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funkyfish77
02/25/2006, 10:45 AM
what are the most important things to remeber about caring for cleaner shrimp???????????????????
any help would be great

P.S i'm very new to saltwater
White Tiger
02/26/2006, 12:38 AM
Just mantain a good water quality!
Daddeo
02/26/2006, 12:40 AM
Another major component in keeping one successfully is not to let your salinity fluctuate to much. Invertebrates are very sensitive to changes in salinity.
White Tiger
02/26/2006, 01:29 AM
Sorry, I forgot to mention about the salinity stability.
funkyfish77
02/26/2006, 09:49 AM
do i need to suplement iodide???
thanks for the help
kaserpick
02/26/2006, 02:47 PM
Yes, I've heard they require iodide supplement to molt properly.

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Kaserpick
funkyfish77
02/26/2006, 04:46 PM
yhanks for the help
BeanAnimal
02/26/2006, 05:04 PM
You do not need to suppliment Iodine or Iodide.

If you are not careful you will poison your tank. This comes up quite often here and you an search around and find both sides of the arguement. Most of us do not add iodine to our tanks and our shrimp are just fine and molt regularly. Cleaner shrimp, peppermints, blood reds etc only live 2-3 years anyway.
Daddeo
02/26/2006, 07:32 PM
I agree, I have never added iodine and my crabs and shrimps molt just fine.
The steven liu
02/26/2006, 10:51 PM
Suppliments or not, regular water changes keep all your inverts, including cleaner shrimps happy.