Curly cue pistol shrimp

[scooter24]

I ended up getting a curly que pistol and a wheelers goby they are supposed to be a bonded pair. From my other post I don't think its the same pistol shrimp that was with the goby in the store, My other post explains it all. Do curly que pistol shrimp really have a hard time pairing with a goby? Should I return him for somthing more suited to pair up with a goby?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Unless I’m wrong those ones do not pair with gobies. I’d return it for a candy cane.

 

[coralfishreef]

According to liveaquaria that shrimp doesn’t pair with gobies.

Curly-Que Snapping Shrimp : Saltwater Aquarium Invertebrates

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Curly-Que Snapping Shrimp Question

Hi I recently bought what I was told was a tiger pistol shrimp at the LFS but after some research I think it’s actually a Curly Que Snapping Shrimp. It has 2 distinct spots on the sides and it has purple feet. It won’t pair with my Yellow Watchman Goby. It dug a cave for itself and mostly sits...

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[scooter24]

Unless I’m wrong those ones do not pair with gobies. I’d return it for a candy cane.

I swear a candy cane was paired up with this goby I got but when we went to get him we couldn't find the shrimp. Then two tanks down we found the curly que. There are slots separating the tanks to allow water flow but idk if it's the same one and squeezed through but it doesn't look like the same to me.

 

[coralfishreef]

Those are different.

Catch the shrimp and exchange it for a tiger or a candy cane. In my experience, tigers are larger, move more sand, and kill smaller snails.
Candy canes are small, barely move sand, and are more prey than predator.

I prefer tiger pistols because of how much sand they move.

 

[scooter24]

Yeah ill contact them and see what I can do. I just feel like I'm going crazy cuz I know it's different I have a dang pic but we couldn't find it and I told myself maybe I'm crazy and it's the same haha

 

[Fishfreak2009]

They won't pair but leave him in the tank. They do fine with the rest of the livestock, even other pistols, as they live in holes in the rockwork instead of burrows in the sand. I have one in my 75 gallon and I love him. I always see his antennae sticking out of his hole in the rock, and he sneaks out to grab food as it goes past.

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Yeah ill contact them and see what I can do. I just feel like I'm going crazy cuz I know it's different I have a dang pic but we couldn't find it and I told myself maybe I'm crazy and it's the same haha

Did you get him from Blue Thumb in Saginaw? That's where my Curlique pistol came from, and I know they had at least 1 more at the time. Definitely keep it! They're a neat addition and won't harm anything else!

 

[scooter24]

Did you get him from Blue Thumb in Saginaw? That's where my Curlique pistol came from, and I know they had at least 1 more at the time. Definitely keep it! They're a neat addition and won't harm anything else!

No I got him from sunset coral in linden. I really would like the relationship they can have as my take is pretty small 20g nuvo and I can't stock it supper heavy

 

[Fishfreak2009]

No I got him from sunset coral in linden. I really would like the relationship they can have as my take is pretty small 20g nuvo and I can't stock it supper heavy

Nice store too! I'd still keep him, the bioload is negligible from him. Just keep him and get a candy cane pistol

 

[Sharkbait19]

Isn’t there a risk of the current pistol hunting and killing the candy cane?

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Isn’t there a risk of the current pistol hunting and killing the candy cane?

Mine hasn't bothered my candy cane at all. They live on opposite ends of the tank. Even at night, the Curlique never leaves his hole in the rock, just below the rose bubbletip anemone. I see his antennae stick out, and sometimes the top half of his body will poke out to grab a piece of mysis or a pellet as it floats past. He lives halfway up the rock pile. My candy cane shares a burrow with an aurora goby on the opposite end of the tank.

 

[Fritz05]

Just adding that I had a Curly Cue and it did kill a small Yasha Ray Goby that entered its burrow, so I had to move it to another tank. I guess this just shows that nothing is 100% guaranteed in this hobby!

 

[Fishfreak2009]

I love mine. Hasn't bothered my candy cane pistol shrimp (burrow on the far side of the 75 gallon tank) or any of my fish, including all the fish that share a burrow with the candy cane (2 aurora gobies, 1 YWG, 1 firefish, 1 fourmanoiri tilefish).

He recently moved from a hole in the rock next to my bubbletip anemones into a burrow next to my maxi mini anemone.