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That makes more sense, and as Simon said, it's the perfect TDS reading for shrimps.

Yeah they do cost a bit but as you say they will last a good while so not to bad. I think I just freaked out a little when I saw she only had about half her legs. I’m guessing that they will/could lose some legs during their mating.

I remember scotlands water as very clean and soft, it may not have chlorine in it even, but best to treat just in case. That TDS is perfect! That looks a fairly large shrimp anyway and they only live 1-2 years so you will get deaths now and again (they are probably aready nearly 6 months when you buy them). It is good to have the full test set and check that as/when and/or every 3-4 months! The tests usually last for years so after the initial costs they aren't all that costly!

Sorry I haven’t gotten a full test kit I meant the tds I think that’s 198-200 I’ve ordered a full test kit so I can check out those Other factors. I was using rain water at the start but wasn’t getting enough during summer so I started using tap water with the prime. I live in Scotland our tap water is very clean and not so much chemicals in it apparently. I’ve had just a couple of deaths since I got everything set and was expecting to after I started doing it wrong you guys got me sorted with my ammonia issue, then everything was/is going great as I said only a couple of deaths weeks apart so I put it down to the ammonia poisoning or possibly a failed malt but seeing the shrimp trying to move with only a few legs kinda made me go what oh no hope there’s no issue I need to consult the pros.

Try mixing the new water to TDS 200, or maybe even less if thr tank parameters have gone up a lot! As for the horrific KH, perhaps photo the tank for us to see or list everything in the tank as I assume something must be raising that?

Dead shrimp will loose their colour and turn that orange. Nothing to be worried about. If more deaths occur, then there might be a problem. GH/KH is 198-200 ?? GH & KH isn't normally the same. What unit of measurement is that (ppi, dGh) ?

So I’ve done a really good check of all the shrimp and it was just that one that had issues from what I can see. When I checked her this morning she was on her back and an hour later she was dead so i removed her to get a picture to show and left it in a jug while I did other stuff it must have been an hour when I realised I hadn’t flushed the dead one anyways I had noticed that on the other side of the shrimp had started turning red as you can see from the picture. Do you think it’s anything to be concerned about.

Just checked and it's called Shrimp Minerals so it should be ok. I'll see how much I need to add to my RO water to get the required parameters.

my gh/kh is 198-200 and ph is 7.43