Random Watchman Goby story

JayM · Sep 20, 2023

Long story short, bought a Watchman Goby and a small Pistol Shrimp a couple of weeks ago. Pistol Shrimp disappeared immediately and haven’t seen it since. Goby spent 90% of his time sitting on power heads and return pump nozzles and swimming around near the surface. The other 10% was eating and doing other Goby stuff. I was concerned he might be unhealthy, and I knew my #2 LFS had a Pistol Tiger for sale. Put him in the DT and now my Goby is acting like a Goby 100% of the time. And FWIW, Tiger shrimp should be named Bulldozer shrimp.

I have a video, but apparently I’m too tech illiterate to post it. Too long maybe?

JayM · Sep 20, 2023

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Rusty_L_Shackleford · Sep 20, 2023

Yea my watchman was all over the place until I got him a pistol shrimp. Now those two have tunnels and burrows all over the tank now. They even have one that exits on top of a rock from underneath. I know this because I will sometimes watch them shove sand out of it and there is now a hill of sand leading to it. No worries tho, I set the rock down firmly on the bottom glass when I set up the tank and added sand around it for this exact reason. They can dig to their hearts content and I don't have to worry about a rockslide.

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Sep 20, 2023

My pistol was a bulldozer too which is why he got a new home when I upgraded my tank, lol

SteveMM62Reef · Oct 7, 2023

I had a pair years ago with a single pistol shrimp. Sometimes they’d be all together or just one with the shrimp. Holes and Tunnels all through the Aquarium. Now I have two, in Quarantine that appear to be paired, keeping my fingers crossed.