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[romsoccer12]

well i have a pistol shrimp whos gotten very big and is almost impossible to take a picture of. he resembles a japanese pistol but there are characteristics in the design that are different. his body is almost all white but the tail and upper head is redish and there are large redish spots on the side. he has white claws and white atennae. are there any other pistols that look like japanese pistol shrimp? and will japanese pistols form the relationship with Yellow watchman gobies?

 

[dalston]

I'm not sure what your pistol is but if it is indeed a Japanese pistol, it won't form any symbiotic relationship with any shrimp goby. They prefer to live alone.

 

[romsoccer12]

not trying to contradict what you said, but read this link.
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+525+2129&pcatid=2129
also, my YWG has been in a burrow that my pistol made for 3 days without being kicked out. im not saying the pistol is always with the YWG, but normall a fish gets kicked out after 1 hour of being in my pistol shrimps burrow. wierd?

 

[dalston]

LOL, look at the exact same shrimp from their divers den section, read right under the picture.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+4&ddid=65618

 

[romsoccer12]

haha thats one contradiction, but maybe diversden means that specefic pistol doesnt doesnt form a symbiotic relationship with a goby

 

[JoeCreature]

Don't take your science from salesmen. ID and research the specific species. Somewhere out there is a piece of literature (hopefully peer-reviewed) with the answer to your question.