Shrimp cross breeding?

[Banana Man]

Hi,

I have 2 Cleaner Shrimp and 1 Fire Shrimp. Recently i have noticed what seems to be hundreds of tiny little green eggs under the 2 Cleaner Shrimps. If they are eggs they are both females so unless the Fire Shrimp is involved i dont know what the egg like things are. Any idea's what's going on?

Thanks!

 

[Banana Man]

Got my answer from an old thread on another forum:

Preggo Cleaner shrimp.... - Reef Central Online Community

Looks like some free food for my fishes!

 

[chichimom79]

Congrats on the prego shrimp! Just wondering why you thought they were females?

 

[FishyReef]

Interesting - just read the RC thread - I have two cleaners in my tank - both were very tiny when I got them, but one has now gotten huge in comparison to the other. That would be really cool if one of them got preggers!