Spawning Cleaner Shrimp

[ron101]

I have a pair of lysmata grabhami (sp?) cleaner shrimp that have hatched eggs on a couple of occasions. Of course both times the fish had a fresh seafood feast but for the future does anyone have any info on bringing them to maturity in the home aquarium? Is it practical to do?

TIA

[zulu_principle]

Possible and Practical are two different things.

Look for a boot on how to Raise & Train your Peppermint Shrimp, most of this also applies to cleaner shrimp.


Wendell

[steve-s]

Raising these types of shrimp can be quite a challenge. From what I have read and seen myself, if they get past the predators many will not mature beyond 5-10 moults.

Here are two articles that may help you out though. One from FAMA (http://www.breeders-registry.gen.ca.us/Reprints/FAMA/v17_aug94/scarlet.htm) and the other from Reefs UK (http://www.reefsuk.com/CaptiveBreeding/Articles/BreedingScarletCleanerShrimp.html).

Best of luck....
Cheers
Steve