Feeding a pistol shrimp

Scotty Buttons · Feb 20, 2019

Hello every one, I bought a YWG and tiger pistol shrimp pair from my LFS about a week ago. The goby is about 1" and the shrimp is maybe 3/4" there both tiny. So they settled in nicely and the shrimp went right to work digging them out a burrow, and the goby keeps watch. When I feed the tank the goby gets his share and sometimes the pistol pokes out like he wants to catch something to eat but never ventured far enough to get anything. My question is do I need to target feed their burrow to make sure he's getting something? Or does he scavenge enough food or eat ditritus?

TIA for any input

TheEngineer · Feb 20, 2019

You shouldn’t need to spot feed it. The goby will share food with it IME

MTBake · Feb 20, 2019

The goby won't let it starve. Mine were both tiny when I got them. The shrimp was around .750" and the goby was maybe 1.25". Both have doubled in size over the past 8 months or so.