Anemone and Cleaner Shrimp

[mike_jorg]

I have a 30 gallon aquarium and have had 2 clowns and a cleaner shrimp (along with some corals) for about a year.

Last week we decided to add an anemone to the tank, and it seems to be doing alright overall (one of the clowns has even shown pretty consistent interest in the nem).

My issue is that the cleaner shrimp perches right about the anemone and fends off the clowns as well as seems to be aggravating the anemone (most notably today).

Any thoughts on this overall?

(Would also welcome advice on whatever type of algae is annihilating that rock. There are 2 rocks where it is present, the rest of the tank is spotless.)

 

[Tahoe61]

Algae has that fern look, could be byropsis unfortunately. Looks like you could probably use an upgrade in your cuc and some detritus removal.

I would just remove the cleaner shrimp if the issue continues, some cleaner shrimp become real problem makers. It would not surprise me if the shrimp went after food within the anemone's gut.

 

[mike_jorg]

Looks like you could probably use an upgrade in your cuc and some detritus removal.

Any suggestions for CUC? I just upgraded to 3 turbos, 3 astrea, and 3 Nassarius the other day.

 

[Tahoe61]

^ That is a good start, it will take awhile to see results. You could try some dwarf hermits, an urchin might help to move that down as well.