peppermint cleaner?

[groucheux]

I have a peppermint shrimp who stays pretty well hidden under an overhang most of the day and I've notice my yellow tang seems very interested in it. I was thinking that the tang was looking for a snack, but the other day I saw the tang swim up to the rock and wait as the shrimp "walked" up and down it's side. Was the shrimp cleaning it? is this normal?
thanks...dean

 

[krazzydart]

it should be o.k. , they will clean up all sorts of things... and the tang familey are ICH MAGNETS.... so somebody gotta keep them clean....

 

[harris]

krazzydart is on the money. It is probably pulling little parasites off o it's scales. Wait until the fish get's more comfortable, I have seen cleaner shrimp with their claws in the gill area of a fish, that take some good trust.
Nature at work.