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In advance, let me apologize for the long story.
Last Friday, I stopped by CityPets the day before their sale. They had one yellow-headed jawfish left- a fish that I've been looking everywhere for. Some of you might remember that amusing jawfish that used to hang out in the CityPets tank, first aisle, top right tank. It's really the one fish that justified my move to marine and reef aquariums to my girlfriend (so i'm sure you understand my need for this particular fish!)
At the time, I had four fish in my tank- a seargent major damsel that has been very aggressive since I captured it in Galveston, and 3 small yellow tailed damsels that have done fine.
After acclimating my jawfish, i released it and it was a constant source of entertainment for two days, picking up rocks, burrowing and spitting out sand. What a sight! If you've never seen a jawfish in action, wow, you've got to see one in action.
I noticed that the seargent major was intimidating it. (when the jawfish is intimidated, it opens its mouth really huge- another entertaining aspect.)
So I did something I had been trying to do for a long time. I had to capture the elusive seargent major and.... dispose of it.
I had tried to capture this fish before, because it has harrassed fish to the point of death in the past. This time I went all out, MacGyver style, with homemade traps made of milk jugs, coathangers, and well, you get the idea. I finally captured the fish.
After that scenario, i never saw the jawfish again. The day after, I saw sand spewing out of one of the holes in my LR, so I knew he was burrowing inside of this huge superporous chunk of LR I've got.
That was the last time I saw any sign of it, close to a week ago. I fear that I may have scared the fish with all of the commotion of trapping the seargent major. So Jawfish keepers- do you think my jawfish is gone, or tactically and quietly burrowing tunnels in my sandbed?
46 gal bowfront, perameters stable, tank about 6 months old, deep sandbed with some crushed coral for the jawfish- watching very closely!
Thanks for your input!
Last Friday, I stopped by CityPets the day before their sale. They had one yellow-headed jawfish left- a fish that I've been looking everywhere for. Some of you might remember that amusing jawfish that used to hang out in the CityPets tank, first aisle, top right tank. It's really the one fish that justified my move to marine and reef aquariums to my girlfriend (so i'm sure you understand my need for this particular fish!)
At the time, I had four fish in my tank- a seargent major damsel that has been very aggressive since I captured it in Galveston, and 3 small yellow tailed damsels that have done fine.
After acclimating my jawfish, i released it and it was a constant source of entertainment for two days, picking up rocks, burrowing and spitting out sand. What a sight! If you've never seen a jawfish in action, wow, you've got to see one in action.
I noticed that the seargent major was intimidating it. (when the jawfish is intimidated, it opens its mouth really huge- another entertaining aspect.)
So I did something I had been trying to do for a long time. I had to capture the elusive seargent major and.... dispose of it.
I had tried to capture this fish before, because it has harrassed fish to the point of death in the past. This time I went all out, MacGyver style, with homemade traps made of milk jugs, coathangers, and well, you get the idea. I finally captured the fish.
After that scenario, i never saw the jawfish again. The day after, I saw sand spewing out of one of the holes in my LR, so I knew he was burrowing inside of this huge superporous chunk of LR I've got.
That was the last time I saw any sign of it, close to a week ago. I fear that I may have scared the fish with all of the commotion of trapping the seargent major. So Jawfish keepers- do you think my jawfish is gone, or tactically and quietly burrowing tunnels in my sandbed?
46 gal bowfront, perameters stable, tank about 6 months old, deep sandbed with some crushed coral for the jawfish- watching very closely!
Thanks for your input!