Monster/oni shrimpgoby, Tomiyamichthys oni, safe with shrimp and pico fish?

[Tired]

Anyone kept these? I'm reading they get to about 4" long and pair with tiger pistol shrimp. Seems like a normal enough shrimpgoby, just strange-looking and unusual. Mostly what I'm wondering is, will they try to eat small shrimp and tiny fish, i.e. anemone shrimp and neon or trimma gobies?

 

[twentyleagues]

Should be good. From what I see looks to eat zooplankton and small benthic inverts probably pods of some such size. Multiple places list as reef safe. Maybe some thing like sexy shrimp may be at risk once fish is full grown.

 

[Tired]

Section: Fish Library: Group: Gobies: Species: Tomiyamichthys oni (Monster Shrimp Goby)

Marine Aquarium Library: Gobies, Tomiyamichthys, Tomiyamichthys oni

www.saltcorner.com

Oddly, this site says they're difficult to keep well fed, and suggests four feedings a day. Seems strange for a shrimpgoby.

It also says they dig deep burrows, which wouldn't work in my tank- I have a shallow sandbed. Enough for the pistol shrimp to dig and for a goby to fit comfortably, but the floor of its burrow is the floor of the tank in a good few spots.

 

[twentyleagues]

Section: Fish Library: Group: Gobies: Species: Tomiyamichthys oni (Monster Shrimp Goby)

Marine Aquarium Library: Gobies, Tomiyamichthys, Tomiyamichthys oni

www.saltcorner.com

Oddly, this site says they're difficult to keep well fed, and suggests four feedings a day. Seems strange for a shrimpgoby.

It also says they dig deep burrows, which wouldn't work in my tank- I have a shallow sandbed. Enough for the pistol shrimp to dig and for a goby to fit comfortably, but the floor of its burrow is the floor of the tank in a good few spots.

Yeah that was one place I read about them too. That is a go to for me when I dont know about a fish. Seems pretty on point most times.