Did i get a dud?

[kien]

maybe your fish are too clean to be cleaned

[toytech]

My neon goby does a way better job than my cleaner shrimp ever did , he cleans the fish when there distacted with eating . My blood shrimp does clean me alot, though no intrest in the fish at all.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

I've had 4 cleaner fish in two different tanks, and over the course of a year I only ever saw one shrimp, clean one fish, one time. They did however steal every piece of food I'd feed to my lps. They're cool to look at, but I'm never going to get another one.

My cleaner wrasse was 9000 times more active in cleaning it's tank mates.

Cleaner wrasse are nice... But generally die.

My shrimp still cleans after a few years. Neon goby will as well.

My neon will sit and clean my hand if I let it. Almost as tame as my cat! Lol.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by christyf5

I'd go for a neon goby, IME they're more reliable.

+1

[sumpfinfishe]

I will have to pick one up, that is once i get to the bottom of what ate my dud cleaner, peppermint, and a few hermits over this last week