Get rid of Shrimp and Goby??

[todd2000]

So I've had a Yellow Watchman and Tiger Pistol shrimp in my 55G for about a month, now and I think I wan't to get rid of the shrimp and/or the Goby. My tank is forever cloudy from the Shrimps incessent digging. My question is if I get rid of the Shrimp and keep the Goby, will the Goby dig enough to to make my tank cloudy, do YWG dig or sift sand? Should I get rid of them both? I feel bad seperating them, the've bonded.

 

[NCreefwannabe]

ill take them

 

[Mrs.kbmdale]

Personally, if they've made a bond, I wouldn't break it. Either both stay, or go. But as for the YWG, they don't DIG per say, more like they take a mouthfull of sand, spitting it back out their gills, where ever they are. Leaving these really annoying sand piles. At least that's what my YWG does. Every couple of days I have to smooth out 3" mounds all over my tank!

 

[dustybuddy]

dont they only dig til they've made a home.

 

[todd2000]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6957291#post6957291 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mrs.kbmdale
Personally, if they've made a bond, I wouldn't break it. Either both stay, or go. But as for the YWG, they don't DIG per say, more like they take a mouthfull of sand, spitting it back out their gills, where ever they are. Leaving these really annoying sand piles. At least that's what my YWG does. Every couple of days I have to smooth out 3" mounds all over my tank!

Yeah I kinda feel the same way but even if I give both of them to a FLS whats to gurantee that someone will buy both at once? I wish I knew someone else in the area that might want them

 

[NCreefwannabe]

...I said ill take them lol. pm me.

 

[todd2000]

PM sent

 

[NCreefwannabe]

ygpm back

 

[todd2000]

Anyone near Danville, VA interested? looking for $25-30 for the pair?

 

[NCreefwannabe]

try posting them in the for sale section if your sure you want to get rid of them.

 

[xclan]

I loved my Goby....but yeah the tank was so cloudy

 

[LOTUS50GOD]

My YWG doesnt dig at all (I guess he is the supervisor.. LOL)... Once he made his home, he doesnt venture more than a 9" from his burrow for anything.....

 

[Mrs.kbmdale]

Our YWG is all over the tank! He loves his little home, but if I go into my bedroom real fast, I can see a line of pure yellow dash across the tank, with a trail of kicked up sand following behind it! If I go into my room real slow and calm, he is usually on the opposite side of the tank from his home, and he will slowly glide home if I am slow. He lets me hand feed him if he's in the mood, though I've never tried to pet him. Aside from the various 3" mounds of sand every couple days, he's an awesome fish, and my tank is never cloudy, maybe cuse he doesn't dig and sling. He chomps and spits

Brianna:rollface:

 

[todd2000]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6958027#post6958027 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mrs.kbmdale
Our YWG is all over the tank! He loves his little home, but if I go into my bedroom real fast, I can see a line of pure yellow dash across the tank, with a trail of kicked up sand following behind it! If I go into my room real slow and calm, he is usually on the opposite side of the tank from his home, and he will slowly glide home if I am slow. He lets me hand feed him if he's in the mood, though I've never tried to pet him. Aside from the various 3" mounds of sand every couple days, he's an awesome fish, and my tank is never cloudy, maybe cuse he doesn't dig and sling. He chomps and spits

Brianna:rollface:

Yeah the goby isn't whats making the tank cloudy the Shrimp is, but I figured if Im getting rid of the shrimp the goby goes hand in hand