I've had my watchmen gony pistol combo for 8 months I bought them both as babies they paired together immediately and would hide in there borro for weeks at a time I must've thought them dead at least 100 times! That's even after reading forums and finding out that they do hide I still swore they were dead!
When my tank came down with Ick 4 months ago and I had to remove all my fish I went on a hunt and found my Gobi when he went into the quarantine tank of course there were no rocks and sand for him to hide in so he was quite visible and comical to watch when he went back in the tank he immediately paired with his pistol friend and this time they were pretty visible most of the time at least once a day or maybe hide for one or two days but you could always hear the shrimp snapping and I can always tell by the sand that there was another opening or another closure always activity.. It is now been almost 2 weeks with no activity I think the sand may look slightly different but nothing obvious.. I also don't seem to hear the pistol shrimp I don't want to jump to conclusions again but it seems weird to me that they were quite visible and active and the go be with swimming out catching food and opening different areas around the rock now to see nothing once again I am worried! Anyone experience this with the Gobi being very visible and then all of a sudden nothing?all parameters are good and my ammonia has not changed so I don't believe anything died in the tank but what is up with them?
When my tank came down with Ick 4 months ago and I had to remove all my fish I went on a hunt and found my Gobi when he went into the quarantine tank of course there were no rocks and sand for him to hide in so he was quite visible and comical to watch when he went back in the tank he immediately paired with his pistol friend and this time they were pretty visible most of the time at least once a day or maybe hide for one or two days but you could always hear the shrimp snapping and I can always tell by the sand that there was another opening or another closure always activity.. It is now been almost 2 weeks with no activity I think the sand may look slightly different but nothing obvious.. I also don't seem to hear the pistol shrimp I don't want to jump to conclusions again but it seems weird to me that they were quite visible and active and the go be with swimming out catching food and opening different areas around the rock now to see nothing once again I am worried! Anyone experience this with the Gobi being very visible and then all of a sudden nothing?all parameters are good and my ammonia has not changed so I don't believe anything died in the tank but what is up with them?