goby for a tiger pistol

[GPhiAce]

I would like to know what gobies pair with tiger pistol shrimp. I know randalls and yellow watchmen, but what else?

 

[Anchovy]

Do you want just the tiger pistol pairs or the ones you see paired with randall pistol shrimp too?

 

[bamachamp92]

yasha gobies are awesome

http://aquariacanada.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12850

 

[mkenochm]

I'm pretty sure that pink and orange spot gobbies will pair with a tiger pistol shrimp.

 

[GPhiAce]

Do you want just the tiger pistol pairs or the ones you see paired with randall pistol shrimp too?

Just tiger pairs. I have one without a goby lookout.

Will the yashas pair with a tiger pistol? And will a pair of yashas pair/triplet with a tiger pistol? Bad question, I know.

 

[bamachamp92]

Im not sure Paul on the pair or trio. I think I have seen them sold with a tiger pistol before so they should be fine with a tiger pistol, but you might need to check with someone on that.

 

[treylane]

Any shrimpgoby (at least, any shrimpgoby typically available to the hobby) will pair up with tiger pistols.

 

[EvilMel]

Wheeler's goby will pair with them. They're cheap and uncommon.

 

[ct_vol]

Paul~ I have a list at home of what they pair with in nature... I'll post it for you when I get back...

 

[GPhiAce]

Still looking for a good goby to pair with the pistol. He needs a friend. He keeps taking my frags and using them as doors or just cover them with gravel.

 

[macclellan]

I think I saw a Wheeler's, as Mel mentioned, at CR. Real cheap too.

 

[GPhiAce]

Yeah, I know about the wheelers, Mell pushes them like crack. I would like to know my options. As of now I am thinking of a male yellow watchman and maybe a nd maybe a female in the future. We will see. Randy, were is that list????

 

[ct_vol]

Amblyeleotris
A.guttata: Alpheus bellulus, A. ochosiatus
A. gymnocephala: Alpheus djeddensis, A. ochrostiatus
A. japonicus: Alpheus bellulus
A. latifasciata: Alpheus bellulus
A. ogasawarensis: Alpheus ochrostiatus
A. periophthalmus: Alpheus ochrostiatus
A. randalli: Alpheus rapicida
A. steinitzi: Alpheus bellululs, A. djeddensis, A. djiboutensis, A. ochrostiatus, A. purpurilenticularis, A. randalli
A. wheeleri: Alpheus djeddensis, A. ochrostiatus

Apocryptodon
A. bleekeri: Alpheus bisincisus

Cryptocentrus
C. caeruleopunctatus: Alpheus djiboutensis, A. rapax
C. cinctus: Alpheus bellulus, A. ochrostiatus, A. rapicida
C. cryptocentrus: Alpheus bellulus, A. ochrostiatus, A. rapicida
C. fasciatus: Alpheus ochrostiatus
C. koumanni: Alpheus rapicida
C. lutheri: Alpheus djiboutensis
C. octofasciatus: Alpheus rapicida
C. strigilliceps: Alpheus rapicida

Ctenogobiops
C. feroculus: Alpheus bellulus, Alpheus rapicida
C. pomasticus: Alpheus djiboutensis, A. ochrostiatus, A. rapicida

Ctenogobius
C. feroculus: Alpheus rapax
C. maculosus: Alpheus rapax

Eilatia
E. spp.: Alpheus djiboutensis

Flabellogobius
F. spp.: Alpheus randalli

Istigobius
I. ornatus: Alpheus bisincisus

Lotilia
L. graciliosa: Alpheus rubromaculatus

Psilogobius
P. mainlandi: Alpheus rapax

Stonogobiops
S. dracula: Alpheus randalli
S. nematodes: Alpheus randalli
S. xanthorhinica: Alpheus randalli

Tomyamaichthys
T. omi: Alpheus randalli

Vanderhorstia
V. mertensi: Alpheus djiboutensis
V. ornatissima: Alpheus rapicida

 

[macclellan]

Really? Watchman's are a pretty dull yellow. The Wheeler's is cooler! Props to Mel for pushing her crack.

 

[GPhiAce]

Thanks Randini. Yellow watchmen are a great yellow and they have personality. The female is not that pretty though.

 

[H@rry]

The female is not that pretty though.

The male goby would probably disagree with you.

 

[GPhiAce]

The male goby would probably disagree with you.

I am pretty sure it is out of necessity.

 

[EvilMel]

Really? Watchman's are a pretty dull yellow. The Wheeler's is cooler! Props to Mel for pushing her crack.

Woot!

The male yellow watchman can be quite striking as he's bright yellow with baby blue freckles. Poor females...they get no love from us humans as they are a much drabber greyish color with the blue freckles.

The shrimp gobies that I would like to "push" are yasa hashes but their higher price tag usually has people balking at the cost immediately. I just think they're really neat looking...albeit a bit more delicate.

 

[treylane]

The highfin gobies are in the same group as the yashias. Cheaper, not any less pretty, and they acclimate to captivity slightly better. Though the yashias often seem to be bolder/sturdier once they're established in a tank.