John Maloney Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Many of you will be familiar with the two traps explained in these short articles, (soda bottle, tupperware ramp) but the questions come up often enough I felt I should add something to the website. How to Trap a Fish How to Trap a Crab The sterilization article explains the process of cleaning something that doesn't have living things in it that you want to keep. Sterilization for Aquariums We also added a "comment" feature for the articles to the website, it doesn't require an account with us or facebook. Posting questions to us there helps us fill out the info we are missing. Hope you like the new changes, and the articles are useful. Will roll out more articles next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATXJayhawk Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 What about trapping peppermint shrimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I used a 2 liter bottle trap to catch my large peppermint shrimp yesterday. Left it in the tank over night with some mysis shrimp. They were sitting there waiting for me the next day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATXJayhawk Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I used a 2 liter bottle trap to catch my large peppermint shrimp yesterday. Left it in the tank over night with some mysis shrimp. They were sitting there waiting for me the next day Mind taking a picture of the trap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I use the bottle trick too. I just used a small water bottle so it'd fit in my nano. The peppermint shrimp just walk right in. took about 5 min to catch them both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATXJayhawk Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Tried a water bottle no luck. Switched to a powerade bottle and caught my clown twice and a blenny once. Shrimp get close but freakout and run for some reason... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Tried a water bottle no luck. Switched to a powerade bottle and caught my clown twice and a blenny once. Shrimp get close but freakout and run for some reason... Try making the opening a little bigger. I feel like their antennae make the shrimp extremely aware of their surroundings. I cut the opening rather large and it still trapped them in the bottle. Use a high-value food - something that you're shrimp will fight for. It also helped to leave the bottle in the tank overnight. I ended up catching the peppermints, a pipefish and several snails. I just release the others and moved the peppermints the a different tank. Sorry I don't have a picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATXJayhawk Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 0-4 in catching mine :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 This might seem crazy, but you could borrow the club's acclimate fish trap. I'd be really surprised if they were cautious of something so big. Don't feed the tank for a while, then put some mysis in the trap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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