RaisingTinyHobbits
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So, I was sent an extra peppermint pistol shrimp with my order. They are both tiny! What are the chances of them pairing up vs fighting with each other?
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I have add 4 pistol shrimps of another species (Alpheus bellulus) into my 80 G tank. End up with at least 1 pair and totally 3 (maybe 4) still living.
If yours are of different sexes - they should probably mate. Lets say - the chance is 50/50
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If yours are of different sexes - they should probably mate. Lets say - the chance is 50/50
Sincerely Lasse
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Thank you! I juat dumped them in and didn't see where the first one went, but watched the second for a bit. He's obviously been busy overnight with the size of his sand pile now!
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I don't believe so. They seem to have divided the tank in half and each gets a side, but I also have only ever seen one of them out at a time.
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It was a Wheeler's Shrimp Goby, but I saw him with one of the shrimp a few days after adding them all and then he's been MIA since so I'm 90% confident he met with an unfortunate end. If I hadn't seen the Pistol Shrimp multiple times without him I'd hold out hope, but at this point it seems unlikely.
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Don't give up hope just yet. The first Yasha goby I picked up I didn't see him at all for quite some time and figured he was a goner. And then out of the blue, low and behold a couple of months later there he was. This was in a 30 gallon tank, so there wasn't a ton of LR real estate for the fish to go unnoticed.
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Hi, any photos of your tank
Oh very nice tank and rock work.....I like it a lot, Great job!
The first two are from my initial setup in March. It's been off and on battling dinos so I don't have any good full on pictures that are current. I included a few closeups of my Fire Shrimp from last week when he was feeling fiesty, though. (P.s. there is a lid I just didn't have it on for the first pictures)
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Thank you!Oh very nice tank and rock work.....I like it a lot, Great job!The first two are from my initial setup in March. It's been off and on battling dinos so I don't have any good full on pictures that are current. I included a few closeups of my Fire Shrimp from last week when he was feeling fiesty, though. (P.s. there is a lid I just didn't have it on for the first pictures)
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