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I have a pair of Randall shrimp and am wondering if a watchman goby would most likely eat them. I know watchman gobies will live with tiger pistol shrimp but not sure about Randall's shrimp. @Jay Hemdal
pink spotted watchman goby Randall shrimp?
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Sorry - I don't know. That shrimp usually pairs with the Orange stripe prawn goby, I don't know if they will cohabitate with other gobies. Size has some bearing on this - if the shrimp are small, I would be leery about trying that.
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Alpheus bellulus is reportedly their preferred shrimp, but people have paired them with A. randalli before too (A. randalli is highly versatile in its pairings; it has been shown to pair with Amblyeleotris spp., Stonogobiops spp., Tomiyamichtys spp., and Cryptocentrus spp. that I've found) - the size difference at pairing is probably a concern, though, so if you try it, I'd suggest a small goby with full-grown shrimp to try and play it safe.
Sources for some of the different pairings:
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Sources for some of the different pairings:
Aquarium Fish: Sharing a small house without conflicts: the pistol shrimp and the shrimpgoby’s life
Coral Reefs, thousand of species, thousand of associations: but the relationship between little gobies and their shrimp partners is one of the most famous and better balanced, where everybody wins and nobody loses. A wonderful example of mutualistic symbiosis.
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