Here is a short list what makes shrimps drop their eggs

  • insufficiant water parameter in general
  • sudden change in water parameter and temperature due to big water changes
  • the eggs are not fertilized
  • it’s the first berried time of younger females; that’s why they sometimes don’t move the eggs under the belly constantly and eggs get rotten
  • the female is chased by a lot by males still wanting to mate (=stress for the female)

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  1. Donny says:

    So females will be berried, without the eggs being fertilized? I just recall somewhere I read where some folks were saying the eggs will not drop from the saddle and females will not berry unless the eggs are fertilized. Reason I ask is that I had some Super Tigers females that were berried, but they only carried for a couple days.

  2. Imke says:

    As far as I know the male attaches his sp*** and the female presses the eggs down later. Occasionally, some eggs might not be fertilized.

  3. Donny says:

    Thanks, perhaps in combination with the other reasons, my females were not carrying to term.