Tiger shrimp eggs. What now?

[Brie]

So I just brought home 1.1 tiger shrimp, and I just now noticed the female is carrying eggs. Dur. .. I haven't been able to find much on the net about reproduction, anyone feel like helping me out?

[Xema]

Hi,

Let work nature, only provide moss and a healthy water. After 3 or 4 weeks to start hatching eggs you will start to see something like this....

[Brie]

Hi,

Let work nature, only provide moss and a healthy water. After 3 or 4 weeks to start hatching eggs you will start to see something like this....

Thanks for your quick reply.

What sort of moss? Dried Green/Sphagnum moss? Java Moss? Peat?

Are the eggs carried by the female for the entire 3-4 weeks, or does she deposit them on the moss?

[Brie]

Oh also, should I seperate them? Will other shrimp eat the young? There is also a pair of blue shrimp in the same tank.

[Xema]

Well, I am seing you are no familiar with shrimp´s life cycle.
Tiger shrimp (Caridina cf. cantonensis 'tiger') is a freshwater shrimp which has not got larvar stage, that is meaning female hatching eggs 3 or 4 weeks for and it carry it attacked to its body during hatching time. After hatching shrimplets go out to the eggs as a little shrimp quite similar to their parents.

So you need provide them any kind of aquatic moss, java, singapore, cristhmas, and so on.
Parents no eat shrimplets.

[Brie]

Well, I am seing you are no familiar with shrimp´s life cycle.
Tiger shrimp (Caridina cf. cantonensis 'tiger') is a freshwater shrimp which has not got larvar stage, that is meaning female hatching eggs 3 or 4 weeks for and it carry it attacked to its body during hatching time. After hatching shrimplets go out to the eggs as a little shrimp quite similar to their parents.

So you need provide them any kind of aquatic moss, java, singapore, cristhmas, and so on.
Parents no eat shrimplets.

I wouldn't be posting asking for help if I were familiar with shrimp reproduction. LOL.

I did know that Tigers did not have a larval stage, but I didn't know if the female needed to put the eggs somewhere, or if she carried them the entire time.

One thing I do not have, nor have at work, is aquatic moss.. Will other fine plants work? Like Microsword? I have lots of Microsword.

[Xema]

What plant is microsword?

Moos is quite important for me to keeping shrimps...

[Brie]

What plant is microsword?

Moos is quite important for me to keeping shrimps...

Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae...

I bought a 4" Marimo Moss ball and a portion of Java moss today, should have it in a few days.

[Xema]

Nice choice.

Marimo ball (Cladophora aegagrophila) is a green algae that Shrimp can eat. I prefer allways moss or hepaticas (Monosolenium or Riccardia) beacause of aesthetic reasons.

I leave you an interesting link about aquatic moss.

AquaMoss

[retardo]

Nice choice.

Marimo ball (Cladophora aegagrophila) is a green algae that Shrimp can eat. I prefer allways moss or hepaticas (Monosolenium or Riccardia) beacause of aesthetic reasons.

I leave you an interesting link about aquatic moss.

AquaMoss

I have never known shrimp (or algae-eating fish, for that matter) to eat cladophora. They may pick things off of the marimo ball, but they do not actually eat it... Not even Amanos will touch the stuff.