Shrimp Cleaning Goby's

[PistolPete]

My skunk cleaner is cleaning my Yellow Watchman Goby, including inside his mouth. Im guessing this isn't very common, has anyone ever seen this before? It went on for about 5 minutes. The goby normally strays from
His tank mates (he has paired with my pistol shrimp) but willingly allowed this.

 

[Readingexcalibur]

This is awesome. Good pic!

 

[PistolPete]

Thanks to my iPhone Any thoughts?

 

[Crystal A]

Maybe it has a tooth ache! Lol

 

[PistolPete]

Ha But seriously is this normal? Has anyone seen this before?

 

[Jlsardina]

Completely normal. That's why they are cleaner shrimp. They will clean mouths, gills, find, etc. a cleaner wrasse will do the same

 

[Ricksreef]

Ha But seriously is this normal? Has anyone seen this before?

Completely normal,that's what they do.

 

[severum mama]

Yes, I agree. I saw this many times when I was working at the LFS. The boss had a large frag tank in the store full of Bartlett's anthias and skunk cleaners. The anthias would seek out the shrimp for a good cleaning. It's fascinating to watch them. IIRC, fire shrimp may clean fish as well.