Solo Peppermint breeding????

[bubbasguppies]

So tonight with the new moon cycle going on and my Primes being at 0% I decided to head over to my tank to tank a look at the 6 zoa frags I picked up really cheap a week ago. To my surprise shining the light into the water I noticed lots of specks.....so I turned off my pumps and skimmer and let the water settle. I tried getting good pics with a magnifying glass...but let's see if u can make it out. Note.....I have no pods in my tank...and frags we're dipped for 5min.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Ghost shrimp or different shrimp species. Very cool. They'll clean up the crums. Nice. Thanks for sharing, comrade

 

[ZipAdeeZoa]

Are you asking if Peppermint shrimp are capable of parthenogenesis? I don't have an answer for you but I feel like clarifying the question might help you get an answer. Those certainly look more like baby shrimp than most of the pods I've seen...

 

[bubbasguppies]

I have looked up their reproductive cycle and they are hermaphrodites. Males all the way around until they molt when for a brief time they are female. But as I said I only have the one shrimp....but yeah they do look like shrimp babies.

 

[enchiladareef]

These are peppermint larvae. Mine breed regularly. They can both have eggs at the same time. The pictures you have look more like mysid shrimp.