Camelback breeding question

[hallzy]

I have a pair of camelback shrimp, and i'm not sure if they are male and female, but i have noticed that there are many new little creatures running all over the tank that are only about the size of copapods (maybe a little bigger) but they are a shade of red and have the same body type as my camelbacks! Are these babies in my tank?! And if they are, is there anything i should do to keep them safe? The only other things in my tank right now are a bar goby, an emrald crab and numourous hermits. If anyone can help me it would be greatly appriciated!

[Matt Rogers]

Sorry for the delay... are they still around?

Welcome to 3reef by the way..

[Tangster]

Originally Posted by hallzy

I have a pair of camelback shrimp, and i'm not sure if they are male and female, but i have noticed that there are many new little creatures running all over the tank that are only about the size of copapods (maybe a little bigger) but they are a shade of red and have the same body type as my camelbacks! Are these babies in my tank?! And if they are, is there anything i should do to keep them safe? The only other things in my tank right now are a bar goby, an emrald crab and numourous hermits. If anyone can help me it would be greatly appriciated!

Maybe Mysise shrimp you are seeing ? Is it a reef or F/O tank ? Camel Backs are not good to be put in a reef system . It's a real pain to rear any type of shrimp its easy to do that is if you don't have anything else to do.. I'd let them spawn if they in fact are spawing and call it free fish food.