View Full Version : Pistol shrimp and others
fisher12889
12-31-2006, 9:34 PM
I just got a yellow watchman goby, and I read that they will burrow w/ pistol shrimp, so I want to get one. What other kind of shrimp can I get? I dont want them to fight or kill each other! I will have them in a 20 gallon tall...
FishSkins
12-31-2006, 9:38 PM
there are many kinds of pistol shrimp ... i love mine every nite you can hear him sound off ... it's so cool... i wouldnt put a lot in a 20 and the goby you will love they are also very hardy fish
fisher12889
12-31-2006, 10:48 PM
I just wanna have to shrimp, not a lot I know its a small tank lol. I like the goby so far it seems very interesting. It just seems to be taking a little longer to adjust than the other fish I got w/ it. The second day I had it (yesterday) it was constantly swimming around, but today it seems to be fine!
FishSkins
12-31-2006, 10:55 PM
try to get a golden coral banded..maybe even a Harlequin ...Harliquin are very cool but you have to feed them star fish.... yet the Star fish lasts forever if you can get a mated pair of Harlequin they will most likely breed and have offspring ...the goby will for sure eat the babies but it's a cool cycle to see
fisher12889
12-31-2006, 11:12 PM
Coral bandeds are cool, Ive never seen golden ones at any of the shops around my house though.
FishSkins
12-31-2006, 11:14 PM
they are a little more rare a regular one would be cool as well
FishSkins
12-31-2006, 11:19 PM
61163heres is a pic of one i found on line i am sure others here have better
FishSkins
12-31-2006, 11:22 PM
Blood shrimp are as well neat , plan to pay for them
chrisdef15
01-01-2007, 7:32 AM
I dont know any individual pistol shrimp names so i cant help you but dont listen to these guys none of the shrimps mentioned are pistol shrimps and arent what you where looking for.
RadleyMiller
01-01-2007, 11:01 AM
I dont know any individual pistol shrimp names so i cant help you but dont listen to these guys none of the shrimps mentioned are pistol shrimps and arent what you where looking for.
:iagree: pistol shrimps are pretty cool but I have never seen them at my LFSs. Is your goby a blind species? Is that why it lives with the shrimp. I know there is a species ....
Never mine, the shrimp is blind and the goby guides it, I can't remember what they are though but they would make a great tank pair.
FishSkins
01-01-2007, 2:23 PM
heres a pic of a tiger pistol and goby
fisher12889
01-01-2007, 7:33 PM
How much do pistol shrimp and golden coral bandeds cost?
Nice photo.
I am wondering if I can put another shrimop in with my Cleaner Shrimp. What kinds of shrimp would be compatible?
Justin_James
01-02-2007, 4:52 PM
When it comes to shrimp i've done alot of different mixing and matching in the past with great success.
If your tank is only a 20 gallon then I wouldn't put a coral banded and a pistol shrimp together since they are both pig headed. In a 75 gallon I once had 5 peppermint shrimp, 2 cleaner shrimp, 1 pistol shrimp, 1 coral banded shrimp, and 2 green emerald crabs together with no problems but like I say in a 20 gallon they will fight over turf. I suggest a scarlet cleaner shrimp to go with your pistol shrimp. I have a tiger pistol and he is very cool and he is also teamed up wth a yellow watchmen.
The Pistol shrimp will stay low in the tank and you will probably never see him leave far from his caves door so any shrimp who stays up high in the tank like a cleaner shrimp will be fine in a 20 with him.
I don't know if it's true or not but I once heard of 2 pistol shrimp ganging up and killing a mantis shrimp in someones tank before. That goes to show what they are capable of when confronted with another shrimp who wont run away like a coral banded. That claw no only makes a noise but it shoots out with force enough to knock out fish and even crack shells.
chrisdef15
01-02-2007, 6:01 PM
I don't know if it's true or not but I once heard of 2 pistol shrimp ganging up and killing a mantis shrimp in someones tank before. That goes to show what they are capable of when confronted with another shrimp who wont run away like a coral banded. That claw no only makes a noise but it shoots out with force enough to knock out fish and even crack shells.
I doubt it. There claws are designed to produce noise not damage and are completely different to a mantis shrimps appenndages. I guess its possible still, but a similar sized mantis would crack them open in a few hits whereas they would have to pull him apart bit by bit.
fisher12889
01-02-2007, 10:24 PM
Anyone have a pic of a scarlet cleaner shrimp? Ive never heard of them before.
RadleyMiller
01-02-2007, 10:43 PM
I doubt it. There claws are designed to produce noise not damage and are completely different to a mantis shrimps appenndages. I guess its possible still, but a similar sized mantis would crack them open in a few hits whereas they would have to pull him apart bit by bit.
A few hits, one whap and the pistol would be done with. Pistols aren't agressive at all, they just make lots of noise.