Cleaner shrimp feeding?

[bluetang]

What do cleaner shrimp eat? What should I be feeding it? or, Should I be feeding it?I see mine chasing food that is ment for the fish, but alot of the time it doesnt get anything.

rob

[monza]

They mostly scavenge for food, thats the idea. Don't want them going hungry or they'll start ripping things apart to eat. (depends what you have) If you have to feed them, any thing meaty is a treat. ie raw shrimp- small pieces.
Dave

[bulletsworld]

I get a lil piece of Krill , use my thongs and spot feed. My cleaner will usual take it right from my thongs right away. Then my cleaner shrimp feels super special cause he gets a piece all to himself.

I do this also for my lil purple lobster. He even come's out and waits for the thongs. Then everyones happy.

[Jack]

They kinda go nuts for Cyclope-eeze in my experience.

[Chad]

They usualy attack my feeding pipet as soon as I put it in the tank.. So I feed it some mysis first then feed my sun coral so it doesn't harras it.

[PFisher]

Just got a mental image of a cleaner shrimp taking a piece of Krill out of someone's thong. I think that the word you are looking for is tongs.

[AJ_77]

Originally Posted by bulletsworld

I get a lil piece of Krill , use my thongs and spot feed.

I also misread this... can see using the thong like a sling to whip the food in there.
Easy does it!!


Must be a male shrimp.

My cleaner will usual take it right from my thongs right away.

[Quinn]

Don't they play for both teams?

[bulletsworld]

I'll blame it on being jacked up with cold meds.

[Quinn]

The disturbing part is the comment about a purple lobster.

Sorry.