My cleaner shrimp is trying to entice my pair of Clowns...

[Abarnswell]

My cleaner shrimp is definitely trying to set up a cleaning station, near the area where my clowns hang out. But the clows are ignoring him. They are captive bred clowns. Does that mean they don't know that the cleaner shrimp just wants to clean them?

 

[skipm]

I think they just don't want to be cleaned. When my fish want to be cleaned they seek the shrimp out but ignore them the rest of the time.

 

[incysor]

My clowns don't allow my cleaners to touch them either. I've had occellaris, and perculas, and I've never seen any of them let the cleaner shrimps pick at them. It was cool to see my angels allow it.

It's not a bad sign though, since the cleaners eat parasites, a healthy fish generally doesn't need to be 'cleaned'. Some seem more prone to needing the additional help to stay healthy, tangs, and angels come to mind, but clowns don't seem to need or want the attention.

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