metrokat Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Went shopping, should have stayed home. But I bought my first fish, a Yasha gobi, very cute. Seems to be doing well. I also bought a pair of pistol shrimp, the LFS did not know what kind they are. And no, they are not zebra mantis. They are very small, barely 1 inch. They have blue pincers, one larger than the other. One of them has only one pincer so I hope it will regenerate the other one at the next molt. Please help me identify the kind of pistol shrimp this is. thanks Link to comment
Jacobnano Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Those are zebra "pistol" shrimp. Also, watch out! http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=189503 Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 Thanks, I PM'd Fallen monkey. They will have to go back in that case. Link to comment
megability Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Get the Candy Stripe Pistol Shrimp, also called Randall's (Alpheus randalli) they match the Yasha's colors almost perfectly, stay small, and are a cool pair, I have a pair Link to comment
wankreas Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Get the Candy Stripe Pistol Shrimp, also called Randall's (Alpheus randalli) they match the Yasha's colors almost perfectly, stay small, and are a cool pair, I have a pair wow! that is beautiful quality video! thanks for sharing /goldstar Link to comment
kgoldy Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I agree, stick with the randall's. They'll stay small and won't make a huge mess. and congrats on your yasha!! Link to comment
ry05coupe Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Yikes. Classic examply of needing to know what you're buying. +1 for the randals pistol. I have one with my hifin and hes perfect. Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 Get the Candy Stripe Pistol Shrimp, also called Randall's (Alpheus randalli) they match the Yasha's colors almost perfectly, stay small, and are a cool pair, I have a pair Very cute video thanks for sharing and yes on the alpheus randalli. I agree, stick with the randall's. They'll stay small and won't make a huge mess. and congrats on your yasha!! I was going to PM you, "I got a pansy" ha ha Yikes. Classic examply of needing to know what you're buying. +1 for the randals pistol. I have one with my hifin and hes perfect. You are 100% right, classic example of an impulse buy (even if I did spend 15 min eye balling each of the 3 things). I went in with the good intention of buying a yasha or dracula and a randalli, I even called ahead. When I saw these guys, I googled from the store, and found nothing. LFS said they are stripe pistols, and will pair with Yasha. Actually he said "All pistols and gobies pair well". There is ONE post about this shrimp in the entire ethos thanks to the Jacob who found it. Link to comment
ry05coupe Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 That really sucks. Were you able to return them, or are they already in your tank? It scares me to even think about the number of times I bought something based solely on the LFSs advice when I first started. Lets just say lots of things were returned. Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 That really sucks. Were you able to return them, or are they already in your tank? It scares me to even think about the number of times I bought something based solely on the LFSs advice when I first started. Lets just say lots of things were returned. LFS was closed by the time I got a positive ID on the forum so I'm going to call them first thing then try to catch these guys. They are really tiny but I know the rock they are riding inside. Maybe I need a trap? Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 Got a heart attack this morning. Yasha was missing. Of course this was after randomly checking the tank all night with a flashlight. I was worried the pistols would eat him, even though they are really tiny too. So I woke up to NO YASHA! Now I'm panicking, and sweating bullets and cursing the pistols. Took me a half and hour before I saw him in the middle chamber in the back of my BC14. Staring up at me from the filter floss going "Miss Kat, your tank scared me". (Ok maybe I had a stroke, lack of blood flow yadee yada) He's still back there. I threw in a little food and saw him dart around. So should I pull him out or wait till I net the pistols. Which BTW I still have NO information on. Edit: My BC14 is the newer model which has a high back chamber wall and does not require Stevie T's fish guard. So how did he get in there? Are they random like that or did he run for his life? Link to comment
mbonus Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Yasha had to have jumped back there, just lucky that it went into that chamber. I guess that is a safe place as long as he can't get sucked into the return pump. We have a tiger pistol in our ap12, and he is getting pretty big. Our randall's goby that he was paired with just recently jumped, so we got him a yellow watchman about a week ago; they seem to have paired up nicely. Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 Update. Tore apart the tank, found one pistol, not the other. Put tank back together can't find Yasha or the 2nd pistol. Link to comment
mbonus Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I thought the yasha was in the back chamber? Did you check the floor. Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 I thought the yasha was in the back chamber? Did you check the floor. He's not on the floor, I put him back in the tank. Then I tore the tank apart. I'm extremely bright today aren't I. Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 I FOUND MY YASHA! Silly fish made me cry! Link to comment
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