Cleaner fish won't clean even other fish beg for it?

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I always hear complaints about fish won't get cleaner shrimp clean them, but mine is the opposite. My yellow tang and butterfly beg to be cleaned all the time but the neon goby and cleaner shrimp just run away. They even ask the melanurus wrasse to clean too, which he denies politely. The cleaners are still new though (3 days in the tank) so maybe they will do their job eventually?
 
Is it a Cleaner OR false cleaner??/ They look the same. Mine covers every fish daily !

Cleaner:
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False cleaner (shark like mouth):


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Is it a Cleaner OR false cleaner??/ They look the same. Mine covers every fish daily !

Cleaner:
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False cleaner (shark like mouth):


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No I don't have the cleaner wrasse.

The cleaners I have:

Neon Goby
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Cleaner shrimp
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And possibly Melanurus?
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The cleaner shrimp are avid opportunistic eaters. They eat a ton of fish food, and will take food from corals and nems too. If you've only had a few days, let them settle in and see once they set up their territories and cleaning stations. Sometimes they are just full and lazy. You can add more I think, but double check on that.
 

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