that little strip down the back. Thanks for the help, I'll get those results to you soon Although I have a hard time with the color strips. I might take it to a store and have them tell me. The color doesn't quite match so I'm guessing a bit.