jeanheckle
Member
My fish store ordered my Yellow Watchman Goby and paired Pistol Shrimp. I get to pick them up Wed. I am very excited, I will post pics as soon as I can.
Dori
Dori
Goby and Pistol Shrimp
- Thread starter jeanheckle
- Start date
rotarymagic
Active Member
Originally Posted by jeanheckle
http:///forum/post/2815045
My fish store ordered my Yellow Watchman Goby and paired Pistol Shrimp. I get to pick them up Wed. I am very excited, I will post pics as soon as I can.
Dori
nice.. the craziest thing I've ever seen with YWGs was a trio (yeah that's right THREE YWGs!!!) that shared a tiger pistol at a LFS here. They were in a 10gallon... REALLY funny. It was a shipping space issue that turned into amusement.
http:///forum/post/2815045
My fish store ordered my Yellow Watchman Goby and paired Pistol Shrimp. I get to pick them up Wed. I am very excited, I will post pics as soon as I can.
Dori
nice.. the craziest thing I've ever seen with YWGs was a trio (yeah that's right THREE YWGs!!!) that shared a tiger pistol at a LFS here. They were in a 10gallon... REALLY funny. It was a shipping space issue that turned into amusement.
jeanheckle
Member
Originally Posted by Rotarymagic
http:///forum/post/2815062
nice.. the craziest thing I've ever seen with YWGs was a trio (yeah that's right THREE YWGs!!!) that shared a tiger pistol at a LFS here. They were in a 10gallon... REALLY funny. It was a shipping space issue that turned into amusement.
I would have loved to see that. I've been wanting this pair for a while.
http:///forum/post/2815062
nice.. the craziest thing I've ever seen with YWGs was a trio (yeah that's right THREE YWGs!!!) that shared a tiger pistol at a LFS here. They were in a 10gallon... REALLY funny. It was a shipping space issue that turned into amusement.
I would have loved to see that. I've been wanting this pair for a while.
todd03blown
Member
I just got my orange spot goby and pistol shrimp. goby is out and about eating great but I cannot find my pistol any more. Last I saw he was on the bottom of my rock and has been MIA for 4 days now.
jeanheckle
Member
Here they are. The blur on the right is the pistol shrimp, I haven't seen him anymore but the goby comes out all the time. They are so tiny, just babies.
meadbhb
Member
Hiya,
I got a tiger pistol shrimp and his partner a barber goby a week ago. The shrimp went right to work building a new home within seconds of putting him on a pile of rubble. The barber paired up with him within an hour. I went to bed that night and the silly critter had tunneled under my rockwork and caved it in!!! I was afraid that they'd both got squished. I'm happy to say that last night I saw my barber goby out eatting. I haven't seen the shrimp, but I'm pretty sure that he's still around since I see little puffs of white clouds every once in a while.
Kim/Meadbhb
I got a tiger pistol shrimp and his partner a barber goby a week ago. The shrimp went right to work building a new home within seconds of putting him on a pile of rubble. The barber paired up with him within an hour. I went to bed that night and the silly critter had tunneled under my rockwork and caved it in!!! I was afraid that they'd both got squished. I'm happy to say that last night I saw my barber goby out eatting. I haven't seen the shrimp, but I'm pretty sure that he's still around since I see little puffs of white clouds every once in a while.
Kim/Meadbhb
jeanheckle
Member
How funny, I figure I won't see the shrimp again, but the goby is out all the time.
chasar
Member
Originally Posted by jeanheckle
http:///forum/post/2820738
Here they are. The blur on the right is the pistol shrimp, I haven't seen him anymore but the goby comes out all the time. They are so tiny, just babies.
what kind of pistol is it? does it matter what kind or is any pistol OK? I want to add a pair, but I will have to have my LFS order what I want. I am not sure what will be available. I am really only familiar with those for sale on this site. Thanks
http:///forum/post/2820738
Here they are. The blur on the right is the pistol shrimp, I haven't seen him anymore but the goby comes out all the time. They are so tiny, just babies.
what kind of pistol is it? does it matter what kind or is any pistol OK? I want to add a pair, but I will have to have my LFS order what I want. I am not sure what will be available. I am really only familiar with those for sale on this site. Thanks
jeanheckle
Member
Originally Posted by chasar
http:///forum/post/2823532
what kind of pistol is it? does it matter what kind or is any pistol OK? I want to add a pair, but I will have to have my LFS order what I want. I am not sure what will be available. I am really only familiar with those for sale on this site. Thanks
It is a red banded pistol shrimp. You can google pistol shrimp and it will tell you which ones pair up with gobys, There is one that does not but I dont' remember which one. Make sure you tell them you want a matched pair, not two seperate ones.
Good Luck, Jean
http:///forum/post/2823532
what kind of pistol is it? does it matter what kind or is any pistol OK? I want to add a pair, but I will have to have my LFS order what I want. I am not sure what will be available. I am really only familiar with those for sale on this site. Thanks
It is a red banded pistol shrimp. You can google pistol shrimp and it will tell you which ones pair up with gobys, There is one that does not but I dont' remember which one. Make sure you tell them you want a matched pair, not two seperate ones.
Good Luck, Jean
chasar
Member
I see that on another site that sells pairs they use the red banded as well. I see this site has caribean and tiger that pair up with gobies. The price difference is nearly double from one to the other, so I was wondering if it made a difference. I do not believe that my LFS gets them paired. He told me that hey will naturally pair up. I will have to do more research. The pair will be the next thing added to my tank. Thanks for your help.
aquaguy24
Active Member
i have a randalls goby and tiger pistol shrimp which were not a pair when i bought them but they eventually paired up i my tank after about a week..now its non stop digging..the goby did get a littl aggressive ever since he met up with the shrimp..darting at any fish that swim by..fun guys to watch..but they can get on ur nerves sometimes..mine likes to take sps frags i place on the sand to light aclimate and hide it in there cave and return the frag like the next day...
flricordia
Active Member
If you get a larger/smaller goby they will pair up and all live as a trio. The larger of the gobies will turn female.
Cool find. I love goby/shrimp pairs.
Cool find. I love goby/shrimp pairs.
chasar
Member
Originally Posted by Flricordia
http:///forum/post/2826678
If you get a larger/smaller goby they will pair up and all live as a trio. The larger of the gobies will turn female.
Cool find. I love goby/shrimp pairs.
Great info.! Do you have examples of the different kinds of gobies that will do this. Do they both have to be shrimp gobies? Would a Yellow Watchman and Randalli pair with a Pistol and become a trio?
http:///forum/post/2826678
If you get a larger/smaller goby they will pair up and all live as a trio. The larger of the gobies will turn female.
Cool find. I love goby/shrimp pairs.
Great info.! Do you have examples of the different kinds of gobies that will do this. Do they both have to be shrimp gobies? Would a Yellow Watchman and Randalli pair with a Pistol and become a trio?