What type of gobies can be paired with pistol shrimp
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If it can be with a pistol shrimp, it's called a 'shrimpgoby' or a 'watchman goby'. Just ask at a pet store if it's one of those.
Greenbanded gobies look like shrimpgobies, but won't pair up.
Clown gobies won't either.
If it hovers a lot and has a pointy nose, it won't pair.
Shrimp/watchman gobies (usually called shrimpgobies) mostly have squared-off noses and sit on the bottom. A lot of gobies will pair with pistol shrimp, really.
I assume you're planning to keep a goby/shrimp pair? I suggest a tiger pistol shrimp; easy to find, fairly cheap, large enough for most gobies, fairly nonaggressive, nice colors, and bold enough that you'll probably see it. Plus, most shrimpgobies will pair with them.
Just add the shrimp near some rocks and give it about thirty minutes to get a bit of tunneling going on, then pour the goby into a net and place it over near the tunnel. They may pair immediately, or not for a while.
If you have somewhere you'd especially like to see a tunnel entrance, use your fingers to make a tunnel that's as long as your shrimp. Don't go down into the sand, tunnel under a rock with the rock as a roof, that's how pistols do it.
Provide your pistol with a handful of pebbles and small shells, it's fun to see what they do with things like that. Plus, if you give them flat shells that are quarter-size or larger, they make archways around their burrow with them.
Greenbanded gobies look like shrimpgobies, but won't pair up.
Clown gobies won't either.
If it hovers a lot and has a pointy nose, it won't pair.
Shrimp/watchman gobies (usually called shrimpgobies) mostly have squared-off noses and sit on the bottom. A lot of gobies will pair with pistol shrimp, really.
I assume you're planning to keep a goby/shrimp pair? I suggest a tiger pistol shrimp; easy to find, fairly cheap, large enough for most gobies, fairly nonaggressive, nice colors, and bold enough that you'll probably see it. Plus, most shrimpgobies will pair with them.
Just add the shrimp near some rocks and give it about thirty minutes to get a bit of tunneling going on, then pour the goby into a net and place it over near the tunnel. They may pair immediately, or not for a while.
If you have somewhere you'd especially like to see a tunnel entrance, use your fingers to make a tunnel that's as long as your shrimp. Don't go down into the sand, tunnel under a rock with the rock as a roof, that's how pistols do it.
Provide your pistol with a handful of pebbles and small shells, it's fun to see what they do with things like that. Plus, if you give them flat shells that are quarter-size or larger, they make archways around their burrow with them.
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Look for the genera Cryptocentrus, Amblyeleotris, and Stonogobiops. Some gobies of the genus Valenciennea are sometimes referred to as watchman gobies, but they are not shrimp gobies and will not pair with shrimp.
This. Also, there is no need to force pairing by confinement. If they are both in the tank, it will happen. And just as an after thought, one shrimp goby can have more than one shrimp. Shrimp species is alpheus randall
Other species of Alpheus (like A. bellulus) will also pair with gobies, but some of the larger species like A. soror and A. armatus will not.
Fish Biscuit
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I lost a yasha goby & gave it a month before I replaced it with a randall. As soon as that fish hit the tank you could see the pistol's antennae coming out of the rock work. In less than 5 minutes the shrimp made an opening for the goby. A few months ago when I moved them into the 40B it took a week before they paired up again. They went to opposite sides of the tank & the goby forced the pistol to switch sides lol.
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