Yashia Goby hiding :(

[gobytron]

you bought a fish that is supposed to hide.
With a little research into specimens before you take them home, you can avoid this kind of surprise in the future.

[kevNnic]

I have always wanted to get a pistol shrimp but i am told my flame hawk fish will destroy him in seconds. Is this true?

[George]

Originally Posted by kevNnic

I have always wanted to get a pistol shrimp but i am told my flame hawk fish will destroy him in seconds. Is this true?

Do you have a shrimp goby? If not, your pistol shrimp will be the flame hawk's meal, sooner or later.
If you have a shrimp goby, make sure the shrimp and the goby pair up before the flame hawk sees the shrimp. That means transferring the flame hawk to another tank for the bonding period. After that, you can put the flame hawk back. The goby will alert the shrimp of any dangerous.

[Inedaan]

I have a two different watchman gobies and both are completely different... My Orange Spotted Watchman goby is a complete wuss, he runs and hides at the slightest inclination of absolutely any movement. Where my Yellow Watchman Goby is fearless, he will ATTACK anything that gets near the burrow, whether it be my hand, a fish net, other fish... I also have a very brave Pistol Shrimp too though, he is out and about during the day nearly daily.

[kevNnic]

Originally Posted by George

Do you have a shrimp goby? If not, your pistol shrimp will be the flame hawk's meal, sooner or later.
If you have a shrimp goby, make sure the shrimp and the goby pair up before the flame hawk sees the shrimp. That means transferring the flame hawk to another tank for the bonding period. After that, you can put the flame hawk back. The goby will alert the shrimp of any dangerous.

thats pretty cool, i might have to do some more reading on this. I love my flame hawk, great fish, but i would have for him to make a meal out of my shrimp. i do not have a shrimp goby either, looks like i have some searching to do.

thanks for the quick reply

[dynamite]

I always read before buying any kind of fish, I knew he was supposed to hide but not all day long I just called my LFS and I'm picking a Candy Cane Pistol Shrimp... But I'm reading horrible stories How loud do they get? Because the tank is in my room.. And would he prey on snails and cleaning shrimps? I still have time to ditch the Pistol Shrimp... I have to pass by the store tomorrow afternoon.

Originally Posted by gobytron

you bought a fish that is supposed to hide.
With a little research into specimens before you take them home, you can avoid this kind of surprise in the future.

[gobytron]

If you had read into this species, it hiding all day wouldnt come as a shock.

Those that are forced to live in the open due to poor habitat tend to live short, stressed lives.

What horror stories have you heard about pistols?

Its only the very rare species that seem to be predatory, none of the pistols I have had pair with gobies have ever taken an active interest in snails or inverts.

They are about as loud as someone snapping their fingers...though size does affect the volume..moreso of the appendage itself than the shrimp.

[dynamite]

Originally Posted by gobytron

If you had read into this species, it hiding all day wouldnt come as a shock.

Those that are forced to live in the open due to poor habitat tend to live short, stressed lives.

Ok lol I guess next time I'll read more..

What horror stories have you heard about pistols?

Well I've been searching for at least an hour and saw people claiming that they had shrimps and small fish disappeared since adding them, people saying you can hear them from other rooms or waking up at night because of the clickings..

Its only the very rare species that seem to be predatory, none of the pistols I have had pair with gobies have ever taken an active interest in snails or inverts.

They are about as loud as someone snapping their fingers...though size does affect the volume..moreso of the appendage itself than the shrimp.

Ok.. But I'm in college, I don't want to wake up at 4am because of a clicking so I don't know...
Thanks for the help tho!

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[gobytron]

If you're anything but a very light sleeper, you wont be bothered by the pistol.
and they dont snap all the time, only every once in a while.

I've kept a lot of pistols and when I initially bought my liverock years ago, it came with a colony of 15 or 20 small pistols that were rock dwellers and not the typical ones seen in the hobby.

They were predatory, and while my tank was first getting established, I saw them snap at fish that were nearby.

The fish would show some marks that looked like burns and I lost a couple small fish during that time that could have been victims of pistols but thats a guess rather than fact.

I dont think you'll be dissapointed/bothered if you get one for your yasha.

You'll likely see it less than the yasha though.

[Samw]

I have a candy cane pistol shrimp paired with my shrimp goby. I've had the shrimp over a year and paired it up with a goby 1 month ago. It snaps only once in a while. With the tank in my room, I barely notice the snapping sounds. I have had no trouble keeping it with snails, fish, fireshrimp, peppermint shrimp.