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02-05-2012, 08:06 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: brooklyn
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Reefer Ratings: (23 (100%) Friends: (5) | Pistol Shrimp
wanna get Pistol Shrimp for my yasha goby but have already cleaner shrimps sexy shrimps and other ornamental shrimp it will be ok to add Pistol Shrimp or he will try to kill others any suggestions? thanks | ||||
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02-05-2012, 08:45 PM
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| PADI Dive Inst  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New York
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I have had a pistol shrimp with cleaner shrimp and sexy shrimp. Everyone got along fine in my 75. Get a small Randall's pistol shrimp and you will be fine.
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02-06-2012, 12:14 AM
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| Seahorses yea!  Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Manhattan, East Village
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I've had a tiny tiger pistol who grew up to be pretty big. Had this guy with a cleaner for about 2 years. No problem at all. Cleaner stays in the mid of the tank. Pistol stays on the bottom. With a network of caves. With a Randall's goby. All is well.
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02-06-2012, 12:23 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 142
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I also have a tiger pistol for about 2 years with a yellow watch man goby.. I also have two cleaners and he never bothers anyone.. They are great additions always fun to watch | ||||
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02-06-2012, 12:39 AM
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| vendor Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: South Hackensack, NJ
Posts: 352
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I have had Bluespot Bullseye pistols, Japanese Pistols and Randall's island pistols in tanks with peppermints, skunks and bloods and never had an issue. I paired all of them with Yashia Gobies as well. All combinations were held in 18x18x18" cubes so basically about the size of a 24g aquapod more or less. I only ever had issues with blood shrimp killing skunks or skunks killing galapagos shrimp. I never even had an issue with any of them during feeding times when other ornamental shrimp passed very close to the pistol's den. I've never had them with my sexy, bumble bee or galapagos shrimp nor my pom pom crabs. Feel free to call me at 2012458599 if I can help out at all in your search anytime between 930am & 930pm. Best of luck | ||||
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02-06-2012, 01:14 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bronx,ny
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lol funny i was about to post a thread asking the same exact question Thinking about gettin a pistol shirmp aswell but already have a cleaner shrimp on a 90g sticking to this thread ..... | ||||
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02-06-2012, 07:27 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Long Island, NY
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+1 on the Randall's pistol...he bothers no one in my 75 and I have two small skunk cleaner shrimp and two peppermint shrimp...he basically stays in/around his cave...very cool to watch indeed!! 
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02-06-2012, 08:41 AM
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| A Little Annoyed!  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bergen County, NJ
Posts: 2,887
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Well this is helping me out, since I want to get a pistol and goby
__________________  Deep Blue 75 Gal 75 Rimless Thread. 28g JBJ Nano LED mixed reef 28 Gal Tank Thread! &*^#&%$(*&@(*&#*&@ @&*^#@*&^@^ this was a test of the emergency broadcast system. If this were an actual emergency then the crap that you just read would have been followed by offical news or instructions. This was only a test. | ||||
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02-06-2012, 08:55 AM
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| vendor Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: South Hackensack, NJ
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Careful with your rimless Anthony; prawns gobies can be jumpers especially if they startled. Luckily mine have only jumped into the adjoining cube and yashias will school as opposed to others that r territorial and will fight. At least mine never fought. | ||||
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02-06-2012, 08:57 AM
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| A Little Annoyed! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bergen County, NJ
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__________________ Deep Blue 75 Gal 75 Rimless Thread. 28g JBJ Nano LED mixed reef 28 Gal Tank Thread! &*^#&%$(*&@(*&#*&@ @&*^#@*&^@^ this was a test of the emergency broadcast system. If this were an actual emergency then the crap that you just read would have been followed by offical news or instructions. This was only a test. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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