Help! Hatching cleaner shrimp!

[SomethingFishy]

So.. my cleaner shrimp has had eggs on her. Now she has hundreds of tiny black eyes under her tail and she is trying to shake them off... what water parameters do they need to survive? What do I feed them? They are in my refugium connected to my 72 gallon reef tank with just one other cleaner shrimp and a copepod population but there is a current. Tons of live rock, plants and sand in there to break up the current. Any suggestions asap?

 

[ritter6788]

Good food for your fish and corals. ;)

I'm not sure anyone has raised them before.

 

[SomethingFishy]

Lol well I'll make a go of it. Fun challenge at least. Increased the salinity a bit and hopefully the refugium and current will help them out

 

[AsphaltPays]

Keep us updated:)

 

[NanaReefer]

I would use something like Coral Frenzy. Or grind up some flake foods. They'll scavenge :) Good luck & do keep us posted!

 

[ReefKeeper09]

I'm anxious to see how this turns out.

 

[SomethingFishy]

So she already has eggs again and baby shrimp are running all over the refugium. Bad news is that having the mom in the bottom tank and feeding her has spiked my nitrates. Need to do a deep cleaning of the refugium to protect the rest of the tank. Will try to save my baby shrimp and copepods.

 

[iretthepirate]

you should probably read my sexy shrimp breeding thread for details. Just so u know its alot of work I wouldn't try unless your very committed