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Egg-laden ghost shrimp?

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Long ago I added some Japanese shrimp (ghost shrimp?) to a newt tank but the newts never showed any interest in them, and the animals have since cohabited that tank peacefully. Today, I noticed that one shrimp was unlike the rest, which are almost transparent. This one is transparent too, but it's full of something yellow. Might these be shrimp eggs?

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edward

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Yep, those are eggs.
The eggs will hatch and the larva will suspend at the water surface and feed on zooplankton. However, they do not do well against filters or predation by the adults.

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jennifer

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Interesting. One of my ghost shrimp carried eggs at one point, but the eggs were green, not yellow. We probably have different species. I never saw any offspring.
 
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alexander

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These Atyids (most likely Caridina or Paratya sp.) are not closely related to North American (Palaemonid) ghost shrimp (Palaemonetes spp.). Based on egg size, it is almost certain that the shrimp in question adhere to the "primitive" reproduction strategy; the initially planktonic young require saline water for proper development. In nature, such larvae would float downstream to estuaries or oceanic waters, eventually making their way back as benthic juveniles.}

(Message edited by Ouassous on June 13, 2006)
 
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