I have a banded coral shrimp that has turned rouge on us. I got him about 9 months ago and he was large then---now he's HUGE. He has been harassing my cleaner shrimp to the point they are hiding on the powerheads and won't clean the fish any more, anything that comes near him he attacks, I'm not exaggerating. I know they're territorial but this is ridiculous, Problem is I can't catch him. I've tried everything except tearing my tank apart (125 gal, mixed reef). He's a wary little brat and now he knows I'm after him so he hides every time I come up to the tank. I've tried traps, nets, specimen tanks, tongs and sneaking up on him at night - can't get him. I don't want to sound cruel but this is "dead or alive" situation. Any idea's??
Coral Banded Shrimp are very popular and readily available. I've had them go "bad" often enough to swear off them for ever. As far as capturing yours, you have to be creative with your trap. I took a two liter pop bottle cut the top off, slight it from the mouth to the shoulder, glued it back on in reverse, put some gravel in it to weight it down, primed it with a piece of shrimp and put it in the tank just before lights out. In the morning, before lights came on, he was there outside the bottle. I removed the trap until late that night and repeated the procedure. I did not feed the tank while doing this. On the third morning I had my CBS in the bottle. One of the keys is to not feed the tank. Your other critters will be fine for a few days. The shrimp needs to be hungry.
There is a shy alternative to the CBS and that is the Yellow CBS. Much smaller, very shy and peaceful.
Good luck in catching him.
Dick
__________________ Amphibious
Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
so the yellows wont go rogue? My CBS was torn apart by something in my tank after it got anger problems. Last time i saw it crabs were walking off with legs.
Yes, very docile and shy. The only bad thing, which isn't really bad, is they hide 90% of the time. At least all I've ever had did.
__________________ Amphibious
Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
Linear Mode
