Yellow Watchman Goby

[Cunningham]

Hey my buddy recently bought a yellow watchman goby and he was wondering if it's a sand sifter like the orange spot sleeper goby ?

 

[classklown90]

yes he will sift some sand, maybe not as often as others but he will do his fair share

 

[Tank2379]

I have a yellow watchman does not do a thing- I need to find him a Pistol..

 

[Willey]

I have a watchman and tiger pistal, they hide alot, but when they do come out there awsome!

 

[Bonz]

The yellow is not a big sandsifter but will sift by its hole or domain. I think the pistol will make more of a disturbance in the sand.

 

[PrettyFishies]

I have a YWG and a Pistol on order. Can't wait!

 

[Jspires688]

I have a pistol goby combo they are funny to watch that pistol works his butt off

 

[Fishbone13]

I have a yellow prawn gobie and he sifts sand once in a blue moon but his personality and his sour puss face make him my favorite fish by far.

 

[Jspires688]

Get him a pistol shrimp he will be much happier and your sand will always be changing

 

[Fishbone13]

Get him a pistol shrimp he will be much happier and your sand will always be changing

do you have a link for a pistol shrimp I can check out? Well one that you woul
d recommend for my boy big Herm

 

[carey]

I have a pistol I bought for my pink spotted watchman and they don't even hang out together or even near each other. lol i havent seen the pistol or heard him since the day I dropped him in. He is alive though based on the mountains of sand I have every morning around my rocks.

 

[Fishbone13]

I have a pistol I bought for my pink spotted watchman and they don't even hang out together or even near each other. lol i havent seen the pistol or heard him since the day I dropped him in. He is alive though based on the mountains of sand I have every morning around my rocks.

That kinda stinks. I already have a Banded Coral and a Blood Red fire Shrimp. Do you think if I get a pistol it would mess up the tank dynamic? I mean shrimp wise, I don't want to have territorial disputes and whatnot erupt'n.

 

[Jspires688]

Pistols are very small and mighty it won't mess with your other shrimp but if they bother it it's sure to win Im sorry about yours not pairing up carey I put mine in and they were together after the first day I guess it's just luck mine is a yellow watchman and a tiger pistol I think those pair the best

 

[Gregcoyote]

My orange spot goby murdered my yellow prawn goby. I don't have any evidence, so no trial, but I am pretty sure he did it. The orange spot is a great worker, so I guess he is forgiven. Has anyone else had a problem with these fish mixing? My tank is 300 gallon with a lot of room.

 

[Fishbone13]

I have a Yellow Prawn, Diaomomd and a Banded Watchman Gobie in the same tank and all of em get along. They switch caves and sometimes share em at the same time. I have is a 65 gallon and they have more than enough room to roam I can only imagine the amount of cool places they could hide in you're tank. i bet they could go days on end and not cross paths. My money would be on some other fish take'n out the little guy but I could be wrong. You might have one bad seed that waxed him. In any event i say just keep an eye on the culprit. Sorry about loose'n the little guy.

 

[Gregcoyote]

I HATE losing a fish. It may have been he was just to little to survive in a pretty competitive reef. It is not impossible he is still alive in the tank, but haven't seen him for a month. There was never a body recovered..

 

[melosu58]

Moved to the Sw reef aquaria general discussion

 

[newreefaddict]

I think that the best pistol/goby pair is a randalls goby with a candy cane pistol. I have a Randal and bought him a pistol then i didnt see that shrimp for a long time so i got him another and come to find out he now has both of them......lol

 

[Fotopoulos]

Just reading this thread...is it common to pair a goby and shrimp together? My bf and I decided on getting one goby for our 6g. Is there a certain combination we should do?

 

[Fishbone13]

From what I've been read'n and hear'n it's Pistol Shrimp.