Shrimp net/trap, if I wanted to catch ALL the shrimp in a tank?

Looks neat, wish I had one this morning...what a mess I made...

Traps never worked for me, so I've learned to net.

Never gonna find a trap that catches all your shrimp, find a comfortable net and start working out your netting muscles!

I can't get the last few out, or the peewees. Tempted to pick up the tank and flip it upsidedown. XD

Just like Liam said.

You're also gonna develop some really sore eyes from lots of squinting.

It's tons of fun.

fun like banging your head against the wall is fun.

The trap didn't work for me. Luckily I was tearing my tank down anyway so I had all my plants out. I would think it'd be impossible to get them all from a heavily planted tank no matter what method.

-Lisa

Took me 5 days, every day I managed to get out like 20-30 babies......it was easy cause I had snowballs on black substrate.

I had to do the same on flourite....forget about it....sucked it up and dumped my tank after 5 days of scouring.

Kunsthure said:

I would think it'd be impossible to get them all from a heavily planted tank no matter what method.

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+1, unless maybe you have 10 adult amanos in there or something. If there are babies, and you want to be sure to get all of them as well, just surrender to reality.

I wanna say try using a Mini umbrella net. like try to make one yourself with mesh or disassemble a net and use string and maybe coat hangers or plastic rods.

kinda like this.

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/9086/10h/origin-d4.scene7.com/is/image/GanderMountainOvertons/441904_L1?$product$

then place food over it after you lay it on the tank. then lift em out after they gathered.

Someone once suggested to me to put food inside a net and wait til you've got a shrimp ball and lift the net out. Maybe I was too impatient or maybe my shrimp were to smart (I'm going with the former) but it didn't work for me. But it's worth a shot.

-Lisa

aznrice247 said:

I wanna say try using a Mini umbrella net. like try to make one yourself with mesh or disassemble a net and use string and maybe coat hangers or plastic rods.

kinda like this.

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/9086/10h/origin-d4.scene7.com/is/image/GanderMountainOvertons/441904_L1?$product$

then place food over it after you lay it on the tank. then lift em out after they gathered.

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That's exactly what I was thinking of!

Catch all that you can, then turn off the light and up the CO2 and Gas Em before you add new shrimp!!! I've been catch blue/green rili from my BTOE tank for months now, still see stragglers even though all the adults are gone.

aznrice247 said:

I wanna say try using a Mini umbrella net. like try to make one yourself with mesh or disassemble a net and use string and maybe coat hangers or plastic rods.

kinda like this.

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/9086/10h/origin-d4.scene7.com/is/image/GanderMountainOvertons/441904_L1?$product$

then place food over it after you lay it on the tank. then lift em out after they gathered.

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If you do it, please place a how-to in this shrimp section!

Yea please do lol, I suck at DIY, and can't find one to purchase that's small enough... they're most for fishing

I built my own shrimp trap at the advice of a fellow member. It was like a bottle trap except I used that plastic hobby backing for the sides and back (ventilation) and the neck of a bottle for the entrance. I have a community aquarium with fire reds in it and wanted to do some culling. Within 5 minutes I realized I had neglected a very important detail. How do you keep plecos and Siamese algae eaters out of the trap? And, yes, they were trapped and freaking out.

They would have squashed any shrimp that entered had I not been quick to notice them. The flip side is I now know how to remove the pleco from my shrimp tank later should the need arise.

tobystanton said:

I use this to catch them, goes for $5-10 on the bay.

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What is that??

Dave-H said:

What is that??

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Go to ebay or google and search for "shrimp gush" (without quotes). Gush is the brand stamped on the thing.