Pistol shrimp gone???

[Mattl22]

I bought a high finned gobi came with a lg pistol shrimp I didn't see either for 2 months over last 2 weeks the high finned gobi is out more and more near the Same rock but no sign of the shrimp could they still be together or is shrimp most likely gone I had a female melanarus wrasse in there for a while who possibly coulda clipped the shrimp but it was pretty big......

Any way how many different gobies will pair with shrimp Im growing quite fond of gobies how many can u add to a 220 gal plenty sand

 

[tomn]

I bought a pistol goby pair and didn't see my shrimp for a couple months. I thought he was gone and forgot about him and then one day i saw a puff of sand and there he was.. So he could still be somewhere under your rock work or in the back..

 

[EddieSage]

I go weeks at a time without seeing my shrimp, they hide and are more active at night. When the clasp their claw it makes a clicking sound that you can hear from outside of the tank. If you hear the clicking sound he's fine.
You can pair a Randall's Pistol Shrimp with:

-Diamond Watchman Goby
-Yellow Watchman Goby
-Orange Spotted Goby
-Pink Spotted Watchman Goby
-Randall's Shrimp Goby
-Tiger Watchman Goby
-Wheeler's Watchman Goby
-Pinkbar Goby
-Yasha Goby

 

[Paul B]

I have two pistol shrimp and I see them all the time in the same cave. Unfortunately, they like to move often and topple rocks all over the place. Their tunnels are very long and they may be happily living in the back of your tank

 

[jcs11236]

I have never see mine. I know he is there because at night he snaps away. Funny thing is that he lives in one cave and my watched goby lives in another. They never paired up. Lol
They don't like each other

 

[Paul B]

Maybe your shrimp is ugly

 

[jcs11236]

Lol. Maybe. When I first introduced the shrimp. I placed the shrimp inside the same cave as goby. He went in and went right back out and started his home next door. Lol

 

[tomtoothdoc]

Maybe your shrimp is ugly

may be the goby is too selfish and immature.....only letting the shrimp have only one underwear draw and a toothbrush but she wants a commitment and the whole closet.......oh wait we're talking about reef couple here....lol


i have my bull's eye pistol shrimp for like 7+years...the randalli goby died several years ago. i only see the shrimp once in a blue moon....yes blue moon....actinic night light. i do hear it every week though.

 

[andylee]

Mine disappeared. Last February, when I was on vacation, my friend who was taking care of the tank told me he thought it was living in my sump.
I looked for a while, never saw him.
In December (a year after it had disappeared), I was cleaning and took out the return pump to decalcify. After soaking it in the solution for about an hour, I went to wash it and saw the shrimp in the bucket. Unfortunately, it didn't survive the soak in the acid solution.

 

[Mattl22]

B4 bed Tonight saw my gobi dead ......... He was kicking *** few days ago getting really brave guess he got too brave

 

[Paolissimo]

Mine ended up in the filter sock a few times, but also would disappear in his burrow for a few months, the only reason I know he was there was the cliking sound they make.