sexing Blue Spot Jawfish

[Pan]

Originally Posted by foreverfortune

yes this one came from J&L, was told there were 2 but one sold before i bought the second one.

Even if they don't pair up the antics of two jawfish in a tank is priceless. That being said I had a really big tank when i did this. Jawfish can and will kill each other if they feel threatened.

[mseepman]

What a beautiful fish. This is one that I would love to have but I already have enough problems with fish carpet (or hardwood) surfing.

[tang daddy]

Wow man looks like your fish settled right in.... You must have the magic touch!

I am planning to put one in my new 50g set up however I want to wait a year keep us posted on the pics.

And btw the acropora just to the left above his burrow is that a robins egg stag?

[foreverfortune]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

Wow man looks like your fish settled right in.... You must have the magic touch!

I am planning to put one in my new 50g set up however I want to wait a year keep us posted on the pics.

And btw the acropora just to the left above his burrow is that a robins egg stag?

yea that is the robin's egg, it has gotten a little darker than i like but should lighten up when i get my zeo dosing down.

[Delphinus]

I don't have any links handy, sorry, but I remember reading something about the shape of the "pupil" can be used to distinguish M/F at least in yellow-headed jawfish. Something like it's more round in one and more sesame seed shaped in another ... but I'm afraid that's all I remember, sorry (Might be something you can do some searches on, if nothing else)

[tang daddy]

You should keep the robins egg up top as that one loves light!!

[foreverfortune]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

I don't have any links handy, sorry, but I remember reading something about the shape of the "pupil" can be used to distinguish M/F at least in yellow-headed jawfish. Something like it's more round in one and more sesame seed shaped in another ... but I'm afraid that's all I remember, sorry (Might be something you can do some searches on, if nothing else)

thanks, haven't read that anywhere yet, i will for sure try to google that.

Originally Posted by tang daddy

You should keep the robins egg up top as that one loves light!!

i will keep that i mind, i still have my frags from both my coral master and fragalot orders sitting on my sand bed waiting for them to color up more, so i know where i would want them placed according to colors.

[howdy20012002]

just to reconfirm that eggcrate is not enough. You should cover it at least with gutter guard over the eggcrate.
I have sadly killed a few blue spotted jawfish because I underestimated their ability to escape.
I just found one last week dried out on the ground and I have eggcrate with gutterguard over the tank. I had him for over a year...figured that I had finally figured out a way to keep it alive. I was sadly mistaken
I still don't know how it escaped.
good luck.
they are awesome fish to have...great character.
Neal