Breeding Journal, Species:Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp)

General
Species:  Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp)
Social Structure:  Mated Pair
Size of Individuals:  2 inches
Age of Individuals:  unknown
Date added to Tank: April 2012 

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank:  10 gallons
Substrate Details:  Black Aragalive
Filtration Details:  Filter sock, live rock, deep sand bed, macro algae, skimmer, bio pellet reactor.
Water Changes:  25% every other week
Water Temperature:  81.6
Lighting:  VHO
Lighting Cycle:  lights on at 9am lights off at 10pm
Other Tank Inhabitants:  Mated pair of picasso percula

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: Starfish mix 
Feeding Schedule:  whenever food is needed

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:  first for me June 14th 2012
Spawn Time of Day:  unknown
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Courtship Details:  pair alway by eachother
Egg Size:  .5 mm~1mm
Egg Color: brown to blueish 
Egg Count:  hundreds

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Pair. male is blue female is pink.

 
pic of female to show size,

 
best pic of the underbelly of the female. she didn't want to cooperate the same time the camera did.

the brownish spots are the eggs that were not covered.

Cool!  Good luck!

Don't let fear and common sense stop you! =]

Thanks Mindy!

Finally I was able to get a better picture of the female with the eggs. I learned what macro lens to use! lol.

I'm assumign you have this at a much higher resolution?  Can you crop in and show us the actual eggs?  I'm not seeing anything egg like.

sure no problem.

Great going! I know I had a heck of a time getting pics of the underbelly of my female. Be careful, they pinch too! lol

RLTW

180 Gallon Mixed Reef

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