my cleaner shrimp had babies

[therese]

:cheer: my cleaner shrimp had babies i put what i could get befor being eaten by my seahorses and put them in a 5 gallon tank with a air line they are doing great they are getting bigger already and they are only 4 days old i just dont know what to feed them any one have any ideas i dont want to lose these guys any help would be great

 

[jjlittle]

Wow thats cool did you know they were going to have babies and if you could what did they look like prior to birth. Did it look like a lobster with sac under their tail. I have a few I wonder if they to will someday have children:jumping:

 

[jdreef]

The spawn normally require about 40 days to develop into adults. The tank where the newly hatched Cleaner Shrimp are kept should not be filtered; it will damage the shrimp. An aerating device on a low setting is often used. Newly hatched brine shrimp are used to feed the Cleaner Shrimp, and there should be quite a few present, since newly hatched Cleaner Shrimp are unable to hunt well. However, there should not be enough brine shrimp present so as to pollute the unfiltered tank water. Every other day, you may use a suction tube to clean the bottom of the tank. However, care should be taken not to suck up any Cleaner Shrimp.

 

[55galgill]

i heard rottifiers work also and are smaller than brine i beleive.
good luck.~gill~