Need to catch Peppermint Shrimp

[invincible569]

Ok guys.. my peppermint shrimp have turned against me. They got rid of my aiptasia, but now they are going after my ricordias. Do you guys have any great tips to catching these guys? I have heard that you can place a container small enough for them to enter with food in it. Then trap them. Any better ideas?

[GTR]

Traps have always worked for me. You might try a large mouth jar, some food and be ready with the net to cover the opening.

If you can wait, Jeff has my trap and he can send it to you instead of back to me.

SteveU

[benguidry]

i took a basic net and a cube of frozen food, and at night with the lights off i pinned the food up against the front glass with the net so nothing could get to it after about 10 min the peppermints were crawling all over the net. then i just flipped the net around real fast to pin them. it was pretty easy...... i cant believe they are going after your ricordia

[Diesel3443]

Man trap them little buggers, when I used to have them they mimicked my cleaner shrimp and came up to clean my hand thats how I took mine out of there

[gqjeff]

Edward, let me know.. As Steve said I can send his trap your way instead of back to CA... Works like a charm too..

[invincible569]

Thanks guys. Let me try something this weekend. If I cant work it out, then I will ask for the trap is that a regular fish trap?

[GTR]

Edward... if and when you see it you would know why Madison has nothing to worry about as far as me providing him with competition building things from plastic.

SteveU