Pistol shrimp

[ae86ray]

0420_155535.jpgYou are lucky.....i have to pay for mine.....they are pretty cool....but make sure you don't have a jaw fish in the tank...the goby goes with is is watchman ...they always pair up to dig holes.....

[Whatigot]

My pistols could care less about my pink striped watchman goby, I have read it is rare for a pair to become symbiotic unless they are caught that way though so no surprises there.

[mark]

Seems getting a goby and shrimp to pair can be more frustration than getting the clown to host in the anemone. Good luck to you though. Have seen the pairing in the wild and is one of neatest around.

Back to the question, if not bothering anything, why not just leave it in.

[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.