yasha hase goby

johnnymo

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man i just got him and i cant find him AT ALL. do they burrow under the sand and swim under it like a skink? And i also have a pistol shrimp in their too. Will they find each other by scent or do they have to find eachother face to face to realize the other one exists?
 

drty811

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hes definitly in the sand under your rockwork, so is the pistol. i have two pairs and three pistols in my tank. didnt see any of them for a month at first. youll hear the shrimp snapping there claw. dont worry they'll be fine. like i said mine didnt eat until they came out. youll see sand piled all over the place in the morning, sometimes there burrows are behind the rocks too, but they will eventually move it up front in the open areas.
 

johnnymo

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i sure your hope your right. the pistol shrimp has set up a burrow in the most perfect place infront of the tank. But when i released the goby into the tank he kinda disapeared into a diffrent area of the tank.The opening to the pistol shrimp burrow is really small. i doubt the goby is sharing it with him. i even moved my live rock around to find him but i cant. i fear he might have jumped out. But im still going to wait a couple months before i assume his death. i cant belive yours disapeared for a month.
 

drty811

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i was at the point of taking all my rock to find them, and then they came out. i was sweating bullets for awhile with both my pairs.
 

johnnymo

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FINALLY SAW HIM! man i lost all hope on that little guy too. I was almost positive he died and got eaten or something. But an hour ago i went to go check on my tank and in my shrimps cave i spotted some white lips and then two red eyes! my friends think im the biggest nerd because im so stoked i found my goby. Hopefully he becomes more and more bold.
 

drty811

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he'll show up more as time goes on. he just needs to get used to his surroundings. it also helps if there are other non-agressive fish in the tank. like chromis's, cardinals, other small gobies, ect. mine came out way more when i added my bangii cardnals.
 
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