reefersmoke
New Member
Hi Everyone,
I've been reading about the bluespot here for a while and finally got myself one yesterday. After acclimating him he went right into a little tunnel between a rock and the sand bed and just hung out there for the 15 minutes or so. He did not take long to get to work and started excavating mouthfuls of sand expanding the tunnel under the rockwork. My clownfish (who has been aggressive in the past, but in a smaller tank) swam up to him a few times but the bsj opened his jaw wide and chased him off. I then put a few mysis and the he darted up from his tunnel and ate readily. After he was done eating I turned off the lights and watched him continue to work on his tunnel a little longer. Anyway, I went to bed very happy has the jawfish seemed to be doing great and acclimating to his new surroundings very quickly.
So this morning I woke up and found the jaw just laying in the sand curled up outside his tunnel. After watching him for a few minutes my clown swam up to him and nipped his fin well the jaw just sat there :verymad:. I do not know what happened over night because he seemed great yesterday... So i removed the clownfish from the tank and will leave him out until the jawfish is a little more established. The only other fish in the tank right now is a tailspot blenny, which the clown has never bothered. About 20 min after I took the clown out, jawfish went back to another tunnel entrance on the other side of the rock, and is in there now just sticking his head out. I tried adding some mysis and he is still eating which is good.
So anyway, should i be worried about the bluespot at this point? I looked at his fin and it doesnt look the clown really did any damage, I'm just concerned that the jaw was away from his tunnel and not attempting to defend himself.
Thanks!
I've been reading about the bluespot here for a while and finally got myself one yesterday. After acclimating him he went right into a little tunnel between a rock and the sand bed and just hung out there for the 15 minutes or so. He did not take long to get to work and started excavating mouthfuls of sand expanding the tunnel under the rockwork. My clownfish (who has been aggressive in the past, but in a smaller tank) swam up to him a few times but the bsj opened his jaw wide and chased him off. I then put a few mysis and the he darted up from his tunnel and ate readily. After he was done eating I turned off the lights and watched him continue to work on his tunnel a little longer. Anyway, I went to bed very happy has the jawfish seemed to be doing great and acclimating to his new surroundings very quickly.
So this morning I woke up and found the jaw just laying in the sand curled up outside his tunnel. After watching him for a few minutes my clown swam up to him and nipped his fin well the jaw just sat there :verymad:. I do not know what happened over night because he seemed great yesterday... So i removed the clownfish from the tank and will leave him out until the jawfish is a little more established. The only other fish in the tank right now is a tailspot blenny, which the clown has never bothered. About 20 min after I took the clown out, jawfish went back to another tunnel entrance on the other side of the rock, and is in there now just sticking his head out. I tried adding some mysis and he is still eating which is good.
So anyway, should i be worried about the bluespot at this point? I looked at his fin and it doesnt look the clown really did any damage, I'm just concerned that the jaw was away from his tunnel and not attempting to defend himself.
Thanks!