Shrimp Help

[racefan]

I have a Banded Coral shrimp I need to catch (I'm tired of him killing fish) any time I get anywhere near it with a net it hides behind the rock work. I've tried luring it out with food to no avail.Anybody have any tips?

[Nate213]

Mike,

I got my peppermint shrimp out with a 20 oz pop bottle trap. Cut off the top just where the bottle gets to be full diameter and invert it back into the bottle, so it looks like a crawdad trap. You may need to cut off the neck to enlarge the hole before you assemble it. Bait the trap and wait. I got 5 out this way.

[racefan]

Thanks Nate I'll give that a shot. I had the rotten bugger in the net & when I moved the net it scampered outDOH!

[batchelor]

hey mike, i always figured the fish died and then my coral banded shrimp ate it. i never thought that the shrimp could have been the cause of death. hhmmm. let us know if the trap works, i might have to try it. can i put the shrimp in my fuge, or will it eat all my pods?

[Rick]

hey mike' date=' i always figured the fish died and then my coral banded shrimp ate it. i never thought that the shrimp could have been the cause of death. hhmmm. let us know if the trap works, i might have to try it. can i put the shrimp in my fuge, or will it eat all my pods?[/quote']

 

With most shrimp this would be the case. With the Coral Banded Shrimp though it is more likely the shrimp is the culprit.

[racefan]

I got the little buzzard! It made the mistake of venturing out to the front of the display & the chase was on! Racefan 1 Shrimp 0 (clap) Of course if you figure in that it killed about $80.00 worth of fish I think it's on top.(enforcer)