My cleaner shrimp is carrying around a clutch of eggs.

[msteane]

This is the first time I've notice my shrimp having a belly full of eggs.  I expect that they will face the same fate as my clownfish fry (instantly eaten once hatched) but still neat to see.

Skunk Cleaner Shrimp With Eggs

 

[Poseidon]

very cool! would be awesome if you could raise them !

 

[Duke]

Cool, it sucks tho because only less than a couple people have reared them in captivity and I believe we are talking like 2 shrimp total ever and their system was hooked to the ocean. They take something crazy like 200 days to adult stage and go through 30 something transitions to get to that stage. I believe a guy named Luis from Europe is the closest  to being successful on the hobbiest scale. If you Google his name and shrimp breeding I'm sure you'll find his posts online.

 

[theyangman]

damn, thats insane

 

[msteane]

Ya, I did a quick google search after I noticed the eggs....saw an estimate of about 6 months before they even look like shrimps and knew that instant there was no point in even trying to raise them.

 

[theyangman]

On the bright side, free food!