Interesting Tang and shrimp

jjakes24 · 10/30/2006, 02:51 PM

Every week or so, I have to scrape my glass to get rid of some algae. I have noticed some new behavior in my tang. He now swims up to my hand and waits for me to start scraping. Once I scrape, he just waits for the clumped up algae and has himself a fiest and eats most of it. Is this normal behavior? Just seemes kind of strange to me. I also give my tank mysis every other day. My cleaner shrimp also loves to jump on my hand and "clean" me so to say.

saurus · 10/30/2006, 02:56 PM

It is normal and one of the cool things about this hobby. Enjoy....

GlobaLPimP · 10/30/2006, 03:03 PM

My tang and shrimp do the same exact thing

BrandonS · 10/30/2006, 03:48 PM

my cleaner shrimp will jump on my hand as well. He definately has a crazy personality. He goes nuts during feeding time. When I feed I'll dip a glass in the water to get water out to fefreeze the food in and he'll sometimes go crazy and start swimming all over. Sometimes he'll even swim to the top and walk on the water upside down. Definately nuts.

AquaReeferMan · 10/30/2006, 04:11 PM

Are you giving your tang any nori(seaweed)? They do need more than mysis shrimp in their diet.

10/30/2006, 02:51 PM	#1
jjakes24 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Philly, PA Posts: 347	Interesting Tang and shrimp Every week or so, I have to scrape my glass to get rid of some algae. I have noticed some new behavior in my tang. He now swims up to my hand and waits for me to start scraping. Once I scrape, he just waits for the clumped up algae and has himself a fiest and eats most of it. Is this normal behavior? Just seemes kind of strange to me. I also give my tank mysis every other day. My cleaner shrimp also loves to jump on my hand and "clean" me so to say.

10/30/2006, 02:56 PM	#2
saurus Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Monrovia, California Posts: 916	It is normal and one of the cool things about this hobby. Enjoy.... __________________ Cheers, Clint I am the coral king! I can do anything! Click on the red house and see my reef.. Current Tank Info: 48x24x24 120 gallon mixed reef.

10/30/2006, 03:03 PM	#3
GlobaLPimP Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Palm Harbor, Florida Posts: 911	My tang and shrimp do the same exact thing __________________ This hobby is educational; it teaches you how to spend a lot of money in a hurry! Current Tank Info: 75gl, SPS, LPS, IceCap/T5/SLR, 2 modded Tunze 6045's, PCI 350 skimmer w/ Gen-X 2400, 95lbs LR, GEN-X 4100 return

10/30/2006, 04:11 PM	#5
AquaReeferMan Got Reef? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Under the Sea, Pa Posts: 4,593	Are you giving your tang any nori(seaweed)? They do need more than mysis shrimp in their diet. __________________ Couple SPS/Zoanthid tanks and a couple of FW planted tanks. Current Tank Info: 5 pieces of glass with some silicone and plastic frames holding them together

10/30/2006, 03:48 PM	#4
BrandonS Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 255	my cleaner shrimp will jump on my hand as well. He definately has a crazy personality. He goes nuts during feeding time. When I feed I'll dip a glass in the water to get water out to fefreeze the food in and he'll sometimes go crazy and start swimming all over. Sometimes he'll even swim to the top and walk on the water upside down. Definately nuts.