Cherry shrimp dropped her eggs, can I still hatch these?

[CornAndCrawlers]

My cherry shrimp was carrying eggs this morning but seemed to have dropped em. I’ve heard they won’t hatch when dropped and was thinking about putting em in a bubbling brine shrimp hatching device with clean water. 

[AnimalNerd98]

It’s worth a shot! I have heard about people who hatched them using just a net and a bubbler underneath. I would discard any fuzzy or white ones. If you want to be extra safe, a drop of methylene blue in the container to deter fungus growth. Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

[anitstuk]

I definitely think that it is worth it to try but make sure that no fungus starts to form 

[Minanora]

You can hatch them. I've tried several methods. You need water movement to succeed. The last time I hatched eggs I had them in a fine net resting on the lip of a taco bell cup full of tank water with an air stone going under them to tumble them. I turned the flow down to about 50%.

You will have a more successful hatch if the eggs are more developed, and less success if they are younger.

 

Here was another attempt, I got 4 to hatch on this try.

Edited September 19, 2022 by Minanora

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

That's clever @Minanora!

[CornAndCrawlers]

@Minanora, out of curiosity, approximately how long did it take your shrimp to hatch ? Also thank you for sharing your success, this gives me hope to try it. 

[Minanora]

It was around 26 days for mine that I couldn't see eyes yet. The brood that had eyes visible it was about 10 days from when mom died and I removed them from her swimmerets.