Watchman and Fire shrimp

SSalty

Team Liquid Force
I looked behind one of the rocks and my fireshrimp was picking at my watchman goby? The goby is still alive. What is going on?

Any ideas?
 
Fire shrimps are just like the Skunk Cleaner shrimps.They like to pick parasites off a fish.Mine cleans the clowns and the Mandarin when it comes close to its cleaning station.
 
I am sure that is what he was doing. I wasn't aware that fire shrimp "clean" other fish.

Thanks guys.
 
yup. They are cousins of the skunk cleaners. I have a pair that set up a cleaning station on one end of the tank and the skunks set up theirs at the opposite end. Daily the angelfish swim into their areas and lay down on the rock on their sides and get cleaned off. It is totally cool to watch.

-Dr Marco :sfish::sfish:
 
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