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Read from the articles here that some species of the shrimps could cross breed with one another.

I would like to know if after the female has been fertilized by the male, would it store the sperms for future breeding like what guppys do?

I'm asking because I'm currently keeping tiger, bee, and cherry red shrimps together due to lack of tank space. But later I would like to separate the individual species and breed them. If the female is able to store the sperms, then all these shrimps would not be useful anymore.

Thanks.

It does not seem like shrimp really store sperm, although the jury is not completely out on that. Usually a female needs to be fertilzed by a male every time she carries eggs.

Mustafa