Pregnant Peppermint or something else?

[PR_nano]

I aquired a couple of Peppermint shrimp to tackle an aiptasia bloom not too long ago. They cleared all of them and have just been hanging around. Two days ago I noticed one of them stays hidden and avoids the others. I also noticed there appears to be eggs or something in the belly section. I Google some pictures of pregnant Peppermint shrimp and some do look similar. I just would like confirmation since I lost a cleaner shrimp a few months back to what appeared to be black spot disease.

 

[P-Dub]

Yup, Shee is laden with eggs!

 

[User1]

Free food!

For the fishies that is.

 

[PR_nano]

Good to hear. I prefer some new snacks for the fish vs some disease in the tank.

 

[PR_nano]

Some baby peppermint shrimp, at least for the night. They look like mosquitos floating around.

 

[Freakmachine01]

Is my shrimp pregnant? Please let me know what you think. Also has anybody found a surefire way of raising them and keeping them alive

 

[PR_nano]

Those do in fact look like eggs. I have a breeding pair. Every 2 weeks one of them is releasing tiny shrimp like the pic I posted. I'm tempted to try an raise some but too busy with work won't be able to start until mid April. If you want to raise them get them in a separate tank and need to constantly hatch brine shrimp for the first 2 months. There is a ton of information on raising them.