The five species of cleaner wrasses of the genusLabroides确实是一群有趣的鱼类。尽管在水下世界中不是独特的行为，但他们的致病清洁服务非常出色。
这些小而繁忙的鱼在礁石的一部分中建立了“站点”，其中一对或后宫勤奋地清洁寄生虫，死亡和受损的鳞片，以及骨鱼，鲨鱼和海龟的粘液，这些海龟出现在清洁。许多科学研究和研究证明了这些鱼类在礁石健康中的重要作用。在发现更清洁的扭曲与没有服务的礁石的礁石中，鱼类的总体健康，大小甚至是多样性更大。
在缺乏清洁的木制的地方，与对照礁相比，居民鱼类的丰富量减少了37％，每个珊瑚礁的物种少23％，游客的少年（可能在珊瑚礁之间移动的少年）在清除礁上少了65％，这表明清洁工也可能也可能还少65％。影响招聘。这可能部分地解释了游客鱼类的丰度低23％，降低了33％的物种丰富度，而在去除礁石上，游客食草动物（Acanthuridae）的丰度降低了66％。（（Waldie PA，Blomberg SP，Cheney KL，Goldizen AW，Grutter AS（2011）清洁鱼的长期影响Labroides Dimidiatuson Coral Reef Fish Communities.）
This beneficial behavior is continued in captivity as well. While not to be completely relied upon over quarantine and proper conditioning, wrasse cleaning services can and does help in keeping other fishes healthyin our care. Numerous benefits from cleaner fish services have been documented, besides the obvious upside of removing parasites.
干净的鱼还清除了死亡和损坏的鳞片，这是某些病原体的简单附件，刺激粘液的产生，第一线鱼免疫系统防御以及“它感觉很好”的治疗影响，就像我们人类享受背部一样擦。当添加新的清洁液时，可以在经销商的坦克中看到其他从这些服务中受益的鱼，而鱼则将排队等待这项服务。
Despite the valuable service these fish can provide in aquaria many in the hobby make the strong cry that these fish should not be collected and kept in home aquariums. In most cases two reasons are given. 1) Cleaner wrasses are very important to the overall health of the reef and should not be removed, lest more reefs see this sort of demise.Opponents to their collection will cite the previously mentioned study in which they were removed from the reef for 8.5 years and compared to reef where they were not removed and the decline to the reef was significant. 2) the dismal survival record of cleaner wrasses in captivity. Both of those concerns will be addressed here.
To determine if removing cleaner wrasses for aquarium collection presents a problem for other fishes on the reef a look at the research done on reef recruitment of juvenileLabroides需要考虑。第二年，同一群科学家注意到，招募少年清洁剂受到成年成人清洁工的存在负面影响。意味着如果有足够的Labroidesalready there the juveniles that tried to settle would be driven off.
This makes sense because a cleaning station is in essence, aterritoryfor resources. The established cleaner wrasse will, in most cases, chase the new cleaner out of it’s territory. This is a behavior which most aquarists have observed in just about any territorial fish. An interloper is competition for limited resources.
In some cases the new fish can move on and establish a territory of it’s own, but in most cases this is not possible as resources are not abundant enough to support a new station. And even though cleaners often get a ‘free pass’ from predators, this is not always the case, especially for a cleaner without a cleaning station.
The second reason given is the poor survival record ofLabroides在水族馆。清洁的扭曲绝不是轻松的鱼类，但是在适当的情况下，可以很好地照顾相对容易的人，在某些情况下，被囚禁了10年以上。他们的大部分感知困难与他们是专性清洁工的事实有关。
Cleaning behavior can be classified two ways, facultative cleaning and obligate cleaning. Facultative cleaners provide this service on occasion or perhaps during a limited stage in it’s life but then stops as it grows. Juvenile angelfish, butterflyfish and many wrasses for example example, as young fish they provide this fish cleaning service, but prefer other food sources and stop entirely as adults.
预留清洁工需要,或有义务清洁as nearly all of their nutrition is met this way. Because of this ‘need to clean’ manyLabroidesthat make their way into the LFS don’t, and never will, take prepared foods.
Another reason for their perceived difficulty exists simply because of the service that they provide. On numerous occasions I have walked into a store that sells saltwater fish (I am not referring to LFS in these cases) in which a new hobbyist is telling a clerk/salesperson about a terrible disease that is ravaging their tank, often ich or marine velvet, and are told about ‘the miracle solution’ cleaner wrasse. Sadly, the unwitting customer makes the purchase and adds the cleaner wrasse to a tank with conditions that would be fatal to just about any fish, even perceived hardy fish.
这并不是说，如果任何坦克都循环且健康，一个清洁的斗篷将是一个合适的选择，而是在适当的环境下，这些奇妙的鱼可能是有益的补充。但是什么是正确的设置？请记住，他们需要通过清洁客户鱼来获取很多营养。
在野外，他们每天可能会清理数百种鱼类。大多数家庭水族馆都远不及这些数字，如果鱼类太少，清洁工会劳动会造成害虫，以试图将其服务迫使不愿意的参与者。但是，我亲眼目睹了许多成功的案例。
在这些成功案例中，该坦克通常是一个更大的系统，即150克或更多，大量储备了大鱼。坦克越大，潜在客户就越越好。尽管隔离是水族箱护理中任何鱼类的最佳实践，但清洁工绝对会助长整体健康和福祉，以适当的环境中的捕鱼。
The behavior of these unique fish is truly something to marvel at, and as a community that enjoys the natural aquatic world we as hobbyists want to afford these magnificent creatures the dignity they deserve and only add them were we able to meet their specific needs.
这是一个客人由TJ恩格斯贡献,之一the marine fish specialists at格林威治水族馆。
