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Hey guys, with the recent addition of two neon gobies and a blood shrimp, I’ve been watching my tanks and wondering about cleaning stations in reef tanks
A) at what size of tank does a cleaning station actually become a viable possibility
B) at what point/size do fish become used to cleaners and allow themselves to be cleaned?
I ask because the way my fish are reacting right now, you’d think the cleaner gobies are carrying the Black Plague and everyone else is a non-infected peasant.
My poor black percula is constantly being worked over by a goby that’s too small for him to shake off/chase, and recently the royal gramma has been feeling the love (unwanted advances). My bristletooth tang wants absolutely none of the grabby-grabby treatment from the gobies and the moment he’s approached by one, he jets off as far away as possible. I need to post a video. It’s amusing in a sadistic sort of way, seeing these demonic gobies forcefully cleaning unwitting fish.
Is there a point where fish get big enough that they actually need scale/dead skin maintenance and “know” to seek out cleaning?
A) at what size of tank does a cleaning station actually become a viable possibility
B) at what point/size do fish become used to cleaners and allow themselves to be cleaned?
I ask because the way my fish are reacting right now, you’d think the cleaner gobies are carrying the Black Plague and everyone else is a non-infected peasant.
My poor black percula is constantly being worked over by a goby that’s too small for him to shake off/chase, and recently the royal gramma has been feeling the love (unwanted advances). My bristletooth tang wants absolutely none of the grabby-grabby treatment from the gobies and the moment he’s approached by one, he jets off as far away as possible. I need to post a video. It’s amusing in a sadistic sort of way, seeing these demonic gobies forcefully cleaning unwitting fish.
Is there a point where fish get big enough that they actually need scale/dead skin maintenance and “know” to seek out cleaning?