Aquarium maintenance is rough, I'm in the same boat. Last go at it I did do bamboo shrimp, but somehow a trumpet snail snuck into the tank and it became a trumpet snail tank no matter how many I removed. Even drained it and no luck.

The bamboo shrimp were peaceful to watch. They'd make this little circle together and feed. But it looks liked they were doing an extra incantation to summon a shrimp god.

If there is a lot of maintenance you’re doing it wrong. Quick waterchange once a month (10 minutes, if that) filter rinse every third time you do a waterchange. Done.