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amyandbrandon2

amyandbrandon2

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Does everyone else handfeed their cleaner shrimp?
I got the courage to today. I know they wont hurt me, but I usually just like to look at them. I've had Jaques (I know how original I am at naming!
for 2 weeks now and I love to hand feed him!! He jumps to my hand and "flutters" on my hand until I give him the pellet. He gets the pellet and jumps down. In no time he's back for more! I love doing this because he gets the food he needs and it doesn't break down in the tank before he finds it!!

I would love to see pics. if anyone has any! I'm going to get my fiance to take a pic. of this tomorrow when I feed him, I find this truely amazing!
 
fatcat

fatcat

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My cleaner shrimp use to clean my hand when ever i put it in the tank you could feel him "picking" at your skin.. It was so kool..
Try it next time put your hand in with no food see what he dose.
 
rtspeed

rtspeed

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believe it or not i have 3 cleaners in a biocube and everytime my hand is in there the start picking at it cleaning the parasites of our skin. There is a write up in a book i have that says that they can see the dust and skin mites on our skin that we would never see.
 
t316

t316

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Me too. I don't hand feed them, but everytime my hand goes in the tank, they jump right on and seem to be enjoying themselves (does this mean I have dirty hands
)
 
babyb

babyb

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my bf was getting an emerald crab from the lfs, when the lady put her hand in the tank to grab him about 15 peppermint shrimp jumped on her hand and she freaked out and started screaming and acting like a fool, i was amazed at how quick they jumped on her
 
espkh9

espkh9

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I hand feed my sun corals every 1-2 days, sometimes a fish will suprise me and bump me it doesn't hurt but I flinch and one time got burned pretty bad on my Halide lighting.
 
t316

t316

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Originally Posted by Espkh9
http:///forum/post/2517454
I hand feed my sun corals every 1-2 days, sometimes a fish will suprise me and bump me it doesn't hurt but I flinch and one time got burned pretty bad on my Halide lighting.

Now this is not a "friendly" encounter. I think the cleaner shrimp have good intentions, but when a fish "bumps" you, this is not because he likes you. This is especially prominent in maroon clowns. They can be very teritorial, and when your hand goes in, that's how they remind you.
 
morval

morval

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my cleaner shrimp loves to clean my nails for me! i also stick my finger in the invert tanks at my LFS's to see which shrimp will be good at there job. and ive trained my FP clowns to eat from my fingers
 
amyandbrandon2

amyandbrandon2

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Originally Posted by FaTcAt
http:///forum/post/2517377
My cleaner shrimp use to clean my hand when ever i put it in the tank you could feel him "picking" at your skin.. It was so kool..
Try it next time put your hand in with no food see what he dose.
I'll def. have to try that!!
Originally Posted by rtspeed
http:///forum/post/2517380
believe it or not i have 3 cleaners in a biocube and everytime my hand is in there the start picking at it cleaning the parasites of our skin. There is a write up in a book i have that says that they can see the dust and skin mites on our skin that we would never see.
Okay...WOW that is amazing!!
Originally Posted by sepulatian
http:///forum/post/2517431
It made me jump a little the first time one did it to me. It is definitely an odd sensation.
It really is an odd sensation. Its a sticky fluttery sensation! lol
Originally Posted by BabyB
http:///forum/post/2517432
my bf was getting an emerald crab from the lfs, when the lady put her hand in the tank to grab him about 15 peppermint shrimp jumped on her hand and she freaked out and started screaming and acting like a fool, i was amazed at how quick they jumped on her
WOW! That would have scared me too, if 15 shrimp jumped aboard my hand too!
Originally Posted by morval
http:///forum/post/2517560
my cleaner shrimp loves to clean my nails for me! i also stick my finger in the invert tanks at my LFS's to see which shrimp will be good at there job. and ive trained my FP clowns to eat from my fingers
I find human, fish, and invert interaction amazing!!
 
perfectdark

perfectdark

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Yep... since I got my cleaner 11 months ago I hand fed it... now when ever I stick my hand in there he hitches a ride all the way up to my elbow and back down again. I jump a little when he grabs an arm hair a plucks it out. He will let me hold him and tickle his tail now as long as im not too rough... LOL hes cool.
 
alyssia

alyssia

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I used to let my cleaner clean my hand until I had a cut one day and he tried to clean it
very painful....now I'm scared of all my shrimp...
 
alyssia

alyssia

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Originally Posted by sepulatian
http:///forum/post/2518133
That certainly does not sound like fun!
It certainly wasn't fun lol. Now I'm scared everytime I put my hand in the tank b/c all my shrimp love to jump on my arm. I spend way too much time trying to shoo (sp) them away!
 
amyandbrandon2

amyandbrandon2

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I'd say that was pretty unpleasant! I too would be pretty skeptical about the shrimp too.
On a happier note! I let Jaques flutter on my hand (when I didn't have food in my hand) This is an amazing interaction and I can't get enough of it!! I even had my fiancee feed him today and he loved it!!!
 
gliderjohn

gliderjohn

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I added my cleaner crew last Friday. It included 3 peppermint shrimp - "the Three Amigos" (no individual names yet except 1, 2 and 3).
As of Saturday night I hadn't seen them eating so I put some flake food in the tank (with the PH off) but they just floated away.
Last night I took a pinch and held it down for them. I couldn't believe it! #1 ran right up to my hand, I thought he was attacking me; THEN he discovered there was food in it. He grabbed the food and quickly ran back under the rock and began eating. #2 and 3 both did the same thing. I was amazed! That was the last thing I was expecting! But I just thought that they were famished.
I picked up some pellets today to feed them. With all the experiences listed here, I'll approach this with a different attitude tonight. I'll try to get pics.
 
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