Found new paired(pistol shrimp) yellow watchman goby dead.....

[Snoopdog]

So i got a yellow watchman goby and pistol shrimp and they immediately paired up together and found its own hiding spot.

Day one , they seems to be doing good but on a second day i saw goby at night far away from hiding spot(had little white beaten up mouth).

On third day i got worried that goby didnt come out for a day so i got all the rocks out and found goby dead burried under sand but pistol shrimp still healthy going strong.

Im not really sure what caused gobies death.

My blenny and other fish is totally healthy eating good and my corals are also doing good.

My nitrate is less than 10 and ammonia zero.

I also had the same issue with a YWG and a white mouth. It took months for him to heal in quarantine. First night back in the tank, dead by the next morning.

 

[Cole.mormon]

Do you know why?

 

[Snoopdog]

Do you know why?

Highly suspect the royal gramma.

 

[Cole.mormon]

Me too
Those things are like full grown damsels

 

[Snoopdog]

Me too
Those things are like full grown damsels

I notice they go for the head. My thought is that they grab the goby by the mouth.

 

[Cole.mormon]

I think so
Get it by the lip to kill it

 

[Cole.mormon]

Or it was going for the eye

 

[Snoopdog]

Or it was going for the eye

My current YWG is smart enough to stay away. He has his own hole that he stays close to.

 

[Cole.mormon]

I have a dotty back