How to catch cleaner shrimp?

[Sherilyn91]

Anyone has experience catching a cleaner shrimp in a mix reef tank? They are so fast and pro in jumping.. Want to remove it as it's getting bigger..

Any tips / ideas?

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[xiggie]

Have u tried the Ess of chicken bottle with prawn bait? Same as trapping bad crabs.

[Edmund Koh]

Hmm .. my cleaner get super excited whenever it is feeding time. Especially when I feed flake. Sometimes it will even swims into the acrylic feeding column.

Like what Xiggie mentioned, feed is still the best bet

[Sherilyn91]

Haha.. Ya super excited but they clever.. When I try to scoop up, they swim away..

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[Sherilyn91]

Bro xiggie, what u mean by ess of chicken bottle? Can give a bit more advice? Thanks!

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[xiggie]

Essen of chicken bottle or any type of bottle , these are actually crab trap , put the bottle right side up (do not slant ) in the tank with its lip touching the rocks. Place some prawn meat into the bottle. Crab will crawl in the bottle and get trapped coz they cannot climb the smooth side of the bottle.

It may or may not work on shrimp coz if I'm not wrong shrimps can swim up. But u can always try to cover the top before it swims out.

[Sherilyn91]

Shrimp can swim up I guess.. Haha.. I will try! Thanks a lot!

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[Sherilyn91]

Will bristle worm get trap too in Essen chicken bottle?

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[xiggie]

Or u can try the reverse funnel bottle trap.. Miniature fish trap , should work on shrimps. Could work on bristle worm but hole need to be smaller I guess

[Sherilyn91]

Thanks!

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