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I have 2 ghost shrimp and I'm wondering. Will they mate? How will I know if they mated? How long till babies show up? Thanks for any and all help
I have 2 ghost shrimp and I'm wondering. Will they mate? How will I know if they mated? How long till babies show up? Thanks for any and all help
Hello there!
A female shrimp will have a "saddle" on the back part of her body. If they have mated, you will see tiny eggs under her belly (the baby shrimp.) They can be green in color or clear... either way it doesn't really matter.
Just letting you know that both males and females have "saddles" on their back. It is near impossible to sex dwarf and smaller shrimp. The only difference between male and female ghost shrimp is that at full maturity the female is normally larger
WOOOOOW!!! that's complicated. Wont the babies eat from the bottom also
Wow, really? Had no idea. All of these sources on the net say that only females have them... Thanks for the heads up!
Just letting you know that both males and females have "saddles" on their back. It is near impossible to sex dwarf and smaller shrimp. The only difference between male and female ghost shrimp is that at full maturity the female is normally larger
Where are you getting this information from?
What do you believe the saddle is exactly?
On the contrary, sexing dwarf shrimp is actually really easy. At least it is with the different neocaridina and caridina species that I've kept so far.
I'm talking about major differences. With the dwarf shrimp I've dealt with, the difference between adult male and females is large. The females are larger, have a rounder shape along the bottom, and if translucent enough, a saddle can be seen, as well as eggs (obviously). Planetinverts seems to agree with that conclusion as well.I get my my information the same place everyone else does; secondhand, personal experience, and research.
Yes their are minor differences in the sexes, like wider tails, size, and color differences. But a female can be the same size as a male, a male can have wider tails then females.
Other aquatic life like actually fish, for the most part, have more distinct differences.
Don't read into what I posted. I don't know anything about you and never claimed to, just asked a few questions about your statements since they are very contrary to pretty much every resource I've seen and heard of.Don't talk to me like I don't know my information, I've breed and sold 15+ different species of shrimp.
Very nicely played out. Can I have my thread back please
Just letting you know that both males and females have "saddles" on their back. It is near impossible to sex dwarf and smaller shrimp. The only difference between male and female ghost shrimp is that at full maturity the female is normally larger
Sorry, to answer your question, if you have a male/female combination, you'll see the female carrying eggs at some point. The eggs of ghost shrimp go through a larval stage, which means the water needs to have a lot of microscopic critters in it. I'd get a green water culture going just for this purpose.
However, I've been told that many ghost shrimp found in pet stores are brackish and require brackish water for the fry to survive. As to the accuracy of that, I can't say, I get all of my ghost shrimp from the wild myself (full freshwater).