Cleaner Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
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We do not take backorders on live fish, invertebrates or plants. Livestock arrives on the shipping schedule our suppliers and the weather allow, so we will not promise a date we cannot keep.
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Free local pickup at our Lethbridge store. Livestock guarantee
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The skunk cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) is a scarlet Indo-Pacific shrimp with a white stripe down the back, white-tipped legs and long white antennae it waves to advertise its services. Given time it sets up a cleaning station on a ledge and picks parasites and dead tissue from fish that come to it — including, quite often, the keeper's hand. It is one of the most engaging invertebrates in the marine hobby.
Aquarium care
- Adults reach roughly 5 to 6 cm.
- Peaceful, and safe with corals and other ornamental invertebrates.
- Needs mature, stable water; it is very sensitive to copper-based medication and to swings in salinity.
- Drip acclimate slowly, over at least an hour, when introducing it.
- Moults periodically — the empty shell left behind is normal and not a dead shrimp.
- Eats what it cleans from fish, plus frozen and prepared foods offered to the tank.
They suit reef and fish-only tanks stocked with peaceful to moderately robust fish. Do not keep them with hawkfish, larger wrasses, triggerfish, lionfish or anything else that treats a shrimp as food. A single shrimp or a bonded pair works best.
Stock rotates with each shipment, and livestock is available for local pickup at our Lethbridge store. More in the saltwater collection.
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