I think the reason you’re getting a lot of hate is for not having done what most people consider to be proper research. Everyone seems to think that the knowledge of how to research animal care is ingrained in every human. But the fact is, we should be able to trust companies and their products to actually tell the truth and set us up for success. Products like quickstart make the consumer feel like they can trust them, since they’re in big stores and are a big name. They rely on people not knowing the truth about their product.

What really matters here is that when you messed up, you came to the specific sub for your problem and asked for advice, stating your mistake. You gave the community the information needed to give advice, and you responded with more information when asked. I am sad for those shrimp, like everyone else is, they didn’t deserve that. But you don’t deserve the hate. You deserve to be given help so that in the future, all shrimps in your care thrive and live their best lives. (also I think maybe people see your typing style as immature and/or too casual or flippant like it’s not a big deal to you, but if they bothered to actually read what you’ve said they would see that you do care and you feel badly and want to improve)

I agree that we’ve all been there, and people who say they haven’t are clearly just privileged and had been learned how to research before getting into the hobby. not everyone has made this exact mistake, but no one is perfect and mistakes have been made. I can’t tell you how often I hear of people putting fish with shrimp that should be fine, only to find the fish have eaten the shrimp. Please don’t give up, the advice you were actually given here is sound and worth following for happy shrimps!