Tiger pistol and hi fin goby

well.....there is a small opening for food. Smaller than a kitty paw...but big enough for a small fish :/
I dont have any snails in there yet.
If I get a swimming fish (ie no gobies) will the tiger shrimp kill it?

He comes straight to my feeder pipet and pops it as soon as I feed the LPS. and they are a good 5 inches from his "safe place" rock
If you were to get a Firefish you can run a risk of the firefish darting into the shrimps hole. The shrimp would then use it's claw to defend his hole. Usually resulting in a missing eye or possible death to firefish. You can always get another goby and let them pair up. Maybe put something over the feeding hole as well.
 
The odd thing is ...those WERE a pair when I bought them. Saw them a week prior to buying, stopped in every few days to make sure.
They behaved like that for me for the first 2 days. Now its been about 1.5 weeks since I saw the goby.
 
The odd thing is ...those WERE a pair when I bought them. Saw them a week prior to buying, stopped in every few days to make sure.
They behaved like that for me for the first 2 days. Now its been about 1.5 weeks since I saw the goby.
Well, it's not odd they were a pair. What's odd is the goby is gone. I would assume the goby is gone. You just need to decide whether you want to keep the shrimp or not.
 
Originally I thought it would be ****** to have a shirmp/goby pair buuuuuuut I may end up taking the shrimp back to the LFS.
 
Thanks for helping to sort this out! Im still relatively new lol
 
Any symbiotic relationship is pretty cool imo. I love my shrimp and goby. I get many questions from guests as well.
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

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