yamaha16bw
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St what point is it good to add a cleaner shrimp? I have a fully cycled tank with 2 clowns and a royal gramma.
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cleaner shrimp?
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donmgicwon
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billb
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Mine were the first things in... 2 cleaner, 2 banded and 2 peppermint...all have done great! I'm not sure if you are supposed to put two banded togather but mine stay out of each others way..the rest are buddies...just call me Noah..
You should be good to go..no problem that I would see!
You should be good to go..no problem that I would see!
yamaha16bw
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thanks so much! I'm going out today to get mine.
Thanks again
Thanks again
yamaha16bw
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what kind of food do they need? Or do they just eat waste in the tank?
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Thanks again
donmgicwon
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every few days I "hand" mine about 1/8 or less of a cube of frozen formula 1 but they will eat anything they also like the F1 pellets.
donmgicwon
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Mine rarely can catdh a flake because of all the current and my SB Clown does a good job of eating it all before it can hit the sand. That is why I throw in a couple F1 pellets with the flakes, they will make it to the bottom quickly.
cimpow137
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i have a peppermint that came with the setup i bought and he is a little devil lol everytime i stick mah hand in the tank he comes and pinches it.... maybe he is lonely or something lol once mah tank finishes cycling again ill buy another one i guess... i dont feed him though cuz i have no food yet cuz he was sorta a surprise(didnt know i was going to get him as well) ... what is the best kind of food to get for him?
donmgicwon
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billb
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I may be corrected here..but, I wouldn't bother trying to search high and low for cleaner shrimp food. They will find alot of stuff to eat. Just about anything for food that goes into the tank has a bit of waste that finds its way to mine. I kinda crush up my Flake food for the clowns to eat, but always leave a few big flakes and the cleaners grab a piece and roll it into balls and play with it, eventually eating it. I toss in Mysis and Brine shrimp cubes every few days for a change of pace and the next day it's all gone, compliments of the cleaners (and others).. They seem to eat the extra, so I guess thats good enough.. for mine anyway...
cimpow137
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well my shrimp got some food today lol he ate one of those bad pods(isopod i think). i found it in a rock and pulled it out to see what it was and i squeezed a bit to hard with the tweezers and he got killed but shot out from between the tweezers grippey thingys and i watched it for a bit to make sure it was dead... and when i went back up stairs to lok fot him again his shell was empty and there was my peppermint shrimp standing over him lookin at me like "look what i did and if you ever out ur finger in here again ill do the same to you" lol
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billb
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Peppermints have always been to shy (so far) to come out when my fingers are in. My cleaners always check me out though..I can see em' but not really feel em'. The Bandeds are curious but never touch. I do have one BIG banded that was raised in another persons tank, and his body is the size of my thumb..He's a big talker though...never has the nerve to really give me a pinch..(so far)..He is the bull in a china shop, when it comes to clunking around the tank though..never really hurts anything, just makes everything retract for a few minutes..
cimpow137
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well my peppermint is shy now but he wasnt at the other owners place or in the bucket i had him in the acclimate him... he would be out all the time at her place and a piece of rock fell in the bucket and i reach in the get it out and he shot at me and picnhed me and the first time it didnt hurt but he did it again and i got my hand out b4 he could draw blood lol.. but noew in at my place he stays under rocks when the lights are on and wanders around when they are off.. im gonna keep the lights off for a few days cuz i have a few patches of cyano so i should be seeing more of him.. hopefully
donmgicwon
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i have
1 - Cleaner
1 - Fire
1 - CBS
4 - Pepps.
All do fine with each other, the only one that is out most of the time is the cleaner. The fire is NEVER out so don't buy one and the CBS is a loner and stays on the opposite end of my tank away from all the others.
1 - Cleaner
1 - Fire
1 - CBS
4 - Pepps.
All do fine with each other, the only one that is out most of the time is the cleaner. The fire is NEVER out so don't buy one and the CBS is a loner and stays on the opposite end of my tank away from all the others.