With an expected due date for hatching of next Wednesday (27th March), I am trying to keep a close eye on my 2nd berried Blue Jelly. She kindly did some posing for the camera in a great position at the front of the tank allowing me to get some great photographs of the eggs and the developing shrimplets inside.

The eggs all still look quite a nice bright yellow colour, though it is clear to see small signs of red which from looking at the current shrimplets in the tank seems to be a coloured spot on their body just behind the head. They are too small to see their colouring properly but look like they are still mainly blue. The eyes are really clear to see, and once again looking at mum she has a definite and rapidly growing saddle which is the same as my first berried Blue Jelly.

Things appear to be going well, but I am keen to see if I notice the same level of colour changing within the eggs over the next few days as I noticed with the first batch of eggs. The eggs still look quite solid, and I had noticed that the last batch of eggs became almost transparent, so I am also keen to see if this happens again as we get closer to next Wednesday.

So, at a guess it is day 22 of my first Blue Jelly Shrimps 'pregnancy' (if you can call it that). The eggs really seem to be going through a big colour change from the original bright yellow eggs that she was first carrying. Initially they started to turn a more orange shade, but this has developed in the last couple of days to an almost red colour. I am slightly worried at what this means and if it is normal or it it is a sign that things are not doing too well.

This photo shows the vast colour difference between the eggs of the first 'berried' Blue Jelly and the much brighter yellow eggs of the female whose eggs are just eleven days younger.