Thought I'd share this video with everyone.
YouTube - Bluespot Jawfishes & Friends at feeding time
Alas Jorja passed a couple weeks after this video was taken of 'Blue Spot Jawfish Disease' i.e. progressive white discoloration, decreasing appetite, and ultimately irritability and labored breathing. I have her (and a formerly deceased BSJF with same syndrome) frozen to send out for possible necropsy in the future.
Jasper has been doing very well for over six months now. He finally started covering his burrow at night a couple months back. He eats Spectrum pellets and krill. And big pieces of krill too, I discovered his taste for it when trying to feed a large chunk to the lionfish. Jasper darted out of his burrow to the top of the tank, snagged it before the lionfish had even started to move, and then was back in his burrow in a flash. He worked on it for a while but eventually got it down. I now give him somewhat smaller pieces when I feed the lionfish.
Funny thing is that he won't each silversides, he'll blow away any piece of it that gets near him. With Jorja it was just the opposite, she loved silversides but would spit out krill.
I decided to pass on getting another bluespot for the time being, but I missed the antics. So we got a pair of pearly jawfish recently. They must be pretty tough, because one got attacked by a tiger pistol shrimp shortly after being introduced when it tried to burrow under the same rock. This morning, I found both of the pearly jawfish together in a burrow right next to Jasper. That interaction should be interesting, but so far they bluespot and pearly don't seem to mind each other.
YouTube - Bluespot Jawfishes & Friends at feeding time
Alas Jorja passed a couple weeks after this video was taken of 'Blue Spot Jawfish Disease' i.e. progressive white discoloration, decreasing appetite, and ultimately irritability and labored breathing. I have her (and a formerly deceased BSJF with same syndrome) frozen to send out for possible necropsy in the future.
Jasper has been doing very well for over six months now. He finally started covering his burrow at night a couple months back. He eats Spectrum pellets and krill. And big pieces of krill too, I discovered his taste for it when trying to feed a large chunk to the lionfish. Jasper darted out of his burrow to the top of the tank, snagged it before the lionfish had even started to move, and then was back in his burrow in a flash. He worked on it for a while but eventually got it down. I now give him somewhat smaller pieces when I feed the lionfish.
Funny thing is that he won't each silversides, he'll blow away any piece of it that gets near him. With Jorja it was just the opposite, she loved silversides but would spit out krill.
I decided to pass on getting another bluespot for the time being, but I missed the antics. So we got a pair of pearly jawfish recently. They must be pretty tough, because one got attacked by a tiger pistol shrimp shortly after being introduced when it tried to burrow under the same rock. This morning, I found both of the pearly jawfish together in a burrow right next to Jasper. That interaction should be interesting, but so far they bluespot and pearly don't seem to mind each other.
