Refugium and cleaner shrimp spawn!

[Anonymous]

So, I decided to put a refugium on top of my canopy, and as I was installing it tonight, late, I need to turn on a light in the tank to check stuff. In the back of my tank I see my cleaner shimp doing the 'get these little guys off me' dance, and several hundred tiny shrimp in the water. I quickly turned off the lights to let them last longer.

I love this hobby!

RR

 

[saltjunkie]

good deal! mine have done that before..........'
i have a pair of coral banded shrimp that i hope i get to witness the dance with this time.........

 

[Will C1]

thats soo cool i have only had success with like that with my damsels they lay about 1000 eggs every few months only a few survive and i sell em to my lfs. salt junkie you might get lucky as you must have a male female pair as there not killing each other lol good luck.

 

[Reefguide]

Will C, When you say a few survive are you leaving them in your main tank, are you feeding them at all, or did they manage to pull through on their own?

 

[Will C1]

i leave them in the tank. and let nature run its course. im not trying to breed them they just like to.

 

[wombat1]

saltjunkie, very cool. I've only seen a pair of those once before, in the same tank with a pair of royal grammas.