Cleaner Shrimp babies?

i2go · 03/05/2006, 09:22 PM

I think my cleaner shrimp has eggs, and im starting to wondering do i do anything for the eggs to hatch?

scylam · 03/06/2006, 12:29 AM

Sperm...!!! you know what to do right? hahaha.....
stephen

finding nemo · 03/06/2006, 02:49 AM

Scylam, to funny.

Dave Cox · 03/06/2006, 03:16 AM

Bunches of green-looking eggs on it's underbelly ?

Mine are the same - I only have two, and both seem to get pregnant

I believe the chances of actually seeing the fry through to maturity are zero unless you put the shrimps in a seperate tank. Otherwise, they'll be eaten by fish or sucked into the filters...

XeniaMania · 03/06/2006, 03:17 AM

It's really hard to raise their babies because they're in a planktonic larval stage for 90-120 days. Usually within that timeframe, the babies are either eaten by corals, killed by pumps, or skimmed out. Breeding them isn't impossible, but it's impossibly hard. If you do searches on the web, you'll find articles, but it's no easy task. I think that's why some ppl decide to go skimmerless because you won't skim out the planktonic life in your tank. I've only met 1 person who ever had a baby morph into a shrimp...only 1 person..and 1 shrimp.

Paul B · 03/06/2006, 06:02 AM

They should spawn about every two months or a little sooner. I have never tried to raise the babies but they have plenty of them. The eggs will hatch all by themselves with no midwife.
Pail

03/05/2006, 09:22 PM	#1
i2go Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Posts: 674	Cleaner Shrimp babies? I think my cleaner shrimp has eggs, and im starting to wondering do i do anything for the eggs to hatch?

03/06/2006, 06:02 AM	#6
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	They should spawn about every two months or a little sooner. I have never tried to raise the babies but they have plenty of them. The eggs will hatch all by themselves with no midwife. Pail __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

03/06/2006, 12:29 AM	#2
scylam Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 124	Sperm...!!! you know what to do right? hahaha..... stephen

03/06/2006, 02:49 AM	#3
finding nemo Moved On Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canton Texas Posts: 4,679	Scylam, to funny.

03/06/2006, 03:16 AM	#4
Dave Cox Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts: 229	Bunches of green-looking eggs on it's underbelly ? Mine are the same - I only have two, and both seem to get pregnant I believe the chances of actually seeing the fry through to maturity are zero unless you put the shrimps in a seperate tank. Otherwise, they'll be eaten by fish or sucked into the filters...

03/06/2006, 03:17 AM	#5
XeniaMania Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 1,627	It's really hard to raise their babies because they're in a planktonic larval stage for 90-120 days. Usually within that timeframe, the babies are either eaten by corals, killed by pumps, or skimmed out. Breeding them isn't impossible, but it's impossibly hard. If you do searches on the web, you'll find articles, but it's no easy task. I think that's why some ppl decide to go skimmerless because you won't skim out the planktonic life in your tank. I've only met 1 person who ever had a baby morph into a shrimp...only 1 person..and 1 shrimp.