cleaner shrimp breading??

[bmw318is]

I noticed one of my cleaner shrip has what appears to be eggs under its abdomin? anyone ever had cleaner shrimp bread?

 

[650-IS350]

You can but will be VERY difficult from what I have heard.... I had a pair before that always had eggs... Became fish/coral food everytime... don't have time and money to invest in cleaner shrimp breeder...

 

[venwu225]

breeding?

 

[greenbean36191]

Difficulty of breeding them will depend on what species they are, but they won't reach adulthood in a reef tank. They have an extended planktonic stage so they need small food and no predators.

You can read a bit about it here:
http://www.breedersregistry.org/species.htm#L

 

[RedEyeElf]

someone was telling me the common cleaner shrimp was asexual, but he might have just been messing with me


Mine has those eggs from time to time too

 

[greenbean36191]

Not asexual, but hermaphroditic, i.e. a single individual can act as either sex. Asexual means reproducing without exchanging genetic information.

 

[jaymz101]

Breading huh? Anyone got cocktail sauce? This is not the post I was expecting.