Catching a cleaner shrimp

beaujames · 02/12/2009, 10:23 PM

Does anyone have any tricks to catch a cleaner shrimp. It always seems to know what I am trying to do. It steals food from my LPS and I think it eats them also.

BLKTANG · 02/12/2009, 10:30 PM

there are a few methods that will work.You can cut off the bottom of a 2 liter soda bottle,& cover the LPS when u target feed,or you can hand feed the shrimp witha silverside that's what i do,& it keeps him busy enough so the LPS can eat.

knucklehead562 · 02/12/2009, 10:30 PM

my shrimp jumps on my hand when i put it in the tank, just get a clear plastic con tainer and scoop him up, entice him with some food ind your fingertips

CaliReefer12 · 02/12/2009, 10:31 PM

try holding the net in the tank and once its not spooked by it squirt some food in the tank with a turkey baster or something near it and when it comes to grab some just snag him. has worked for me but mine eat out of my hand so theyre pretty easy for me to catch

tsprice82 · 02/12/2009, 10:31 PM

My cleaner shrimp is the easiest thing in my tank to catch. I just slowly put my hand near him and he climbs right up my arm. Try it too with a little of his favorite food between your fingers.

BLKTANG · 02/12/2009, 10:31 PM

like this

vid660 · 02/12/2009, 10:32 PM

Mine used to steal food from my anemone. I started giving the shrimp a chunk of food to occupy him, then I would feed the anemone. That seemed to work. Ya might try that.

Mine used to crawl on my hand everytime I would put my hand in the tank. When I moved him to my other tank, I put my hand in one side and put a net in the other side of the tank with my other hand. When he crawled on my hand he was focused on that. I then slowly moved the net close to him and then I moved him into the net with the hand he was on.

02/12/2009, 10:23 PM	#1
beaujames Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: puyallup, WA Posts: 1	Catching a cleaner shrimp Does anyone have any tricks to catch a cleaner shrimp. It always seems to know what I am trying to do. It steals food from my LPS and I think it eats them also.

02/12/2009, 10:30 PM	#2
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	there are a few methods that will work.You can cut off the bottom of a 2 liter soda bottle,& cover the LPS when u target feed,or you can hand feed the shrimp witha silverside that's what i do,& it keeps him busy enough so the LPS can eat. __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

02/12/2009, 10:31 PM	#6
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	like this __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

02/12/2009, 10:30 PM	#3
knucklehead562 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 62	my shrimp jumps on my hand when i put it in the tank, just get a clear plastic con tainer and scoop him up, entice him with some food ind your fingertips

02/12/2009, 10:31 PM	#4
CaliReefer12 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: So Cal Posts: 248	try holding the net in the tank and once its not spooked by it squirt some food in the tank with a turkey baster or something near it and when it comes to grab some just snag him. has worked for me but mine eat out of my hand so theyre pretty easy for me to catch

02/12/2009, 10:31 PM	#5
tsprice82 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gainesville, VA Posts: 99	My cleaner shrimp is the easiest thing in my tank to catch. I just slowly put my hand near him and he climbs right up my arm. Try it too with a little of his favorite food between your fingers.

02/12/2009, 10:32 PM	#7
vid660 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 466	Mine used to steal food from my anemone. I started giving the shrimp a chunk of food to occupy him, then I would feed the anemone. That seemed to work. Ya might try that. Mine used to crawl on my hand everytime I would put my hand in the tank. When I moved him to my other tank, I put my hand in one side and put a net in the other side of the tank with my other hand. When he crawled on my hand he was focused on that. I then slowly moved the net close to him and then I moved him into the net with the hand he was on.