How can I remove my pistol shrimp

[Ledreef]

I have tigger pistol shrimp and the little guy destroy my tank I'm really up sad with this shrimp

 

[vlangel]

What did the shrimp do to your tank exactly? I ordered a pistol shrimp and its coming today.

 

[falconut]

Unfortunetly, you're probably going to have to remove all the rock to get him out.

 

[Ledreef]

Cover all my coral with the sand. He take all the sand under the rock make the rocks move and Break my corals

 

[Ledreef]

this shrimp want destroy my tank

 

[Lonelyreef]

You don't have to remove all the rock. Shrimp are nocturnal so they are out and about at night. Wait til after dark and use a blue led light and probably leave a net in the tank before you do all this so its use to seeing it then wait til there not paying attention and nab him.

 

[Ledreef]

I'll try that

 

[Lonelyreef]

You can alsi try putting a trap in the tank after lights out this should catch the shrimp as well. Its not as hard as you might think

 

[Ledreef]

What kind of trap?

 

[Lonelyreef]

Like a fish or pest trap look online you will see a few variations

 

[vlangel]

What kind of trap?

You can even make your own with a 20-22 ounce soda bottle. Cut the top off at the shoulder of the bottle and invert it so the screw top part is inside the bottle. It makes a lobster trap of sorts where the shrimp goes in but can't find his way back out right away. I've used it to catch renegade damsel fish too.

 

[Ledreef]

trap set !

 

[alan.reef]

any luck LED?

trap set !

 

[Ledreef]

I got him lol

 

[Ledreef]

After I destroy my hole tank I took all rock out

 

[alan.reef]

:lock1:

I got him lol

 

[vlangel]

After I destroy my hole tank I took all rock out

Well, that's the hard way to do it but it gets the job done! Anyhow, now you can tweak those aquascape quirks that bothered you or maybe it was perfect and that pesky shrimp just made you destroy it.