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As @eatbreakfast said enough rubble is key. They use rubble to build doors, divide openings etc. Being able to build a burrow like they would in the wild, keeps them near the burrow & not swimming along anxiously.
Put empty shells near their burrow. Mine loves to use empty snail shells etc. But his favorite is empty clam shells (from frozen clam on half shell). He uses these as his "doors".
Using shells of varying sizes makes them happy. Do not use what LFS label as "crushed coral " which contains some very sharp pieces that coyld injure the jawfish.
They can construct multiple burrows over time. This way they feel safe if they explore the tank at night while other fish are asleep. It gives them boltholes to dive into if startled.
Mine has a huge cave with over 6 "doors". It is funny because at night the jawfish & my Regal angel (king of tank) have this tank all to themselves for sleeping. He still loves rearranging, "remodeling" it constantly. He will even take shells from me. At feeding time he pops out of his "front door* to eat LRS blends from a baster.
Once comfortable, jawfish hang near their established burrow and look out from it from various holes. You whilee see they watching & building all day. At night they slide a shell to "close" their door shut.
My rubble comes from:I've been taking larger pieces of rubbel and smashing them up to smaller pieces with a hammer. It sounds like this may not be the best method given your input. Where do you source your rubble? Also, what size clam shells do you use?
That's awesome. Our larger one still hasn't committed to building it's own den, just hollowed out a cave under some live rock. The smaller one continues to build it's den in the spot by the glass. The larger one kicked the smaller one out of it's den for a bit, then they both shared it for a while longer. Both are getting braver by the day.
New fish hiding isn't a concern for me, it was the cowering in a corner of the tank, burrying itself in the sand, and swimming up at the surface of the water that was alarming as it isn't normal behavior according to my research. However, both are doing great now!I often find that if enough hiding places are present and nothing is bothering them some new adds will be reclusive for the first 5 days... right when you want to see them the most!
wrasses can outright hide for up to 20 days :S
Place some empty shells near some live rock locations that might make a good burrow. Avoid cave where kole tang sleeps. When fish are asleep, smaller one might choose one of these spots to build burrow near live rock.
Eva I thought when you mentioned a front and back door you were speaking about a BSJF. Only my bluespots had front and back doors to their dens. And a pearly/yellowhead will never get this comfortable. Have fun with the YH's Ironman
Ah - that is very interesting! Yes my bluespot is very comfortable. He has 2 ”main‘‘ doors he opens in AM & closes @ night. Then he has 4 ‘doors that he uses more as portholes to sit out & watch all the other fish. I guess those are more like his “porches”, lol. Great pic of your BSJF!!Eva I thought when you mentioned a front and back door you were speaking about a BSJF. Only my bluespots had front and back doors to their dens. And a pearly/yellowhead will never get this comfortable. Have fun with the YH's Ironman