want to get rid of a pistol shrimp

luispa · 07/03/2006, 12:17 PM

please help
i have been about 6 months now trying to get rid of some pistol shrimps of my 30 gal tank. Think I saw like 3 of them and have tried using a mantis srimp trap called X-terminator but it has not worked yet... (have only caught my scarlet cleaner shrimp)

also i have tried removing pieces of live rock from the tank that i think the shrimps live in but until now I only have captured one.

are there any other ways i can get them out?
thanks for any advice

bertoni · 07/03/2006, 05:02 PM

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Hmm, the trap is probably the best bet. I'm not sure about any other approach that would be reef-safe.

mlukason · 07/03/2006, 07:45 PM

Luispa,

A trap may work (I've been looking for my pistols for a long time...not to get rid of them but to watch them). Pistol shrimps are pretty harmless. I have had one or two in my tank for about 2 years...no loss of livestock. I'd just leave them in (just my opinion).

Good luck!

weaselslucks · 07/03/2006, 07:49 PM

*lol*i just paid 40 buck for a pistol shrimp

luispa · 07/04/2006, 12:05 AM

wow $40 i see them everytime i go snorkling and peek around the rubble around reefs

they sure make lots of noise
i wanted to get them out because i was told they could have possibly killed my bangai cardenals had five all died mysteriously one by one after a week or so that i bought them at the LFS
???
anyways
thanks a lot

07/03/2006, 12:17 PM	#1
luispa Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Posts: 44	want to get rid of a pistol shrimp please help i have been about 6 months now trying to get rid of some pistol shrimps of my 30 gal tank. Think I saw like 3 of them and have tried using a mantis srimp trap called X-terminator but it has not worked yet... (have only caught my scarlet cleaner shrimp) also i have tried removing pieces of live rock from the tank that i think the shrimps live in but until now I only have captured one. are there any other ways i can get them out? thanks for any advice

07/03/2006, 05:02 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	*To Reef Central* Hmm, the trap is probably the best bet. I'm not sure about any other approach that would be reef-safe. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

07/03/2006, 07:45 PM	#3
mlukason Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hopkinton, Massachusetts Posts: 101	Luispa, A trap may work (I've been looking for my pistols for a long time...not to get rid of them but to watch them). Pistol shrimps are pretty harmless. I have had one or two in my tank for about 2 years...no loss of livestock. I'd just leave them in (just my opinion). Good luck! __________________ MJL Current Tank Info: 65 gal AGA, 20 gal refgium, 10 gal sump, ER CS6-1 skimmer, 4x 96W PC, 100 lbs LR w/ DSB

07/03/2006, 07:49 PM	#4
weaselslucks Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oxford,Ct Posts: 1,393	loli just paid 40 buck for a pistol shrimp

07/04/2006, 12:05 AM	#5
luispa Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Posts: 44	wow $40 i see them everytime i go snorkling and peek around the rubble around reefs they sure make lots of noise i wanted to get them out because i was told they could have possibly killed my bangai cardenals had five all died mysteriously one by one after a week or so that i bought them at the LFS ??? anyways thanks a lot