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[88 hatchback]

lol... I'm full of ??? tonight...

I have a cleaner shrimp... and I'm wondering.. what do I feed him???

does he eat what he cleans??

the only reason I ask is... whenever I stick my hand in the tank to upright a clumsy snail or to adjust something... he attacks me with such fever... I know he's cleaning me.. but its bordering on sociopathy..... lol he chases me around the tank!!

is he doing it to clean me?? chase me off?? or cause he hates my dirty fingernails and is a tad on the obsessive compulsive side...



as well.. when he was moved to my tank a few weeks ago.... he shed his shell (molted) within a week... this is normal??

(lol.. I thought the shrimp was dead till I saw that there were two! LOL)

yes.. I'm nuts. so what?

[Grins]

They are trying to find food on you, by cleaning you. It is normal for them to molt after being put through the stress of shipping and being a holding tank where they have little to no protection during a molt.

What else is in your tank? I don't feed my shrimp except when I'm feeding my anemone and lps and then I only do it to keep them occupied so they don't steal it. The rest of the time they scavenge

[Jesshika]

My cleaner used to do the same thing, he'd chase my hand whenever it was in the tank. Mine would eat brine shrimp and flake food just fine and even blood worms. I know your not supposed to feed marine fish a freshwater food, but every once in a while the fish and inverts love them!

[88 hatchback]

right now other than LR I only have 4 hermits and 2 snails... (1 whom is very suicidal)