Are cleaner shrimp worth the negatives

[kevgib67]

When someone sees my tank for the first time I usually hear “what is that ?” Eyes seem to be drawn to my skunk cleaner shrimp and then my blood red cleaner shrimp ( after I point it out, shy). As to the function of my shrimp, there is never uneaten food laying around after feeding because they go crazy. The only draw back was when I introduced a rfa into the tank and the skunk cleaner shrimp unrelentingly picked at it until it disappeared. RIP rfa, it was beautiful.

 

[TWYOUNG]

Cleaner shrimp are ornamental pieces, they don't do much. Instead, I got a cleaner goby. Doesn't bother coral and is fun to watch when they clean.

Someone posted that cleaner gobies are actually ich prone themselves. Have you heard or experienced this?

 

[AydenLincoln]

I love my shrimp and his awesome little personality. He mainly just hangs out on the rock except when I feed the tank then he jumps off the rock and swims backwards to the food. He doesn’t bother corals too much and has never cleaned a fish.

 

[Shibaken3]

Someone posted that cleaner gobies are actually ich prone themselves. Have you heard or experienced this?

maybe ill get another one so they can clean themselves. lol