I have heard stories and seen the endemic Hawaiian cleaner, Labroides phthirophagus accepting dry prepared, freeze-dried, fresh and live foods, still only to waste away and die.

If you want to “practice” on cleaner wrasses, the blue, black and white lined Labroides dimidiatus is the one species that seems more facultative. If you’re just looking for a biological cleaner for their services or novel behavior, please consider shrimps in the genera Hippolysmata, Periclimenes, or cleaner gobies. They do the job and do well in captivity, with muc

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