Jul 21, 2021 · Jawfish Jawfish are certainly entertaining to watch. And they like to keep an eye on what's going on too, often building a burrow in the substrate near the center of your aquarium. They will even spit substrate at fish that happen to get too close. Jawfish are generally peaceful; but unless a mat...

Sep 18, 2011 · Pearly jawfish are very timid when they haven't been established. The first night is when it will jump in particular, so make sure your lights are very dim when added and your lid is tight. For lids, I generally suggest 1/4" clear mesh, as they can usually fit through eggcrate or damage themselves by hitting glass. Be careful when acclimating them, as mine tried to jump out twice during the ...

May 21, 2017 · A jawfish needs a deep sandbed, but in an aquarium you can run into some rather serious issues with deep sand beds. It's an interesting catch 22, especially for cleanup crews.

Jul 15, 2007 · A jawfish tank should always have a top so that they cannot go carpet surfing! Once the jawfish is established he will spend most of his time hovering just outside his burrow and looking for food. Jawfish are nonaggresive and shy and should be kep [t in a peaceful community Quick facts: Common Name: Yellow Headed Jawfish / Yellow-headed Pearly ...

Jun 13, 2009 · Ever since I saw the Jawfish house that a couple of posters here made I have wanted to add one to my tank. But I have a shallow sand bed and everything is arranged in a way that makes it almost impossible to add one, so I was resigned to not having a Jawfish. Well…after my recent disaster I thoug...

Dec 26, 2012 · I am currently in the process of overhauling my scape and substrate to accommodate a yellowhead jawfish. All rocks are securely sitting on the bottom, and glued/puttied together. Now for the sandbed. Half the tank will have a 2-2.5" substrate, the other half will be roughly 4". I do not have enou...

Oct 4, 2008 · No, jawfish are excellent housekeepers. If anything falls inside that they don't approve of they will immediately eject it.

Oct 4, 2008 · Jawfish like to build their tunnel homes exactly the way they themselves naturally wish to, not the way humans choose for them. At night jawfish like to cover the entrance with things such as half shells and rubble.

Feb 23, 2018 · Hey guys, I recently looked into caring for blue spot jawfish, and I'm wondering if I could possibly keep one in my tank. My sand bed is only about 1.5 inches, so I would need to make one of those jawfish houses out of pvc pipe for it to be happy. However, from what I've read they prefer cooler w...

Apr 15, 2007 · I own a Dusky Jawfish, it's my favorite fish I have especially considering my clown is super aggressive and always tries to bite me! But anyways, I started out having it in my AP12g and it made a rather large burrow in the sand under my L/R. I had about a "2.5-"3 deep sandbed using an entire 20lbs. bag of Agra-Alive Indo-Pacific livesand.