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    one of my cleaner shrimps has got aload of eggs i think under its body is this right or has it got a bad case of acne? have had no fish in the tank for a few month now so the two shrimps have had the tank to themselvesClick image for larger version. 

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    Default Re: EGGS on cleaner shrimp????

    yeah they are eggs and if theres no fish in there to eat them you never know ;);)
    6x2x2 with 4ft sump, 2x naso tang (1 blonde 1 black), 1 emporer tang (purple sailfin), 1 powder blue, 1 regal tang, 1 yellow tang, 1 bluespot tang, 1 scopas tang ,1 unicorn surgeon fish 1 foxface, 1 copperband, 2 scooter blennie (male and female) 1 blue cheek blennie 2 pink skunk clowns hosting nem thinkthats it lol

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    getting my niger trigger and clowns back of Eric on sat :( they will eat them:mad: shall i try and get the shrimps in a QT tank?:confused::confused:

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    Default Re: EGGS on cleaner shrimp????

    no point really the best thing the shrimp eggs are best for in a tank are fresh food for the fish and they will have been doing this for ages now so they will have helped to seed the tank if you run a sump a few wil probably have gone down wier so will help to keep sump clean aswell
    6x2x2 with 4ft sump, 2x naso tang (1 blonde 1 black), 1 emporer tang (purple sailfin), 1 powder blue, 1 regal tang, 1 yellow tang, 1 bluespot tang, 1 scopas tang ,1 unicorn surgeon fish 1 foxface, 1 copperband, 2 scooter blennie (male and female) 1 blue cheek blennie 2 pink skunk clowns hosting nem thinkthats it lol

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    Default Re: EGGS on cleaner shrimp????

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    thanks for that i wonder if Amazon sells the books.
    was looking forward to having little baby shrimps:D

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    Quote Originally Posted by poz1966 View Post
    thanks for that i wonder if Amazon sells the books.
    was looking forward to having little baby shrimps:D

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    Thanks :bigthumbup:
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