Will a cleaner shrimp make it in my tank?

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jcrim

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I think I'm going to pick up a cleaner shrimp for my tank. It's a pretty big gamble with my shark, ray, eel and grouper. Much of the research indicates that these predators will not eat the cleaner shrimp. I'm pretty skeptical but I may give it a try. Do you think it will work?
 
squidd

squidd

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Eel and ray probably OK with shrimp..Shark "maybe"...
Grouper would be the one to watch...they tend to "eat first", think later...
 
cartman101

cartman101

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Yeah the grouper will definitly eat it
But hey! They are cheap so give it a try

BTW, what kind of grouper?
 
yimmy

yimmy

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eels WOULD eat shrimp but they clean....the same thing could happen with the grouper, it's a coin toss. I say go for it. In my LFS they have 2 cleaner shrimp in a tank w/ a humu and they said the humu would eat it, but the shrimp cleans it so it doesn't.
 
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jcrim

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Originally Posted by Cartman101
BTW, what kind of grouper?
Cartman, you drive me crazy... You've seen my pics many times but every time you ask me the same questions: how big, what kind of ray, etc. Don't be offended, you're my buddy but you stress me out man.
BTW, it's a miniatus grouper.
 
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jcrim

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Well, I put him in the tank and cleaned the algae at the same time to keep the others off him for a few minutes. He was fine for a couple. I don't see him now. He was hanging around by the snowflake but I don't think that got him. My grouper has a guilty look on his face... or he could still be in there and just hiding.
 
yimmy

yimmy

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my guess is hiding. When I got my cleaner he was hiding...he now comes off, when I was cleaning my tank he jumped on my hand which scared the **** outa me but was funny after a while.
 
yimmy

yimmy

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if he didn't you can mayb get your next shrimp a pocket knife to run around w/ a helmet and bullet proof vest. good luck finding him
 
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jcrim

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Originally Posted by Yimmy
if he didn't you can mayb get your next shrimp a pocket knife to run around w/ a helmet and bullet proof vest. good luck finding him
 
fedukeford

fedukeford

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Originally Posted by Cartman101
Yeah the grouper will definitly eat it
But hey! They are cheap so give it a try

BTW, what kind of grouper?
Wow u think cleaner shrimp are cheap?!?!!? jeez u must have wicked good prices , here babies are $35, and adults are $50-70!!
 
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