Hi there
I purchased a tiny Hi-fin Goby and an even tinier Randall's Pistol Shrimp, sold specifically as a pair from my LFS today. They were very tactile with each other in the shop, in the bag on the way home and in the tub as I drip acclimated. I then netted them in turn and put them close to where I was kind of hoping they'd set up camp.
I put the shrimp in first and he just zoomed off as I put the goby in. The goby has dug himself a little hole under one of my rocks, exactly where I was hoping he would and as he's darting out every so often on the hunt for a snack, I consider him to be starting out ok. I mean I'm calling him a him, but I suppose I have no idea?
I also have no idea where my shrimp is. Assuming they are pretty bonded, will the shrimp find the goby? Is he hiding in some other nook, wondering where his buddy is? Is he behind my goby, maybe, already there, but out of site? Is this the sort of thing it is normal to worry about?
I purchased a tiny Hi-fin Goby and an even tinier Randall's Pistol Shrimp, sold specifically as a pair from my LFS today. They were very tactile with each other in the shop, in the bag on the way home and in the tub as I drip acclimated. I then netted them in turn and put them close to where I was kind of hoping they'd set up camp.
I put the shrimp in first and he just zoomed off as I put the goby in. The goby has dug himself a little hole under one of my rocks, exactly where I was hoping he would and as he's darting out every so often on the hunt for a snack, I consider him to be starting out ok. I mean I'm calling him a him, but I suppose I have no idea?
I also have no idea where my shrimp is. Assuming they are pretty bonded, will the shrimp find the goby? Is he hiding in some other nook, wondering where his buddy is? Is he behind my goby, maybe, already there, but out of site? Is this the sort of thing it is normal to worry about?