Jawbreaker

[Kaleb W Bellamy]

So I got a jawbreaker today and it wasnt on its rock. So I put it in a plastic cup with rocks and some sand. Question is how long till it grabs and open all the way?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Depends how happy it is. If it likes where it's at it could grab on in a couple days. But I've seen some take a couple weeks before they grabbed onto a piece of rubble.

 

[Kaleb W Bellamy]

Ok well did I do the right thing with how I set it up ?? Also another question i got a CC as well and it was so stressed it had white stringy stuff coming out. Will it recover ?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Ok well did I do the right thing with how I set it up ?? Also another question i got a CC as well and it was so stressed it had white stringy stuff coming out. Will it recover ?

Yup your setup looks good :) white stringy stuff is likely its internals...not usually a good sign. But all you can do is try to keep it healthy and see if itll recover

 

[Kaleb W Bellamy]

Well that sucks. Any recommendations on how I can help at all ??

 

[Crabs McJones]

Well that sucks. Any recommendations on how I can help at all ??

Not much you can do but try to keep it happy and hope for the best I'm afraid

 

[Kaleb W Bellamy]

Ok I'll do my best

 

[ZoWhat]

At this point, let this whole situation ride itself out. The more you move, poke the thing the more stressed it will become. You wanna step in and "do something " but its best to just leave it alone

The only thing you can do without disturbing it is the manage:
1) water quality by not overfeeding the fish....adding excess nutrients. Bump up water changes
2) managing light cycling by backing off light intensity. The internal stringy stuff is itself turned inside-out. Suspituble to burning light






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[TerraFerma]

Month to three months. Keep it in super low flow and and dust it off with a turkey baster every now and then if you think the water around it is getting stale.