Does my Red Rili Shrimp have a disease?

[cmhassinger]

So a few days ago I noticed my shrimp has some yellowing under his shell. At first my thought was it’s the fish food but after looking at it I guess that’s not possible because of where it is? Maybe this is a silly question but I just want to make sure he is ok and doesn’t have a disease.

 

[Naughts]

The yellow is unfertilised eggs. They are on her back (saddle), if they were fertilized she would move them underneath her stomach (berried).

 

[cmhassinger]

The yellow is unfertilised eggs. They are on her back (saddle), if they were fertilized she would move them underneath her stomach (berried).

What! It’s not a male! Well that is exciting.. but I am worried because it’s a very small tank and my endler just had fry so they are in there.. how long do they carry the eggs?

 

[Retired Viking]

You may want to pick up a malebaby shrimpI have had no luck with my ghost shrimp My guppies share a tank with my shrimp. I have over 40 fry swimming around and the shrimp leave them alone. Not sure if the guppies will leave the baby shrimp alone if they ever have any.

 

[cmhassinger]

I do have a male blue and male orange shrimp. Are they able to breed with her?

 

[Sylvan]

They can as they're colour variations of neocaridinia but if you keep different colours together then you'll end up with baby shrimp that revert back to the brown wild type.

 

[Naughts]

What! It’s not a male! Well that is exciting.. but I am worried because it’s a very small tank and my endler just had fry so they are in there.. how long do they carry the eggs?

30 days for fertile eggs, but we don't know if they will get fertilized.
Are you worried about over population or predation? I don't think either is an issue.