Peppermint shrimp with eggs

[geopod]

Has anyone noticed their peppermint shrimps with a batch of eggs on the belly? I have 2 like that right now.Will they hatch?Should I seperate the females from the tank so they eggs survive?Or will they just diee anyways?

george

[Ruth]

Great food supply for your fish and other filter feeders. Chances of actually hatching these eggs and raising baby peppers is very small and I have actually never seen anything written about it. Not to say it's not out there it's just I've never seen it.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

In the past, I've had peppermints & cleaners with eggs that spawned but my fish gobbled them up like candy. Even when I separated some of the babies into a 5g bbs tank, & fed rotifers & phytoplankton, the longest I ever kept them was almost 4 weeks. After several frustrating attempts, I gave up.

After that, I just let my fish feed on them.

Anthony

[Xtasia]

Shrimp eggs taste good steamed.. Mmm.

[midgetwaiter]

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/april2004/feature.htm

[zulu_principle]

There is a book on How to Raise and Train your Peppermint Shrimp, Christy was going to try this at one time not sure how far she got....


Wendell

https://www.oceanaquatics.com/view_product.php?product=HOW7FFHK35&searchlink=yes&search=PEPPERMINT%20SHRIMP&page=2