Randalls shrimp goby.... extremely shy??

[Abominable Snow Crab]

Are randalls gobies particularly shy compared to other watchman?

 

[Channas]

I belive its an individual thing and what type of tank mates they have, my Randall Goby is out all the time while my watchman i see maybe once every two months if im lucky and i house mine 2 pistol gobies with tangs and a large foxface in a 190ish gal. However i used to have my watchman inside a small tank with calm tank mates (seahorses) and it was the same thing there so i belive its a personality thing mostly

 

[Abominable Snow Crab]

I belive its an individual thing and what type of tank mates they have, my Randall Goby is out all the time while my watchman i see maybe once every two months if im lucky and i house mine 2 pistol gobies with tangs and a large foxface in a 190ish gal. However i used to have my watchman inside a small tank with calm tank mates (seahorses) and it was the same thing there so i belive its a personality thing mostly

You are probably right. I added one with a pistol shrimp last week and I know he is alive cause ill barely catch a glimpse of him but he refuses to leave the burrow. Super shy fish so far.

 

[drew61199]

I've had two watchman. The first would sit out all the time (old tank yrs ago). Current one I have paired with a Randall shrimp and I hardly see either of them. If I go anywhere near the tank the goby shoots into the burrow...I think the shrimp relationship and "watchman" aspect made this one way more skittish