I wonder what would happen if one were to use peppermint shrimp with a similar mindset to that with using cleaning crews to help keep unwanted algae at bay. Instead of so many snails/crabs per gallon, some number of peppermint shrimp per inch of fish. Hypothetically, if cost and shrimp predators were out of the equation, might there be some number of cleaner shrimp that could actually keep ich at bay in an aquarium?I’ve read and reread that paper. It sure offers some tantalizing data. Trouble is, we know that casual use of cleaner shrimp in aquariums do not control Cryptocaryon or flukes. The fish posture for the cleaners and it gives us a warm fuzzy feeling to see them at work, but the diseases still progress.
Jay