Both Cleaners carrying eggs

[vietcu]

What's the deal with that? I have 2 cleaners in my tank, and just noticed that they both are carrying eggs. I thought if they were a mated pair, only 1 would be carrying. What am I missing here? I might not be seeing eggs. But I see on their abdomen, there is greenish looking eggs. Or are they not eggs?

 

[StanD]

If you are talking about cleaner shrimp, they are hermahrodites which are able to carry eggs and fertilize the eggs of others. So, yes they may both be carrying fertilized eggs

HTH

Stan D