Peppermint Shrimp Breeding?

[Hiker4twenty]

So I've had 2 peppermint shrimp in my tank for a while now. Last night I was looking around w/ the red light. One of the shrimp seems to be loaded with eggs under the tail. I can try to get a pic, but it's been hiding in the rocks and wont come out. I even tried to bait it w/ mysis and no luck. Has anyone experienced this before? It's pretty neat the way it will fan water over the eggs with its little fins.

 

[Bifferwine]

They've been known to breed in tanks, but the young don't usually survive. They get eaten pretty quickly!

 

[wontonflip]

Yay! Free fish food!

 

[dcantucson]

Yep! My do it all the time. They will hatch and then the shrimp will fan it's tail and release them into the water. They usually do it right after the lights go out. It is really cool to see and watch; there are hundreds of them. I have never had one survive. The fish go crazy eating them, and what doesn't get eaten goes right up and over the sides for me. :(

 

[andysgirl8800]

Would the mother/father shrimp eat them too once they hatch?

 

[yote]

Would the mother/father shrimp eat them too once they hatch?

Usually not,BUT everything else in the tank does.Corals seem to really like spawning shrimp.