Shrimp eggs?

[Leedowlrods]

One of my cleaner shrimp has shed it's shell last night, the carcass seems to be full of eggs,
See what you think...

 

[manbeast]

looks that way, try to quarantine it and see if you get lucky

 

[Leedowlrods]

I don't know of they need to be fertilised first, I might just leave the carcass in the tank and watch what happens

 

[Langerz]

Google shrimp farm there is an article which explains how to artificially hatch shrimp eggs.

 

[Langerz]

Google shrimp farm there is an article which explains how to artificially hatch shrimp eggs.

I think ive read somewhere that shrimp only get berried if the eggs are fertilised

 

[Leedowlrods]

Just been checking out forums and it sound near impossible to have any success in the home tank.
Never mind

 

[Hocky puck]

Is the shrimp new to the tank or do you have 2 cleaners?

 

[Leedowlrods]

I've had two cleaners for 5 months, this is the first time I've spotted eggs

 

[Hocky puck]

Cleaner shrimp are hemaphrodites (hope I spelt that right) do If you had 2 they could spawn later on up to 3 months someone once told me I had one as well bought 3 months later babies!!!! Had 3 survive

 

[mr_X]

I don't believe you were able to keep 3 skunk cleaner shrimp alive from eggs in a normal tank. You just don't have the food to sustain them. They are nearly impossible to raise in captivity.

 

[Hocky puck]

They were eaten when the size of the thumb nail or just died either way died around that size just reporting what I saw or thought I saw

 

[mr_X]

Is it possible you saw Mysid/Mysis shrimp and mistook them for skunk cleaners?

 

[Hocky puck]

Would be some very big Mysis shrimp I wish I still had my old phone I had pics of it on it but I would think you would know over me. I mean you could see antena easily and I don't think a shrimp would molt 3 times in one night so I assumed that the prego shrimp had some survivors

 

[Hocky puck]

FYI if u watch the shrimp throw her eggs kinda nuts fish everything in tank goes crazy as she stands at the high point just throwing the eggs everywhere

 

[mr_X]

Yes, and they all become fish food. I've never tried to breed them, but everything i've read states you need a species specific system and multiple foods for the various stages of life. peppermint shrimp are much easier I hear.

 

[Hocky puck]

I was gonna try again thinking I was close before but forget that I'm not feeding roiters and all that I thought they just were eating the smaller larva and living that way