Peppermint shrimp hatched in my nano

[imblue]

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How should I take care of them? Should I separate them into another tank at some point? I feed a lot of brine shrimp for the momma but I’m worried about cannibalism, there’s atleast dozens if not hundreds some are rather large while alot are small red specks with bright eyes lol

 

[Sam7]

Thats cool

 

[tripdad]

Some more experienced people will hopefully chime in but for now I would start adding phytoplankton and if they grow add rotifers. Right now they need very small particle size foods.

 

[Common Blevil]

How should I take care of them? Should I separate them into another tank at some point? I feed a lot of brine shrimp for the momma but I’m worried about cannibalism, there’s atleast dozens if not hundreds some are rather large while alot are small red specks with bright eyes lol

They look like mysis shrimp to me. Newly hatched peppermints look a bit differently (they look weird and more plankton-shaped), they don't actively swim like a normal shrimp, and more float like jellyfish and jump in the water like copepods. In short, baby peppermint shrimp neither look nor behave like regular shrimp. The big ones you have a definitely mysids, the smaller ones I'm not sure but may be mysids too.

 

[Common Blevil]

They look like mysis shrimp to me. Newly hatched peppermints look a bit differently (they look weird and more plankton-looking), they don't actively swim like a normal shrimp, and more float like jellyfish and jump in the water like copepods. In short, baby peppermint shrimp neither look nor behave like regular shrimp. The big ones you have a definitely mysids, the smaller ones I'm not sure but may be mysids too.

This is how peppermint larvae look like

 

[Gumbies R Us]

That is really cool that happened in your tank!

 

[imblue]

They look like mysis shrimp to me. Newly hatched peppermints look a bit differently (they look weird and more plankton-looking), they don't actively swim like a normal shrimp, and more float like jellyfish and jump in the water like copepods. In short, baby peppermint shrimp neither look nor behave like regular shrimp. The big ones you have a definitely mysids, the smaller ones I'm not sure but may be mysids too.

This is how peppermint larvae look like

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I got as much detail I could, what would you say these are then? I didn’t realize the peppermint shrimp even snuck in this little 20gal for months lol there’s only zoas in here