Scaredone

Picked up a Skunk cleaner and now hes picking the scales at my black perc, im worried the bloody thing is slowly eating him hes already got a small patch of bare flesh.

This normal for cleaner shrimp until they stay settled?

He keeps it up im gonna make a bisque

Alessa

I really have no Idea... but my guess its it isnt normal... bad shrimpy

nemo addict

cleaner shrimp dont normally take the scales off, normally just parasites , maybe the shrimp is a bit starved try feeding a bit more if your fish are eating all food before shrimp ,,

offminded

my cleaner hasn't done any harm to my fish...he is one heck of a cleaner though! i am getting irritated that when i feed my anemone he swims right up and snatches the food right out of the anemone...he doesn't share well!!

nemo addict

my shrimp does that to so i put a container over my anemone now so it gets fed and the shrimp cant nick its food lol

offminded

great idea...what i have started doing is feeding the tank and at the same time feed the anemone...it keeps the shrimp occupied...at least some of the time

nemo addict

i feed my anemone dried shrimp twice a week and the cleaner comes straight out and takes it some time before its out my hand ,, as its not scared as i have let it clean my finger nails in the past so now i put a container over anemone and make sure shrimp is stuck on tenticles then leave to eat

offminded

you feed it dry shrimp...how big are they? i feed mine raw shrimp. what kind of anemone do you have?

nemo addict

i have 2 a bta and a sand and yes both take dried shrimp the bta is about 4inch and the sand is about 8 inch

offminded

wow...cool...what color?

nemo addict

bta is pink with white tips and sand anemone is a brownie colour

by the way sorry for hijacking the thread

offminded

very cool...mine is green...now worries on hijacking anything...all good

nemo addict

wot anemone do you have ??

offminded

green bubble tip...got it 3 weeks ago

nemo addict

my tank about 3 months ago theres more in there now will get up dated pics up soon

offminded

very cool...i need to get some shots of my tank too

Scaredone

the damage

Hypnox

Sorry to see your fish got hurt by what was supposed to be a beneficial inhabitant. Hope he gets better.

nemo addict

it looks like a fungal infection and your shrimp is trying to clean it do you have a hospital tank ?? take the fish out and treat it ,, he may of had the infection before you got it and it just looks like the shrimp is harming him when all his tryin to do is clean him

offminded

oh wow...is there any way to treat it?

Scaredone

you think it could be a fungal infection? do you have any idea what type it might be or how to treat it?

There were no marks or signs before i bought the shrimp, he was always in good energy, ate lots very active, now though since the shrimp picks at him when its not feeding time he floats on the bottom.

nemo addict

i replied on other post but forgot to add that vitazim is also worth adding for vitamins for fish to get healty quicker as it contains b12 which is good for the fish s immune system and will help speed up recovery and help with any infections