peppermint shrimp/fed up with them

[davejnz]

Was checking out the tank the other day and noticed 3 polyps off of my lord frag had receded(will probably die).So,I started checking all the params(normal),did a waterchange,etc..After a couple days,it seemed the coral was still suffering.So last night,after feeding,I was checking in the tank and there they were ripping apart my little frag as well as a Platygyra colony,and a Lobophyllia.I'm gonna try trapping them tonight,anyone got any ideas?

[peregrinus]

shrimp kabobs?? lol j\k

[dakar]

We've never noticed any problem with our pepermint, but we do know his weakness... he loves brine shrimp...and will chase the baster to get his share.... should be easy to net up that way.

I've seen some pretty elaborate traps that have been designed to capture them, but seems like way over kill just to catch the shrimp.

[Reptoreef]

They're pretty clever... goooooood luck!!!

[Whoyah]

Do they scatter and hide when you get near the tank or are they pretty bold and stay? You might try a bee trap model. Take a piece of tupperware/rubbermaid, cut a small hole in the lid. Place bait in inside with lid on and set in tank. Maybe one inside the other, with opposing holes. This would slow them down a bunch. They could get out but if you sneaked up on them you could plug the hole before they got out. Just an idea. Good luck.