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Old 05-22-2008, 04:10 PM
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I just bought a cleaner shrimp today. With the first 5 min of being in the tank and finding a rock to hide, I noticed that the dominant damsel (domino) of the tank and the brown tang seem to love it when the shrimps antennas touch them. All they do is swim around for a minute and then line back up for the shrimp. Just thought I'd share it with you guys. I'll post some pics later tonight when there is no glare on my aquarium.
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Old 05-22-2008, 04:18 PM
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oh yea, not to mention when I bought it, its belly was a little green so maybe it will have babies soon. I don't know what I'll do with it but if it does happen, just thought that the babies would be a good meal for the rest of the fishes.
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Old 05-23-2008, 03:48 PM
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It's always neat to watch how certain fish interact with cleaner shrimp. I think it's cool when the cleaner shrimp like to try cleaning my hands.

The eggs would become a meal quickly in your tank, so you won't end up having babies, but it'll be good food for your inhabitants.
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Old 05-23-2008, 07:34 PM
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does your cleaner shrimp stay out on top of a rock and wait for fish to come for cleaning? mine hangs upside down under a rock at just stays there. I've only had it 2 days but I understand the fact that the shrimp has to get used to the tank before doing what its supposed to do. So far I've only witnessed him briefly clean the mouth of one of my fish for a split second. To me that is good news that he is doing just fine.
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