a partner for my Alpheus bellulus

[yiling]

Hi all, i just got my pistol shrimp aka (Alpheus bellulus) and i was just wondering which is the most suitable or colourful prawn goby that can go along with this blind shrimp ?

Am hoping to get a colourful bodyguard for him so that it will be easier for me to spot him !!!

Pls throw me some ideas on gobies to buy

thanks

[FuEl]

Stonogobiops yashia or Stonogobiops nematode will work well.

See them sharing the pistol?

[yiling]

haha, its so funny looking

thanks dude.. think i will get a pair of Yasha or Cryptocentrus cinctus(yellow shrimpgoby ).

So hows the weather down there bro ?

[Gouldian]

haha, its so funny looking

thanks dude.. think i will get a pair of Yasha or Cryptocentrus cinctus(yellow shrimpgoby ).

So hows the weather down there bro ?

Hi Des, try to get the Stonogobiops sp. and avoid the Cryptocentrus sp. cuz the Cryptocentrus tends to be bigger and more aggressive.

For the Stonogobiops, the nematodes are easily available thus cheaper as compared to the yashia.

But bare in mind if you intend to keep more than 1 gobies per PS, you must intro them (Gobies) together if not they will not share one host easily.

In fact, I have previously tried many times but to no avail when I intro the gobies separately.

Anyway, wish you all the best in your 1st few LS!