cleaner shrimp

what would a cleaner shrimp eat if there are no fish?

 

yea its well still look for pellets and stuff you put in the tank for him.

 

meaty foods are better the pellets lol use that.

 

my cleaner shrimp eats anything i drop in the tank. literally...

flake food, pellets, frozen krill, frozen mysis, etc.

i too had my first cleaner shrimp before i had any fish in my tank. when it was just him id drop a pellet in every couple days. he'd tear it up and eat it in within a few minutes. whatever he didnt eat the clean up crew took care of.

 

how about like a raw shrimp (the kind you eat)

 

i think that would be a little to much... he might eat but its a lot for just a cleaner shrimp.

they will eat anything really..
mysis, krill, flakes, pellets..

 

Mine eats what ever I feed my fish..and as a bonus he will clean the fish and scavange around the tank..

 

Since I have an overflow and too lazy to turn off my pumps for feeding I stick my hand in the tank with a pinch of pellets to sprinkle out for the fish, while I do this my cleaner jumps on my hand and snags pellets out from between my fingers. It has turned into a routine so he is always fat and happy. He will also get a piece of silverside when I feed my anemone.

 

Yep my cleaner eats what ever i toss in the tank he eats its funny cause he will try to wrestle out the mysis or brine from the corals i am feeding.

 

has the shrimp ever "cleaned" your hands? and how often should i feed him?