Do You Let Your Cleaner Shrimps "Clean" Your Hand?

[Tnops]

Is there any harm to the shrimps when they clean your hand?

 

[SeaDøøby]

Whenever I stick my hand in the tank for something, immediately my cleaner shrimp will start cleaning my hand. I don’t really mind just not a fan of the feeling.

 

[G Santana]

I don't have any cleaner shrimp but my blood shrimp will take food right from my fingers.

 

[shakacuz]

Whenever I stick my hand the tank for something, immediately my cleaner shrimp will start cleaning my hand. I don’t really mind just not a fan of the feeling.

+1 to this

 

[CoralNerd]

No feels creepy lol add to the poll

 

[kingjoe]

I always let them clean me. I can't help myself.

 

[fachatga]

My kids love sticking their hand in the tank to let my cleaner tickle them

 

[Smite]

Ocean breeze candle.....Frozen half shell clams over the eyes.....fingers or toes in the tank..... Lean back and let those little fellas go....to.....town....

 

[Timfish]

Yup. I let hermits clean my hands too.

 

[dennis romano]

My neon gobies will sit on my hand and pick at it.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Doesn't matter if I let them or not. If my hands are in the tank they want to be on me cleaning. I flick them when they get too close to my nails because that just irritates me. I own cuticle scissors, I don't need them eating them off.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

We use a diver to clean our reef exhibit. One day I saw some visitors pointing and laughing at the diver - the Scarlet cleaner shrimp was cleaning his
backside……

 

[Reef and Dive]

It is just total fun, I can’t resist!