Help catching gobi/shrimp pair

spiraling · Apr 26, 2017

Hey everyone.
Its time to move my watchman goby / pisto shrimp from my rsm 130 to their new palace in the 5252xl. I need to catch them first.

The rock they live under also has my nem on top, and its foot is wedges between two rocks. I'm afraid if I move the entire rock to get the shripm that I will either harm the nems foot or stir up so much crap that the nem has issues.

The new tank is not quite where I want it to be to move the nem first. Its a dry rock start and only a couple of months old, still going through some bacterial blooms.

Any suggestions on capturing the pair?

sc50964 · Apr 26, 2017

Shrimp trap! Maybe available for your LFS

spiraling · Apr 26, 2017

I don't have an LFS.
will this work for a shrimp?
http://www.marinedepot.com/Marine_D...I3pZbe7moocmLuy3HO2oFdzFNvnPMn9ZS8aAooK8P8HAQ

sc50964 · Apr 26, 2017

spiraling said:
I don't have an LFS.
will this work for a shrimp?
http://www.marinedepot.com/Marine_D...I3pZbe7moocmLuy3HO2oFdzFNvnPMn9ZS8aAooK8P8HAQ

No. Try what this person did in the YouTube video.

eatbreakfast · Apr 27, 2017

Get a 1" hose and siphon them out.

JamesP · Apr 27, 2017

I caught my cleaner shrimp with Tupperware. Sat it upright with food in it. When they swam in I just lifted it out straight up taking all the water with me. Put on the lid and drove to lfs where I gave them away for store credit.

Hyde2406 · Apr 27, 2017

Glass, or tall glass container upright with tasty food in it, don't feed for a few days and they go in but the slippery glass sides they slide back down

spiraling · Apr 27, 2017

eatbreakfast said:
Get a 1" hose and siphon them out.

While that would seem to work, I'm not sure I can get near him with it. Any movement and he's back in the hole.

spiraling · Apr 27, 2017

sc50964 said:
No. Try what this person did in the YouTube video.

I tried that today. I caught 3 nassarius snails. There was a lot of interest from the peppermint shrimp (which I also want to catch) but no one else has gone in. Its still in there with food. I'll check back later.