Skunk cleaner shrimp

I think I'm going to buy a skunk cleaner shrimp and I have a couple questions. Will my purple psuedochromis attack the shrimp? I heard they will sometimes kill shrimp. Also do skunk cleaners only clean fish or do they also eat nuisance algae from the tank?

 

Any basslets/pseudochromis present a decent risk to ornamental shirmp, but it varies by species. As far as I have seen purple psuedos present a pretty substantial risk, especially older/larger ones.

Can't say I have noticed my cleaner doing anything of productive value, but he sure is pretty to watch

 

A purple is slighter lower risk than say a royal gramma, but as stated, there is a risk. Really depends in the fish as an individual. Sorry couldn't be much more help, but thats something you wont know till you try it.
And yes, cleaner shrimp will occasionally graze algae, although they prefer, at least IME, a more meatier diet. But they do a pretty good job of cleaning whats left over from normal feedings as well, and I havent kept one that wont eat from my hand either I say give it a try, they are really cool and personable shrimp.

 

Cool, thanks guys.

 

my blue chromis never bothered my cleaner shrimp. I see the shrimp clean my dwarf angel but not algea.

 

Funny, I have had the opposite experience but it goes to show how much of a variable fish can be.

The only issue I have been having as of late is my cleaner stealing food from some of my LPS corals...starting to get a little old

 

HAHA, mine does the same. I have to send food his way before I feed the corals.;D

 

My cleaners are pretty good about it. The clowns on the other hand...

 

Cleaner shrimp can clean fish, iv noticed mine doing it at some times. also they can eat ich parasites before their pregnant i heard. Like i mean before the host a fish.

 

Cool, I'm considering getting one even more now that I've had my first small case of ich on my yellow tang.