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04-14-2004, 06:02 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Miami, FL,Florida
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 |  Holy Macarel! My cleaners got eggs!
Yup! That's the way it looks to me. Is it possible? Can my Skunk Cleaner shrimp fertilize it's own eggs?
It is the only shrimp in the tank, and to me it looks like he is full of green eggs. I know that the species is hemaphroditic, but can the self propagate? My understanding was that a minimum of 2 shrimp would be needed. _________ &&&&20 Gal. , Millenium 1000 & 2000 filter, 130watt Corallife 50/50 reef lamp. Maroon Gold-striped Clown, Pygmy (Cherub) Angel, Skunk Cleaner shrimp, 8 Turbo Snails, 1 unknown cone snail , a branch of red grape calerpa , Sun Polyps, Blue-Green Striped shroom, Red shroom, Zoo Polyp colonies, & Green Star polyps, green monti. | 
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04-14-2004, 06:17 AM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: STATEN ISLAND, NY,New_York
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| Re: Holy Macarel! My cleaners got eggs!
you know i have a cleaner shrimp and it has some new spots by its belly is that what yours has david _________ http://www.3reef.com/uploads/Joe1.jpg&&[glow=red,2,300]Another great sig by Nautilus&&[/glow] 75gal Oceanic Reef Ready, 4x96 Power Compact, 20gal Sump, Protein Skimmer, 5 stage RO/DI Typhoon, 100lbs Live Sand, 100lbs Live Rock, 50 Assorted Snails, 70 Assorted Hermit Crabs, Sandsifter Star, 2 cleaner shrimp, fire shrimp, coral banded shrimp, orange linkia star, emerald crab, sea slug, 2 Clarks Clownfish, BTA, Lawnmower Blenny, Kole Tang, Spotted Watchman Goby, 6-line Wrasse, Engineer Goby, Soft and LPS corals | |
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04-15-2004, 07:02 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Miami, FL,Florida
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| Re: Holy Macarel! My cleaners got eggs!
mmm. No. Black spots on my skunk mean that it will molt within the next 48 hours. And that my friend is clockwork.
However, I'm refering to thousands of tiny minty to neon green colored eggs in its belly. You could actually distinguish them as eggs. | |
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04-15-2004, 07:31 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Marina del Rey, California
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| Re: Holy Macarel! My cleaners got eggs!
The eggs won't be fertilized, but will be great food for the tank! _________ Just tryin to recreate God's perfection in a glass bowl. 20 Gallon Reef W/Live Rock, mated pair of Maroon Clowns, Softies, 110 watts PC 10,000k lighting, and skimmer. http://www.3reef.com/uploads/1craig400.jpg | |
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04-16-2004, 09:11 AM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: STATEN ISLAND, NY,New_York
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| Re: Holy Macarel! My cleaners got eggs!
YEP YOUR RIGHT HE MOLTED YESTERDAY 48HRS LIKE YOU SAID | |
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04-19-2004, 06:20 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Marina del Rey, California
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| Re: Holy Macarel! My cleaners got eggs!
Cool! | |
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06-10-2008, 10:16 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Farmington CT
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i just looked at my shrimp and saw some eggs they are a really cool green color | |
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06-10-2008, 01:59 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grand Rapids MI
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My shrimp stay prego. They have been prego for the 7th time in a row they lay their eggs molt and then are prego by the next day. My mandarin stays feed. | |
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06-12-2008, 01:16 AM
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| | Guest
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Phoenix, Oregon
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Well, if you have fish in your tank, I am not sure if they will fertilize, I am pretty sure they will just get eaten and never hatch.
I've got several cleaner shrimp, and they have had tons of eggs when they were still getting to mature size, molted a ton within just a few weeks as well. But I never got any baby shrimplets out of it haha. I was kinda bummed actually.
But, heck, if you don't got fish and it's just a bunch of LR and shrimp, you might have a different outcome!
Keep me updated, I am curious now. | |
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