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Hey guys, Guess today was the day. This was one of many. I was doing a dip every 2-3 days, for about 5 seconds, whether it helped or not, I'm not entirely sure!

Thanks Simon! It was a nice surprise, especially with the ongoing issues with the tank. I might stop h2o2 treatment now with them being born and all.. What are your personal go to foods for keeping them alive? and feeding frequency?

FANTASTIC! You must be thrilled and all the effort was was clearly worth it. They will be very fragile so you aren't totally there yet as they could still perish but I have my fingers crossed and well done! Simon

I realise how frustrating it can be when you can't pinpoint what has/is going wrong! The only red worm I know of is the bloodworm and they are harmless to shrimps, but if you aren't sure what it is then I would discard it to be safe? I don't know where they come from, any bucket left outside seems to get some in over time here?? Fingers crossed the H2O2 treatment does the job! Simon

It's on its own. Those are some good points regarding aerosols, dirty hands etc. as I can't seem to pinpoint any issues with water parameters or obvious pathology/diagnoses. Upon reflection, it's the only tank with an open top, whilst all the other tanks have their own lids. Certainly something to think about.. I also found this red worm in my filter's mechanical filtration, is it harmful at all? Frustrated, I commenced the h202 treatment, but stopped the filter for about an hour. There hasn't been any abnormal activity yet, but will be watching closely over the following days.

Thanks Simon, we are using tank water (rainwater) and changing around 30% a week. That is very interesting that you say the parameters are more suited to cardinal, I thought they were more difficult to keep. I bought all juveniles but some seemed to have grown a lot larger. I hope this is not two females that have died! I can still see healthy looking shrimp (I guess I have 5 remaining) so I will hang in there fingers crossed. Thanks Sub

Sadly I have found another shrimp dead this morning. There are still live ones cruising around so it isn't all of them - seems like the two largest shrimp have died. Water parameters this morning are Nitrates 10 (bit sus on this as I think my test strips are already showing this slight pink before I wet them) Nitrites 0 Hardness 75 GH ppm Alkalinity 0 KH ppm PH 6.2 The fire reds we have in the other tank are using exactly the same water and there has been no troubles. In my tank I notice some moults yesterday so is it a problem with moulting you think? Thanks so much for any help - I have done some research on the correct parameters but not really sure that I understand the GH and KH numbers compared with what my test kit is telling me. Thanks all and have a great day sub