Sex of the blue shrimp and another question

Shadowfox
  • #1
Is this blue shrimp male? S/He is much bigger then the other shrimp (other then my berried female) and isn't straight out the back (but used to be). I'm not seeing a saddle though but am unsure if thats due to the deep color.
Sunkist Shrimp, what is the white/silver bit on his back? (just after the dark part) I'm trying to understand shrimp anatomy and this one looks rather different with that then the others.
 

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ruud
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The "blue dream" is a female; saddles are less noticeable in this variant. Look at the line of the abdomen, its curved outwards -> female.
The Sunkist has a clear saddle; that's the white/silver.
 
Bgreen82
  • #3
Looks like a female to me. The saddle is harder to see on dark shrimp usually but you can see it in the close up

I see a couple people confirm the sex but that silver/yellow part is the saddle. It is where the eggs are developed. If you look at the forward angle it matches that shiny inside part on the blue. That is a easy way to sex if you can see that, it’s female.
 
MasterPython
  • #4
Looks female to me. Males don't have belly's like that.
 
Shadowfox
  • Thread Starter
  • #5
Thankyou. This is great news. I thought I had 5 males and 1 female. They all seemed to molt over the weekend, so I guess I'll have many shrimplets for christmas. So 3 males and 3 females. :)
This is another shrimp I'm not sure of, s/he molted too and I'm hoping is male.. I can't see any saddle and or bump out.
 

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