lodger removal.

I've been checking the reef since my last posting and finally narrowed the
shrimp location, this afternoon when I finished work I came home to find a
small pair of beady antennae staring at me out of a hole in the rock. I
took it out and have the rock in a plastic container but I cant get the
shrimp out. I tried a syringe full of boiling water but it retreated
further into the rock and later on after another attempt it came out and
punched the needle of the syringe.
I even tried a little bait but it still wont leave the rock.
the trap idea is sound but if it wont venture out then I'm stuck. this was
my only successful colony of yellow polyps.
any ideas or practical experience.

Robin.

Subject: lodger removal.
From: "robin.gordon1"
Date: 9/7/04 1:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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I've been checking the reef since my last posting and finally narrowed the
shrimp location, this afternoon when I finished work I came home to find a
small pair of beady antennae staring at me out of a hole in the rock. I
took it out and have the rock in a plastic container but I cant get the
shrimp out. I tried a syringe full of boiling water but it retreated
further into the rock and later on after another attempt it came out and
punched the needle of the syringe.
I even tried a little bait but it still wont leave the rock.
the trap idea is sound but if it wont venture out then I'm stuck. this was
my only successful colony of yellow polyps.
any ideas or practical experience.

Robin.

If your room temperature is within normal reef ranges then your yellow polyps
oughta be fine for a while out of the water if you keep them damp with an
occasional light misting for say a half hour to 45 min.. Perhaps the shrimp
will not be so okay if you get my drift. Heh heh. HtH -M333

Or maybe you could go after him with one of those bristly tube/hose cleaning
brushes.

"robin.gordon1" wrote in message
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I've been checking the reef since my last posting and finally narrowed the
shrimp location, this afternoon when I finished work I came home to find a
small pair of beady antennae staring at me out of a hole in the rock. I
took it out and have the rock in a plastic container but I cant get the
shrimp out. I tried a syringe full of boiling water but it retreated
further into the rock and later on after another attempt it came out and
punched the needle of the syringe.
I even tried a little bait but it still wont leave the rock.
the trap idea is sound but if it wont venture out then I'm stuck. this was
my only successful colony of yellow polyps.
any ideas or practical experience.

Robin.



If the rock only has one hole and not honeycombed with several other
exits.....be cruel *he says with his best Charles Manson smirk*....shove a
small rock in the hole and plug it tight. No food and no real water flow, he
won't last long.

"robin.gordon1" wrote in message ...
I've been checking the reef since my last posting and finally narrowed the
shrimp location, this afternoon when I finished work I came home to find a
small pair of beady antennae staring at me out of a hole in the rock.

What shrimp is it and why do you want to get rid of it so badly?

mantis shrimp !!!!!!!!! I've lost a couple of my red legged hermits and a
clown and now I've got a lovely bright green beautiful and very deadly
mantis shrimp. there's a teddy bear crab in there too and he'll have to go
as well but I want to keep my yellow polyps but if I cant get the mantis out
then I'm prepared grudgingly to lose them rather than have the tank
inhabitants terrorised like they are at the moment.

Robin

"robin.gordon1" wrote in message ...
mantis shrimp !!!!!!!!! I've lost a couple of my red legged hermits and a
clown and now I've got a lovely bright green beautiful and very deadly
mantis shrimp. there's a teddy bear crab in there too and he'll have to go
as well but I want to keep my yellow polyps but if I cant get the mantis out
then I'm prepared grudgingly to lose them rather than have the tank
inhabitants terrorised like they are at the moment.

Have you ever considered keeping this beautiful animal in its own tank?
Shrimps are very interesting animals to observe... Maybe move it to the sump?

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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Have you ever considered keeping this beautiful animal in its own tank?
Shrimps are very interesting animals to observe... Maybe move it to the
sump?

I would try Pszemol idea. Put in the sump and wait for it to venture out.
Remove the rock.

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