Pregnant cleaner shrimp

[Lego&Jacub]

I'm sure this gets asked a lot on the board, but can you actually raise baby cleaner shrimp? Right around the same time that we found our one cleaner shrimp with bumps, we discovered that the other shrimp was pregnant... we thought. That was right around Dec 5-6th. I've been watching her since, and concluded that she is, in fact, holding a bunch of eggs. She fluffs the gills (if that's what they are, under her abdomen) and we saw her tonight using her hands to tend to the eggs. How long does it take for them to be ready to be released? If they can be raised, how does one go about it... remove mom from the main tank? Any help would be appreciated... I'd love to raise them, if possible!

Thanks!
Sandra

 

[olemiss reb]

They'll hatch, fish/corals will eat them, the rest will die. I've read numerous attempts but never any success stories.
If you want to give it a go these should help:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/nov2004/breeder.htm

http://www.breedersregistry.org/

 

[SushiGirl]

+1 on what olemiss_reb said.

 

[Lego&Jacub]

Well that's really sad. But thanks for letting me know. It's too bad that here she is spending all this time and energy trying to keep them safe, and theý won't make it anyways. :sad2: