Help me get him out!

[Reefs anonymous]

Saw a mantis shrimp in my sps reef the other day, how do I get him out? I’m currently trying a plastic bottle with the top cutoff and inverted with mysis shrimps inside for bait. He hasn’t gone in. Any other ideas? Thx

 

[Brad Miller]

I wish I had one!
If you really want to try and get rid of him, it could take a week or so with an inverred bottle trap like you say you made....
I would drill a couple small holes in the bottom of the bottle though so the food will "flow" in and out of the bottle to lure him a little better.

 

[Reefs anonymous]

I wish I had one!
If you really want to try and get rid of him, it could take a week or so with an inverred bottle trap like you say you made....
I would drill a couple small holes in the bottom of the bottle though so the food will "flow" in and out of the bottle to lure him a little better.

I lost a few fish and initially thought i was doing something wrong. I added some hermit crabs and they are acting strange. All of the crabs gather together in the very front corner of the tank and then at night they scatter for food. My experience with them is they usually move around all day but in this tank their behavior is different and They seem to die quickly. I then heard that dreaded snapping sound. There he was on top of a torch hammering the base of the coral. So I need to get him out before he kills the rest of my fish. I’ll try and catch and return him to the legs if they’ll have him.

 

[Richard Hercher]

I lost a few fish and initially thought i was doing something wrong. I added some hermit crabs and they are acting strange. All of the crabs gather together in the very front corner of the tank and then at night they scatter for food. My experience with them is they usually move around all day but in this tank their behavior is different and They seem to die quickly. I then heard that dreaded snapping sound. There he was on top of a torch hammering the base of the coral. So I need to get him out before he kills the rest of my fish. I’ll try and catch and return him to the legs if they’ll have him.

Any luck getting your shrimp out?