Cleaner shrimp are brilliant at removing parasites from fish, they will jump onto the fish as it hovers in mid air and check it over for parasites. Amazing to watch, but also handy should you ever have a problem with parasites e.g. whitespot.
They can grow quickly and will eat most foods including frozen and flakes, they will become quite tame if you hand feed them mussels.
As cleaner shrimp grow they will moult, it is important to add iodine into the water on a weekly basis to help them moult properly.
They are quite a confident shrimp in the aquarium and will often be seen hanging upside down swaying from side to side waiting for their next meal.
Each shrimp is a minimum of 3cm
