How long from adding shrimp in tank till I can see visible eggs?

[Souperman]

Recently I added some shrimp to a 10gal planted tank. They have been acclimating well and been molting like normal. When should I start to see females with eggs?

 

[SeanTrollope]

They should start as soon as they are fully settled

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[hobby5]

And adult enough Also they need to have enough food. This is a bit tricky, as not to overdo it.

 

[Essjay]

You also need at least one male and at least one female.

Some sellers have been known to sell just one sex so they can't breed and you have to buy more as they die of old age.

 

[Souperman]

Ok thanks.

 

[Demeter32]

I've had my group of 8 (3M, 5F) for 3 days. One female was already berried and then last night the largest girl molted. This morning I woke up to that same female berried.

Look for the yellow/green saddle on the females. I hear that once the saddles becomes pretty noticeable you will have eggs shortly after. If you see no saddles then you might have a bunch of males or immature females.

 

[Souperman]

They could be immature. Someday I have thought I have seen saddles but today I could not see any. It could take them a while to show eggs because when I got them I lost half of my order right after I got them home.