Peppermints breeding in display

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Originally Posted by Reef_Geek

That is pretty cool.

Lysmata spp are not known to be easily raised. They will readily spawn, as they are hermaphroditic, but their larvae have a long development period of 40+ days so this makes them difficult to raise effectively and economically.

Here's a short piece on it: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-10/nftt/index.php

Your seahorse tank must have an ongoing population of foods for peppermint shrimp larvae and the right conditions (low flow). This is indeed very rare to have shrimp unexpectedly reproduce and survive to adult stage.

Neat! Thanks for the link. I actually have quite a bit of flow (rsm 250) but lots of macro for shelter which must have helped a lot. I've introduced pods as *treats* for the horses but that was it, guess I had more in there than I thought, and that my horses knew about!

I bet the shrimp are wondering where their supply of seahorse fry has gone!