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post #21 of 31
1/28/12 at 12:20pm

 

Hand feeding makes them MUCH friendlier.

 

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post #22 of 31
1/28/12 at 12:26pm

Very true! My skunk cleaner shrimp (or Pepe as I call him) rushes up to the top when its feeding time. He's not afraid to be fed by the tongs I use. He can't stay away from my hand if its in the tank either. I've been suctioning out some cyano with a turkey baster and he loves to hang on to my wrist while my hand is in there. 

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post #23 of 31
1/28/12 at 3:41pm
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Wow! That's amazing, I hope to form this type of bond with my shrimps later. :)

 

How do you get them off you btw?

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post #24 of 31
1/28/12 at 3:51pm

Pull your hand out of the water.

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post #25 of 31
1/28/12 at 3:54pm
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Simple enough lol. I was afraid that I would have had to grab him or something.

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post #26 of 31
1/29/12 at 5:18pm

Yep, just pull your hand out...he does have a strong grip though and can really hang on while my hand is in there....lol

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post #27 of 31
1/29/12 at 8:31pm

So I found 'Pepe' my Skunk Cleaner Shrimp snacking on my little Peppermint Shrimp this evening. The Skunk Cleaner Shrimp is much much bigger then the Peppermint shrimp so I figured that it was just a matter of time. Pepe had already killed two other Peppermint shrimp. The last surviving Peppermint shrimp 'named Chicken' did a pretty good job of hiding over the past couple of months but I think Pepe finally caught up with him :( 

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post #28 of 31
1/30/12 at 7:37am

Sorry to hear that  :(

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post #29 of 31
1/30/12 at 7:57am

:(     survival of the fittest it seems

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post #30 of 31
1/30/12 at 8:48am
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Aw man... I have 2 peps in my tank too.. hm...

 

Nope didn't come to greet my hands when I was cleaning the tank couple of days ago but they did come out now and is running around in the front of the tank which is very cool.

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post #31 of 31
1/30/12 at 7:02pm

 

 

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Aw man... I have 2 peps in my tank too.. hm...

Don't worry, I think the Skunk just attacked the Peppermints because there was a HUGE discrepancy in size. The 3 Peppermint shrimp were only 1/4 the size of my Skunk Cleaner shrimp. It was definitely survival of the fittest! 

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