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Posted: June 19 2005 at 4:03pm |
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I'm gonna be getting a pistol shrimp here soon, but I'm not sure what I wanna pair him with. Perhaps you guys can give me some suggestions of cool fish =D.
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Posted: June 19 2005 at 4:31pm |
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You can usually buy them in a pair with a goby. Are you planning on having zoanthids or anything on the sand? If so...prepare for it to be buried. I sold my pair because I love zoanthids.
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Posted: June 19 2005 at 10:23pm |
from melevsreef.com
"This interesting pair live together. The Yasha Goby - Stonogobiops yasha
- guards and signals the Candy Stripe Pistol Shrimp - Alpheus randalli -
when it is safe and when it is time to duck for cover. The shrimp always
keeps at least one antennae on the fish, and when it feels a sudden twitch
it knows to retreat into its hole in the sand.
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Posted: June 20 2005 at 5:13pm |
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I once read somewhere (don't know where) that if you don't buy them as a pair, especially with a large tank, they either dont find each other or don't make friends.
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Posted: June 20 2005 at 7:56pm |
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Do pistol shrimp live in rocks/corals? We just got a maze coral, and
noticed a clicking whenever the hermits got near it. We've only caught
glimpses of antennae. So is there a way to tell if this is a pistol
shrimp or a mantis if we can't see it?
A goby would be really cool to pair it with, but maybe a coral would work?
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Posted: June 20 2005 at 8:34pm |
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Swells they are pretty easy to ID by their claws if you can get a pick of the claws at night or something, try luring it out with a piece of shrimp or something.
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Posted: June 21 2005 at 5:34pm |
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I have a pistol shrimp to sale or trade. His partner died about 3 mos ago, and he's been hanging out in the sump. I thought he had died also, but he's made a burrow and settled in. 'Seems pretty hardy. Let me know if you're interested
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Posted: June 22 2005 at 10:29am |
Your pistol shrimp will DEEFINITELY be happier with a room mate. Mine lives with a yellow watchman gobie, they are the most interesting things to watch in the tank. These shrimp have very short sight so they do better with a gobie that can look out for them and signal them when there is danger, plus it is amazing to watch.
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Posted: June 23 2005 at 1:36pm |
I have the pair pictured above in my nano, they are so cool to watch... 
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Posted: June 23 2005 at 5:37pm |
Im glad that some of you have had some luck w/ your pairs but to be honest it makes me mad!..., I got a tiger shrimp and a yellow watchman like 3 mo.'s ago and right when they were released in the tank they paired up then made a tunnel..., the first 3 days or so I saw the goby pokeing his head out of the whole then he stopped..., I havent seen the goby in like 3 months (Im not sure if hes alive but I havent seen any signs of death or life..., and I read about a guy who didnt see his for like 6 months in a 6 gal nano and then all of a sudden came out)
I have seen and heard the pistol a couple times but besides that all he has done is make my rocks sink from all the digging he has done I want to take him/or them out but I would have to take my whole tank down...,
does anyone know if it just depends on the goby and pistol or if its possible they just dont like my tank?
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