Cleaner shrimp with eggs!

[K-ROK]

I've got a pair of Skunk / Cleaner shrimp in a 55gal. tank by themselves with no fish. It was originally a QT tank - all the fish were removed into my main display tank but I haven't gotten around to getting the shrimp moved yet. I see one has a bunch of greenish eggs on it's little "swimmerettes" on it's bottom side. What are the chances these little shrimp will hatch and survive? Anyone have any experience with this or have any suggestions? I'll have to cover the intakes to the powerhead and filter I'm sure or shut them off all together. Any help would be appreciated!

 

[Kreeger1]

zero. They have a free floating larval stage. Thats good coral and fish food though

 

[K-ROK]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13838010#post13838010 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kreeger1
zero. They have a free floating larval stage. Thats good coral and fish food though

Ok...but I have absolutely no fish or coral in the tank. Do the young shrimp have a chance to survive and grow into adults?

 

[chuggy]

not as steelers fans

 

[K-ROK]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13838043#post13838043 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chuggy
not as steelers fans

haha I was waitin' for that.

 

[Kreeger1]

They have a planktonic floating stage. We can't reproduce that in home aquariums.

 

[K-ROK]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13838104#post13838104 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kreeger1
They have a planktonic floating stage. We can't reproduce that in home aquariums.

Well thats a bummer.

 

[Kreeger1]

still cool that they breed though

 

[Jeff Trout]

My cleaners doing it every once and a while.The fish love it!! It always happens at night when the actinic are on.It looks like someone threw a whole flat of mysis shrimp in the tank