How to get shrimpgobies to cohabitate?

[Betta132]

I've seen a few tanks that include a group made of at least one pistol shrimp and more than one goby, oftentimes with two different goby species. Is there a reliable way to get this to happen, or is it just one of those things that occasionally happens?
In most of the photos, either a Yasha or a high-fin goby seem to be involved. I have a Wheeler's shrimpgoby (little guy) and a tiger pistol. Does species change the odds of collaboration?
The tank in question is a 29 Biocube. Worth a try?

 

[ska d]

I recently added a pink spotted goby to my 90, that already has a watchman with a tiger pistol. I figured I'd try and get the pink spotted to shack up on the other side of the tank. But within a day the pink spotted was milling around the watchman's burrow. There was a little aggression at first but now they both hang out in the same little area by the burrow. Can't say I've seen the pink spotted go into the burrow but they seemed to have accepted each other and never fight. Its always hit or miss when trying two fish of any species bit I don't see why it couldn't be done in a bio cube. Mine never leave their little piece of real estate

 

[MrG]

I have a wheeler's and a pink striped goby that have been sharing a burrow with a candycane pistol for the past six months or so in a shallow 80gal. There was a yasha that hung around the hole also, but was always odd man out and moved on. I think the pink striped was the first to pair up with the pistol and the wheeler's just crashed the party. What makes the co-habitation a little weird is that I have a second candycane pistol that lives under a rock on the other side of the tank that no one seems to want to live with.

The wheeler's and pink striped goby will spar from time to time, but it's mostly posturing with no real violence. They take turns going in and out of the burrow during the day and both bed down in the burrow at night. The nice thing is, with two gobies keeping watch, the pistol is out and about quite a lot.

 

[johnike]

One of my absolute favorite parts of this hobby.

 

[Betta132]

LFS had a crested oyster goby. One of their saltwater guys said he saw it with a pistol shrimp, the other guy wasn't sure if it's a shrimpgoby or not. Decided to give it a try, partly because I've never seen an oyster goby and it's neat.
He's currently engaged in a guerrilla war with the damsel over who gets to be boss. Damsel is missing a piece of fin, I think the goby is winning. Hopefully he'll venture into the burrow at some point to see what's in there.
When I eventually get a larger tank, I think I'm just going to put a few tiger pistols and a bunch of peaceful shrimpgobies in and see what happens.