[DoubleB]

I noticed today one of my mature females was well berried today. I also noticed that she happens to be saddled at the same time. I have housed shrimp for quite some time, and this is a first. My 75 gallon is maturing quite well, extremely heavily planted, and well balanced.

Has anyone else seen this? I don't believe it to be common, but would be interested to hear if someone has a similar occurrence.

 

[Zoidburg]

If she's far along in the "pregnancy" (eggs getting close to hatching), then I'd say yes, it's normal.

 

[somewhatshocked]

This happens more often than not when you have a lot of shrimp. Definitely common in my tanks.