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Bug_Power
Sun, 5th Mar 2006, 08:38 PM
Well I was checking out a local shop that I just found out about and took my mom in with me to shop. Well I ended up coming home with some goodies.
A whitecheek tang...(guy sold it to me as a powder brown, but WAY cheaper then anywhere online)
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=391
And my friend kept telling me about this blue spiney lobster, they had one, and mom wouldn't leave without it!
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/product_info.php?products_id=311&parent_category=4 &category_search=63&root_parent_id=4

I also picked up 2 cleaner, they are the funnest thing to watch. I got some small ones, and I had a damsel about the same size as the shimp, pick it up on it's back and piggy back it for a good 4 minutes (struggling all they way to stay afloat) while the cleaner went to town. Man I could have a tank full of cleaners and dirty fish and be amuzed all day :)

hobogato
Sun, 5th Mar 2006, 08:58 PM
when the cleaners get settled in, they will start cleaning your hand every time you put it in the tank. just put it by their "cleaning station" and leave it still and before you know it they will jump on and go to town.

Bug_Power
Sun, 5th Mar 2006, 09:28 PM
I can only find one today, but there is plenty of places to hide. I was hoping they would end up mating at some time. The LFS says they get peppermint shrimp by the dozens when they clean out filters :) I wouldn't mind about 6 cleaners, but at $30 each that they want here. Would Fire Shrimp do the same thing?