skunk cleaner shrimp and anthias

clownchic · 10/21/2006, 02:11 PM

I've noticed an interesting behavior between my dispar anthias and cleaner shrimp (2 of them). The anthias love to come up to the "cleaning station" and open their mouths WIDE and let the shrimp clean? Is this what is happening? It's hard to see what the shrimp are doing.

gabegmonkey · 10/21/2006, 02:36 PM

probably, I've not heard it specifically about mouths in tanks, but that is what cleaner shrimp do... I have however seen the mouth cleaning behavior on that "Blue Planet" show... So I would not be surprised if that was the case... Probably really interesting to watch in person...

Ti · 10/21/2006, 02:50 PM

sounds normal

10/21/2006, 02:11 PM	#1
clownchic Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 429	skunk cleaner shrimp and anthias I've noticed an interesting behavior between my dispar anthias and cleaner shrimp (2 of them). The anthias love to come up to the "cleaning station" and open their mouths WIDE and let the shrimp clean? Is this what is happening? It's hard to see what the shrimp are doing. __________________ It's all good. Current Tank Info: 25 gallon reef with clown, coral beauty & dragonet, soft corals. 90 gallon reef: a few SPS,many LPS,3 dispar anthias,2 XL chromis, pair of percula clowns,yellow tang,royal gramma copperband butterfly. Deltec 600MCE, 2X250 HQI, two 6000 Tunze str

10/21/2006, 02:50 PM	#3
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	sounds normal __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

10/21/2006, 02:36 PM	#2
gabegmonkey Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 413	probably, I've not heard it specifically about mouths in tanks, but that is what cleaner shrimp do... I have however seen the mouth cleaning behavior on that "Blue Planet" show... So I would not be surprised if that was the case... Probably really interesting to watch in person...