Recty
11/09/2008, 03:47 PM
Pretty cool, I was pretty certain when I got the large niger that my cleaner shrimp would be eaten within a day or two.
To make the problem worse, I was planning on treating the main tank with quinine sulfate, so removed the cleaner shrimp to a seperate 29g tank for a while. Turns out that tank LEAKED after 2 days, so I had to put the cleaners back into the main tank. I was almost sure they would be eaten the instant they hit the water, I should have gotten it on video but I didnt. Anyway, long story short, the fish looked at the shrimp, the puffer came right up to them and I thought was going to take a chomp but then just stared and turned around. The shrimp live! I've apparently got some notably aggressive fish that have a real soft spot for cleaners :)
Anyway, I saw the cleaner jump on the Niger so I got a quick video, I always like documenting those types of things :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgYhfLuqE9Y
To make the problem worse, I was planning on treating the main tank with quinine sulfate, so removed the cleaner shrimp to a seperate 29g tank for a while. Turns out that tank LEAKED after 2 days, so I had to put the cleaners back into the main tank. I was almost sure they would be eaten the instant they hit the water, I should have gotten it on video but I didnt. Anyway, long story short, the fish looked at the shrimp, the puffer came right up to them and I thought was going to take a chomp but then just stared and turned around. The shrimp live! I've apparently got some notably aggressive fish that have a real soft spot for cleaners :)
Anyway, I saw the cleaner jump on the Niger so I got a quick video, I always like documenting those types of things :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgYhfLuqE9Y