feeding cleaner shrimp?

[bbreaux1]

i was just wondering if anyone feeds thier skunk cleaner shrimp or just let them eat left overs and if they do feed what do they feed them???

 

[jason weber]

mine usuall eat the food i feed my fish

 

[birdy]

I don't have any fish right now so I feed my cleaner shrimp and my peppermints, I feed them a little bit of brine shrimp and they love small pieces of jumbo shrimp, My cleaner will take the food out of my hand. I feed just a little bit every other day.

 

[jakob4001]

I'd watch out w/ the hand feeding; ours decided it wanted toclean under the fingernail & drew blood <img src="graemlins//evilwhorn.gif" border="0" alt="[Evil Horn]" />

 

[bbreaux1]

hey birdy you have any problems with the peppermints and cleaner together

 

[twoods71]

Mine eats when I feed the fish.
He is a quick little sucker at feeding time and gets his fair share of food.

 

[catherine]

Yes, mine eat the same as the fish, and they are fun to watch, with all those little legs going. My eat out of my hand also--I didn't think they had anything that could hurt me. Ladybugs fall into my tank fairly frequently, and sometimes they eat these also, bless their little hearts. (If you haven't had a ladybug infestation, you can't imagine what horrible pests they are.)

 

[bammbamm74]

I hand feed mine because I have no fish in the tank. Boy, when I walk in the room, the cleaner shrimp gets up on a rock right at the front of the glass, as soon as my hand goes into the tank, the shrimp jumps on it and takes the food. Pretty cool.

 

[sandy]

No problems here with mixing pepperments and cleaner. In fact, my new cleaner hangs out with the pepperments. I hardly see him
My previous cleaner (simon) was a character and preferred to be hand fed. My new cleaner has yet to really notice me. I miss simon.

 

[bbreaux1]

yup no need to feed them i fed my fish and they just came along and grabbed thier own pieces my royal gramma i just got didnt come out to eat though hes been hiding since i put him in yesterday hopefully he comes out tommorow to eat