I would like to get some opinions on cleaner fish from my fellow MAASTers.
I have purchased a Regal Tang, the "King of Ich fish", as we all know from my previous posts. Shortly thereafter, I learned the value of a Cleaner Shrimp from ya'll. The problem is, the darn shrimp seemed more enamored with my Fluval 2 power filter, and the bounty within (yeah, he was picking stuff out of it), than with my pimpled-up tang.
WEEEELLLL....tonight I came home to catch my tang swimming up to the shrimp, dutifully maintaining his station at the Fluval. The shrimp would turn, address the tang, and then "Dory" would swim off, only to return in a few minutes. Needless to say, I am thrilled.
WEEELLLL...a few days ago, a friend gave me a Mimic Blenny. We call him "Slim!" Yesterday, upon arriving home from a romantic weekend at a Fredericksburg bed and breakfast with my wife (celebrating our first anniversary), I noticed what I thought was ich on his very translucent fins. Today I saw him scratch.
SOOOOO.....I have a mated pair of Perculas that are also, of course, scaleless fish. This means, if all the books and medicine labels are right, that they are also prime candidates for an ich infestation.
I really am looking for assistance with this other than the FW dips, the Hypo-salinity QT tank, etc. I want to add a couple of cleaners, and possibly another cleaner shrimp. What does everyone think.





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