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can u tell females when there just a inch long ? i have 5 running arroud and i i have noticed 2 have black stripes on there carpice like black linesi saw this on large females one time at petco or am i just seeing nothing ? thx guys
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I believe at that size they're too young to sex just by looking at them. I don't know about the lines though. Young M. rosenbergii that I've seen have always looked more or less like clear ghost shrimp. I've never noticed distinctive lines on female adults, myself.
I don't know what the first sign to look for is, with regard to sexing. I didn't realize mine was female until it was carrying eggs. So I say if it's not carrying eggs by 4 inches, it's male. The ovaries of a female getting ready to lay eggs can also be seen as a faint orange patch under the side of the carapace. I think there's probably an earlier way to sex them just by appearance though. But I don't know.
I don't know what the first sign to look for is, with regard to sexing. I didn't realize mine was female until it was carrying eggs. So I say if it's not carrying eggs by 4 inches, it's male. The ovaries of a female getting ready to lay eggs can also be seen as a faint orange patch under the side of the carapace. I think there's probably an earlier way to sex them just by appearance though. But I don't know.
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i might totally be wrong but my friend badlash has seen the lines or stripes on certin 1 inch roesenbergi also i have 5 in my tank and i have 3 that do and 2 that dont i think the 3 are female but this is only a guess i was looking at adult felmales they seem to have stripes of a sort so who knows i guess im just eager to watch them grow up lol
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Here is a pic showing the markings:
This shrimp is about 1.5" and growning very quickly. Too bad the arms don't show clearly. They are very long but very thin and transparent at this point. I'll need to find homes for some of these once they hit 2". I plan to just keep a male and 2 females in my 40 gallon tank.
This shrimp is about 1.5" and growning very quickly. Too bad the arms don't show clearly. They are very long but very thin and transparent at this point. I'll need to find homes for some of these once they hit 2". I plan to just keep a male and 2 females in my 40 gallon tank.
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Oh, I forgot about this thread. You guys are right about the markings (although I don't know of any link to the sex). Depends on what kind of habitat they're in. I had my memory jogged by plopping a juvie into a new tank about a week ago. It got those stripes...really dark too... and also a orange or reddish rostrum. Normally we have these guys are in very bright looking, plain tanks dictated by this white coralline looking gravel. It causes a very boring plain appearance in the shrimp, although they're otherwise healthy. The one that changed color was put in a warm, lit, bare-bottom tank, which is now growing a layer of algae (it's just a water bath that I'm using to heat the water in smaller containers).
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I contacted the commercial breeder I got the shrimp from and ask him how to sex these guys. Here is what he said:
I'm seeing a lot of sparing between the blues and orange arms.Without grabbing them, turning them over on their back and looking for their sex organs, the long blue claws are usually dominant males, the shorter orange claws are usually subdominant males and the lightly pigmented claws are usually females. Females will also develop yellow/orange areas along the back, behind the eyes. These are the ovaries. Depending on water conditions they may lay eggs and hold them under the tail If they are not fertile, they will disappear in a couple days.
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At the stage of these pics, I would say that they can't be sexed by appearance yet.
Actually, all I can say is that the very first time I kept these, I kept 4 in one tank since around the time they were about 1 inch long. I knew little about them and they canibalized each other over the next few months. The first victim ironically was the largest one. From there, the second largest became the last survivor, and had bluish claws. Assumed to be a male, until one day she was carrying unfertilized eggs.
So while they're still juveniles, size, aggression, and perhaps even claw color, may not indicate their sex. But that's just my own very informal conclusion.
Actually, all I can say is that the very first time I kept these, I kept 4 in one tank since around the time they were about 1 inch long. I knew little about them and they canibalized each other over the next few months. The first victim ironically was the largest one. From there, the second largest became the last survivor, and had bluish claws. Assumed to be a male, until one day she was carrying unfertilized eggs.
So while they're still juveniles, size, aggression, and perhaps even claw color, may not indicate their sex. But that's just my own very informal conclusion.
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