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    Posted: June 25 2014 at 10:26pm
I bought a cleaner shrimp from a guy a few days ago and i noticed like a bubble on its side, well i bought it anyway, i couldn't get a picture but i did some research and i am 95% sure it is an isopod on or in him, i read about a guy who made a small cut on the shrimp and removed it. My question is if i leave it will it eventually kill my cleaner shrimp or should i try to remove it?
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I would just feed the CS and not worry. When it molts the bubble may shed away. What else is in this small tank?

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just a pair of clown fish and thats pretty much it, anything special i should feed him?
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Also could the isopod spread to my clown fish?
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The Clownfish should be okay. It's unlikely the parasite will move to them.

Cleaner Shrimp eat parasites off of fish. Do CS eat parasites off of other CS? I don't know. An isopod is much larger than their usual fare.

I suspect there are no parasites on the Clownfish so the CS must eat fish food. When the discussion moves to food my pat answer is pretty well known: Feed algae and frozen meaty foods with algae. Even clownfish need to eat some algae. My favorites, in no particular order, are GSL Brine Shrimp, Emerald Entree, Rods Food and BSD Enriched Brine Shrimp. Mysis Shrimp are okay but lack algae. A variety of foods is best.

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Here is an awesome thread just in case you were wondering. It wont molt off, you have to do surgery... 

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2026645
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