do Cleaner Shrimp burrow them selfs

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  1. Yellow Tang

    Yellow Tang Bubble Tip Anemone

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    when stressed because he's really small and the fish are big and the keep comming by to get cleaned
    thanks:biggrinbo
     

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  2. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    no

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  3. Yellow Tang

    Yellow Tang Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Then again mabe he's just hanging out
     
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  4. Ishymishy77

    Ishymishy77 Peppermint Shrimp

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    Are you sure its still alive?
     
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  5. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    No, they don't bury themselves. My guess would be that it's dead, or it molted and that's just his exoskeleton you see.
     
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  6. Yellow Tang

    Yellow Tang Bubble Tip Anemone

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    Just got him yesterday
     
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  7. Bunner

    Bunner Bubble Tip Anemone

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    im guessing it molted.
     
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  8. swagger87

    swagger87 Zoanthid

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    I've had mine molt the day I got them. Scared me half to death. I thought I killiedthe poor thing after a few hours and I had no idea how, lol.
     
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  9. mattheuw1

    mattheuw1 Montipora Capricornis

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    everytime mine molts I think its dead. its carcus shell shows up and it looks like a full body. Then a couple of days later he appears. I recently pulled out what I thought was another molt, torn in half and hollow. Then I looked for my cleaner and couldn't find him. Today is day 5 of the cleaner being MIA. I keep hoping he turns up but I'm pretty sure the last shell wasn't a molt. Poor guy. My blenny is missing his daily back scratch.
     
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  10. austeve

    austeve Bristle Worm

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    im not convinced there was anything in that photo that could pass as a shrimp lol
    Maybe he's behind the other rock?
     
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