Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
I've seen similar looking cleaners in diver's den lately. Yucatan and peterson but those I do believe are in no relation to those.
The ultimate cleaner shrimp!
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I've seen similar looking cleaners in diver's den lately. Yucatan and peterson but those I do believe are in no relation to those.
Whiterabbitrage
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Yeah that's what is so confusing. Lots of shrimp look similar and some have the same common name as these " Ultimate Cleaner" shrimp. I'd like to find some cleaners that really clean the fish, really eat parasites. I've never seen that behavior in standard cleaner shrimp. Has anyone ever had a cleaner shrimp set up a cleaning station?
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
My fire shrimp didn't really have any fish to clean.. but my one peppermint, after being donated to my library, began cleaning the yellow tang in their tank and still is to this day..
The current pep I have gets his antennas bit off by the my yellow tang instead..
The current pep I have gets his antennas bit off by the my yellow tang instead..
Saltliquid
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I have never had a cleaner shrimp not set up a station!
I don't get parasites in my tanks but currently the red line has the right hand end under the ledge and the leandrites have the spot under the coralline algae on the left hand end.
The red line is always trying to kill the leandrites, every now and then it gets one while shedding and I replace it!
No you don't. Well, maybe if you don't have SPS. One of my trio got a test for SPS and started chowing down. I finally trapped him. The other two are more well behaved but I did think they pick at certain SPS from time to time.
Saltliquid
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I just looked at the video; I have some thor shrimp and never had one do that?
I have lots of sps and never noticed them near any, though they do like the gonie?
They do eat at anemones, I have seen them do that, oh well another thing t watch out for.
They are extremely common out off here and we see them a lot and I have had a few for some years, it just goes to show there are always exceptions to the rule.
I have lots of sps and never noticed them near any, though they do like the gonie?
They do eat at anemones, I have seen them do that, oh well another thing t watch out for.
They are extremely common out off here and we see them a lot and I have had a few for some years, it just goes to show there are always exceptions to the rule.
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
My sexy shrimp own all my corals, they do not eat or harm them, they're just cleaning any particles or debris thats on the coral.
Maybe I just have a bad one. Like I said, I have two others that are well behaved.
Two of them do that, the one I trapped and put in a different tank definitely ate them. He'd pick the skin right off of acros and ESPECIALLY birdsnest. There'd just be white skeleton when he was done.
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
I'm thinking something else is causing that and the shrimp is just picking at the debris from the damage. These animals do host corals. Mine live with my ricordae shrooms.
Check the tank for flatworms, or non-reef safe hitchhikers as sexy shrimp I cannot picture doing any harm. Red bugs are also SPS hitchhikers.
I wish that we're the case, and I suppose it's slightly possible but doubtful. I saw the shrimp picking at an acro and the next morning the acro had no skin on the area the shrimp was picking. Then I had a green polyp orange birdsnest and I watched him pill and eat the skin right off of it. Since I moved him, I haven't had any issue with the others. I guess it just goes to show that you can never trust a shrimp or crab. I had an emerald that would eat certain softies. Mostly Kenya tree though so I wasn't complaining.
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
I wish that we're the case, and I suppose it's slightly possible but doubtful. I saw the shrimp picking at an acro and the next morning the acro had no skin on the area the shrimp was picking. Then I had a green polyp orange birdsnest and I watched him pill and eat the skin right off of it. Since I moved him, I haven't had any issue with the others. I guess it just goes to show that you can never trust a shrimp or crab. I had an emerald that would eat certain softies. Mostly Kenya tree though so I wasn't complaining.
What is your water parameters? I think this might be more of an issue with the SPS itself then the shrimp.
