catching a pistol shrimp

[karazy]

another thing is maybe catch it by surprise,
and quickly jab some tweezers in there (not too hard) and see if you can grab him that way.
also maybe try watching for him after lights out.
alot of inverts are active at night

[levi1803]

I tried all of the above and nothing worked, at the time I wasn't sure if it was a pistol or a mantis so I pulled the rock and took out the good old chisel and hammer and made some rock rubble lol, found the little pistol in there and ended up putting him back in the tank, he has now paired with goby.

This is what I found