Do I feed Cleaner Shrimp

DraggingTail · Sep 17, 2018

I just got this dude a couple days ago.

When I feed the clowns he comes out looking at me like where is mine?

Or is there enough food in the tank?

Joshua2598 · Sep 17, 2018

It wouldn't hurt to spot feed em

DraggingTail · Sep 17, 2018

Joshua2598 said:
It wouldn't hurt to spot feed em

What does that mean? I have rods purple, mysis, flakes and spectrum pellet

Lloyd Williams · Sep 17, 2018

I’ve got a scarlet reef shrimp. It’s a cleaner shrimp. And shrimp are, by nature, first and foremost scavengers. You can spot them if you want but they will get plenty from scavenging also

Jason mack · Sep 17, 2018

As the name says ... cleaner shrimp .. they will eat left over food , ditritus .. plus what else they can get ... but spot feeding is also good .. you can even feed them by hand if you want .. great addition to any tank !!!

Lloyd Williams · Sep 17, 2018

Mine cleans my hand whenever I’m in the water. Unlike my clown that just attacked my hand Friday night

Jason mack · Sep 17, 2018

DraggingTail said:
What does that mean? I have rods purple, mysis, flakes and spectrum pellet

Spot feeding just means feeding them specifically!! Mysis , Artemia , or flakes doesn’t matter !!

Lloyd Williams · Sep 17, 2018

They’re fun lil creatures. Mine sheds quite often. Don’t be alarmed by the shrimp skin just laying around. It gets eaten. I think the shrimp gets nutrients left in the skin by consuming it

DraggingTail · Sep 17, 2018

Jason mack said:
Spot feeding just means feeding them specifically!! Mysis , Artemia , or flakes doesn’t matter !!

Spot feeding I mean? I only drop a few pieces of food for clowns and then a few more and a few more until they stop.

How do I get to the shrimp without clowns being pig s

Lloyd Williams · Sep 17, 2018

DraggingTail said:
Spot feeding I mean? I only drop a few pieces of food for clowns and then a few more and a few more until they stop.

How do I get to the shrimp without clowns being pig s

I broadcast feed and the shrimp crawls along the surface eating. Sometimes takes the whole cube and runs off. Trust and believe he will find the food.

Billldg · Sep 17, 2018

Fish are opportunistic eaters, remember, in the wild they will keep eating because they will never know when they will eat next, if you slowly feed your fish they will keep consuming it, if you feed them a little faster then the fish can't consume it all and that will leave left overs for your cleaner shrimp, mine comes out as soon as the food hits the water and savages for left overs.

Jason mack · Sep 17, 2018

DraggingTail said:
Spot feeding I mean? I only drop a few pieces of food for clowns and then a few more and a few more until they stop.

How do I get to the shrimp without clowns being pig s

Feed the fish first , then when they are eating put a little near where the shrimp is .. is one method .. but I wouldn’t worry to much about it , like already mentioned they are scavengers .. and usually they go all over the tank when lights are out !!

DraggingTail · Sep 17, 2018

Jason mack said:
Feed the fish first , then when they are eating put a little near where the shrimp is .. is one method .. but I wouldn’t worry to much about it , like already mentioned they are scavengers .. and usually they go all over the tank when lights are out !!

Thanks

RichtheReefer21 · Sep 17, 2018

DraggingTail said:
Spot feeding I mean? I only drop a few pieces of food for clowns and then a few more and a few more until they stop.

How do I get to the shrimp without clowns being pig s

Drop a little near his safe spot/burrow after the lights go out.

DraggingTail · Sep 17, 2018

RichtheReefer21 said:
Drop a little near his safe spot/burrow after the lights go out.

Some rods?

Jason mack · Sep 17, 2018

DraggingTail said:
Some rods?

Think he meant pods ... as in copepods :D

BootyPup · Sep 17, 2018

Lloyd Williams said:
I broadcast feed and the shrimp crawls along the surface eating. Sometimes takes the whole cube and runs off. Trust and believe he will find the food.

Mine does the same thing, I will feed some brine shrimp and he will take the whole cube, along with my hand.
He also loves eating reef roids from the little medicine thing I use to feed the corals.