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About 3 weeks ago I bought 5 Cherry Red Shrimps
They have been hiding a lot since I bought them. During their three day transport several babies hatched I have not seen them yet. During the day they hide in the big thick clump of Anubias nana.
For some reason yesterday 3 came out together and I consider this a lucky photo. One of the other shrimps seems to be more stripy. So far I have found two outer shells they have discarded,

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Since I took that photo I have managed to get two more including a baby shrimp which would be less than 1cm 3/8 inch.

Getting these close ups I can see a different colouration between the shrimps. Is this male and female if so which is which please, or is there another reason for the different markings?

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The baby shrimp
Sorry if its a bit blurry it was about 1ins from the front and its only very small.

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Beauties aren't they?
you have gottne a few good ones!

the females are the ones that get much darker in complextion and have a more even spread of red.

the males are often blotchy and have stripes or spots of red but for the most part are far less attractive than the females ( IMO ).

the juveniles are hard to tell because often their colors changes once they read adulthood and if you notice the red steadily developing it is most likely a female.

I'm no expert, but this is what i learned when i had them earlier this year (devastaingly mine all died after my brother overfed while i was working out of district it was a tragedy).

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