Lysmata amboinensis

Cleaner Shrimp — Photo: By PilarMeca - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18884803

Cleaner Shrimp

Min. Tank Size 57 Litres 

Size 2.5-5.1cm

sg 1.020 - 1.025

pH 8.2 - 8.4

Temp. 22.2-25.6°C

Water Hardness 8-12 °d

They are hermaphrodites

Diet Carnivore will eat waste food, pick dead tissue off fish, parasites on fish.

Sensitive to ammonia, nitrites and copper, need iodine to help moulting

 

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