Shrimp Eggs Came Out By Mistake

[nLinked]

My red cherry shrimp had eggs under her belly, and she was fanning them to keep them clean. So I decided to put her in a breeding net away from the fish. I put some java moss in the breeding net box.

Unfortunately her eggs got caught on the java moss, and she pulled away from the moss, and all the eggs came off along with what looked like a clear sack (sperm sack maybe?).

She's OK and eating now, and still has a few eggs left inside her belly but not hanging out. Any chance she will breed again?

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Shrimp will often drop their eggs if they are stressed, moving her to the net may have stressed her out. She will be fine I'm sure maybe just try leaving her next time. You can also buy little tubes for the shrimp to breed in so they are safe from other fish.

 

[nLinked]

Shrimp will often drop their eggs if they are stressed, moving her to the net may have stressed her out. She will be fine I'm sure maybe just try leaving her next time. You can also buy little tubes for the shrimp to breed in so they are safe from other fish.

Thanks. Unfortunately her eggs all got caught up in the java moss, and she was literally pulling away trying to swim when they all broke off.

I put too much moss in there

Yeh I guess it's best to leave her next time. Will she naturally stick the eggs onto moss naturally so I can just take out the moss with the eggs next time? Or do the little ones hatch out straight from her belly and swim away? In this case they might get eaten!

 

[Baccus]

The eggs will hatch directly from her swimmeret legs where she was fanning the eggs.

You said the eggs are "clear" that she tore off when tangled in the moss. Are you certain the shrimplets haven't been born? they are tinoly little things first hatched and are easily over looked. I ask because from my experience when a shrimp has "dropped"her eggs the cluster of eggs are still the same colour as what they where while she was holding them in her swimmer legs never clear.

Also any of the shrimp that produce miniture versions of themselves like cherry shrimp, crystal shrimp and a few other shrimp never lay their eggs any where, they retain their eggs in their legs until the eggs hatch. Other shrimp that have larval stages will hold the eggs for a limited time, but they are generally small eggs and the larva that hatch will need to make a few moults and are pretty free swimming before they look look like mini adults.

 

[nLinked]

The eggs will hatch directly from her swimmeret legs where she was fanning the eggs.

You said the eggs are "clear" that she tore off when tangled in the moss. Are you certain the shrimplets haven't been born? they are tinoly little things first hatched and are easily over looked. I ask because from my experience when a shrimp has "dropped"her eggs the cluster of eggs are still the same colour as what they where while she was holding them in her swimmer legs never clear.

Also any of the shrimp that produce miniture versions of themselves like cherry shrimp, crystal shrimp and a few other shrimp never lay their eggs any where, they retain their eggs in their legs until the eggs hatch. Other shrimp that have larval stages will hold the eggs for a limited time, but they are generally small eggs and the larva that hatch will need to make a few moults and are pretty free swimming before they look look like mini adults.

The eggs that came off were the same colour. I only noticed the eggs under her belly today. They definitely weren't there yesterday. They were all yellow. When they got tangled in the moss they tore out from her, still yellow. Happened on the same day The clear sack that came off, there was only one, and it appears like it may have come out from inside her! It wasn't a baby shrimp though.

Next time, I'll leave her alone, and I'll attach some moss around the bogwood that they live in. At the top of the wood is a hole, and all 4 shrimp live in there. I can put the moss around the area so when the little ones hatch, I believe they cling on to the nearest moss until they free swim? This might give me a chance to move that moss into a breeder net box.