help with shrimp

[spongebob lover]

dood/ettes my cleaner shrimp has some green balls under the legs , it looks weird (may be its the belly but i don't know) they're like lime green and very tiny.
they just started to come out because i didn't see that yesterday, he/she molted last night and the only thing that changed in the tank was a maxijet 600 that i added since saturday (flow addict here ) .
any ideas on what this is?

thank you dood/ettes

 

[roscoe]

dood/ettes my cleaner shrimp has some green balls under the legs , it looks weird (may be its the belly but i don't know) they're like lime green and very tiny.
they just started to come out because i didn't see that yesterday, he/she molted last night and the only thing that changed in the tank was a maxijet 600 that i added since saturday (flow addict here ) .
any ideas on what this is?

thank you dood/ettes

Green balls? Are you sure its not blue. oops did I just typed that?

 

[mmkeeper]

Eggs maybe?

 

[sgwill122]

They are eggs.

http://www.breedersregistry.org/Reprints/FAMA/v17_aug94/scarlet.htm

During fertilization, two Scarlet Cleaner shrimp couple, joining at midsection with one shrimp assuming a position underneath the other, soon after one shrimp molts. Apparently, sperm is passed from the hard shelled shrimp to the recently molted shrimp during this coupling. The recently molted shrimp stores the sperm. Later in the day, the recently molted shrimp extrudes eggs over several hours. The eggs are fertilized, using the stored sperm, as they are extruded. In about a week the second shrimp molts and the two shrimp again couple. This time, the hard shelled, egg carrying shrimp passes sperm to the newly molted shrimp. Within a few hours the newly molted shrimp extrudes eggs and now both shrimp carry fertilized eggs. Thus, Scarlet Cleaner shrimp spawn through hermaphroditic reproduction and all members of a mature group carry eggs. Sperm can only be transferred to a recently molted shrimp soon after molting, while the shell is still soft, so two couplings are necessary for both shrimp to receive sperm since the two shrimp molt at different times.

 

[Paul B]

They spawn every few weeks or when they moult. After the eggs hatch, if you look close you will see hundreds of tiny shrimp swimming all over the place, mostly into the mouths of the other fish. You can try to raise them but you really can't. They need to live in the sea for a while to grow with the plankton. I have never heard of anyone raising them in a tank but that does not mean it is impossable.
Good luck.
Paul

 

[spongebob lover]

wwouu ...but i thought you needed 2 to tango ??... i guess not??.
i mean he's been with me for 1 1/2 years and i only got one shrimp .
will he be ok ?
should i get another shrimp for him doods?

Green balls? Are you sure its not blue. oops did I just typed that?

LMAO!!! no comments :lol:

 

[Sparks]

I had 2 in my tank for the longest, and they took turns being pregnant. lime green eggs.

 

[Paul B]

Well I think "he" is a "she" and if you only have one I would imagine the eggs won't hatch