Is this bad?

[thezookeeper]

Tonight I noticed my cleaner shrimp "cleaning" my green open brain. Not just the outside, but he was reaching inside one of the mouths. Is this bad? Or is this normal? I do not recall seeing him reach inside before. Thank you.


Joanne

[fishguy_8]

i'm going to go out on a limb and say its normal because my cleaner shrimp reaches inside the mouth of my Cin. Clown and roots around in there until the fish gets ticked....so.....either we got some weird shrimp or your good
Jon

[hcp28]

I think you should get that cleaner shrimp out of there before your green open brain bites it. I have heard that cleaner shrimp can attack corals such as green brains, I wouldn't trust it if it is actually reaching inside the mouth. It may just be curious but it may be looking for a snack. I'd say get it out just to be safe, on a different note I don't think corals get cleaned by shrimp. HTH

Henry