Clown fish and cleaner shrimp trouble

[janet]

Hi All
when my light goes off my clown fish goes to sleep in a corner of the tank, but one of my cleaner shrimps just keeps on at him. The shrimp looks like it's pulling the clown fishes face off... It actually pulls him out from where he is sleeping. it looks like the clown fish really doesn't like it. I know that the shrimps clean the fish in nature, but it appears that the clown fish hates it. I wonder why the clownfish goes back there every night if he hates it?The clown fish is a bit smaller than the shrimp. I'm beginning to think the shrimp will kill the fish eventually. What do you think?
Janet

 

[Melosu58]

The cleaner shrimp is just doing his job. He`s cleaning parasites and dead skin from the fish. Just doing what a cleaner shrimp does best.

 

[steelcity]

My coral beauty is the only fish that the cleaner takes care of. I think if the shrimp got a hold of the other fish, they'd have a heart attack.