105G Custom Shallow Paradise

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by karazy

yup. all jawfish are pretty bad when it comes to jumping. ive heard stories where they even jump through the holes in eggcrate

Yup, pretty much all gobies, blennies, jawfish and wrasses should come with parachutes

[Funky_Fish14]

Randalli's are terrible for jumpers.

Cheers,

Chris

[JDigital]

Maybe I will drop the Randalli and add a couple more squamipinnis..

[Myka]

Jawfish are sweet shizz though. I prefer the Pearly over the Randalli though. Prettier. Mine have not had any jumping issues (knock on wood). My jawfish are quite entertaining as a trio. You may have issues keeping the 2 Anthias...may be better off to keep 1 or 6+. I'm also thinking the PBT will end up being too big of a fish for a mere 12.5" depth to the tank. That sure is shallow. Based on your stocking outline, I would trade the PBT for another 4 Anthias so you have 1 male and 5 females. Would be a sharp look. I think I would avoid big fish in that tank as they would look bulky since it is so shallow.

Oh ya, the order I would do; Jawfish, Anthias, then the rest doesn't really matter imo. They will all be fairly boisterous.

[Funky_Fish14]

Like Christy said jawfish are awesome! There are many other types to look at including 'dusky', yellowhead/pearly, bluespot (these are NICE)... I just happen to hear of/see a lot of Randalli jumpers... higher frequency than other types.

[ElGuappo]

if my pearly jawfish wasn't in an rsm he would have hit the floor more than once.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by ElGuappo

if my pearly jawfish wasn't in an rsm he would have hit the floor more than once.

I think it helps that my Kole tang dive bombs the Jawfish. I think the Kole gets entertainment out of trying to catch the Jawfish, but they are waaaay too fast! Even at feeding time they don't risk going any further than like 6" from their burrows.