Breeding Cleaner Shrimp?

[jofeny]

I am so excited to see my cleaner carrying numberous eggs..

Imagine 1 cleaner cost $10, the numberous means?!

But is it possible to breed cleaners in captivity??

[yellowfin tuna]

Hi,

use to keep cleaner shrimps,,,, they usually carry alot of eggs,,,, but never hatch before,,, maybe you have the luck,,,, but think its pretty difficult to breed in captivity....

[LoReNsIa]

thay will hatch only if the tank got the pair of clearner shrimp.. nothing else.. yaya..

[FuEl]

Normally you have to wait 12-14 days for the eggs to hatch starting from the first day you see them. Shortest larval duration for skunk cleaner so far is 42 days achieved by Waikiki Aquarium in hawaii. Normally lasts 2-3 months due to lack of knowledge on dietary requirements. Then again successful settlement of larvae is real low, only around 20% for commercial companies. The larvae will take newly hatched brine shrimp from the start, but the problem will be removing most of uneaten brine shrimp the next day and replacing them with newly hatched ones. Got to get enough water flow to keep them suspended and late-stage larvae don't handle aeration very well...tends to break off their long 5th pair of legs.

[jofeny]

yeah..their "stomach" looks bigger and bigger..im not too sure..but one of them, the stomach is "green" and the other one looks "transparent"..duno issit the difference between a male and a female..

[cornyfish]

Speaking of breeding cleaner shrimps, has anyone seen or heard of pistol shrimps breeding successfully in the tank?

[LoReNsIa]

yea.. wanna noe more can ask our past SH reefer.. chinmo.. he got success in breeding this shrimps.. but not sure if cleaner too.. haha.. ya..

[monster]

My clearner shripms breads in my tank. It was a sumptious meal for for fish. They will crowd around the shrimp and wobble up the fries.

[jofeny]

My clearner shripms breads in my tank. It was a sumptious meal for for fish. They will crowd around the shrimp and wobble up the fries.

So sad....shd i take my cleaner out? hmmm..

[yellowfin tuna]

hi guys ,,,

just a note,,, read from the other tread regarding cleaner,,,,,, i guess i could agree more with them and hope to pass the msg around,,,,,

cleaners survival rate (be it shrimp or fish) are low,,, most cleaner fish dies off in under a yr...... however,,,, their presence in the ocean are of utmost importance..... it has been proven when cleaners are removed from the oceans,,, the fishes do not visit the reefs as often as before and in a way creates imbalance in the system...... so guys,,, if we are able to do without the cleaners.... lets not buy as thousand of cleaners are innocently killed...... haizzzz,,,,,,,,,

[Mr CRABS]

If anyhow you luckily bred cleaner shrimps pls remember to sell me one at cheap cheap price........hehe

[manta]

just 2 days ago, i managed to catch a glimpse of my cleaner shrimp (got 2 of them) shooting his load of fries right out in the miiddle of tank. all the fishes just came out and gobble the fries up. all gone in a short while.

my first time to see something finally spawning in my tank.