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How can you tell the difference between male/ female bumble bee shrimps?

The milky colored, red striped tiger shrimps that people have been talking about are not red tiger shrimps. I recently received one in the mail that looked exactly like the few that were pictured in the forums before. I kept an eye on it and figured it was going to die as a lot of people said that i...

sure... but im pretty sure those that are clear are more likely the males.

they have one here... in a quick search...

http://www.aquatic-store.com/en-us/dept_307.html

now the other shrimp died... =(
i shouldn't have moved the fishes. .. *sigh*

I believe that the Bee Shrimp in singapore is similar to the bumblebee shrimp that we have here. I ended up with 2 survivors of 'bee shrimps' and according to the photographs in the variety page, it looks similar to the bumblebee shrimp with the dark band near the eyes and front body.

well one of my pregnant tigers died, the other one is still carrying a few eggs but dropped most of them.

oh im not sure when it laid eggs. the shrimp dissappeared from my tank a few weeks ago, and i considered them dead. then i decided to take out my fishes and cut some plants. that's when i found them with eggs.

rainbows would be worst... but they said threadfin rainbow which has very small mouths and doesnt get too big. i'd suggest almost anything about 1-1.5" in size would be ok.

hey becky,

what color were the eggs?

do they change color over time?

anyone?

the eggs weren't black, they were darkish brown.
what does that mean?

i do feed them spinach and zucchini on occasions. those are the only 2 choices that i have tried. spinach doesn't seem to mold as fast as the zucchini.

how many shrimps is enough to finish off one leaf of spinach before it goes bad?

so the eggs start off yellow and gets lighter as they progress?

i have both, moss and riccia in there but i haven't really seen anything, was looking all day. how small are they? i had these shrimps for a few months already. this was the first time, i saw them with eggs but then again, these were hiding most of the time. now that i took out the fishes, they come...

hmm i wasn't clear on that one i guess.
i meant that the shrimps were all over the moldy food.
when it was freshly placed in, they barely touched it.