Mating Shrimp

[Swlws]

So I was lucky enough to watch the entire mating and egg moving process last night! I fed them a small algae wafer which they go nuts for cause I wanted to count roughly how many females are berried, to my surprise a female that must have JUST molted came out (stupid stupid shrimp coming to a feeding frenzy while pumping out all those pheromones

) to not miss the algae treat... needless to say, she tried to eat and 7-8 males said that isn't going to happen... they were going ballistic around her until one finally caught her, did the deed and a a few seconds later she was bending her body to transfer the eggs, I was even able to see the eggs move through to her under pouch thingy. What a fascinating watch, fascinating and so incredibly short because the whole process couldn't have been longer than 30 seconds! Anyway, I achieved my count, I believe I had 4 berried shrimp and now I have 5

ps- after all that was over, she DID in fact get to sit on the wafer a while and eat... I think she deserved it too...

 

[angelcraze]

Wow, I've never seen that. Too bad you didn't have your camera on you. Nice that you got to see it though! Thanks for sharing and congrats on the berried shrimp

 

[Cherie G]

I am so envious of what you were able to witness, wow that must have been great! I should not have been eating my lunch while reading your post however because I almost shoot a green bean out of my nose laughing when I read about the one male catching her & "did the deed". For some reason it looked hilarious to me typed out. Just me being immature . So glad to read about your experience, was fascinating, thanks!

 

[Swlws]

Wow, I've never seen that. Too bad you didn't have your camera on you. Nice that you got to see it though! Thanks for sharing and congrats on the berried shrimp

I know! I considered running for my phone at the very least but I had read how fast it all happened so I figured I'd rather watch then risk missing it... I WILL have my camera (or phone) with me for a few weeks now, probably until this hyped feeling goes away

I am so envious of what you were able to witness, wow that must have been great! I should not have been eating my lunch while reading your post however because I almost shoot a green bean out of my nose laughing when I read about the one male catching her & "did the deed". For some reason it looked hilarious to me typed out. Just me being immature . So glad to read about your experience, was fascinating, thanks!

I am hoping they do that for me again, once was not enough but I fear she was the only one silly enough to want to eat during a mating ritual

 

[angelcraze]

I know! I considered running for my phone at the very least but I had read how fast it all happened so I figured I'd rather watch then risk missing it... I WILL have my camera (or phone) with me for a few weeks now, probably until this hyped feeling goes away


I am hoping they do that for me again, once was not enough but I fear she was the only one silly enough to want to eat during a mating ritual

I'm thinking I'm really glad I'm not a shrimp right now ha!