CLEANER SHRIMP Eggs!!!

[lifesworksataol]

any ideas on how to raise them? how many of your cleaner shrimp have had eggs and babies?

 

[cowboyswife]

Thats a good question. One of Brannon's coral banded skrimps is carrying eggs.

 

[jay24k]

From what I've heard it is VERY difficult. Last year I believe no one has been successful in doing it. But I could be wrong on that.

 

[chrisstie]

I've got joyce wilkerson (sp?)s book and one called how to raise and train your peppermint shrimp... Kind of takes a special setup because of the time before metamorphosis and the size of food you need to provide....

And you need a tank for them to release in free of predators, flow enough to keep water quality high but not so much it knocks larval shrimp smashing into the side... When I have more time I'd do it but for now I cross my fingers one makes it by accident... If not free food for my corals =)

 

[reef_doug]

I have two skunk cleaners and they have eggs about once a month. They ended up to be great fishfood, that's about it.

 

[jay24k]

Yea I'd be surprised if anyone has been successful. The cleaner shrimp I've heard has had no successes yet and alot of people have tried.

 

[lifesworksataol]

:-( i really want to try - i have like a 100 different tanks and i have this sponge filter from azoo (its huge) that you hook up to air - so i might give it a try - but what to feed them and how often cause i dont want to over feed and nuke the tank

 

[chrisstie]

I'd start with the smallest sized food possible.. zooplankton\phytoplankton.. if you google around for raising different kinds of shrimp theres a few helpful articles out there also that talk about some successful setups people have had