The Odd Couple (watchman goby and pistol shrimp)

[soonermitzi]

Due to a bout of insomnia, i was recently awake LATE at night and witnessed some nocturnal behavior. We have had the pair of them going on four months now and things have gone VERY well with them. Saw the pistol shrimp swimming all over the tank, finally going into the tunnels and the goby chilling out on the sand bed and noticed that the goby was basically kicked out of the tunnels by the pistol. Is this a common occurrence, say when the pistol is moulting? Towards the end of the next day, all was well once again, but just curious.

 

[NanaReefer]

They'll often kick em out for maintenance purposes, to gather food and during molt for protection. I've had my Randall's Pistol shrimp for 3+yrs now

 

[Squishie89]

Apparently the pistol shrimp had just mopped and the goby was bringing sand in.

 

[CustomReefCreations]

Seems to be normal behavior. My yasha haze gobie isn't allowed in the burrow while maintenance is being done

 

[soonermitzi]

That's pretty much what I figured, just needed some feedback! I think we're going to love this Oklahoma Forum! Thanks, all!