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03/26/2007, 02:20 PM
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Shrimp explosion..
So a few times now I have turned on the lights back on after dark (from 30 minutes to 2 hours after) and have seen hundreds of baby shrimp flowing in the current. I am thinking it is happening pretty commonly after I turn out the lights because I rarely turn on the lights like this, but have seen it three times (twice in the same week).
My chromis had a field day and I let him eat them all one night. Anyone else observed this? Is it just mysid? I have a large population of them... but also a pair of cleaners and peppermints... Last edited by HBtank; 03/26/2007 at 02:30 PM. |
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03/26/2007, 02:28 PM
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Most likely Mysid Shrimp.
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I live really close to the airport. The other day I was walking across the living room and the stewardess told me to take my seat. Current Tank Info: 73G FOWLR |
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03/26/2007, 06:05 PM
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just mysid
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Reefers Law: It can take about 48 hours to brown, and 48 weeks to color back up! Current Tank Info: 55 Gallon BB Low Iron Glass, Dual 110w VHO Actinics, 250w PFO MH 20k XM |
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03/26/2007, 06:14 PM
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That's what I figured. Cool, some of my corals must be loving the free all youn can eat shrimp nights
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80g Aiptasia dominated reef tank.. with fish and now a bunch of berghia! Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA |
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03/26/2007, 06:16 PM
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your shrimp are breeding. If you notice a blue area under the shrimp that means that they are the shrimp eggs. I have seen my shrimp (both peppermint and cleaner) give off hundreds of babies... My anthias go crazy! If nothing else a free meal for the corals and fish!
Matt
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