[Naz]

So today I woke up and noticed everything in the jar had turned brown and the water has a slight brown tint to it.
The opae do not seem to be behaving any different apart from being a little more active for what they be normally during the day as they tend to come out more in the eve and night.
I tried to take some pics but hard to see especially the water tint but if you look at the white of the shells you can see they have turned brown.
Is this a bloom or should I be worried?

[odin]

That will be the brown algae I mentioned in the other topic, it will go on its own so nothing to worry about. To slow it down a bit you will need to reduce light from your window and over head light.

It will get eaten by the shrimp and you will hopefully get some green algae growing, all part of the cycling process

[Naz]

Aah, so this is also shrimp food. Explains why they were out more then usual from under the rocks during the day nibbling away.
I shall have to move the jar away from the window for the time being.
Also I wanted to ask is it normal for a berried shrimp to lose eggs?
Unless it was just the way they were placed before but now there seem to be alot less eggs being carried

[odin]

Yeah they do drop them sometimes, usually when it’s one of their first batches of eggs.

[Naz]

Oh right... here was me thinking there will be more then 10 shrimp babies
What happens to the eggs that have dropped?

[odin]

Snacked on

[Naz]

Ooh no that is so saddening to know.
I have noticed when other shrimps go bear the berried shrimp she quickly moves away sometimes even looks like she is boxing them with her legs
I wonder if the other shrimps try to get the eggs from the mother shrimp or try to get her to drop them