I have a love/hate relationship with my pistol shrimp. Love love love how he bulldozes sand and keeps it stirred but, I also hated it at the same the time when I had frags in the sand bed. He’s polished off a few of my fags by dragging them to the unknown to their deaths. Well, he finally drew the last straw and I think I finally figured out how to get him to stop taking frags. My fix is only a few days into commission but I’ve noticed sand missing but the frag still exactly where I left it.
the fix: take an ordinary 16.9oz plastic water Bottle and cut the very bottom off all around at about 1/2 inch tall, you should be left with a piece that looks like a saucer. I then took some 40 grit sand paper and scuffed the inside of the saucer so that the frag piece without the stem fit right in the center of it. Glued down my frag and then placed it in the tank where I wanted it and buried the bottle piece up to the frag with sand.
It’s been a few days since I’ve done this and the acan is still where I left it.
the fix: take an ordinary 16.9oz plastic water Bottle and cut the very bottom off all around at about 1/2 inch tall, you should be left with a piece that looks like a saucer. I then took some 40 grit sand paper and scuffed the inside of the saucer so that the frag piece without the stem fit right in the center of it. Glued down my frag and then placed it in the tank where I wanted it and buried the bottle piece up to the frag with sand.
It’s been a few days since I’ve done this and the acan is still where I left it.