ghost shrimp eggs

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I just bought some ghost shrimp and noticed the largest one has what look like tiny little black circles underneath it what could they be?
 
I had a few ghost shrimps, some of them had eggs, but they didnt look black. They had like a small clump of eggs underneath their body, like a whiteish colour.
Nothing ever came of them because one day my big angel had a feeding frenzy, went wild and killed most of the shrimps just to eat the eggs they were carrying!:wall:
 
i had a feeling they were eggs but wasnt sure. i only have a few small fish in my tank so mabey some of them will survive..
 
When the eggs are just about to hatch they are kind of translucent, with black spots where the eyes of the young are visible.
 
Ghost Shrimp eggs ?

leesst200 said:
D they carry them untill they hatch or do they lay them?
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Did you find an answer for that?

I'm totally new at aquarium stuff, and I've had a few Ghost Shrimp in an 10g tank (with no fish) for about a week.

Tonight I noticed a cobwebby mass with white dots under the heater and attached to a fake driftwood ornament.

I don't know what to make of it. It looks kinda like a mass of frog eggs. Too big (about an inch across) for a single shrimp to have produced.
Do I actually have Shrimp eggs, or do I just have some kind of fungus invading my tank?
 
ehofehof said:
Tonight I noticed a cobwebby mass with white dots under the heater and attached to a fake driftwood ornament.

I don't know what to make of it. It looks kinda like a mass of frog eggs. Too big (about an inch across) for a single shrimp to have produced.
Do I actually have Shrimp eggs, or do I just have some kind of fungus invading my tank?
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Any pictures? Do you have snails? They don't sound like shrimps to me. Chances are this could be molds forming from leftover foods. How much and how often do you feed? What are your water parameters?

:welcome: to AC!
 
Shrimp carry their eggs until they hatch, so any clutches of eggs are not from a shrimp. Probably snail eggs if you have snails.
 
Lupin said:
Any pictures? Do you have snails? They don't sound like shrimps to me. Chances are this could be molds forming from leftover foods. How much and how often do you feed? What are your water parameters?
to AC!
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I got faked out!

I didn't want to disturb the mass in case it might actually be shrimp eggs but tonight I saw a similar mass in a different place, growing on one of those Walmart Apon bulbs. So I moved the other one away from the fake driftwood, and sure enough it's the same thing.
It looks like it's trying to bud. Is it dangerous to the shrimp to leave there?
I only have 2 or 3 Ghosts right now, but I'm planning on adding a few more and a pair of Plecos to that tank. (And maybe a few other kinds of shrimp if I don't kill those off too quickly.)
 
Do you have pictures, ehofehof? I have a hard time imagining what you are describing. They actually don't sound like shrimp eggs to me.
 
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