Vals and water sprite are filling in nicely. The "baby tears" I bought online turned out to be duckweed. Not doing well as a carpet on the edge so I have given up retrieving them when they float upwards. Will rip the rest out tomorrow when I have some dwarf sags arriving.
I have lost 2 of the shrimp. I'm putting this down to natural attrition as a result of being shipped and re-homed as the rest are all doing well. I can never spot more than 7 so another is MIA or just good at hiding. To balance the books one of them is heavily berried. They started darkening yesterday but as these are my first shrimp I have no idea how far off they are, or even if they will do anything. Just in case I have removed the sponge I had used to block the top vents. The first back chamber is empty so if any shrimplets get sucked in they will be safe from predators. That's the other reason for letting the duckweed stay at the surface. The CPD never venture into the top half, not even for food.
I also lost a nerite. One of them was always falling off the side and onto its back. I used to have to turn him almost every time I went past the tank and one day I got there too late. The other two have never overturned and are fairly active.
CPD all well. Either they have grown noticeably or I have got used to their size. They are a lot less shy than initially, but I suspect they are never going to come rushing to the front to greet me - although they no longer dive for cover when I enter the room.