Harlequin Shrimp pair laid eggs... Help

[BCN_Sumps]

So my female laid eggs on a starfish today and I'm wondering if anyone has any successful experiences with keeping the baby skrimps alive?

 

[rockinzebra457]

Would love to hear how this works

 

[BCN_Sumps]

Me too. It would've been nice if she waited another day. I just put them in their new tank and didn't have time to set up the inside yet. They try to attack me just for looking at the eggs and they beat the crap out of my mandarin, so I guess I'll be waiting to aqua scape. I will have to get the eggs out before they hatch so they don't get eat up. Ill post pictures of them shortly

 

[rockinzebra457]

Looking forward to them

 

[Squishie89]

At first I was like, "On the starfish? What on earth?" Then I realized they were giving the babies their first meal.

 

[ladyreefer1983]

i had a harlequin shrimp that lays egg...i did research on how to breed because the female just keeps laying egg a lot...but it seems complicated to breed them..the fry just ends up being fish and coral food... hope u will be able to breed...
heres a quick video that i wanna share..unfortunately i dont have the pair anymore rip
MVI_1028.MOV - YouTube

 

[BCN_Sumps]

 

[BCN_Sumps]

Sorry for the crappy pics, I have two pretty good videos but still working on figuring out how to upload them. There were so many eggs on the starfish when first saw them, but they were gone shortly after. I think I'm going to have to just prepare for the eggs before they arrive so they have a better chance at survival.