Cleaner Shrimp Spawning

[fluidimagery]

I've been watching my tank over the past week or so with a flashlight once the lights go out. Two nights ago I saw what looked like baby shrimp... I thought maybe some of the baby brine I've been feeding the tank had been growing. Tonight I took another look and there were hundreds of the same shrimp again but I noticed their bodies look very similiar to my cleaner shrimp. I'm assuming the pair that I have in there spawned? I'm also assuming the chance of raising them without a specialized environment is slim to none?

Pretty cool none the less, thought I'd share.

 

[noodleman]

are they swiming real fast? if they are they might be mysis

 

[fluidimagery]

boo they look a lot like mysis. Just weird how many there are. I cought a few a threw them down in my sump.

 

[Bob 1000]

I had them when I had a mating pair,2 matting pairs and I think my fish might have ate the babies....But in my sump I always see them they aren't getting bigger than large mysis though it's been about a year now...Probably mysis...

 

[crox99]

Definately mysis.....free food for your tank.

 

[reefman]

i've seen my cleaner spawn once every few months. most in the tank gets a good snack. by morning its all gone. the cleaner constantly have eggs on the undersides. predicting when they will spawn is hard.