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Cleaner fish live in coralreefs where they can easily find other fish to clean.
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Is it okay for an Oscar fish and a cleaner to live together?
If by "cleaner" you mean "cleaner wrass" the answer is no. Oscars are fresh water fish and cleaner wrass are marines (ie salt water fish)
Where do cleaner wrasse live?
Cleaner wrasse live in coral reefs. They generally have a particular spot and other fish come to them to get cleaned.
What are Cleaner Wrasse?
A cleaner wrasse is a fish that cleans fish to get there food and help the fish get heathy again.
What does a pacific cleaner fish eat?
Cleaner fish remove scales and mucus from their host.
Can cleaner fish live in a clean tank?
The only "Cleaner fish" that I know of is the Marine species called the "Cleaner Wrasse". These fish pick parasites off other fish and will even swim into larger fishes gills and mouths to clean them too. If you are thinking of Catfish as being cleaner fish, then you have got things very wrong. Catfish are bottom dwelling fish but they do not clean up dirt and rubbish. They need fresh food just like any other fish. To the best of my knowledge no species of fish do well in a dirty tank.
What is the scientific name for cleaner fish?
The scientific name for cleaner fish is "Labridae." Cleaner fish are known for their symbiotic relationship with other marine species, where they clean parasites and dead skin off larger fish.
Do cleaner fish clean fish in colonies?
yes they do
Which fish feeds on parasites living on other fish?
Cleaner fish ,,
What is the fish that eats parasites off other fish?
Cleaner fish by Jay
How do fish clean itslef?
Larger fish sometimes have smaller fish who clean the algae and parasites from their scales and gils. Smaller fish will rub themselves against the gravel, sand or against rocks to clean their scales.
What is the relationship between a moray eel and cleaner fish?
They are both fish
How long does a cleaner fish live?
It lives a thousand years doing whats right, when it's sick it only lives about two years
