Saw the first berried female right after thanksgiving and then quickly had three, then six, and so on. At this point I think every saddled female in my tank has either just had her eggs hatch, is currently berried, or is ready to become berried based on the shape of their swimmerets. I’ve counted almost forty floaters right now with at least four shrimp still berried and only a couple left saddled!

This saddled shrimp’s swimmerets are extended. Does this mean she’ll be berried soon? I’m confused because I only set the tank up 5 days ago.

There’s 12 shrimp in a 1 gallon mason jar, salinity 1.014-1.015. Also, 2 of them molted I think it might have been one of the juveniles.

Opes added October 25, 2024 Jar was set up 2 weeks prior🌱🌿🦐

I've had the tank for over 1.5 years, and constantly saw saddled females, but alas never any berried ones. I started to wonder if out of all of my 8 shrimps, there were no males (a 0.4% chance with a 50-50% sex ratio, so quite unlikely). The breeder I had gotten them from unfortunately disappeared after last winter. Three months ago, I decided to buy 12 other Opae Ula from ShrimpFever to increase chances of having males. Fast forward to yesterday, I noticed a molt and males chasing a saddled female. I was so delighted to see her berried today! :)

I was just wondering if this lava rock is suitable for my tank because there are so many options to choose from but this is the cheapest.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Vigoro-0-5-cu-ft-Bagged-Decorative-Stone-Red-Lava-Landscape-Rock-440897/100427379?MERCH=REC-_-rv_gm_pip_rr-_-314071888-_-%7B%7BproductId%7D%7D-_-N&gQT=1