HELP!! Skunk cleaner shrimp and rbta!

sammy61989

sammy61989

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Ok I need to know if this is normal I recently got my Rbta and today I went to feed it some shrimp and my cleaner shrimp saw it or smelled it and it swam and started picking at the Rbta mouth literally on top and he felt the sting but he kept on so I shoved him out the way so I need to know do I leave them or prevent that cuz I don't want none of them to get hurt help

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jrpark22000

jrpark22000

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oh it's normal and a giant pain in the azz. I got to the point with mine, I'd try stabbing the shrimp with the feeding wand to deter them from stealing the food. Nothing really worked, but it did feel better to threaten the shrimp with brute force.
 
AForys

AForys

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lol, my skunk robs all my coral. I give him a chunk 1st he drops it just to steal food from another coral!
 
sammy61989

sammy61989

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Wow what a thief. But should I leave him or every time shove him away? I don't want my skunk to die they ain't that cheap and the anemone either

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jrpark22000

jrpark22000

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the skunk will find it's own food, don't worry. Don't overfeed the nem either, it can seriously hurt them if their not ready to eat. All that aside, shove the shrimp away, shove it hard! :D
 
Top Water

Top Water

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I have big Nems and shove silverside in their mouth if I wanted to feed but I don't feed my Nems . They do fine on there own in my system .
 
sammy61989

sammy61989

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Well I don't know if it was stung but the shrimp was jumping like that reacting if you get stung by a bee but then he kept going back in the anemone so I assume he's getting stung and wouldn't that be overfeeding my shrimp

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sammy61989

sammy61989

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And thanks i think I won't feed it if it don't need it that way I avoid that issue

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