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So, figured I’d do a quick update on the pistol shrimp situation...
He molted a few days ago, and I finally got the time to get him in the DT. I run my QTs at the same water parameters as my DT, so its a pretty easy transfer.
What I didn’t want to do was just drop him in then watch him scurry off to a cave on the opposite end of the tank from his buddy, the Randall’s Goby, Toby.
So what I did was get a fluorescent bulb protector tube - 1.25” diameter, thin walled clear plastic tube 4’ long - from HD for $4 and cut a little door in one end. Then I placed it down into the tank with the door facing the preferred cave, but pushed under the sand a touch.
Then I sent the shrimp down the tube, and let him sit in front of the cave for a couple minutes until Toby popped his head out and they saw each other. Slowly retracted the tube, revealing the door- and shrimpy just swam right into the cave.
He then proceeded to quickly dig out a rear entrance to the cave, and blocked up the front door- so now Toby is using the hidden entrance and I don’t get my views anymore.
Plus, after that first couple hours- Randal is now MIA, and no new sand piles anywhere.
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He molted a few days ago, and I finally got the time to get him in the DT. I run my QTs at the same water parameters as my DT, so its a pretty easy transfer.
What I didn’t want to do was just drop him in then watch him scurry off to a cave on the opposite end of the tank from his buddy, the Randall’s Goby, Toby.
So what I did was get a fluorescent bulb protector tube - 1.25” diameter, thin walled clear plastic tube 4’ long - from HD for $4 and cut a little door in one end. Then I placed it down into the tank with the door facing the preferred cave, but pushed under the sand a touch.
Then I sent the shrimp down the tube, and let him sit in front of the cave for a couple minutes until Toby popped his head out and they saw each other. Slowly retracted the tube, revealing the door- and shrimpy just swam right into the cave.
He then proceeded to quickly dig out a rear entrance to the cave, and blocked up the front door- so now Toby is using the hidden entrance and I don’t get my views anymore.
Plus, after that first couple hours- Randal is now MIA, and no new sand piles anywhere.
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