Off spring

[neokn]

Have a pleasant surprise this morning around 3.30am.

Was browsering through my tank with my touch light when I came across some off spring of shrimps abt 2mm each swimming around. At first I was pretty happy but on 2nd thought, I don't have any paired shrimp in my tank. Whose off spring are these?

I have 1 pistol shrimp, 1 marble shrimp and 1 blood shrimp (haven't been seeing it for awhile) Nope, I haven't add any LRs in these 2 months.

[minsmarine]

definately not my shrimps

may be your wife gives you suprise ?

[neokn]

definately not my shrimps

may be your wife gives you suprise ?

Damn you.

Tonight you will get it from me @ Iwarna.

[Lester]

fries of the piston shrimps ????

[neokn]

fries of the piston shrimps ????

Seriously, I have not idea @ all. How can I explain a single pistol shrimp spawning?

[FuEl]

Shrimp can store sperm for subsequent spawns. Normally a stored single spermatophore can fertilize 2-3 clutches of eggs.

[neokn]

Shrimp can store sperm for subsequent spawns. Normally a stored single spermatophore can fertilize 2-3 clutches of eggs.

All shrimps have been in my tank for at least 3 months. Non paired.

[FuEl]

All shrimps have been in my tank for at least 3 months. Non paired.

Hmm...still possible..depending on the moult frequency of the shrimp. Shrimp can only pass eggs to their setae located on their swimmerets after they moult. So if your shrimp moulted less than 3 times within 3 months...they should have been egg bound for less than thrice...meaning they still got enough sperm stores. It is highly likely to be either the pistol shrimp or the marble shrimp that released the larvae. Blood shrimps if fed daily and to satiation will moult and release larvae once every 2 weeks. Get another blood shrimp? You'll get to see larvae every 2 weeks from alternating shrimp.

[cornyfish]

Anyone been successful raising baby larvae shrimps to maturity before? Be it fire shrimp, pistol shrimp or cleaner shrimps...

[neokn]

Fuel:

Another batch of shrimp just hatch. I think my shrimps are mad or my tank is mad....

[cdckjn]

Fuel:

Another batch of shrimp just hatch. I think my shrimps are mad or my tank is mad....

if your shrimps get bigger can donate to me???

will be so grateful. Cheers.

[neokn]

if your shrimps get bigger can donate to me???

will be so grateful. Cheers.

I'm sorry, I'm a sinner. I didn't scoop them out. Thus they become fish food for my Angels, hogfishs, wrasse, hawkfish, gobies.

[Jaslyn]

suprised to know single shrimp can spawn.I keep losing my cleaner shrimp...the last one died when he was molting.How to avoid the fish to attack the shrimp during this time?

[Terryz_]

Have a pleasant surprise this morning around 3.30am.

Was browsering through my tank with my touch light when I came across some off spring of shrimps abt 2mm each swimming around. At first I was pretty happy but on 2nd thought, I don't have any paired shrimp in my tank. Whose off spring are these?

I have 1 pistol shrimp, 1 marble shrimp and 1 blood shrimp (haven't been seeing it for awhile) Nope, I haven't add any LRs in these 2 months.

Bro... I also have this happening in my tank... Saw two batch liao... But i dun have any shrimp in my tank...

Here are some photo of the baby shrimp...

[Jaslyn]

huh....... unbelievable.could it due to the eggs in the LR?

[FuEl]

Hmm..interesting. Well, you can rule out the blood shrimp. Its larvae does'nt look like that. Looks alot like marble shrimp larvae though.

[neokn]

Fuel,

Something funny happen again. My shrimp spawn again.

This is seriously confusing. Maybe I should tear down the tank and see whether I have 2 marble shrimp or 2 pistol shrimp???

[cdckjn]

This time scoop out the small shrimps and try to grow them bigger, then you can identify which types it is.

[iantoh]

Hi there bro,

perhaps theyre mysid shrimps? cause mine look like that pretty much. wait a fortnight or so and observe them with a flashlight at night and see if any of them are carrying eggs beneath? cause if they are, theyd be mysids, seeing as pistol and blood shrimps wont be sexually mature at so small a size.

just my two cents ya.

cheers,

ian

[neokn]

Hi there bro,

perhaps theyre mysid shrimps? cause mine look like that pretty much. wait a fortnight or so and observe them with a flashlight at night and see if any of them are carrying eggs beneath? cause if they are, theyd be mysids, seeing as pistol and blood shrimps wont be sexually mature at so small a size.

just my two cents ya.

cheers,

ian

Roger that. Will do just that on the next spawn.

Btw, my paired white tiger gobies spawnsostcolor'>

[Firestarz]

Hmm .. thats good research .. Thumbsup!