Catching cleaner shrimp???

[tlo]

what about putting some food in the net?

[purplepolypeater]

i just let them latch on to my hand to clean it and slip a net underneath.

[Gools]

You'll have to make a different kind of trap. Try using an acrylic box, or try to section off a front corner of the tank, bait it with food, but put the food in tubing so the fish can't get it out. My shrimp only come out at night, so hopefully you don't have to stay up all night to watch them. Good luck.

[Stones]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I've pretty much tried all of the above with no avial accept for building a new acrylic trap. I don't think that would work anyways because as soon as the shrimp touches plastic, he knows something is up. I even lined the bottom of the last trap with sand and he still wouldn't crawl in there. He pretty much won't leave his cave in the live rock for anything anymore as he has become rather skiddish. Oh well, I guess I'll keep trying.

[lastlight]

The two I used to have would both climb into my hand for food. Too bad your loner isn't quite as friendly...

[Sam1969]

Stupid question ... but .... why do you want to catch him ?

[Stones]

I'm planning on treating the tank for planaria with flatworm exit or levasole and I'd rather remove the more sensitive invertebrates if i can. I know that both are "supposed" to be non-toxic and reef safe but I'm worried about the toxins from the flatworms snuffing my cleaners on me. It seems that cleaner shrimp are kind of like the canary in a coal mine, usually the first ones to go if there is something off with your water.