PBT wth spots

I stick to my neon goby and cleaners shrmp. Mostly because I think neon gobies and cleaner shrimp are cool. Get yourself a nice pr of fire shrimp. Even if they dont clear up the fish acne, you have a pr of fireshrimp! Win win.

Originally Posted by chris&barb

If this has been going on for a year then i would just bulk up its diet. Always keep green stuff in the tank for it to eat and feed it a high quality diet.

I feed them two 4X6 sheets of nori 3 days a week and mix Rods, PE Mysis, and Cyclopese every day for them. Of course the tangs just mainly eat the big stuff, but everything is there for them. Trust me when I say they are a little FAT!!!!

I also add a few drops of Vitamin C about once a week in their food.

Do you notice any chemistry changes during the acne outbreak? I ask because the only time my hippo tang showed those same spots was during a 3 month cycle when i had elevated nitrates. Since they hit 0, i haven't seen a single spot ( over a year). I dont think its ick either, and from what i've read no cleaners (shrimp or other) clean ick. the white spots from ick are a result of whats happening "under" the surface....from what i've read anyway.... I bet people i the industry make a ton off of there so called ick treatments though... Several of my fish had those spots in the beginning, I never treated, and never lost any of those fish. I think it was just stress and parameters.

well i do think I'm back to having some nitrates. I haven't tested in a bit and I'm starting to get some HA. It's been gone for the most part for a while. Maybe a good water change this weekend wouldn't hurt any.

Then get a pair of fire shrimp and make them your next breeding project.

lol I tell you what. If I can get the harlequin shrimp to breed and I get the larva past meta I'll get a pair of fire shrimp

ps I don't know of anyone getting them past meta

If you do get em past meta I call dibs on the first one your willing to sell!

Are all shrimo similar? I know the peppermints and skunk cleaners have been easily bred and reared.

they are similar, but you have to remember the harlequins I have aren't even an inch long, where peppermints are a few inches long. Also, the diets are completely different.

Oh I didnt even think of that. What do larval harlequins eat? I assume that is the rub.

check the thread on them I just started.

Originally Posted by Variko

Are all shrimo similar? I know the peppermints and skunk cleaners have been easily bred and reared.

Skunk cleaners easily breed? Last time i checked no one had gotten them past 2 weeks. If someone is doing it id like to see what they are doing

Here is a breeding journal on them. Not sure on that progress to date though.

Breeding Journal: Lysmata amboinensis (Skunk Cleaner Shrimp)

Looks like it stopped in June