My new addition. Should have known better!

Skunk Clown · 01-09-2003, 12:34 AM

I got me a watchman goby and pistol shrimp........
Got up the next morning and my tank was a big cloud. One or both of them, tore through my sand bed last night, it seems to have settled down. I knew they were gonna do that, i just couldnt think of another fish i liked or wanted!
heres a pic of the old man

tendar · 01-09-2003, 12:40 AM

I had the same thing happen last nigh and this morning after adding a new Blue Spot Jawfish last night to a new 40 corner tank. It was clearing tonight before I went to work could barly see him through the cloud so fed and he ate.
So hopfully by moring I will be able to take a pic.

Skunk Clown · 01-09-2003, 12:43 AM

yeah i tossed them in last night. and while they were shocked and looking around i turned on the lights and too pics,,,,,,,,,,, i have some of the shrimp,,,,,, but it is under my toadstool and you cant see it........
i have a few tunnels i can see, so hopefully they will be in view for me to notice see and enjoy!

**kevinpo** · 01-09-2003, 01:14 AM

Great picture! I have owned a pink spotted shrimp goby for years. A great fish with amusing and entertaining behavior.

Regards,
Kevin

Bughead · 01-09-2003, 06:03 PM

I got a yellow watchman goby for my pistol shrimp. They went together immediately and set up housekeeping for about a week. Then they got divorced. The goby lives on one side of the tank, the shrimp on the other. This has been the situation for 3 months now, so reconsiliation is probably out of the question. Go figure.

ochretoe · 01-09-2003, 10:09 PM

Hey skunk clown, your goby looks likes mine. Mine has been in for almost a month now. The only time the tank gets a little cloudy now is when the shrimp is cleaning tunnels in the evening. I think once all the tunnels are dug they slow down a lot, but they are still great to watch.

Skunk Clown · 01-09-2003, 10:27 PM

how much will he/they screw up my sand bed..........
i dont think my couple like each other........

ochretoe · 01-09-2003, 11:34 PM

The sand bed has been pretty rearanged this last month. There is about 30 to 40 percent of my original sand bed intact. I know its hard to see it destroyed but I guess it comes with the guest. I hope once they have established tunnels the rest of the sand bed wil resettle.

01-09-2003, 12:34 AM	#1
Skunk Clown Tenant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: This Giant World Posts: 89	My new addition. Should have known better! I got me a watchman goby and pistol shrimp........ Got up the next morning and my tank was a big cloud. One or both of them, tore through my sand bed last night, it seems to have settled down. I knew they were gonna do that, i just couldnt think of another fish i liked or wanted! heres a pic of the old man Attached Thumbnails

01-09-2003, 01:14 AM	#4
kevinpo Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spokane Valley WA Posts: 2,424	Great picture! I have owned a pink spotted shrimp goby for years. A great fish with amusing and entertaining behavior. Regards, Kevin __________________ SPSguy On - On

01-09-2003, 06:03 PM	#5
Bughead Governor Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA Posts: 1,152	I got a yellow watchman goby for my pistol shrimp. They went together immediately and set up housekeeping for about a week. Then they got divorced. The goby lives on one side of the tank, the shrimp on the other. This has been the situation for 3 months now, so reconsiliation is probably out of the question. Go figure. __________________ The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but it's the thought that counts.

01-09-2003, 10:09 PM	#6
ochretoe Just Moved In Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Memphis, Tn. Posts: 24	Hey skunk clown, your goby looks likes mine. Mine has been in for almost a month now. The only time the tank gets a little cloudy now is when the shrimp is cleaning tunnels in the evening. I think once all the tunnels are dug they slow down a lot, but they are still great to watch. __________________ " Honey, there is water on the floor....Again!"

01-09-2003, 11:34 PM	#8
ochretoe Just Moved In Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Memphis, Tn. Posts: 24	The sand bed has been pretty rearanged this last month. There is about 30 to 40 percent of my original sand bed intact. I know its hard to see it destroyed but I guess it comes with the guest. I hope once they have established tunnels the rest of the sand bed wil resettle. __________________ " Honey, there is water on the floor....Again!"

01-09-2003, 12:40 AM	#2
tendar Governor Join Date: May 2000 Location: tempe,AZ Posts: 1,114	I had the same thing happen last nigh and this morning after adding a new Blue Spot Jawfish last night to a new 40 corner tank. It was clearing tonight before I went to work could barly see him through the cloud so fed and he ate. So hopfully by moring I will be able to take a pic.

01-09-2003, 12:43 AM	#3
Skunk Clown Tenant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: This Giant World Posts: 89	yeah i tossed them in last night. and while they were shocked and looking around i turned on the lights and too pics,,,,,,,,,,, i have some of the shrimp,,,,,, but it is under my toadstool and you cant see it........ i have a few tunnels i can see, so hopefully they will be in view for me to notice see and enjoy!

01-09-2003, 10:27 PM	#7
Skunk Clown Tenant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: This Giant World Posts: 89	how much will he/they screw up my sand bed.......... i dont think my couple like each other........

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