Cleaner Shrimp
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acidlittle
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also curious about this, have had one for a week and it molted but i haven't seen it eat. He did clean my tang and my hand!
Modemagic
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Mine is real skiddish still.... he hangs out until someone walks by, then darts in behind the rock. He did try to clean up my tang a bit though, till the tang moved wrong and he jumped in his hole. He is rediculious fast though. Mine hasn't molted that I am aware of though. I just want to be sure he's healthy and getting his food.
Maybe just shutting down my return pump would allow him to get some food?!?!
Maybe just shutting down my return pump would allow him to get some food?!?!
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Rockitmakr
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I feed mine directly with a syringe during my daily feedings, give them time to get used to you. Try sinking shrimp pellets, this will give them something to munch on for the time being.
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Modemagic
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I guess I'm just a bit paranoid that the new members of the tank won't eat. I've asked more or less the same question about everything I've gotten with the exception of the LR and live sand. BTW, what do you feed LR and live sand anyways? lol
I did notice when I put some brine shrimp in the tank last night, both clowns went on the prowl for food, the yellow tang even munched on a piece or two, and the cleaner shrimp went nuts when he noticed the food in the water. He was all over the rocks and sides of the tank catching him a treat or two.
I did notice when I put some brine shrimp in the tank last night, both clowns went on the prowl for food, the yellow tang even munched on a piece or two, and the cleaner shrimp went nuts when he noticed the food in the water. He was all over the rocks and sides of the tank catching him a treat or two.
leeweber85
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Mine are thieves and steal food from the corals. I rarely feed them directly because they usually catch their own food. They eat anything I put in and are both always loaded with eggs.
For what it's worth, my cleaner shrimp (Bonaparte) has been going strong for over 9 months. I got him early last summer and he's been eating flake food for most of that time.
I have six green chromis, a handful of assorted snails and some hermit crabs. I have been using the Ocean Nutrition "Formula Two" almost exclusively since the beginning. Only within the last month or so have I begun augmenting my feedings with New Life Spectrum "Marine Formula" pellets. I just add a pinch to some of the flakes and add a squirt or two at a time to my mjMOD which disperses the food to every corner of my tank instantly.
The shrimp doesn't even have to fight the chromis (who have quite the voracious appetite) for the food. It's really cool too; you can see the green color of the flake food in his translucent belly.
This past weekend I bought a pair of perculas and a Sebae anemone so I have begun augmenting brine shrimp into the feeding, but I haven't noticed the cleaner shrimp's reaction, he still seems to prefer the flake food and an occasional pellet.
He's molted a good half dozen times since I got him last summer, so I figure whatever he's eating he's good and healthy. Also, I just recently noticed that I can tell when he's going to molt by looking at his antennae; they get sort of mottled looking (almost like he's sporting algae growth on them) right before he looses his outer skin.
Hope that helps, here's a pic in case anyone is interested:
"Bonaparte"
I have six green chromis, a handful of assorted snails and some hermit crabs. I have been using the Ocean Nutrition "Formula Two" almost exclusively since the beginning. Only within the last month or so have I begun augmenting my feedings with New Life Spectrum "Marine Formula" pellets. I just add a pinch to some of the flakes and add a squirt or two at a time to my mjMOD which disperses the food to every corner of my tank instantly.
The shrimp doesn't even have to fight the chromis (who have quite the voracious appetite) for the food. It's really cool too; you can see the green color of the flake food in his translucent belly.
This past weekend I bought a pair of perculas and a Sebae anemone so I have begun augmenting brine shrimp into the feeding, but I haven't noticed the cleaner shrimp's reaction, he still seems to prefer the flake food and an occasional pellet.
He's molted a good half dozen times since I got him last summer, so I figure whatever he's eating he's good and healthy. Also, I just recently noticed that I can tell when he's going to molt by looking at his antennae; they get sort of mottled looking (almost like he's sporting algae growth on them) right before he looses his outer skin.
Hope that helps, here's a pic in case anyone is interested:
"Bonaparte"
