Catching Camel Shrimp

[olsenjb]

My local pet store sold them to me claiming they were reef safe. Now I need to get them back out of my tank. Anyone know of a good way to catch these critters without tearing down the tank? I have 2 of them in my 55 gallon reef. Thanks.

 

[uvmfish]

My camel back crawls all over my hand when I stick it in! That might be one method!

 

[olsenjb]

Have you had any problems with your camel back bothering your other shrimp?

 

[carrie1429]

Usually the camel backs don't bother other shrimp, but one method that has worked for me is I put a fish net in the tank with food in it and when the shrimp goes into the net to eat the food you scoop him up. This does not always work though, the shrimp learns fast of what you are trying to do.

 

[uvmfish]

All of my shrimp get along with one another. Even the Coral Banded. The Camel and Peppermint all live together on one big rock. I thought that the camel was reef safe as well... I don't have any corals and will check into the safety of the camel before I get any!

 

[frankl15207]

I never saw them bother the other shrimp. It was the polyps for desert that annoyed me.