bugs?

[SeaWeed89]

i have a new coral beauty that keeps begging the cleaner shrimp should i give him a bath i dont see anything on him and he acting normal other than that and if he does have something do these bugs live on anything other than fish

 

[fyrefysh]

Does he/she look stressed or lost color? Do you see any spots on him/her?

 

[SeaWeed89]

no very colorful no ick spots and no white blotches on the skin or fins hes acting normal, swimming fine, eating lots, some scratching i have noticed against the rocks but every 20 mins hes begging the shrimp to clean him and the shrimp will do it for about 2-3 mins this goes on pretty much all day

 

[fyrefysh]

With the scratching, this sounds like the early stages of ich. Did you quarantine the fish first?

 

[SeaWeed89]

yes just for a week in a bare 5 gal. i didnt notice anthing odd just seemed like it wanted to get out of the small tank...ive inspected the fish very well im able to bring it to the front of the glass it like to check me out very friendly and active fish a little to friendly with my corals also maybe some of there toxins are iritating his skin?