Sexing Shrimps
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I am assuming you want us to sex these for you?
It can be difficult to tell depending on the timing of when you look at them. The females will have a band of eggs at the back of their heads that will slowly fall down to their underside over a period of a week or two until the eggs are hanging under the females bodies attached to their whispy legs. (There's probably a proper name for these)
If the eggs get fertilized by the males, they will be visible under the females getting bigger and bigger until babies are released.
Males are generally smaller and slimmer as they don't have to allow space to carry eggs.
Have a go at sexing them yourself, as the pictures may not be clear enough to tell. At the moment from the pictures I would say:
1) female, 2) male, 3)male, 4 & 5 no idea. Need to see side on profile to see their shape.
It can be difficult to tell depending on the timing of when you look at them. The females will have a band of eggs at the back of their heads that will slowly fall down to their underside over a period of a week or two until the eggs are hanging under the females bodies attached to their whispy legs. (There's probably a proper name for these)
If the eggs get fertilized by the males, they will be visible under the females getting bigger and bigger until babies are released.
Males are generally smaller and slimmer as they don't have to allow space to carry eggs.
Have a go at sexing them yourself, as the pictures may not be clear enough to tell. At the moment from the pictures I would say:
1) female, 2) male, 3)male, 4 & 5 no idea. Need to see side on profile to see their shape.
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xXLeafeonXx
Fish Fanatic
Does any look pregnant in the photos
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xXLeafeonXx
Fish Fanatic
Any saddled?
Really hard to tell with the size of the photos, the angles and the clarity.
Here is a berried female to give you an idea of where to look for the eggs.
And a saddled female
The female in the middle of this photo is saddled
There is another way of sexing shrimp that I have heard of apparently the males will have really long antenna while the females will have shorter ones. But I tend to sex them via the saddles and or the shape of their body. Males will be slim and usually smaller than females. While females will have longer side skirts where they carry the eggs to protect the eggs.
Here is a berried female to give you an idea of where to look for the eggs.
And a saddled female
The female in the middle of this photo is saddled
There is another way of sexing shrimp that I have heard of apparently the males will have really long antenna while the females will have shorter ones. But I tend to sex them via the saddles and or the shape of their body. Males will be slim and usually smaller than females. While females will have longer side skirts where they carry the eggs to protect the eggs.
I've noticed that males do tend to be smaller (when around the same age). The males have a very straight under belly while the females appear much more rounded.
With my Amano shrimp I've noticed that the female 'tail' splays very widely while the males' is much more narrow.
With my Amano shrimp I've noticed that the female 'tail' splays very widely while the males' is much more narrow.
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