Brianemone Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 can we get pistol shrimp or are they a no no??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 I have 3 pistol shrimps that I know about. Alois has had pistol shrimp/goby combos in the past. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted February 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 thats good to know, i figured youd be able to get the Gobys. Pies did you buy yours or did they come as hitchhikers?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Most people dont want pistol shrimps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted March 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 i thought mantis where the nasty ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Are these the pair in which the shrimp is blind and tends the home and the goby is on watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 You're onto it Skuzza. Apparently it's pretty awesome, the next most famous symbiotic relationship we can have in our tank after the clown / anemone one. The shrimp digs the hole, and the goby moves in with it. During the day the goby comes out and sits there keeping an eye out for a passing meal. The shrimp also comes out but keeps one antennae on the gobies tail. If the goby sees danger, the shrimp can feel the gobies body language and dashes back to the hole. At night, they both tuck up in the hole and the goby places a small rock he keeps nearby over the entrance. I know all this, not from personal experience, but from reading a thread on Reef Central by a girl who was totally pleased, she got the goby shrimp pair, and as luck would have it they set up their hole right in full view near the front of the tank, and they became the main feature of the tank, she was wrapped. I'd like to do this myself, but you have to have sand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 sounds like me and the wife. if i feel her getting angry, I can feel her body language and dash back into my hole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 men and caves... you make for easy analysis chim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 "hole" being the dog house,... if im lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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