RCS genders?

[absolutangel04]

Is there an easy way to tell apart male and female rcs? Will I be able to tell when one is gravid, or will tiny shrimp just suddenly appear one day?

 

[jetajockey]

This is the best way to tell, as they become older, the females will get considerably larger and redder, but I've seen them carry eggs even at juvenile size, so it's a dead giveaway Shrimp Reproduction .:. An explanation of the reproduction cycle of a Freshwater Aquarium Shrimp