peppermint shrimp with eggs

[pipi135]

my dad got some peppermints for his tank and one has eggs on her(we saw them in the bag at home)

my question is if they will hatch or not and also if they will survive or will they be a tasty snack for the tang and mandarin if they do hatch

thanks

 

[reef321]

most likely they will be snacks, but you could get lucky and have a few grow up. Mine always had babies a lot and you could see them swimming around at night, but would all get eaten or filtered out before they got any big.

 

[pipi135]

ok thanks
thats what i figured

 

[AJSTITAN14]

Yes they don't fare well against mechanical pumps etc... either.

 

[pipi135]

if anyones interested the mother released the babies tonight. we caught a ton and took them from the tank but also left a bunch in. we are gonna try and raise the ones we caught
does anyone know the best way to go about doing this?

 

[phuzzykins]

I just posted pics of some peppermint shrimp larvae. I don't think there's much of a chance of raising them to adulthood, but the ones in my tank seem to be at a couple of different instars, so they're at least surviving long enough to molt.