Who is keeping Goby - Pistols together? - Page 2

pjewett · 02/23/2010, 12:03 PM

I've had my YWG for a year now...can I add this pistol after or must they be paired when purchased?

Also, should I assume my Dwarf Rusty Angel or 6 line will take that shrimp out?

deathmatch782 · 02/23/2010, 01:06 PM

I have a yasha haze paired with a candy cane pistol.
Almost never see the pistol, his tunnel is in the back of my 120. The goby sits right outside it all day.

jason2459 · 02/23/2010, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjewett

I've had my YWG for a year now...can I add this pistol after or must they be paired when purchased?

Also, should I assume my Dwarf Rusty Angel or 6 line will take that shrimp out?

If they are bigger they may take out the smaller banded (ie. candy cane) pistols but not likely the tiger pistol.

Nor_Cal_Guy · 03/01/2010, 10:02 AM

I am a lucky owner of a Yasha Haze and a larger candy cane pistol shrimp. I bought them from the same store, but they were not paired. They are inseparable. I set up an 18g tall specifiacly for this pair on a stand which allows easy view of the bottom where inlies and extensive tunnel system. I placed my rocks and the glass before addiing sand so I have had no problems with shifts in rock scape. These two animals are the most entertaining fish I have. The pistol will not leave the Yasha's side. He must have an antenna touching the fish %99 of the time or he retreats to the cave. They live unfer a large rock inwhich they have 3 cave doors which the shrimp covers at night with small dead stag coral frags I gave him. He even makes arch ways with the curved rubble. They are trully a joy in my fish world. Friends come over and see the pair and setup nano tank just to have the same fun. They live with a few hermit crabs which get cracked shells if they get to close to a door and some clown gobies, fire fish, and a purple stripped anthias. I have zero problems with this fish. My kids love him to the pint that when they spot him they scream with glee, "Yasha Haze daddy!"

My pair eat anything from pellets to Artci Pods!

Oh, mine snaps so LOUD that I'm just waiting to hear drops of water on the floor from cracked glass. It's LOUD loud.

spw4949 · 03/01/2010, 10:29 AM

I guess I'm in the minority when I say I totally, 100% regret my pistol purchase.....I have a YWG & thought that adding a pistol for the symbiotic relationship would be cool.......not so much!! They never paired up & the pistol shrimp continues to move my CC substrate on my corals, he has caused damage to some of my brain corals that I keep on the substrate because he keeps pushing CC onto them causing tissue damage...I do hear him snap from time to time(usually when I'm turkey basting near his burrow) & that doesn't seem to cause any issues but I never ever see him & overall completely regret adding him to the tank......

Nor_Cal_Guy · 03/01/2010, 10:41 AM

I would under no conditions put any coral on the sand-bed with a large enough pistotl that moves lots of sand. I do have a donut coral with a large skeleton that he can't mess up because it sits 1-2" above sand on its own "foot".

spw4949 · 03/01/2010, 01:35 PM

Thanks.........

02/23/2010, 12:03 PM	#26
pjewett aquariablog Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Long Island-NY Posts: 383	I've had my YWG for a year now...can I add this pistol after or must they be paired when purchased? Also, should I assume my Dwarf Rusty Angel or 6 line will take that shrimp out? __________________ You can wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which gets filled 1st! - Burgess Meredith Current Tank Info: 90 gal DT w/sump, Apex, LED's, Vortec MP40

03/01/2010, 10:29 AM	#30
spw4949 Registered Member. Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Albany, N.Y. Posts: 1,594	I guess I'm in the minority when I say I totally, 100% regret my pistol purchase.....I have a YWG & thought that adding a pistol for the symbiotic relationship would be cool.......not so much!! They never paired up & the pistol shrimp continues to move my CC substrate on my corals, he has caused damage to some of my brain corals that I keep on the substrate because he keeps pushing CC onto them causing tissue damage...I do hear him snap from time to time(usually when I'm turkey basting near his burrow) & that doesn't seem to cause any issues but I never ever see him & overall completely regret adding him to the tank...... __________________ Steve Current Tank Info: 46 gal bowfront, mixed reef, 2x250W current outer orbit w/4x39W T5 ,10 gal fuge....38 gallon aggressive FOWLR, 10 gallon sump.

03/01/2010, 01:35 PM	#32
spw4949 Registered Member. Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Albany, N.Y. Posts: 1,594	Thanks......... __________________ Steve Current Tank Info: 46 gal bowfront, mixed reef, 2x250W current outer orbit w/4x39W T5 ,10 gal fuge....38 gallon aggressive FOWLR, 10 gallon sump.

02/23/2010, 01:06 PM	#27
deathmatch782 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: MN Posts: 151	I have a yasha haze paired with a candy cane pistol. Almost never see the pistol, his tunnel is in the back of my 120. The goby sits right outside it all day.

03/01/2010, 10:02 AM	#29
Nor_Cal_Guy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NorCal Posts: 300	I am a lucky owner of a Yasha Haze and a larger candy cane pistol shrimp. I bought them from the same store, but they were not paired. They are inseparable. I set up an 18g tall specifiacly for this pair on a stand which allows easy view of the bottom where inlies and extensive tunnel system. I placed my rocks and the glass before addiing sand so I have had no problems with shifts in rock scape. These two animals are the most entertaining fish I have. The pistol will not leave the Yasha's side. He must have an antenna touching the fish %99 of the time or he retreats to the cave. They live unfer a large rock inwhich they have 3 cave doors which the shrimp covers at night with small dead stag coral frags I gave him. He even makes arch ways with the curved rubble. They are trully a joy in my fish world. Friends come over and see the pair and setup nano tank just to have the same fun. They live with a few hermit crabs which get cracked shells if they get to close to a door and some clown gobies, fire fish, and a purple stripped anthias. I have zero problems with this fish. My kids love him to the pint that when they spot him they scream with glee, "Yasha Haze daddy!" My pair eat anything from pellets to Artci Pods! Oh, mine snaps so LOUD that I'm just waiting to hear drops of water on the floor from cracked glass. It's LOUD loud.

03/01/2010, 10:41 AM	#31
Nor_Cal_Guy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NorCal Posts: 300	I would under no conditions put any coral on the sand-bed with a large enough pistotl that moves lots of sand. I do have a donut coral with a large skeleton that he can't mess up because it sits 1-2" above sand on its own "foot".