pairenoid
Aquarium Advice Freak
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- Sep 23, 2012
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my worst fear came true, i only had him one day, drip acclimated for 1 hour
he seemed PERFECTLY fine, i fear my tiger pistol killed him or he got crushed by rocks
the spot he was dead in, i checked 100 times to find him, and just now i found him motionless, when i took him out i noticed his mouth was wide open, does this signify anything? his body looked fine
i hear if a pistol shrimp shoots a fish it will have a ring mark and i didnt see anything. Im scared to get another one, tbh the yellow watchman goby and pistol shrimp combo is the number 1 thing i wanted when i started my tank
i am def going to try to get another, but around here they are all out of stock. Im extremely disappointed, i drip acclimated him good and when he entered the tank he seemed healthy and normal, retreating to a burrow and than standing guard. It wasnt until i woke up that i coudlnt find him but i tried not to worry since they can be hard to find
my best guess is that the goby entered the burrow while the shrimp was caught off guard and maybe they fought, i am in a pickle because now i dont know how to introduce a new goby into the tank without scaring the shrimp, its literally impossible to find the shrimp without changing my aquascape which is not an option as the burrow work is extensive, i dont want to interfere. I already messed up one half of my tank to retrieve the dead goby. Cant say i wasn't curious about the burrow under the rocks i picked up, i thought they would look a lot deeper XD
he seemed PERFECTLY fine, i fear my tiger pistol killed him or he got crushed by rocks
the spot he was dead in, i checked 100 times to find him, and just now i found him motionless, when i took him out i noticed his mouth was wide open, does this signify anything? his body looked fine
i hear if a pistol shrimp shoots a fish it will have a ring mark and i didnt see anything. Im scared to get another one, tbh the yellow watchman goby and pistol shrimp combo is the number 1 thing i wanted when i started my tank
i am def going to try to get another, but around here they are all out of stock. Im extremely disappointed, i drip acclimated him good and when he entered the tank he seemed healthy and normal, retreating to a burrow and than standing guard. It wasnt until i woke up that i coudlnt find him but i tried not to worry since they can be hard to find
my best guess is that the goby entered the burrow while the shrimp was caught off guard and maybe they fought, i am in a pickle because now i dont know how to introduce a new goby into the tank without scaring the shrimp, its literally impossible to find the shrimp without changing my aquascape which is not an option as the burrow work is extensive, i dont want to interfere. I already messed up one half of my tank to retrieve the dead goby. Cant say i wasn't curious about the burrow under the rocks i picked up, i thought they would look a lot deeper XD