Peppermint Shrimp babys??

[dee77]

any one evry get them my one of my peppermint shrimps belly was full of eggs and he went into the gobys hole and have not seen him yet any one ever get babys

[Michael7979]

They will most likely end up as food for other tankmates.

If I remember correctly they "spread/broadcast" the eggs just before/as they hatch.

[ReeFit]

they hatch and then shoot them out all over the water. they look like tiny flecks of dust. its is pretty much a given they will be food or go into the filtration system.

[Nate]

http://www.pnwmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19492

 

 

You have to click on see all videos its the last one.

[Electrokate]

You can raise them but it means daily work for a while. A friend gave me a batch once, they were ok floating as plankton except that if two encountered each other they would like as not rip a limb off and eat it. When they went to the bottom (settled) and assumed their adult form they were very territorial. I don't know how long that stage lasts, you can keep them in groups as adults, or maybe it was a peculiarity to my methods. I lost the babies about a week after settlement as a leak dripped freshwater while I was out of town.

Feeding them is not super hard but I did have to siphon what fell to the bottom which meant daily water changes. For like 6 weeks straight.

I know someone who had much better luck, using babies from the same tank I got mine from, in a much better system with commercial aquaculture food.

If you have the time and energy raising some is fun. Doing the cleaning really only involves like 15 minutes per day. If you had them you'd stare at them for 15 anyway so might as well do the cleaning at that time (:

Kate

[dee77]

ya i think the babys turned into fish food