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vadryn 
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Posted: August 17 2009 at 5:28pm |
I added a cleaner shrimp (skunk) to my tank about a week ago. I haven't seen him since. I'm being optimistic that he's tucked behind a rock somewhere. Just wondering about how long it should take for him to get comfortable with the tank and start coming out?
I have a ton of rock so it's not unreasonable to think he's kept himself out of sight. My peppermint shrimp hardly moves from his favorite nook. I'm not going to take my rockwork apart just to find him. Can I expect him to come out eventually?
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Posted: August 17 2009 at 5:44pm |
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I have 2 in my tank (have had them about a yr.) I see one every time I feed, and the other every week or two. I see my peppermints at best every couple weeks, so I wouldn't count him out.
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Posted: August 17 2009 at 5:58pm |
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i used to see mine all the time now they have set up camp in back of the rock and all i ever get are glimbs of them
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out with the large and in with the nano
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Posted: August 17 2009 at 7:32pm |
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My cleaner found a spot that is very visible . He is really easy to spot in my tank... if he had chosen just 4 inches moreon the same rock I would never see him.
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Posted: August 17 2009 at 11:30pm |
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My cleaners hang out in the open all day long. However, I had a peppermint shrimp that I thought died when it went in the tank as I NEVER saw it again after adding it to the tank. 2 years later I changed around some furniture that gave me a previously unseen view of the back of some of my rockwork and there he was hanging out on the back of the rock. I still can't believe he was in there and I never saw him for 2 years. Talk about cryptic.
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Posted: August 17 2009 at 11:35pm |
I think my eel got to all my peppermint shrimp..... 
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Posted: August 17 2009 at 11:57pm |
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I had a peppermint shrimp live in an 2" overflow pvc for about 8 months--that was where I would add all my freshwater top off etc. Didn't look like there was enough room in it for anything, but he was alive and thriving.
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Was that in there yesterday? Casper--WY windier than ?
Down to a 20, soon to double or nothing
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Posted: August 18 2009 at 6:27pm |
From what I have seen they seem to hide a lot as individuals but are much more social as a group of two or more.
Mike
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Posted: August 18 2009 at 10:36pm |
Spoken like a true shrimp salesman. 
I would gladly get 1 - 2 more if it meant I would see them all the time. Can I keep 2 or 3 skunk cleaners in a 90g?
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Posted: August 18 2009 at 11:12pm |
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i think you would be fine with more i had 3 in my 65
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out with the large and in with the nano
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Posted: August 19 2009 at 7:10am |
 vadryn wrote:
Spoken like a true shrimp salesman.
I would gladly get 1 - 2 more if it meant I would see them all the time. Can I keep 2 or 3 skunk cleaners in a 90g? |
Yes you can easily keep that many.
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Posted: August 19 2009 at 11:17am |
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You could keep 10 or more in your 90. They are more fun to watch in larger numbers as well.
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Posted: August 20 2009 at 12:01pm |
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I've had a blood red fire shrimp (also in the cleaner family) for several months and would typically only see him when I feed. I recently added a skunk cleaner that is out in the open most of the time. I now see my fire shrimp much more, so I think the social aspect really helped a lot. The skunk setup its territory right next to the fire shrimp's, but they get along great (might help that the skunk is bigger).
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Posted: August 22 2009 at 8:50am |
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My cleaner shrimp comes charging out to greet me every time I put my hand in the tank. Especially if there is food in it.
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Posted: August 22 2009 at 11:33am |
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My cleaner likes to hop on my arm or hand when it's in the tank. He either thinks I have food - or will start cleaning me. It's got to the point where sometimes I can't do what I'm trying to because he's jumping on me, on the rocks, on the scraper, on the turkey baster . . . you get the idea. He's by far one of the most entertaining things in my tank and is almost always out front.
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Posted: August 22 2009 at 12:49pm |
We have a scarlet cleaner shrimp in our 12 g. nano. I taught my grandaughters (ages 8 and 10) that if they would put their fingers in the tank he would give them a manicure. Now that's what they think he is there for We share lots of giggles, and they get clean fingernails! I've named the shrimp "Madge", and I'm thinking of starting a new business. .
We have two very large scarlet cleaners in our 90 g., and they are very visible.
Kenna
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