how to get rid of my pistol shrimp?

[kcreefer86]

bought one as a pair with a goby...been about 6 months...since the night i got the pair, my tank has been cloudy like all the time..this shrimp is always digging and it's very annoying? How can i catch it? it's digs under my LR. So i don't think moving everything is an option? only idea i have thought of is INterceptor? This would be my last resort though.

 

[mndfreeze]

you can try building one of the bottle traps people always talk about here. Cut the top section of a clean soda bottle off then invert it and reattach so the mouth is now facing in.

Put food inside of it.

Now, instead of just sticking it anywhere, use a smaller bottle so you can put the entrance right in front of his hole. My candy cane pistol will barely venture out of his tunnel when by himself, and never with the goby awake as the goby keeps him pushed into his cave.

But if the mouth if right up on the hole, he mgiht walk in for food or think its part of his existing tunnel work.

 

[kcreefer86]

my shrimp's cave is everywhere..it has like 4 entrances all around the tank...it buries all it's entrances in the morning.and digs it up at night...there seems to be a new hole ever morning..I don't even get to see my shrimp..

 

[eclown]

+1 on mndfreeze
I would place the trap near one of the entrances to his burrow.
I'd also use a small bottle.
If you have a desire for a new fish, try a six line wrasse...they are small, help with other pests and quite colorful and easy to keep. Just make sure to feed them because they like shrimp, crabs and other small critters.