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Uploaded by on May 22, 2008

The cleaning shrimps studies the situation and then jumps on the clown fish to clean it. I was so lucky to catch it on camera!

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  • The tank has nowhere NEAR enough flow and the clownfish shows it. A lot more flow= a lot more gas exchange= fish that acts normal instead of sick.

  • @southerngrits2 Thanks all for the constructive comments. The tank was not mine, I just happened to be there to film it. I passed the information to the owner so hopefully he fixed the problem.

  • lol I'll comment..OKaY?

  • yeee, first comment! ;)

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  • This is actually beneficial for both the shrimp and fish. The fish gets cleaned of parasites or dead scales and the shrimp gets a snack! This is totally natural and I hope it continues! I love watching it! Sometimes the fish will even open up their gills for the shrimp to get in and clean!!

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  • You shouldn't see the surface water swirling slowly like that- it ought to be in constant motion to allow free oxygen to mix with and dissolve into the water.

  • God that tank needs way more water flow I have a battery powered power head if the power goes out that gives out way more flow than what your tank is getting if it is still a live

  • who wants to bet that clown is long dead by now?

  • such a small tank, and hate to see the fish struggles for oxygen

    

  • oh my god this tank needs WAY more flow

  • Finding nemo off the chain

  • dam i feel sorry for that clownfish, he has no oxygen and i think he has ich. The shrimp is cleaning the ich

  • The clown (ocellaris?) is either starving of oxygen or suffering from gas bubble problems where small O2 bubbles (e.g. from the air pump you're using on the left of the tank) get lodged in the gills. You should never have O2 bubbles in a marine tank, just powerheads to move the water about and some surface agitation to maximise oxygen exchange. Oxygen bubbles can be lethal to marine fish.

  • Man, you need to read a how to book on marine tanks before setting one up. You don't see know the basics. That fish as said is starved of 02, and the shrimp isn't attacking it, it's just trying to clean it.

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