Wrasse and cleaner shrimp..

[X-37B]

Had six line for 2 years with a cleaner shrimp and fire shrimp in a 25 nano. No issues. Have a yellow corris wrasse with cleaner and fire shrimp in my 120 with no issues.

Shrimp first in both tanks.

 

[sarcophytonIndy]

Most fish including wrasses leave cleaner shrimp alone, at least in my experience

 

[Dal-Reef]

Most fish including wrasses leave cleaner shrimp alone, at least in my experience

Thanks for the info

 

[Dal-Reef]

Shrimp first in both tanks.

Thanks

 

[Jesterrace]

I have no issues but can say when I added wrasses, I had the cleaner in the tank a month prior as generally the wrasses will accept the shrimp as part of the new environment. Adding the shrimp AFTER the wrasses may suggest to the wrasses that the shrimp is food, although it should not occur

I would agree with this. I had an established cleaner shrimp in the tank before my Melanurus and although it would occasionally take a nip at it, it pretty much left it alone. After almost 2 years it died and then I got a smaller cleaner shrimp to replace it and came out the next morning to find my Melanurus and Coral Beauty both tearing into it with gusto. Not sure if the Melanurus killed it or if the shrimp just didn't acclimate and died and they ate the fresh corpse. Either way I have been shrimpless ever since, no way on earth I am paying for expensive snacks like that for my fish. I will say that Melanurus tend to be worse invert munchers than many of their other Halichoeres counterparts.

 

[Sandip9804]

Had six line for 2 years with a cleaner shrimp and fire shrimp in a 25 nano. No issues. Have a yellow corris wrasse with cleaner and fire shrimp in my 120 with no issues.

Did you introduce wrasse first or the shrimp

 

[TheDuude]

Anyone ever have a pintail wrasse eat cleaners? I am missing 2 shrimp and he is most likely culprit.

 

[homer1475]

Fairies are typically not an issue with cleaner shrimp. Not saying it can't happen, simple because fish are like us humans in that every fish has their own personality, and temperament.

 

[i cant think]

Anyone ever have a pintail wrasse eat cleaners? I am missing 2 shrimp and he is most likely culprit.

I’ve had my Naokoae take out a Peppermint in the past however nobody dares to touch a Cleaner (specifically Lysmata amboinensis).
Lysmata amboinebsis and Lysmata grabhami both have very important roles in a reef. Even though they’re from two totally separate areas, they both still hold the same roles. This is to clean dead scales, parasites and other organic matter off of the fish. Due to this role, many fish ignore the shrimp and instead use them to clean themselves.
A Cirrhilabrus species is much less likely to go for a Shrimp (even a non-cleaner shrimp). This is due to their wild diet being primarily planktonic. They feed on the plankton and other small pelagic crustaceans that are in the water column. In captivity, they tend to hold a similar diet however we can feed them with other things as well. I know my 4 Paracheilinus/Cirrhilabrus go crazy with pods that are in the water column then ignore them once they go down into the rocks and sandbed.

So, while it isn’t impossible for a Cirrhilabrus or Paracheilinus species to go for a Shrimp, it is incredibly uncommon and not as heard of unlike a larger Halichoeres species killing a small (<1”) shrimp.

 

[TheDuude]

I’ve had my Naokoae take out a Peppermint in the past however nobody dares to touch a Cleaner (specifically Lysmata amboinensis).
Lysmata amboinebsis and Lysmata grabhami both have very important roles in a reef. Even though they’re from two totally separate areas, they both still hold the same roles. This is to clean dead scales, parasites and other organic matter off of the fish. Due to this role, many fish ignore the shrimp and instead use them to clean themselves.
A Cirrhilabrus species is much less likely to go for a Shrimp (even a non-cleaner shrimp). This is due to their wild diet being primarily planktonic. They feed on the plankton and other small pelagic crustaceans that are in the water column. In captivity, they tend to hold a similar diet however we can feed them with other things as well. I know my 4 Paracheilinus/Cirrhilabrus go crazy with pods that are in the water column then ignore them once they go down into the rocks and sandbed.

So, while it isn’t impossible for a Cirrhilabrus or Paracheilinus species to go for a Shrimp, it is incredibly uncommon and not as heard of unlike a larger Halichoeres species killing a small (<1”) shrimp.

Thanks! The wrasse is off the watch list for now.