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So previously when I planned out my tank stocking I had written off the possibility of a Blue Dot Jawfish because I wasn't planning on having a chiller. Fast forward 3 years and I now have the chiller and the tank is consistently sitting at about 76F. I saw one on Live Aquaria's Divers Den and gave it a shot. First few days, all seemed ok. Jawfish picked out a spot in the front right corner against the glass, was eating, digging his hole, eating well, etc. Then he started looking like the back half of his tail had gotten either bitten or rubbed raw, and died a couple days later. I never saw any sign of any other fish bothering him, and he didn't seem concerned with any of the wrasse club hovering overhead. I have no idea what happened to him.
He was such a cool fish and had so much personality that I'd like to try again but I wanted to run it by everyone here to see what I missed the first time around so I can do right by the little guy. Here's the tank info:
65g display tank
5g HOB refugium & 30g sump/refugium combo
Temp = 76F
4-5" deep sand bed & LOTS of live rock
Been running since October 2018
Current inhabitants:
- Starry Blenny (acts like the grumpy old man ala "get off my lawn" of the tank, but I never saw him bother the jawfish and mostly was on the opposite end of the tank)
- Green Clown Goby
- Blue Mandarin Goby
- Firefish
- Royal Gramma (super passive, hasn't bothered anyone ever)
- Tiger Watchman Goby (was added at the same time as the first Jawfish)
- McCosker's Flasher Wrasse
- Golden Rhomboidalis Fairy Wrasse
- Exquisite Fairy Wrasse
- Splendid Pintail Fairy Wrasse
To be added later after Jawfish is established:
- Saddle Valentini Puffer
Tank gets fed 3x daily - 1x with pod type food (ROE/Tigger Feast/fresh baby brine shrimp/Cylopeeze), 1x with dry food (alternates between Blue Zoo Aquatics mix, BRS Reef Chili, Reef Roids, and New Life Spectrum micro pellets), 1x with frozen food (LRS Fish Frenzy, frozen mysis, etc)
(I'm willing to spot feed the jawfish with frozen food 3x daily if people think it's necessary)
I know Jawfish are tricky to establish when they're not the first fish added in the tank, but I was hoping that the chill inhabitants and and feeding 3x daily would help with that... Should I bury a fish shelter in the sand for him? Maybe something like this?
Anything else you guys can think of or is this a lost cause?
He was such a cool fish and had so much personality that I'd like to try again but I wanted to run it by everyone here to see what I missed the first time around so I can do right by the little guy. Here's the tank info:
65g display tank
5g HOB refugium & 30g sump/refugium combo
Temp = 76F
4-5" deep sand bed & LOTS of live rock
Been running since October 2018
Current inhabitants:
- Starry Blenny (acts like the grumpy old man ala "get off my lawn" of the tank, but I never saw him bother the jawfish and mostly was on the opposite end of the tank)
- Green Clown Goby
- Blue Mandarin Goby
- Firefish
- Royal Gramma (super passive, hasn't bothered anyone ever)
- Tiger Watchman Goby (was added at the same time as the first Jawfish)
- McCosker's Flasher Wrasse
- Golden Rhomboidalis Fairy Wrasse
- Exquisite Fairy Wrasse
- Splendid Pintail Fairy Wrasse
To be added later after Jawfish is established:
- Saddle Valentini Puffer
Tank gets fed 3x daily - 1x with pod type food (ROE/Tigger Feast/fresh baby brine shrimp/Cylopeeze), 1x with dry food (alternates between Blue Zoo Aquatics mix, BRS Reef Chili, Reef Roids, and New Life Spectrum micro pellets), 1x with frozen food (LRS Fish Frenzy, frozen mysis, etc)
(I'm willing to spot feed the jawfish with frozen food 3x daily if people think it's necessary)
I know Jawfish are tricky to establish when they're not the first fish added in the tank, but I was hoping that the chill inhabitants and and feeding 3x daily would help with that... Should I bury a fish shelter in the sand for him? Maybe something like this?
Anything else you guys can think of or is this a lost cause?