postol Shrimps
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Topic: postol Shrimps
Posted By: tfmreefs
Subject: postol Shrimps
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 7:54pm
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So, i think that its the pistol shrimp, but i dont get why when ever someone talks about their fish burrowing, they bring up their little shrimp? What is so good about the realationship between the little goby or whatever fish and the shrimp? Do they benifit eachother? is there a specific type of fish that goes with it? Why do they do better with eachother????? ------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
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Posted By: chuckfu
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 8:00pm
| It's just amazing to see mother nature work..... I love my pair. Probably the coolest fish I've got : ) |
Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 8:08pm
What kind of fish lives with it? ------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
chuckfu wrote:Posted By: rize2
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 8:19pm
| Different types of gobies do. Yellow watchman goby is the cheapest kind. I had a Randals goby with mine. I think my favorite is a Yasha goby. |
Posted By: wickedsnowman
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 8:28pm
| The goby protects the shrimp in nature. People just do it in tanks cause it super cool to see. |
Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 8:52pm
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Oh, that is cool. whenever i see them i never think much of it, but thats cool. I just see them in or around the hole. ------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
Posted By: chuckfu
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 9:06pm
| Search youtube and you'll find tons of cool videos. Plus read up on the popping sound the pistol shrimp makes. It produces more heat than the sun. |
Posted By: rufessor
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 8:23am
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Careful with goby selection, some of them actually get pretty dang big. Cheap is not always your best choice depending on your tank size.
------------- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler -A.E. 57 Gallon RImless build in progress check the thread before if becomes boring and just full of nice pictures of colorful coral! |
Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 10:56am
Freaking Awsome! That wont hurt the other fish, right? ------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
Posted By: 1stupidpunk
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 1:33pm
| I cant seem to find where i read it, im sure if was in a magazine, but most pistol shrimp have extremely poor vision. They form a symbiotic relationship with many species of goby type fish. The fish benefits because the shrimp digs a series of tunnels in which the fish can live/hide. The shrimp benefits as the goby will sit in the entrance to the tunnel and warm the shrimp of danger. I've witnessed my pair exploring a few inches out of thier tunnel, the fish will keep his tail on the shrimps antenna and when he sees danger he smacks it with his tail and then WOOOSH back into the tunnel! Pretty cool to watch. |
Posted By: tfmreefs
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 1:40pm
 Thats Awsome------------- "The early bird might get the worm, but only the second mouse gets the cheese." |
Posted By: reefnfeef
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 3:41pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC6I8iPiHT8
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Posted By: rufessor
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 3:48pm
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Yeah... people come over look at the tank, then see the shrimp and the goby and get stuck watching the shrimp bulldoze (watch OUT they can move literally a TON of gravel) for a very very long time. I too love them, if someone was to ask what is the coolest thing to put in an aquarium (not a coral) its these two HANDS DOWN no contest, no way you will regret it. But... they will compete with Jawfish etc and other burrowing things so if you have a big tank you might be able to house both, in a small tank probably not. ------------- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler -A.E. 57 Gallon RImless build in progress check the thread before if becomes boring and just full of nice pictures of colorful coral! |
Posted By: relgycandy
Date Posted: January 14 2013 at 1:21am
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