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Luna81

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I got two cleaner shrimp yesterday at SWE. I just caught one cleaning my b/w clown. Heh.. The clown would wiggle away like it tickled, then come back and let him clean some more. So cool.

Sorry, I get excited easily.
 
That is great behavior, I think the cleaning gobies/shrimp are really interesting to watch. Have fun!
 
sway said:
I wish mine would clean the fish! The clowns seem scared of it. haha
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When I first released them the clowns were confused. They took after one, nipped it a bit, and then realized it wasn't their food. After that they were fine. It's rather cute.
 
my cleaner shrimp cleans way down inside my watchmen gobies mouth. my yellow tang stops by once a day also. The cleaner has his own corner of the tank and lives under my huge green favia. but really he's out all day taking care of business.
 
Payne said:
my cleaner shrimp cleans way down inside my watchmen gobies mouth. my yellow tang stops by once a day also. The cleaner has his own corner of the tank and lives under my huge green favia. but really he's out all day taking care of business.
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They're so cool...I'm glad I decided to get 'em.
 
They are cool, mine comes up front everytime I feed the fish, I get a kick out of watching him try to swim!
 
You know what I like about them. All those eggs they spew around the tank for my sps to eat :biggrin:
 
Here is my pair gifted from Li
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Would these be nice in my tank? I do need a better clean-up crew (by the looks of it)
 
The cleaner shrimp are not as much tank cleaners as they are fish and coral cleaners. Look through some of the online store's clean up crew packages (bluezoo.com, liveaquaria.com, etc) to get a list of good algae / detritus cleaners then take that list down to your LFS to see what they've got in stock.
 
Cleaner shrimp are the least shy and most visible shrimps. Most of us get them for their ornamental value. They pair easy (I think they are male / female wrapped up in one body).
They also clean fishes, but I consider that extra.
 
i dont know what i would do if there was a female wrapped in this body with me!! Never leave the house again. Then again i am a mated pair already and the shrimp probably want to see eggs fly all over the house. You guys are sick.
 
Payne said:
i dont know what i would do if there was a female wrapped in this body with me!! Never leave the house again. Then again i am a mated pair already and the shrimp probably want to see eggs fly all over the house. You guys are sick.
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:brainoverload:

The crazy bus is calling your name...
 
REEFSTOCK said:
Cleaner shrimp are the least shy and most visible shrimps. Most of us get them for their ornamental value. They pair easy (I think they are male / female wrapped up in one body).
They also clean fishes, but I consider that extra.
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They definitely clean the fish. Are they okay with the anemone? They have been hanging pretty close to it.
 
i would say they are ok with anenomes. mine sometimes forgets that it is there and walk right onto it. The tenacles stick to his little legs and he freaks and leaves. He also hangs out on top of my favia all day which i dont approve but how do you train a shrimp
 
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