cleaner shrimp

Dcollier · 03/07/2010, 07:51 PM

My cleaner shrimp keeps cleaning my goby gills and month out , will it hurt the goby???

spamreefnew · 03/07/2010, 08:01 PM

the shrimp wont hurt it ,,he will only help,,,the gobby may have a parasite if the shrimp keeps going after him

scotp94 · 03/07/2010, 10:23 PM

when i got my blue hippo tang my shrimp cleaned in his mouth. It is good for the fish to do it and its amazing that the fish know no let them do it.

SDahmer · 03/08/2010, 02:04 AM

It's what they do, don't worry. Let him clean your hand some day and you'll see what it feels like.

jenjen · 03/08/2010, 03:18 PM

+1 normal shrimp behaviour, and the fish seem to like it. My female clarkii constantly harasses the cleaner shrimps to get a bath. Alternately, the fish leave when they've had enough, so if it is bothering your goby I'm sure it will just swim away.

footballdude2k3 · 03/08/2010, 03:24 PM

i cant wait until my tank cycles so i can get to see all of this in my house.

Adam_T · 03/08/2010, 03:56 PM

Yeah, I love when I hand feed some of the fish in my tank. My Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp always climbs to the highest rock and starts trying to clean my hand. It tickles a bit actually. Purely normal!

MoneyGone · 03/08/2010, 04:23 PM

My first tank had 4 cleaner shrimp and some fish they would clean others wouldnt let them near them. They would clean my had too pretty cool.

Indymann99 · 03/08/2010, 06:06 PM

and my 7yr old with his hand in the tank.

03/07/2010, 07:51 PM	#1
Dcollier Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Omemee , ON Canada Posts: 85	cleaner shrimp My cleaner shrimp keeps cleaning my goby gills and month out , will it hurt the goby???

03/08/2010, 02:04 AM	#4
SDahmer Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 114	It's what they do, don't worry. Let him clean your hand some day and you'll see what it feels like. __________________ For sure dude... Current Tank Info: 60 cube

03/08/2010, 03:18 PM	#5
jenjen Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Langley BC, Canada Posts: 1,710	+1 normal shrimp behaviour, and the fish seem to like it. My female clarkii constantly harasses the cleaner shrimps to get a bath. Alternately, the fish leave when they've had enough, so if it is bothering your goby I'm sure it will just swim away. __________________ "Challenges forge the greatness in you" Current Tank Info: 180gal softy reef (Apr '09)

03/08/2010, 06:06 PM	#9
Indymann99 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,447	and my 7yr old with his hand in the tank. __________________ 120g DT 100lbs LR / 200 lbs LS, 45g fuge, VectraM1 Return, Herbie drain, 4x RW-8, 2x AI Hydra 26 w AWM, ASM G2, Apex controller, Apex BoB w floats ATO

03/07/2010, 08:01 PM	#2
spamreefnew Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: rhodeisland Posts: 1,491	the shrimp wont hurt it ,,he will only help,,,the gobby may have a parasite if the shrimp keeps going after him

03/07/2010, 10:23 PM	#3
scotp94 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Whit e Lake Michigan Posts: 9	when i got my blue hippo tang my shrimp cleaned in his mouth. It is good for the fish to do it and its amazing that the fish know no let them do it.

03/08/2010, 03:24 PM	#6
footballdude2k3 Registered Member. Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 1,974	i cant wait until my tank cycles so i can get to see all of this in my house.

03/08/2010, 03:56 PM	#7
Adam_T Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 171	Yeah, I love when I hand feed some of the fish in my tank. My Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp always climbs to the highest rock and starts trying to clean my hand. It tickles a bit actually. Purely normal!

03/08/2010, 04:23 PM	#8
MoneyGone Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 199	My first tank had 4 cleaner shrimp and some fish they would clean others wouldnt let them near them. They would clean my had too pretty cool.