romsoccer12
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Both my watchman gobies have absolutely NO clue how to burrow, they rely on a burrow being made by either me or my pistol shrimp.
is this normal?
both sift sand
is this normal?
both sift sand
Mentally Challenged Goby?
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velvetelvis
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I think the shrimps do the digging. When I had a YWG, he just hid under a rock till I got a tiger pistol shrimp to dig him a proper burrow. 
romsoccer12
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before i had my pistol shrimp, they still didnt know how to burrow and wouldnt burrow unless i made them one.
once, both my gobies were trying to get into my pistol shrimps burrow, but couldnt find the entrance. instead of digging a entrance, they just tried swimming into the sand.
both are tank raised. could it be that because they are tank raised they lost the ability to burrow?
once, both my gobies were trying to get into my pistol shrimps burrow, but couldnt find the entrance. instead of digging a entrance, they just tried swimming into the sand.
both are tank raised. could it be that because they are tank raised they lost the ability to burrow?
velvetelvis
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I'm sure living in burrows is instinctive behavior, so I doubt being tank-raised has anything to do with it. I think they just don't burrow very well, if at all. I've kept both YWG and yellow-nose rose gobies (all were wild-caught) and they didn't dig either. The shrimp always did the digging and refurbishing on the burrows...the gobies hung out at the entrance of the burrow, grabbed food as it floated by, and warned the shrimp if "danger" (aka me doing tank maintenance) approached. It really was a partnership.
Where'd you get tank-raised shrimp gobies? That's pretty cool.
Where'd you get tank-raised shrimp gobies? That's pretty cool.
romsoccer12
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LFS. i doubt if they actually are
they are very odd gobies, one is completely grey and blue, not yellow at all
they are very odd gobies, one is completely grey and blue, not yellow at all
romsoccer12
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i totally agree box
mine rarely comes out but to feed, yet he is by far my favortie fish
sometimes when i put my hand in the tank to get cleaned by my shrimp, the grey goby will start swimming up head first really slowly towards my hand. i use a net to feed so it has nothing to do with him thinking there is food, and he never does that with the net.
mine rarely comes out but to feed, yet he is by far my favortie fish
sometimes when i put my hand in the tank to get cleaned by my shrimp, the grey goby will start swimming up head first really slowly towards my hand. i use a net to feed so it has nothing to do with him thinking there is food, and he never does that with the net.
