What is my cleaner shrimp doing -

[Athena]

I know that the shrimp cleans off the "bad stuff" off of my fish all the time but now he has moved to the turbo snails - they are turned over and he seems to be cleaning it or worse eating it -

anybody else seen this -

 

[IBJJ]

escargo

 

[IBJJ]

j/k...mine hasn't ever eaten any of my snails...doesn't mean they can't though...are the shells empty now? if so then probably true

 

[tazdevil]

Unless they're already dead- I didn't think that cleaner shrimps where known to eat snails. However, if they are being attacked, you may try target feeding the shrimp, which would reduce the chances they where eating the snails.

 

[Athena]

I saw one empty shell the other day now it is gone and this guys doesn't look like he is alive - I mean the shrip was pulling the crap out of the turbo snail - damn I have about 10 more TS in there as well - is this another excuse to buy another fish

to feed the cleaner -

 

[danmhippo]

You mean "another fish to feed ON the cleaner?"

 

[mariner]

I had the same thing happen to me and no one believed me. I just got rid of the damn shrimp.

 

[GMH320]

Last week I noticed a cleaner doing the same thing. I just assumed it was "cleaning" the snail the same way it goes after a fish or your arm. This was the first and only time it happened. I feed the little sob's almost daily so never gave it a second thought. I'll have to keep an eye on them.