dangerously big pistol shrimp

[engwife36]

So back on topic, if the tank is only a 34g and he's causing that much trouble and it were me, I would just start taking stuff out little by little until I was able to catch him. It wouldn't take long to get it put back together. Good luck!

[FSU]

So back on topic, if the tank is only a 34g and he's causing that much trouble and it were me, I would just start taking stuff out little by little until I was able to catch him. It wouldn't take long to get it put back together. Good luck!

I agree with this also, as it shouldn't take much time at all. And usually when you take it all back out and trying to put it all back in the same way, you will probably come across some other ideas as to how you want to change the look of the tank. Just my 0.02 cents!

[Texreefer]

I have a 110 in cycle mode...I have 4 different fish books....two of them say 100g and another book says 75g and the other doesnt have the hippo....two books are by scott michael that say the 100g, then there is 101 best sw fish and reef secrets book....

Very good,, thats what I wanted to hear!

[razermouse]

My kids and I could be wrong but we suspect a Mantis shrimp in our 28 gallon of killing our Manadarin Goby. After I moved the aquarium to Houston, I noticed that he was in the usual rock that we had always seen him in (now on top of the rest of rocks). So, I pulled the rock out, set it in a bucket and proceeded to fill it with fresh water until he evacuated the rock and then returning the rock to the aquarium asap.

Your tactics will have to vary a bit and unfortunately, I think you will probably have to remove all the rock from the tank. He's probably got a burrow under your rocks that he'll retreat to once you try to net him.

Here's what I would do:

1. buy or obtain 2 20 gallon storage buckets and a 5 gallon bucket. These make great temporary holding facilities for water changes, transports, or rock rearrangements.
2. fill the buckets with saltwater that matches the params of your tank. Personally, I would include a small heater and a power head for your live rock buckets.
3. remove the rock until you can trap your pistol shrimp with a net.
4. put the pistol shrimp in the 5 gallon buckets
5. put all the rocks back in your aquarium.

[BA]

my shrimps used to come out almost galloping when i feed to get food, does yours? if anything i would try various traps if you really don't wanna break down your tank, the biggest thing with a trap is patience

[bexarhunt]

Thanks everyone for your input! I think I will try a trap first before breaking down the tank. I think I finally have it looking good so trap sounds good! I will let you all know how it goes and see if I can take a pic. Really new to masst so doing the pics thing may be a while...