After having gone into hiding for a day or so, one of my Tigers that I thought was saddled is now berried and happily wondering around hungrily chasing down every last bit of food in the tank. The Tigers don't seem to show their saddles as clearly as the Blue Jellies and it is not totally clear from these images but you can see the slight shape of the eggs in the saddle. One of the main differences I have noticed between the Blue Jellies and the Tigers is the timescale between the saddles showing and the shrimps being berried. The Tigers seem to have gone from the first to second stage much quicker, just a matter of a few days, whereas the Blue Jellies took between 2 and 3 weeks, however, this could be that the Tiger female may be more mature than the Blue Jelly Females, so again I will have to keep and eye on this timescale next time (or with future off spring).
 Saddled Tiger Shrimp - It is not very easy to see the eggs in the saddle and the picture quality doesn't help either. |  Male Tiger Shrimp - Body is beautifully clear in contract to female in image above |
A berried female Tiger Shrimp. The Orange eggs show up clearly on the Pleopods
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