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Congrats Mustafa for finally snagging a pic and updating your ever helpful shrimp varieties page. Please keep us updated on her progress.
I've noticed the same thing. It always looks like the poor egg is being beaten up when she areates the rest of them...GunmetalBlue wrote: I often notice on ovigerous shrimp that there will be an egg or two that looks to be barely attached. Is there some adhesive material on the egg or is there a velcro-like function on the pleopods?
This species has a brownish "saddle" indicating egg production in its ovaries, similar to the yellow "saddle" in the Red Cherry Shrimp. It's hard to say, though, when they will finally carry the eggs as I have had females with this saddle running around for a long time, who never laid eggs. I am assuming that if the conditions are not right, the eggs are either dropped immediately or never laid. As for the female's size...they are the same size as the other females actually...about a centimeter...maybe a little more.chlorophyll wrote:Think you know any visual indicators for when an individual of this species is about to ovulate? Oh, and about how long are your berried females... obviously larger than the others in the tank?
).Yes, that's what I noticed in our holding tank. Many with saddles but none ever producing eggs. In the new tank, some individuals appear to have increased a bit in size (now ~1.2 cm) and saddles appear more pronnounced. They are also a little more active feeders. I've been seeing if these will eventually ovulate.This species has a brownish "saddle" indicating egg production in its ovaries, similar to the yellow "saddle" in the Red Cherry Shrimp. It's hard to say, though, when they will finally carry the eggs as I have had females with this saddle running around for a long time, who never laid eggs.
