jaw fish

zazzoo · #1 02-13-2009, 05:02 AM

i got a cheap jaw fish from j&l 4 days ago... brought him home put him in .... he went into the orange goby's hole... and never saw him since ? is he dead or alive ? or is this normal for it to hide ?

ElGuappo · #2 02-13-2009, 05:06 AM

normal for it to hide at first. should come out eventually when food is dropped in.

zazzoo · #3 02-13-2009, 05:10 AM

i hope so ... lol very nice looking with light neon blue ... would suck for it to die LOL

Myka · #4 02-13-2009, 05:50 AM

Jawfish ime can be really touchy...seem to carry lots of internal parasites. Sounds like you bought a Pearly (aka Yellow head). I have tried three, and I haven't had one make it 24 hours yet. They often arrive in poor condition in stores.

ElGuappo · #5 02-13-2009, 05:57 AM

mine was a pearly had it for quite a while. over a year anyway. till something in my tank started killing things.

zazzoo · #6 02-13-2009, 10:30 AM

yeah one i got was really healthy and FAT.... made sure he ate in the store.... then he went in my tank ... went in the goby hole and said HEY ... i guess i can DIE HERE........ LOL thats what he probably did ..... didnt see any amonenia spike so ... so far so good

unless the crabs got him

Whatigot · #7 02-13-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Myka

Jawfish ime can be really touchy...seem to carry lots of internal parasites. Sounds like you bought a Pearly (aka Yellow head). I have tried three, and I haven't had one make it 24 hours yet. They often arrive in poor condition in stores.

me too.
I love those stupid little fish but have also tried 3 with none surviving longer than 24 hours.
you just made me feel a lot better about that Myka.

Myka · #8 02-13-2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Whatigot

me too.
I love those stupid little fish but have also tried 3 with none surviving longer than 24 hours.
you just made me feel a lot better about that Myka.

Really? Because I still feel bad about it! Not because I thought it was my fault (I did everything "right" for the little guys), but because I think that their little lives were stolen from the reefs for nothing. I always feel bad about fish dying.