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Another great picture! Those look like eggs nearly ready to drop, going by the colour and the taiwan bees I had. I saw this video earlier and though you may enjoy it as it has some really close-up filming, even thoughi it is a red cherry? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6eLHJDVTi8 I may have already put this on this website somewhere, I apologise if it is a repeat. Simon

This isn't something I am 'expert' in as I had too many shrimps to know whose shrimplets were whose but my understanding is the following. The eggs are fertilised when they pass from the saddle to the under carriage. They will be yellow eggs as that is the yolk. Then over the weeks these eggs change colour to usually greyish/brownish colour as the yolk is used up (this is what I have seen with my Taiwan Bee shrimps, though they are difficult to see in bee shrimps) and the shrimps are clear at this point. The shrimps are born almost always hidden away somewhere safe and are so small and clear you are unlikely to see them. At this point they stay pretty much where they were born and don't venture far so you are unlikely to see them at this stage. It probably takes up to a week for them to get some colour and start venturing around the tank, which is when you probably start seeing them! I assume that as soon as they have the babies they prepare to do it all over again straight away and I think it is about a month cycle from start to finish. Does any of this throw any light on what you are seeing? I am keen to learn about this as I am starting again from scratch. Would the point that they are born about a week before you see them explain any discrepancies in timing? Hopefully someone with greater experience will clarify! Simon

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