Newborn peppermint shrimp!!!

[stingnyc]

I have been seeing my peppermint shrimps with eggs lately and today I noticed many babies swimming in my tank. Does anyone have experience with shrimp babies? What is their survival rate and can they make it in captivity? LMK

Thanks

-Steve

 

[House of Laughter]

Steve, they can usually survive as long as there are no predators - mine breed all the time (Skunk's too) but by the time they get to a decent size, they are all gobled up by the predators in my tank (pigmy angel, 6 line wrasse).

One time I saw a small one, looked like a copepod, but haven't seen it since :-(

Good luck with it.

House

 

[bad coffee]

can you get some to your fuge? they'll have a better chance for survival.

BC