Pistol shrimp

[Ian]

I bought a shrimp for the purpose of pairing with my yellow watchman goby, it took abot 12 hours for them to pair up. Now they have a great home that they rarely leave for more than a couple minutes.
I guess sometimes being a total newb you get things right or at least get lucky.

[Alberta-newb]

Thanks for the replies! He's pretty interesting and so far hasn't been causing troubles so I'll leave him alone and enjoy his antics some more. I probably won't have any fish for quite a while yet as the tank is new and I haven't finished adding live rock yet (been up for 7 weeks now with 80 lbs LR..another 20-40 lbs to go) so I won't be looking for a goby for at least 6 months.

Whatigot: The piece I got him in came from Wai's in Calgary, supposedly it is Indonesian. Unfortunately it's not one of the cool colored species, just a brownish orange color. His "home" is placed away from the rest of my LR so he will be easy to remove and send to the sump if he becomes a problem.

Francis

[Whatigot]

Originally Posted by Alberta-newb

Thanks for the replies! He's pretty interesting and so far hasn't been causing troubles so I'll leave him alone and enjoy his antics some more. I probably won't have any fish for quite a while yet as the tank is new and I haven't finished adding live rock yet (been up for 7 weeks now with 80 lbs LR..another 20-40 lbs to go) so I won't be looking for a goby for at least 6 months.

Whatigot: The piece I got him in came from Wai's in Calgary, supposedly it is Indonesian. Unfortunately it's not one of the cool colored species, just a brownish orange color. His "home" is placed away from the rest of my LR so he will be easy to remove and send to the sump if he becomes a problem.

Francis

Nice one.
enjoy him.

[ponokareefer]

My brother got me a pistol/goby pair, and they are super cool to watch. I'd make sure your rock work is stable, so it doesn't collapse the rocks on itself. Also, make sure you don't have any corals in the sand, as they may bury them, as mine has done.