YWG and Randall's Pistol shrimp help

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I'm trying to pair a new Randall's that I had in QT, with a YWG in DT that I have had for about a year (was paired previously with a Tiger pistol that unfortunately passed).

I acclimated the shrimp yesterday and the Goby immediately spotted it and tried to interact, the shrimp snapped at it and is now in an adjacent rockwork and made a burrow. The goby was observed in that region today and again I had snapping..

Anything I should be concerned about? YWG is healthy and well fed and the shrimp was pretty docile and inactive in QT but was taking food regularly in QT. The shrimp is pretty small maybe an inch and Goby is a couple inches
 
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I'm trying to pair a new Randall's that I had in QT, with a YWG in DT that I have had for about a year (was paired previously with a Tiger pistol that unfortunately passed).

I acclimated the shrimp yesterday and the Goby immediately spotted it and tried to interact, the shrimp snapped at it and is now in an adjacent rockwork and made a burrow. The goby was observed in that region today and again I had snapping..

Anything I should be concerned about? YWG is healthy and well fed and the shrimp was pretty docile and inactive in QT but was taking food regularly in QT. The shrimp is pretty small maybe an inch and Goby is a couple inches
Bonding is either instant or takes a few days
 
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So it's been a week now and I can't seem to locate the shrimp.. I have an idea because you can see where some of the sand has shifted, and build-up around the base of the rocks.. but it's so small compared to my reefer 350 with all the rockwork..

I do hear it snapping every once in awhile though, so I guess that's a good sign right?

Should I be concerned? Just continue to wait? Do I even need to spot feed it? (I'm trying but it's difficult as I don't know exactly where it is...)
 

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I'm trying to pair a new Randall's that I had in QT, with a YWG in DT that I have had for about a year (was paired previously with a Tiger pistol that unfortunately passed).

I acclimated the shrimp yesterday and the Goby immediately spotted it and tried to interact, the shrimp snapped at it and is now in an adjacent rockwork and made a burrow. The goby was observed in that region today and again I had snapping..

Anything I should be concerned about? YWG is healthy and well fed and the shrimp was pretty docile and inactive in QT but was taking food regularly in QT. The shrimp is pretty small maybe an inch and Goby is a couple inches
Might just be the pistol’s temperment. I had a tiger that was an ****** and tried ti terrorize my halloweens, which killed him off quick. The second was very mellow and immediately took to my yellow watchmen. I say sit back and observe for a while. The shrimp could be just stressed in a new environment
 

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