Yellow watchman goby and pistol shrimp

My #1 choice is a yasha and candy pistol shrimp. They are much more colorful, but also smaller and more shy. The yellow watchman and tiger pistol are a great choice. They were one of my first additions when I started saltwater and I expect I'll always have a shrimp/goby pair. Watching the shrimp build and rebuild, and with the goby standing guard has occupied me for many hours.


You won't want to put any frags you like in the sand though. It's an ongoing joke that my pistol shrimp must have a cave full of coral artwork because if anything falls off a rock, he's quick to run away with it to use for his project. They like quite a deep sandbed to work with. They never really disturbed any other tankmates, other than the shrimp physically removing a snail or hermit that came too close.


I also keep little rock rubble pieces and empty shells in my sandbed, which the shrimp uses for construction.

 

I have a yellow watchman and tiger pistol. They are alot of fun to watch. But like Shayna stated they will run off with corals that are left on the sand bed. Even if it is attached to a small rock they can take off with them. I also have a yasha goby that i just got about two weeks ago. I'm getting him a candy cane shrimp friend this weekend. But they are in a different tank. My yasha so far only comes out during feeding. He is getting more and more brave as he adjusts since I just got him almost two weeks ago like I said. Either way they are a great addition to a cube!!

 

Forgot to mention I have my watchman and tiger in my 29 gal biocube as well.

 

I have a smaller pistol shrimp with my YWM goby. Blue zoo aquatics has a combo package for shrimp & goby. That's where I've got mine, and they're best friends. He doesn't steal any corals and he's still just as exciting. ^_^