Murderous Cleaner Shrimp

RobertTheNurse

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Had this cleaner shrimp for a few months. None of my fish can be bothered to let it do its official job. Lately I have found that it has been going on a murderous rampage on my snails.

I feed mysis to my fish (2 clowns, RG, YWG, Benggai Cardinal) as they are bougie and don't like flakes and pellets.

Can I reduce the murder currently happening in my tank?

Rob
 

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I've noticed mine doesn't do well at catching floating food. The fish usually gobble it all up before he gets any. Add some sinking pellets or wafers just for him.
 

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Hand feeding flake food to a cleaner shrimp is possibly the best part of reefing. They will take any flake food no problem, just pinch a bit of between your fingers and they'll take it from you.
 

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What kind of wafers we talking?
My cleaner will eat almost anything he can get, but I feed him both of these specifically.

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