Tiny Blue Eggs?

[jedimastermopar]

Just wondering if anyone knows what may be releasing these tiny little blue eggs, about maybe the size of a larg micro bubble? The only thing we have in the tank in pairs is a pair of Lysmata amboinensis and a pair of percula's. We do have a number of soft and hard corals as well. Turbo snails etc...

I imagine these are from the cleaner shrimp but most say the eggs are greenish. These are most definatly a deep dark royal blue. I noticed about a half dozen of them floating around this morning...

anyway if you may know what these are let me know. I have read that corals can release eggs as well? That seems odd to me though.

 

[NirvanaFan]

I think the cleaner shrimp eggs actually hatch on the body of the adult shrimp. They aren't released to hatch. They develop into a greenish, brownish, greyish color.

Corals will release eggs into the water column, but you would probably notice more than just 6 of them.

 

[jedimastermopar]

It was first thing in the morning so perhaps it released them all over night and I only saw the remnants? Anyone know any way of identifying them, short of catching them and hoping they hatch?

 

[NirvanaFan]

I do believe that cleaner shrimp release them at night. They don't look like eggs though. There are pictures out there. Google image search "zoea 1 lysmata amboinensis" and you should find some pictures.

 

[Kitsune_Gem]

Ive had my cleaner shrimp eggs hatch before, they hatch out into mini adult versions. So you can rule out cleaner shrimp eggs. Can you get a photo of them?