So I stopped by @Thomas Danho place yesterday to grab some corals/pods/phyto and decided to pick up a pair of cleaner shrimp and a fire shrimp that he had. I brought everyone home and acclimated them but when I went to set the fire shrimp loose in the tank, the strangest thing happened. My Naso tang went straight up to him and the shrimp jumped on for a ride.
At first he was just hanging on there but a little later I saw him actually cleaning him up. I added the two cleaners I picked up and the fish started lining up. They were not as interested in the fish as the fire shrimp was though. I endednup seeing my Diamond Goby, Yellow tang, and Foxface all lining up to get a cleaning. I even caught the fire shrimp on the Foxface giving him a cleaning a little later. I can’t help but to wonder if it picked this up from being around cleaner shrimp so much or if it was just a fluke.
I initially bought the fire shrimp just because he was nice looking but he’s turning out to be a pretty handy member of the tank!
I wanted to thank Tommy for all the help he’s been giving me and for the multi-talented shrimp.
At first he was just hanging on there but a little later I saw him actually cleaning him up. I added the two cleaners I picked up and the fish started lining up. They were not as interested in the fish as the fire shrimp was though. I endednup seeing my Diamond Goby, Yellow tang, and Foxface all lining up to get a cleaning. I even caught the fire shrimp on the Foxface giving him a cleaning a little later. I can’t help but to wonder if it picked this up from being around cleaner shrimp so much or if it was just a fluke.
I initially bought the fire shrimp just because he was nice looking but he’s turning out to be a pretty handy member of the tank!
I wanted to thank Tommy for all the help he’s been giving me and for the multi-talented shrimp.