Will Goby Eat Shrimp?

Yes. And it will probably eat the shrimp too. Reaching over a foot the engineer goby is a very big fish for a 60 gallon tank.

Do goby fish protect shrimp?

Gobies serve as lookouts, warning the shrimp of potential threats, while the shrimp maintains and defends the burrow. However, pistol shrimp can survive independently, but the presence of a goby enhances their survival and territorial protection.

What goby pairs well with shrimp?

Gobies of the following genera are noted as having symbioses with shrimp: Amblyeleotris, Ctenogobiops, Cryptocentrus, Stonogobiops, Vanderhorstia, Tomiamichthys and Mahidolia. Several species of shrimp goby are actually offered in the trade. The shrimps are relatively difficult to capture, so less frequently offered.