Peppermint shrimp babies?
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ErinCahir
Sausage Wrangler
Nope. They will (you will hate to hear this) most likely end up as fish food.
But here's a decent article about it.
SeaScope Vol. 11, Summer 1994. Captive Spawning and Rearing of the Peppermint Shrimp
But here's a decent article about it.
SeaScope Vol. 11, Summer 1994. Captive Spawning and Rearing of the Peppermint Shrimp
AmberSunrise
Reef enthusiast
Yeah I got a pregnant one also and even though I didnt have fish yet to eat them they never made babies. I think maybe they went into the filter.
I do breed freshwater exotic shrimp and when I have a mother with babies I change out the filter for a sponge filter to give them time to grow. They have their tank though with nothing that would eat them.
I have had 3 mothers have numerous eggs and still only gotten a few babies that actually made it.
I do breed freshwater exotic shrimp and when I have a mother with babies I change out the filter for a sponge filter to give them time to grow. They have their tank though with nothing that would eat them.
I have had 3 mothers have numerous eggs and still only gotten a few babies that actually made it.
reefracer
Reefing newb
Yeah babies not very likley from my experience they will be fish food. I had one one time very heavy with eggs that I guess hatched and were still clinging underneath the tail of mom. One day she jets to the surface like a rocket releasing the little ones, she did that 2-3 times but I never saw any babie after the initial release just a lot of fish feeding. Good luck and maybe you will get some to survive.
karisfish
Reefing newb
I wonder if it would work to put the mother into a breeding net and take her out once you see the babies?? If you really want to raise them you might want to try that.
