HELP me find my shrimp...

[Tripod1404]

Not a bad idea. The little one is A LOT smaller than the big one. Talking almost 2 inches to about 3/4 of an inch. Is that normal for them?

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Yeah that is a way used by stores to prevent them from fighting. So when they pair fish, they take one big and one small specimen. Mostly bigger will be the male and smaller will be the female (or vice versa in certain fish).

If you mix fish that are about the same size, there will almost always be fighting, even if they are a male and a female. Size difference predetermines the hierarchy and who is dominant, so there is very little to no fighting for determining that.

 

[SereneAquatic]

Yeah that is a way used by stores to prevent them from fighting. So when they pair fish, they take one big and one small specimen. Mostly bigger will be the male and smaller will be the female (or vice versa in certain fish).

If you mix fish that are about the same size, there will almost always be fighting, even if they are a male and a female. Size difference predetermines the hierarchy and who is dominant, so there is very little to no fighting for determining that.

Sounds like they didn't really have a bonded pair, but they suspect that these two will BECOME bonded in time, due to the size diff. [emoji19][emoji53]

I kind of feel like I didn't get what I paid for (not counting the entirely missing shrimp). There is enough room for me to give them the benefit of the doubt I suppose. The gobies MAY bond and they did give me credit for the shrimp... So... Can I really complain?

Probably not.

That wasn't all that was in this order either, and the other fish is doing great so far, so I guess I will just hunt for a shrimp locally.

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[Tripod1404]

Sounds like they didn't really have a bonded pair, but they suspect that these two will BECOME bonded in time, due to the size diff. [emoji19][emoji53]

I kind of feel like I didn't get what I paid for (not counting the entirely missing shrimp). There is enough room for me to give them the benefit of the doubt I suppose. The gobies MAY bond and they did give me credit for the shrimp... So... Can I really complain?

Probably not.

That wasn't all that was in this order either, and the other fish is doing great so far, so I guess I will just hunt for a shrimp locally.

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"Bonded pair" designation they use just mean that the fish were being kept together in the same tank at their own facility and were not fighting. They sometimes just put different fish together and look if they fight or not (kinda like a trail an error) until they fish two fish that get along. Or they mix like 20 fish, and pick up the ones that follow each other or stay close to each other. Since they have bare bottom, shallow and divided tanks, it is very easy to to these.

I highly doubt these fish even saw each other in the ocean, they are most probably are not even from the same patch of reef.

I have seen "bonded pairs " that were color morphs of the specie that lives in different regions (like hawaii and vanuatu).

 

[ramseynb]

Just buy a pistol shrimp from your LFS. TBH, had I known how tiny the shrimp was going to be, I would have done that because then I'd know I was getting something over 3/4" (if that!). I'm just hoping he grows and starts coming out from hiding some. All I see are his little piles of sand he leaves around his home and hear him snap throughout the day.