McTurtle Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) So one of my cherry shrimp is finally berried. I only have 5 shrimp so I'm very excited to have a few more! I just don't know if any of the 5 shrimp are male. At least 3 are female because they have/had saddles. I'm assuming if she's carrying her eggs around and hasn't just dropped them in the last week, that they were fertilized.I've ready it takes almost a month for the eggs to hatch and I can't see any eye spots on the eggs yet. Now time to wait... Note: further reading - eggs won't be laid (stuck under her tail) until they are fertilized. Sounds like good news. Can anyone confirm this? Edited July 22, 2013 by McTurtle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainechow Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 The eggs don't get laid like fish do. If she's berried and carrying the eggs in her swimmerets then they have already been fertilized. She'll hang on to them until they hatch into little fully formed little shrimps. If she is a first time mommy or if she gets super stressed, she might drop an egg or a few. Congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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