ClownGobyDood Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Today i bought a Pistol (Carribean Red) i believe and a wheelers watchman goby. In the bag in the drive home i heard a few snaps but nothing else and at my lfs they were paired but after acclimation my pistol would not stop attacking this poor goby and when i found him he was dead literally in less than 20 mins. Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I have never heard of that kind of PS. Picture? Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Today i bought a Pistol (Carribean Red) i believe and a wheelers watchman goby. In the bag in the drive home i heard a few snaps but nothing else and at my lfs they were paired but after acclimation my pistol would not stop attacking this poor goby and when i found him he was dead literally in less than 20 mins. I found this article: http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatfishblog/2014/10/22/popular-pistol-shrimp-home-aquariums/#.VW4_T89Viko Link to comment
ClownGobyDood Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 I found this article: http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatfishblog/2014/10/22/popular-pistol-shrimp-home-aquariums/#.VW4_T89Viko haha thanks thats the exact website i used i actually just returned it because he was going after my baby starry blenny and he almost clawed his eye out so I'm just gonna stick with hermits and peppermint shrimp cuz they aren't out to kill everything in my tank... god he was like a dictator in my tank Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 haha thanks thats the exact website i used i actually just returned it because he was going after my baby starry blenny and he almost clawed his eye out so I'm just gonna stick with hermits and peppermint shrimp cuz they aren't out to kill everything in my tank... god he was like a dictator in my tank Candy pistol shrimp are much smaller and less aggressive. They just snap at some of my hermits and cleaner shrimp, but they are too small to kill anything. A YWMG and candy pistol shrimp pair would be cool like mine. Link to comment
ClownGobyDood Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Candy pistol shrimp are much smaller and less aggressive. They just snap at some of my hermits and cleaner shrimp, but they are too small to kill anything. A YWMG and candy pistol shrimp pair would be cool like mine. alright thanks ill give it a shot in a couple weeks I'm gonna get probably a small tang or clown to give my blenny some time to calm down and heal, theres a small cut on his face when the pistol got him with his smaller claw Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 alright thanks ill give it a shot in a couple weeks I'm gonna get probably a small tang or clown to give my blenny some time to calm down and heal, theres a small cut on his face when the pistol got him with his smaller claw Tang? what size tank do you have? Link to comment
ClownGobyDood Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Tang? what size tank do you have? Its a 12 gallon biocube DX its a very small blue tang that a customer brought in but the guy that runs the shop can't find someone to take it and he asked me to hold it (the tank he has he needs for a fox face and it was nipping at the tang) until he gets his tank up and running definitely not keeping it for long cuz i don't want him to become stressed from having little space seriously just gonna keep him for 2 weeks or less Link to comment
ClownGobyDood Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Just doing some research and decided on a yellow head jawfish, good fish, Carnivorious and Reef compatible so yeah..Jawfish Link to comment
Cencalfishguy56 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Tang? what size tank do you have? The infamous question, I'm putting a baby tomini tang in a 20L Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Just doing some research and decided on a yellow head jawfish, good fish, Carnivorious and Reef compatible so yeah..Jawfish Do you have the hood for your tank? Those guys jump right after you put them in. Link to comment
ClownGobyDood Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Do you have the hood for your tank? Those guys jump right after you put them in. Its a rimless but i have a plastic grate that i use, problem is i didn't have one with my fire gobies... i no longer have fire gobies Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 tiger shrimp are good Tiger pistol shrimp are way bigger than candy pistol shrimp and they love to kill your snails and other shrimp. I did have one in my 28g nanocube and he was a PITA. The OP tanks is 12G anyways, which would be too small for a TPS. Its a rimless but i have a plastic grate that i use, problem is i didn't have one with my fire gobies... i no longer have fire gobies Yeah I also lost two fish like that. A couple of high fin gobies when my tank was not covered. Link to comment
Matteo Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Tiger pistol shrimp are way bigger than candy pistol shrimp and they love to kill your snails and other shrimp. I did have one in my 28g nanocube and he was a PITA. The OP tanks is 12G anyways, which would be too small for a TPS. Yeah I also lost two fish like that. A couple of high fin gobies when my tank was not covered. My tiger and goby hang out in the same spot all day and never bother and of my other inverts. Maybe I have a nice one. It also is in 29 cube so theres more room for everything have its own space. Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 My tiger and goby hang out in the same spot all day and never bother and of my other inverts. Maybe I have a nice one. It also is in 29 cube so theres more room for everything have its own space. Maybe it's OK in a 29g but not a 12g. Nice to hear that your TPS is peaceful. Link to comment
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