Breeding Cleaner Shrimps?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Cleaner shrimp are hermaphrodites (each individual are functionally both male & female). Usually after a molt, shrimp A will lay eggs which shrimp B will fertilize. Then shrimp B will lay some eggs & shrimp A will now fertilize those eggs. Therefore, with one pair, you will often have 2 shrimp carrying fertilized eggs. The babies are very hard to keep alive IME. I've tried at least 8 times but the longest I could keep them alive was 4 weeks. If you have several small tanks with bbs in them, you might have more like than I did.

Good luck,

Anthony

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

If you only have one, get another one about the same size if you want to try breeding them. If prefer to get mine med. size as opposed to large since they don't have very long lifespans.