Prego peppermint shrimp
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Amen to that!!!
jscarlata
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Oddly it looks like 2 of the the 3 pepp's are carrying eggs. I also got a cleaner shrimp and it too looks like it has eggs
The cleaner is so cool, within an hour of it being in the tank the starry blenny found it and parked himself right next to the cleaner. The cleaner went to town and picked the blenny clean.
The cleaner is so cool, within an hour of it being in the tank the starry blenny found it and parked himself right next to the cleaner. The cleaner went to town and picked the blenny clean.
Shiroi Kitsune
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I have tons of peppermints. Bred many many times. Not one hatchling has survived.
Recty
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Peppermint shrimp can do both parts of the mating game, it's been a while since I've read about it but I believe when they molt, that's when the "female" is chased down and fertilized and then after those eggs hatch, the shrimp is male until the next molt.
Something like that, anyway.
kingfisherflesh
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Breeding peps is easier than sneezing with a nose full of pepper.
In a colony of three, I would expect two of them to almost constantly be carrying eggs. This is one of the good things about peppermint shrimp, other than eating aptasia.
The bad is that they eat corals.
The good is that the eggs are excellent fish and coral food, so congrats there.
I have raised peps to maturity in a tank (I didnt do anything, so I cant take credit). Had about 100 pounds of LR in a 55g tank, canister filtration...medium low flow...it was the rock work that did it though. Started with one pregnant one, and ended up eventually with five. Then one day it all stopped.
If you get too many start selling them, or throwing them in your sump...not bad to constantly be pumping a food source back into DT.
In a colony of three, I would expect two of them to almost constantly be carrying eggs. This is one of the good things about peppermint shrimp, other than eating aptasia.
The bad is that they eat corals.
The good is that the eggs are excellent fish and coral food, so congrats there.
I have raised peps to maturity in a tank (I didnt do anything, so I cant take credit). Had about 100 pounds of LR in a 55g tank, canister filtration...medium low flow...it was the rock work that did it though. Started with one pregnant one, and ended up eventually with five. Then one day it all stopped.
If you get too many start selling them, or throwing them in your sump...not bad to constantly be pumping a food source back into DT.
nightOwl
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The eggs usually make it to the fry point, the shrimp release the fry typically after lights out. They don't last long. If nothing eats them, they end up dying by touching rocks or the glass or later by starvation.
Wow that is amazing! I never seem to have my camera around when they release. What camera and lense were you using?
FlammySnake
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Sounds like everyone here could use a copy of Wilkerson's book! Haha. Good times.
FlammySnake
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-1 for me. Kirkendoll's book, not Wilkerson's! Doh!
Well she has a great book on Clownfish. So I guess you actually break even. :celeb3:
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