perky Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 my cleaner shrimp has started to shake violently from side to side. first he would be still, then he will shake sharply to the side then he will stop then start. help would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 What are your parameters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perky Posted March 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 calcium: 425 pH: 8.3 Ammonia: 0 Nitrate: 0 Nitrite: 0 Salinity: 1.0225 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 I've never seen this behaviour before. But your salinity is a but low. I'd slowly raise it to at least 1.025. Inverts like cleaner shrimp can be more sensitive to absolute salinity levels than some other species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 Molting maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perky Posted March 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 He didn't molt last night. He was behaving strangly yesterday though. Apart from doing this shaking thing, he didn't clean my hand. . Everytime I put my hand in the tank, he cleans me, he didn't even clean my coral beauty even the the fish was offering. Strange if you ask me. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Are you using a refractometer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perky Posted March 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 what on earth is one of those???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 I guess that would be a no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perky Posted March 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 yep. He is better now. He is not doing the "shaking" thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Damn...you could have called him Elvis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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