Well i've read that certain salt water fish and inverts can spawn in an aquarium but i never imagined it would happen in mine. I was doing my weekly water change and then My cleaner shrimp in my 12 g had about a million little offspring about half an hour ago. They didnt seem to last long as the rest of the fish were thinking it was dinner time and alot of them were getting sucked into the filter. But you could see them and their little tiny legs fluttering all over the place. They must have been about a millimeter or two long.
My wife noticed that one of the shrimp had a ton of fuzzy stuff on her abdomen and then when you looked really close you could see that it was at least a couple thousand little baby cleaner shrimp. At this rate im going to never have to buy cleaner shrimp again for ever. It seemed that when the carrier was releasing the eggs she / he were trying to catch them just as fast. Then it was all over. They are still carrying at a few hundred each. I will keep an eye out to see what will happen next.
This is cool!
TOny
My wife noticed that one of the shrimp had a ton of fuzzy stuff on her abdomen and then when you looked really close you could see that it was at least a couple thousand little baby cleaner shrimp. At this rate im going to never have to buy cleaner shrimp again for ever. It seemed that when the carrier was releasing the eggs she / he were trying to catch them just as fast. Then it was all over. They are still carrying at a few hundred each. I will keep an eye out to see what will happen next.
This is cool!
TOny