first timer
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i own a camel shrimp. i have read that camel shrimp will nip at corals. i just ordered some mushrooms and am worried about them. can someone tell me if i should keep him, (he is too hard to catch)
camel shrimp bad?
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lion_crazz
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I would certainly try to get him out if you really get into corals. They are definitely known as coral nippers.
first timer
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any ideas on on how to lure him out? i have 130 lbs of liverock for him to hide in & he never goes on the sand.
first timer
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no, i have had problems feeding him because he is deathly afraid of everything
first timer
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the night before i caught him sneaking up on the mushrooms. last night he got one. he wont come 2 food, & he is in a crack the second my hand hits the tank. if i don't get him soon i will be out alot of money. maybe i'll stab him with a meat fork like a harpoon then have scampi
nanoreef
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Originally Posted by first timer
the night before i caught him sneaking up on the mushrooms. last night he got one. he wont come 2 food, & he is in a crack the second my hand hits the tank. if i don't get him soon i will be out alot of money. maybe i'll stab him with a meat fork like a harpoon then have scampi
good luck happy fishing
the night before i caught him sneaking up on the mushrooms. last night he got one. he wont come 2 food, & he is in a crack the second my hand hits the tank. if i don't get him soon i will be out alot of money. maybe i'll stab him with a meat fork like a harpoon then have scampi
good luck happy fishing
first timer
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I am beyond frustrated now. i spent the last 3 hours chasing him down with a net and a hollow pen. the only thing i have accomplished is breaking the neck on my $50 powerhead. so i am now out $120 and counting. all because of a $7 shrimp my wife just had to have. if i can't get rid of this shrimp i am going to switch to freshwater. what good is saltwater if you can't keep any corals. fish swim in both types of water. it is the other life forms that make it so neat. so if anyone out there has ever had to catch a unsocial shrimp i am begging you to tell me how you did it.
itom37
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Originally Posted by first timer
I am beyond frustrated now. i spent the last 3 hours chasing him down with a net and a hollow pen. the only thing i have accomplished is breaking the neck on my $50 powerhead. so i am now out $120 and counting. all because of a $7 shrimp my wife just had to have. if i can't get rid of this shrimp i am going to switch to freshwater. what good is saltwater if you can't keep any corals. fish swim in both types of water. it is the other life forms that make it so neat. so if anyone out there has ever had to catch a unsocial shrimp i am begging you to tell me how you did it.
Take a two gallon soft drink bottle and cut off the top past the point where it is at its maximum diameter (not the curvy part at the top). Cut the bottle top off so you leave a hole like 1.5-2 inches in diameter. Invert the removed top piece and put it in the decapitated bottle so you make a little one way (sorta) trap. Put some food in there and wait. It may or may not work, of course. Good luck.
I am beyond frustrated now. i spent the last 3 hours chasing him down with a net and a hollow pen. the only thing i have accomplished is breaking the neck on my $50 powerhead. so i am now out $120 and counting. all because of a $7 shrimp my wife just had to have. if i can't get rid of this shrimp i am going to switch to freshwater. what good is saltwater if you can't keep any corals. fish swim in both types of water. it is the other life forms that make it so neat. so if anyone out there has ever had to catch a unsocial shrimp i am begging you to tell me how you did it.
Take a two gallon soft drink bottle and cut off the top past the point where it is at its maximum diameter (not the curvy part at the top). Cut the bottle top off so you leave a hole like 1.5-2 inches in diameter. Invert the removed top piece and put it in the decapitated bottle so you make a little one way (sorta) trap. Put some food in there and wait. It may or may not work, of course. Good luck.
tinmanny
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I had to chase mine for a while to teach him that my corals were not his dinner and I would scoot him away finaly he got used to the stick and I could wack him but he left things alone after a fiew wacks
I have two damsels I want to murder and a serpent star I want to exile
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I have two damsels I want to murder and a serpent star I want to exile
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