Shrimp Goby and Pistol Shrimp

[Chaloupa]

I got this pair (for my Mom) at Safari Pets in Victoria.....I don't know that I am giving them to my Mom now...they're in my Q tank and have the neatest relationship!! Very cool to watch.......


http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c212/Chaloupa/Bestfriends.jpg

[christyf5]

Oh thats awesome! I'd love to put a pair in my nano, no doubt they'd make their burrow at the back of the tank or something :razz:

[Ruth]

That has to be one of my favorite relationships. I have a yellow gobie/pistol shrimp in my work tank and a Randall's gobie/pistol in my 10g at home.

[Pan]

well i just heard on the radio about A dog and a cat mating succesfully so....pistol goby? :)

[Midknight]

Or a Shrimp shrimp? :lol:

[Chaloupa]

I'd like to have one in every tank....but they do make a bit of a mess with their tunnels...sure is interesting to watch the goby communicate with the shrimp!

A dog and a cat successfully mating?? Can't say that I've heard that one!

[Midknight]

Sarah, with your experiance how small of space would a pair need?
I have a 10G with a soon to be breeding clowns, would that be too crowded do you think?

Dan

[Chaloupa]

Hey Dan-my pair is in a 10g right now with a pair of GS Maroons....it is a bit crowded because of the Maroons...it is temporary for them, BUT I myself don't really think that a 10g would be too small for a goby and shrimp combo....they don't really move around much...they stick to their "cave".......just IMO...:biggrin:

[fortheloveofcrabs]

Do you think a 2.5gal is too small?

[Chaloupa]

maybe one of the smaller shrimp/goby combo's like the high fin banded and his shrimp or something but I don't know...this is where my expertise (there isn't alot to start:redface:) ends....hopefully someone else will chime in? I have a Randalls in my 2.5 but no shrimp as it is BB......and I water change often.

My pair is fairly large with the Bumblebee goby being about 2.5 inches and the shrimp just slightly smaller....would be too big for a 2.5 IMO.

[danny zubot]

Very cool, that's the pistol I wanted but I had to settle for the green variation.

[Chaloupa]

He is quite colorful....I had previously wanted the smaller pistol shrimp and goby combination but this one comes out so much that I was sold!

[X-Treme]

I JUST found a pistol shrimp in my tank after about 5 months of trying to figure out where he was. TINY though. I would say 1/2inch or less. Should I go out and get a small shrimp goby for it and will they find each other????

[Chaloupa]

Hmmm...everything I have read says it is not as easy as that.....I had an article on this as I have been reading a lot about them....I just added a Yashia to the tank that they live in......if I find the article that I was reading on pairing shrimp and gobies I will pass it on to you!