is it possible for shrimp to carry 1 egg?

**ciaossu** · 16th Dec 2009, 20:43

as above, is it normal??

**Numbskull** · 17th Dec 2009, 00:32

its not normal, but probably the female drop most of the eggs and left with only 1. Encounter this before so i guess yours is the same situation as mine??

**Xmant** · 17th Dec 2009, 01:55

Most likely your shrimps are under stress. Check your water parameters.

**ciaossu** · 17th Dec 2009, 06:41

hmm what are the symptoms to see if they're stress anot. i notice that whenever i on the light again the colour of my shrimps will get pale then after awhile it changes back to its original colour. is it normal? sorry i don't have a test kit, will try to get one.

**seanskye** · 17th Dec 2009, 08:18

It's normal for some species of shrimps to turn transparent when it's dark. I read somewhere it's part of their defense mechanism so that they stay relatively invisible at night when predators are lurking. Signs of stress could be shown in other symptoms like poor colouration, etc.

**Wjustin** · 17th Dec 2009, 09:00

sigh of stress is in your tank.

**ciaossu** · 17th Dec 2009, 14:41

any solution i can do to distress?

**AquaObsession** · 17th Dec 2009, 14:46

a good massage

provide some moss, some hiding space.

and remove fishes that will eat them

**Ebi** · 18th Dec 2009, 00:18

Hi Ciaossu-san,

If this is her very first brood and if she is small in size, then it's very possible though not very common.

I had one left with carrying only 2 eggs after she molts while she was berried the first time. Her subsequent broods are ok.

Another, also a first timer, had her exoskeleton deformed/protrude as her eggs matures and she appeared very heavily loaded and had difficulty moving around the tank. Not sure if she dropped any eggs but she definitely delivered a lot of shrimplets, considering it was her first time.
After the second delivery, she manages her subsequent broods pretty well, maybe cos she also got bigger in size.

Hope this helps.