My peppermint shrimp has eggs!

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It’s things like this that make me love having a reef tank. Tonight I noticed my peppermint shrimp is loaded down with eggs. I know the fry won’t survive but at least they will be good food for the tank.
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And…. An emerald crab actually doing emerald crab things :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:
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Lastly…. Scar, my royal gramma decided it was photoshoot time too
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I keep some peppermints but have not seen any carrying eggs. It's pretty cool. I love the critters we can keep. The inverts were one of the things that attracted me over from the freshwater side.
This is a first for me too. It still amazes me every day how cool nature in a little glass box can be.
 
I have 2 that are always full of eggs. Everything once in a while I'll get a brief glimpse of a tiny red shrimp. I'm sure my fish are eating the bulk of them but it's still cool to see. I saw one of my emerald crabs the other night with eggs too.
 

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