On Nov 17, 5:58 pm, Wayne Sallee wrote:
Yes, I've seen that many times. In the store I had a
stupid fish that did not have any fins left because
it kept going to a large hermit crab to be cleaned.
I eventually moved the fish to another tank so that
it could regrow it's fins.

Cleaner shrimp are a lot better :-)

Wayne Sallee


jthread wrote on 11/17/2007 12:03 PM:



"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
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It's possible that anemones might help clownfish heal up faster, but there
is no evidence to show it. One thing is for sure though, anything that
reduces stress will help fish heal up faster. And having an anemone to
snuggle in can reduce stress. So indirectly the anemone could help, but
directly, nobody knows of any evidence to such, but it's possible.

Wayne Sallee


My angel was getting some clouding on her eye. She would swim up next to one
of our hermit crabs and let the crab eat the stuff off of her eye. She's
fine now.

Have you ever heard of such a thing?

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Wayne,
Funny that you should mention this. I actually went to the LFS
yesterday to discuss various options and he also recommended a cleaner
shrimp, which has been added to the tank now. It's been in around 18
hours or so and hasn't shown a great amount of interest in the clown
just yet...but oddly, the clown seemed drawn to it like metal to a
magnet...to the point where the shrimp has firmly planted himself in a
crevice in the rock, and seems content to stay there for the moment

The clown also does seem to be behaving perfectly OK...he's swimming
in the same ares he always does, eating voraciously etc....so with any
luck it'll just clear up on its own...hopefully.

Mitch