Pistol shrimp

[reedw20]

I just got back from the fish store with a shrimp and goby pair, I put my goby in and he just sat there while my shrimp walked over by my clownfish, I thought everything was alright so I went to the bathroom, and when I got back he was gone, did my clownfish eat him or did he just go into the rocks? Plz help.

 

[coralbandit]

Probably hiding in the rock or more likely under one..
Is your clown big enough to eat him?
Sorry but pretty funny. I am sure he'll pop out .

 

[reedw20]

Probably hiding in the rock or more likely under one..
Is your clown big enough to eat him?
Sorry but pretty funny. I am sure he'll pop out .

Haha yea, my clown is only 2.5 in, I doubt he ate it

 

[Elude82]

I have one, they hide fast and make their homes even faster. He’s under a rock. Where you find the Goby hiding is h same place you’ll find him, you just won’t see him as often. Rarely will come out as the Goby will feed him. Weird Symbiotic relationship. Lol

 

[54seaweed]

the only time I see my pistol shrimp is when he burrows up against the glass ,
maybe 1 or 2 times a year , the rest of the time he just hangs out somewhere under the rocks.

 

[skrapeNKA]

Where you find the Goby hiding is h same place you’ll find him, you just won’t see him as often.

My wife has a Hi Fin goby / candy cane pistol shrimp and they are the same way. We see a lot of the little goby's yellow head poking out from under the rock the shrimp chooses to excavate under, and that's it most days! There was stretch of a couple of months the shrimp was not sighted at all, just the goby. However, we usually see it a few times a week lately. It seems to like to come out a couple inches to either dance a bit, pick through the rubble to find the perfect rock to put on the side of the hole or turn around and kick sand all over with its swimmerets!