Pistol Shrimp W/ Cleaner Shrimp

[ReefRookei23]

I have a pair of coral banded shrimp but i always wanted a pistol shrimp and goby. My LFS is finally got some tiger banded pistol shrimp and yellow watchmen goby pairs for sale. But i was wondering if the pistol shrimp would eat my cleaner shrimp? I watched couple videos on-line that say in the wild they eat any shrimp but my LFS told me he wouldn't because the goby will help provide food. Can somebody with some experience with this help me?

 

[Dino]

If anything I'd worry more about the coral banded shrimp bothering the pistol than the other way around. What you most likely watched in the videos was a non-symbiotic pistol shrimp which don't form a pair or bond with a goby. The symbiotic pistol shrimps are pretty much harmless, I've had one in with a sexy shrimp and a pom pom crab for probably close to a year now with no issues. You should be just fine, just be aware you might not see the pistol shrimp all that often (as in like, once every few months).