Bob, cleaner shrimp love bristleworms. They cleaned my tank out!!!

Completely off topic, but, last night I fed my BTA's some chopped prawn, I had loads extra so I gave a piece to two of my cleaners (apparently, shrimp taste great even to themselves). Anyways, one of them was smart, and went to a corner up the glass to eat his treat. The other stayed on the rock. Well of course within about 5 minutes he had about 12 worms pulling on his "prize." Of course to a shrimp because he has several legs as well as a set of claws, participating in a tug of war while simultaneously eating the tug of war item, is possible, but he did eventually lose (the prawn disappeared into a hole in the rock). So I'm sure this guy is now thinking like your guys shrimps (Bob and Brad), those pesky worms stole his food! (Now there's a twist, a cleaner having HIS food stolen from HIM.). LOL :lol:

(PS. I gave him another piece.... :biggrin:)

thanx for the advice . today at work i think i was on the phone more than working trying to figure it out and it was just him sleeping i was told that a lot of diferent fishes fade color when night comes suposible realy noticable in tangs. he is all colored up today happy as ever hopfuly i did not **** him off to bad with the fresh water dip and iodine bath last night .
when i look in the tank at night i use a 11watt red lamp that is not to strong i hope . thanx for all your help everyone . :biggrin:

If you did not mean that as a joke, it would explain the lack of Bristleworms in that tank, and the large size of the shrimp. :onfire:

No Bob, I did not mean it as a joke. I have watched the shrimp pull bristleworms from the rock and eat them. I was not happy about it. At this point, I cannot find a single worm in my tank.

Cleaners and Peppermints love bristle worms.. and prawns... My cleaners will take prawns etc out of the mouth of coral, and anemones... greedy buggers...

It appears we have hijacked this thread it might be worthwhile to start another. I will do that. :cool: