I thought my shrimp was eating him!!!

[gemini9]

I have a cleaner shrimp that's been in the tank for about a month or so. He pretty much sticks to himself, but today I saw my lawnmower blenny laying there on a rock and my shrimp was picking at him. Like he was eating him. Ok so I panicked. I was like, "Nooo! Don't eat my blenny! What are you doing?"
:jaw:

In my panic state, I stuck my hand in the tank and shooed him away. "Hey stop nibbling on my blenny!" The lawnmower blenny scurried away and the shrimp climbed up my arm, as he always does. Moments later I realized, hey, the blenny is fine and it sank in that it's a cleaner shrimp. He was only cleaning off the fish. :xd: Was pretty scary at first, but thinking about it now, it's pretty darn cool!

 

[jkilty]

lol! Very cool that your fish is trusting of him already. It took my fish quite a while before they would let the cleaner clean them. Cleaners are such a great addition to a tank! LOVE them!