Is This Ghost Shrimp Carrying Eggs?

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Livewire88

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Hi everyone,

One of my large Ghost Shrimp has a large stomach, but it does not look like its filled with eggs :/ What do you think?

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It has been like this for over a week.
 
Can you get a close up on the sac? It looks like it is carrying eggs to me, as it looks quite large and full.
 
Can you get a close up on the sac? It looks like it is carrying eggs to me, as it looks quite large and full.

Beleive it or not that is the best close up photo I can get :sad: my camera is not the best and the shrimp is only out in the open every now and again.

With my cherry shrimp you can tell they are carrying eggs because the eggs are bright in colour, but if this shrimp is full of eggs they must be a darker colour.
 
It looks like an Amano shrimp to me. Here's a pic of one of my Amano shrimps carrying eggs. You can compare. The eggs are much much smaller than cherry shrimp eggs.

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