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05/14/2007, 08:09 AM
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Inverts walking on Corals
Almost two years in SW and reef, but still a newb. Anyhow, I have few zoas and mushrooms in the tank and noticed that my 3 shrimp (1 skunk cleaner and 2 peppermints) are walking all over them quite often causing the corals to close. Is this OK or something I should be concerned about? Thanks!
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05/14/2007, 08:10 AM
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mine are always walking across mine, I dont see it as a problem, this is the way it is in the ocean and just so long as they are just walking, not eating or picking
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05/14/2007, 01:22 PM
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They're cleaning them, more delicately than you can manage. If they close temporarily and get cleaned, good: they'll open better later. Also, if there's any dead or diseased tissue, the scavengers, bristleworms and shrimp will get that too.
Yellow star polyps are another matter: the peps can't tell that from aiptasia: they seem to smell alike.
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05/14/2007, 02:12 PM
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05/14/2007, 02:35 PM
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I agree. But, my cleaner shrimp picks food out of my LPS. I have to defend them or the shrimp gets the food before the LPS can. They also do that to my zoos.
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