Whit Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Ok, I have a question that's plaguing me... While watching Gregs pistol shrimp and gobies this evening the pistol became angry at a crab and started clicking. So here is my thought... How does the pistol know the gobies from any other fish in the tank? I mean if he clicks at the other fish, how come the gobies can live in the hole with him and he doest click at them??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 i wondered the same thing when i had my pink spotted and Japanese fire pistol. i think it the way the gobbie moves his or her end. its what alerts the pistol of predators and danger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Probably some kind of chemical or visual marker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 pistol shrimp are blind, supposedly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 as far as i can remember they use there antennas to sense movement and they use ultrasound from the claw clicks. if i remember rite..i got rid of my pair cause the pistol killed everything. 6line wrasse gone, several hermits id add 10 hermits a month to my tank cause he would eat them, added 5 pep shrimp, killed them all in a week. turbo snails same dead when they reached the sand. he would kick the shells out of his burrow constantly.not to mention he dug more tunnels than a engineer goby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Secret handshake Just like other symbiotic relationships, embedded in the genes I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 This is the best I can come up with. "Hey, how exactly is a rainbow made? How exactly does the sun set? How exactly does the posi-trac rear end on a Plymouth work? -It just does." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whit Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 Very interesting thoughts.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 When you all figure it out let me know and I'll wright a book, makes lots of money and retire to an island somewhere along the great barrier reef in Australia If I was to guess I'd go with either tactile (including pressure waves transmitted through the water) or olfactory cues or some combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 i read that somewhere. that they use there claw for sonar, and there tenticals to sence the moments from the goby. i know that my shrimp was blind tho i could get close to him if i moved very slow around him with a stick or the grabbers once he sensed it he would run and snap his claw. he would do it very soft at night and when we would kill something it was super loud, like wake me up loud and the tank is in the living room.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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