CLEANER SHRMP HELP PREVENT ITCH?? how true anione?

[jOsHiE]

i read about this...anione to command about it?? if my tang is suffering frm itch can i add cleaner shrimp to aid the curing??

[Gouldian]

It doesn't. So far there isn't a cleaner crew that have been proven to prevent or control ich.

According to an article in Advance Aquarist mag, ich is not found in the ocean but only in captive systems for some reasons no one knows. As such, it naturally is not something that cleaner crews will recognized as food.

I have skunk cleaners shrimp, blood shrimp, neon goby, yellow arrow shrimp, common cleaner wrasse in my tank - and never have I once observe them feeding on the ich.

What I belive the cleaners fed on are dead tissuses and some other parasites that occurs naturally in the oceans thus the cleaners can recognize and feed on them.

Coming back to my tank, if any of the cleaners works, alot of us will not be struggling with ich and millions of dollars will not be pour into the research on a effective reef-safe medications for ich. Actually come to think about it, even the no effective reef-safe medication for ich is also a $$$ spinners!

[Gouldian]

i read about this...anione to command about it?? if my tang is suffering frm itch can i add cleaner shrimp to aid the curing??

Btw, if your tang is suffering from ich, you can check out the disease & treatment forum, you will find lots of discussion on it.

Wish you luck!