Peppermint Shrimp with eggs

[davidpesce]

Just wondering if there's anything I can do to increase the likelihood of some of them making it past the mouths of my fish...

Are they easy enough to capture in the water column and put in a fuge?

Also my nassaruis snails have laid eggs and the little ones are sticking pretty near the egg sacks. Any suggestions on saving a few of those?

 

[GMaquarium]

I don't think you will be able to raise the shrimp in the main tank. Your filter will trap them, skimmer will kill them and corals will eat them. I used to breed peppermints in 10 gallon tanks.

Move the female with fertile eggs to a small tank with just air bubbling, no need for filtration. Feed and watch her for a while as the eggs mature and hatch. She will fan the babies. Once they are free swimming, or just before start adding live phytoplankton.

 

[aquadonkey]

Do you have advice for a book or link for more info on this G?
One of my little sexies has had eggs several times already, and once I think I had a whole group of tiny babies. Would be interesting to look into.

 

[GMaquarium]

I have this book, its got some good info http://openlibrary.org/books/OL8554793M/How_To_Raise_Train_Your_Peppermint_Shrimp

 

[Conesus_Kid]

G- Did you ever get them to adulthood?

 

[GMaquarium]

Yeah I did. Not in large numbers but I didn't go crazy trying to raise bulk. Most success was with huge, wild, females that came to me with eggs.

 

[davidpesce]

G - it's actually from the large female you sold me. :0)

I'm not sure I can catch her. Shes pretty reclusive. I'll see what I can do and post later.

 

[aquadonkey]

Ha - my sexy is from the same source - fertile ground over there

 

[davidpesce]

Not sure whether it was the peppermint or the cleaner shrimp (both have eggs), but last night I was sitting on the couch and looked over to see an amazing feeding frenzy! Little tiny shrimp all over the place and the happiest fish ever. Haha.

I'm hoping some made it into the sump.

My shrimp seem to constantly have eggs... is this normal? And yes I'm positive they have eggs. I used to catch crawfish as a kid and the eggs are pretty easy to pick out. The cleaner shrimp have greenish eggs, and the peppermint look a bit more clear/brownish.

 

[filly469075]

I have mated pair of coral banded shimp and the female always has eggs. The pair is together all the time and the male is usally the first one seen and he seems to protect her.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Stenopus hispidus is sexually dimorphic with the female being slightly larger and broader. You need a male and female in order to have them mate.

Lysmata wurdemanni is a hermaphrodite and therefore any two individuals may mate.

It's normal to have these shrimps reproduce in a reef aquarium and it's a good source of zooplankton.