Pics of shrimp sharing the filter

[lovemybarbs]

Do you think one is a boy and one is a girl. The bright one is the one that spent a week living in the filter. Keep in mind that I was crushed up against a wall trying to get a pic of these two.

here's a bad shot of the clowns schooling with the barbs.

here's a bad shot of my boy albino tiger's bright orange tipped fins.

 

[tropicfishman]

I couldn't tell ya, I thought they were hermaphrodites like some snails, nice looking tank though

 

[TwoHobbies]

Both of mine turn bright orange sometimes. I don't think it has anything to do with sex. Is it always that color?

If they are the same age? I believe I read the females are larger.

 

[toddnbecka]

http://www.petshrimp.com/bambooshrimp.html

"With fully grown animals the males have a much larger first pair of walking legs (see pictures for comparison). Additionally, the females are plumper and their carapace extends further down at the pleopods to accommodate eggs."

 

[lovemybarbs]

Well I've had the red one a few months longer than the purplish one.

The red one was brown when I bought her and the purplish one was green.

You never know.

My guess is that the red one is the girl. She is bigger, but i bought her out of a tank of small ones.