Looking for a nice shrimp goby 2 pair w/ my new pistol... anyone seen one around?

[ghstrider]

I finally located a nice tiger pistol shrimp (im acclimating him as I am typing this) at a LFS. I was looking for some type of shrimp goby to pair him with and found a cool looking 2" watchman goby at a LFS. Unfortunately, the LFS employee lost the fish to the rear of the tank... hes a goner now (rear of the tank has a gap that the fish fell into and its only about 1" wide so hes no longer).

Has anyone seen a nice shrimp goby around town that I can pair with my pistol?

Should I put the pistol in the main tank tonight or should i wait til i get the goby (put him in the sump for now??)? Does it matter or will they pair up whenever they come across each other?

Also, is there anything i can do to better my chances that the pistol makes his home in the front of the rockwork instead of the rear??



looking forward to your responses

Eddy

 

[flfireman1]

Exotic aquatics in ft. lauderdale just got some yashia (spelling?) gobies in today. They are very nice.

 

[d9sccr]

i second the yashias. Also, the Randall's are nice or maybe a black band. Exotic tends to have the all or get them in every other week

 

[illal]

i wouldnt put it in the sump.... i had one a year ago and i put it in the sump while i rearanged the rocks and he ended getting sucked into the return and died!

 

[ghstrider]

thx guys... any ideas on the price on the yashia goby @ exotic? Where do they have a Randall Goby? price?

What about pairing the 2? will the goby go right for the pistol and pair up? how do i keep him in the front of the tank?

By the way... he's in the tank already and making a tunnel under my ricordeas on the left side of the tank!!! cool to watch

 

[d9sccr]

40 for the yashia
20-30 for the Randall's

 

[flfireman1]

I believe the yashia gobies were 29??? But dont quote me on that. I ended up picking up a High-fin Shrimp goby that was paired with a Randall's Pistol Shrimp. They were pretty interesting to look at. I didnt go with the Yashia goby since they had just gotten them in and were still floating in the shipping bags.

 

[ghstrider]

was this today @ exotic fireman? did they have alot of each goby?

 

[flfireman1]

Yes, it was today, they had 2 of the yashia's....cant remember if they had any randalls....(but if I were to guess, I would say they didnt have any) They even had 3 Catalina Gobys which I havent seen in a long time. They had a couple of yellow clown gobies, neon gobies, a green clown goby....... thats about all I remember.

 

[ghstrider]

sweet man... hopefully they still have the yashia when i go by tomorrow. I should be there around lunch time if anyone is in the area.


Eddy