Reef Keeper 18
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What are some of the cool gobys that pair up with pistol shrimps?
Gobys + Pistol Shrimps?
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Lotilia graciliosa is cool, but uber tiny and expensive. It pairs with a specific pistol, too.
Cryptocentrus aurora is really pretty, and looks nice with a candycane pistol, as does Stonogobiops yasha.
Randalls and yellow watchman gobies are good larger standards, with tiger pistols.
Cryptocentrus aurora is really pretty, and looks nice with a candycane pistol, as does Stonogobiops yasha.
Randalls and yellow watchman gobies are good larger standards, with tiger pistols.
I had a yashia goby with my pistol shrimp. He was a cool little guy. I might still have him but can't be sure since they may relocated from the burrow they had at the front of the tank. I can still hear the pistol shrimp at night but I haven't seen either of them in a couple of months.
Reef Keeper 18
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Yeah i had a randall's before i tore down my 34 and we now have one in our 330 without a pistol shrimp and we have an aurora goby and tiger pistol in the 60. Their super sweet to watch so i was lookin for something different than those gobies. and a watchman would be just a little big for a 34 cube imo
Reef Keeper 18
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these are mine
I think that picture just might have convinced me! haha tose look great! What size tank do you have? and i heard watchmen gobys sometimes tear tanks apart.. any experiences with this??
Reef Keeper 18
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We're fortunate our Randall's is almost never hiding even though our system is large
FishSticks05
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I have a 30 gallon tank...I've had them for about 3 years, never had a problem with them ever.
Reef Keeper 18
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oh! Well thats great to know! the tank im considering housing them in is ab the same size!
dimitrge
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I have a yasha Goby with a pistol shrimp. Thought he was a goner at first didnt see him for almost a month. Then he started coming out more and added a pistol shrimp. Acclimated him and added him right were the yasha was, they paired up. Its a great goby/shrimp combo
Reef Keeper 18
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My lfs had a yasha with a pistol marked sold the other day when i went to get some test kits. Beautiful fish
FishSticks05
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Those are 3 years old?oh: How big are they? They look fantastic!
that picture is an older picture of them..they are a mated pair, the smaller one is about 2 inches and the other is a little bigger. Ill try and take some new pics of them tonight.
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