Is my cleaner shrimp dispersing eggs?

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My scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp looks to me like it is dispersing eggs, but it is the only one in my tank. Can anyone verify?

 

[Mike_J]

Mine produces eggs and releases them on a regular basis. This is normal. Like yours, mine is the only specimen in my tank.

 

[Maritimer]

Looks like she produced some eggs, but they're not fertile and didn't hatch. She doesn't look like she's dispersing them - I've seen mine do that, and it's a much more vigorous exercise - but rather eating them to recover that energy and protein.

~Bruce

 

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Thanks. The ones I see floating away must just be ones that got away from it or empty casings then.