sexing cherry shrimp

[fishgeek]

i know it is suggested that male shrimp will have less colour
has anyone seen that because of this less colourful shrimp may be excluded so that only female shrimp are recieved?

also can anyone shed some light on the stripe that runs down the back of cherry's is it of any signifigance

i ask because i have 8 cherry's who seem happy, shedding and eating well, though i now see yelow saddles (as yo call them) of developing eggs in almost all of the shrimp
this disheartens me as they are not yet common in my local area and i was hoping to be able to breed some and am concerned i may not have males

andrew

[Mustafa]

All store-bought, imported shrimp are usually female...in London, New York and all over the world. To make sure that you get both males and females you should get a group of 10 or so young animals from someone else who breeds them. Of course that is a problem if nobody else has these shrimp in your area.

The same applies to many other imported shrimp species by the way. You end up getting only one gender.