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07-26-2006, 07:44 AM
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Not the LFS.......
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orange Park, FL
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Cleaner with eggs.....
I had to share these pictures of our Cleaner Shrimp.......This type of thing makes this hobby so great. The pictures are not the best because all the lights were off and I didn't bother setting up the tripod but they turned out fairly good.
Hope you enjoy...
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Mike O.
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07-26-2006, 07:51 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: new york city
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VERY cool! will you have baby cleaner or will your fish have lunch?
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07-26-2006, 08:46 AM
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Country Living
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Cool Mike. I've got some pictures of 1 of Keri's Cleaner Shrimp filled with eggs too (just about an hour before she released them). Of course I didn't have the camera handy when she did release them. The fish definitely had a great feed that day!
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Last edited by LadyReefNeck; 07-26-2006 at 09:02 AM.
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07-26-2006, 08:57 AM
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Protect the Worlds Reefs
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Florida
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Mike,
Very cool pictures. Do you have any plans for hatching or raising them?
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07-26-2006, 09:12 AM
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Not the LFS.......
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orange Park, FL
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Fish food for now. I'm not setup to raise a bunch of cleaners.
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Mike,
Very cool pictures. Do you have any plans for hatching or raising them?
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07-26-2006, 09:40 AM
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Why I get nothing done...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Beaverton
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Any way to tell if you have male or female cleaners?
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07-26-2006, 09:56 AM
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the shutterbug mod!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: NE Wisconsin
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tashier, it's so cool. The shrimp are um, well, yeah, they're both genders. When they molt they're female and able to be fertilized. Later on they're male and they fertilize whoever molts. Here's a pic of my peppermint shrimp with eggs, isn't it neat!
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07-26-2006, 10:05 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Great Pics!
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07-26-2006, 10:23 AM
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Why I get nothing done...
Join Date: Jun 2006
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tashier, it's so cool. The shrimp are um, well, yeah, they're both genders. When they molt they're female and able to be fertilized. Later on they're male and they fertilize whoever molts. Here's a pic of my peppermint shrimp with eggs, isn't it neat!
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Really.... Didn't know that. Interesting, so my tank is full of a bunch of bisexuals.  I've seen them molt but haven't ever seen any eggs. Has anyone ever seen them getting busy or how does that happen?
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07-26-2006, 10:33 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2006
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never seen them lay eggs.
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07-26-2006, 10:51 AM
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the shutterbug mod!
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don't they just release the eggs, or do they actually hatch on the parent? Either way it's a great natural food source for the fish, and I'm sure my seahorses love it!
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07-26-2006, 12:13 PM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
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The correct term is hermaphrodyte... Don't expect them to survive. nobody has ever gotten them to survive to adulthood in captivity.
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07-26-2006, 04:16 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Yuma, Arizona
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very cool!!
Cheers 
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07-26-2006, 04:23 PM
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Professor Chaos
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It is a sign that they are happy 
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07-26-2006, 07:26 PM
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Not the LFS.......
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It is a sign that they are happy |
I hope so.....its what we all are shooting for is to have happy tanks.
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