breeding cleaner shrimp

[goetz]

a couple of weeks ago one of my shrimp started devolping eggs, i thought i had a breeding pair, i was gone for a few days and notice my second shrimp devoping eggs.
is there a way to tell male and female when they dont have eggs, i dont want to go out and buy more shrimp and hope i get a breeding pair.

 

[bang guy]

Cleaner Shrimp are both male & female - hermaphrodites. If you have two they will breed.

 

[goetz]

Originally Posted by Bang Guy
Cleaner Shrimp are both male & female - hermaphrodites. If you have two they will breed.
thats what i thought but they are both devoloping eggs

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by goetz
thats what i thought but they are both devoloping eggs
That's because they are both female..and both are also male.

 

[sufunk]

sounds like a Howard Stern show

 

[phoenixfla]

Has anyone had luck raising them? I would imagine that they would need to be in their own tank, since the eggs would be a tasty meal for a fish.

 

[bang guy]

No much, the Peppermint Cleaners are a lot easier. It's a lot more work than you whould think.