Pregnant Cleaner Shrimp

[Rufff]

Anyone had experience raising baby Cleaner Shrimps? Mine is pregnant after she got new tank mate bout 1 week ago - love at 1st sight .

Should I separate the mummy CS into another tank - a temp nursery? What do I feed baby CS with? Any special requirements? I heard its not easy 2 raise them 2 adulthood ... but just wondered if it can B done.

P.S : Mummy CS is much bigger than daddy CS (small fella). MayB size doesn't matter after all ... hehe

[spong3bob]

dun have to shift it to another tank... the baby shrimp makes good food for ur corals and other small fishes...

[coralreef]

same there...yesterday got 2 new cleaner shrimp....1 got eggs.....can't be bothered to do anything

[SpiderOne]

they get eggs all the time. after a while u will get bored of bothering also ;p

[Rufff]

they get eggs all the time. after a while u will get bored of bothering also ;p

Hehe ... is it? Didn't know that.

[surfedelic]

They will start releasing small shrimp about every 3 weeks, try breeding them but no luck. You could separate them by siphoning - shine your torch into the water and you will see all the tiny shrimp swimming toward the lights - quite fun to watch. They need more than newly hatched brine shrimp because of their small gut and the desire to hunt for food. Let me know you if you have success

[berrykin]

the eggs issit green in color one???? i saw mine also have.. all sticking around the bottom areas and near those legs~~~

[surfedelic]

Yup they are green in color - but I think they change from transparent to green - Can't remember the sequence.

[FuEl]

You could drop by waterci**le and ask the people...Think they have bred CS before.. Real nice folks.

[Rufff]

Thanx guys. Dun know if I'll have much luck tho seeing that its not easy 2 feed the babies ... Just excited coz its 1st time my CS is pregs. Well, I'll C how things go.

[Rufff]

Update : Daddy CS died oredi. Mummy CS died the next day. Whole family now wiped out

:cry2:

[shetland]

what happened?

[Octopuffy]

Nitrate strike.

Same thing happened to me long time ago. Prawns suddenly got fits and just drops dead.

Think CS v sensitive to high nitrate.

[Rufff]

Dunno leh ... frm being pregnant 2 being DOA, very drastic right? ... They both turned up dead ... but didn't look like any of the other tank inhabitants attacked them or anything.

Its still a mystery. .. Might go get some more CS this weekend tho, hopefully they will survive this time.

[Rufff]

Nitrate strike.

Same thing happened to me long time ago. Prawns suddenly got fits and just drops dead.

Think CS v sensitive to high nitrate.

Dun know ... it did cross my mind. We bought some new LR (cured or not dun know) but we quarantined them for bout 2 weeks. Tested the NO2 & NO3 of the water that the LR were in & it was negligible. So we thought it should B OK lah. Dun seem 2 have any die-off or anything on the LR ...

But immediately after the new LR went in the tank, we had brown algae/diatoms. Bad bad case ... bought 2 turbo snails 2 rectify the condition. Changed 20% water oredi. Brownies a bit better but not totally eradicated. Just put in Chemi-pure yesterday. Cut down on light-time & decrease feeding too. Dun know what else 2 do ...

P.S : CS didn't have fits. They just seem very inactive B4 they died. Yeah heard that CS is sensitive. But mummy CS was 1 of our 1st tenants, so very sad she passed on.

[shetland]

hmm.. i think my cs also pregnent sia....

[Rufff]

Hey U took over me ... good luck 2 U. Hope it turns out well . I think we'll get some new CS this weekend, the tank seems empty without them ...

[shetland]

Hey U took over me ... good luck 2 U. Hope it turns out well . I think we'll get some new CS this weekend, the tank seems empty without them ...

rufff where u going to buy your cs?

[Rufff]

Most probably this weekend, may drop by PR or Reb**n since they R nearby. R U getting some too? Heard CF has lots of nice things 2 C too (dun know if they have CS tho), so might go there too. C how lah ...

[shetland]

what time u going?

[Rufff]

Dun know yet leh .. & U? Depends on hubby loh ...

[Razo]

hai... dun grief too much...

just when my other two CS is getting along well they died by my stupid mistake.. i off the skimmer/filter/powerhead switch n feeding liquid food and forget to turn it back on.. next morning saw 2 dead CS and a dead false gamma..

fyi. my boxer always have egg.. female is big n male small too.. almost get pregnant non stop..

[Rufff]

hai... dun grief too much...

just when my other two CS is getting along well they died by my stupid mistake.. i off the skimmer/filter/powerhead switch n feeding liquid food and forget to turn it back on.. next morning saw 2 dead CS and a dead false gamma..

fyi. my boxer always have egg.. female is big n male small too.. almost get pregnant non stop..

Aiyoh ... poor things. We R both in the same boat now I guess. U getting new CS too? We definitely getting a new pair, seems different/odd not seeing the "prawns" when I do my daily-stare at the tank.

[flubberina13]

Just bought a boxing shrimp from the you-guys-so-called chio-bu's place. After packing, realised it has lots of eggs. Feel that their eggs look nicer than the cleaner shrimps' ones. My cs are always filled with roe that ultimately end up in my fishes' stomaches. No wonder my fishes develop a paunch that resembles my teekor brother...

Anybody has experienced in breeding them? Majority of these shrimps are supposed to be tank-raised, right? In that case, shouldn't some fellow reefers have tried to breed them? If so...pls share your expertise...