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07-11-2008, 06:26 PM
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| | Great Blue Whale
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 35
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Do you have any boisterous tankmates that may spook it into jumping? | 
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07-11-2008, 06:41 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Nov 2007
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i have few fish in this tank and nobody seemed to really care about him i have a watchman gobie and 1 scotter bleenie but they sorta looked at him and went about their way the jawfish just opens his mouth all the way like a defence move but nobody seems interested in him i was really concorned about leaving the glass covers on ,any ideas? | 
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07-14-2008, 01:26 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bayside, NY Age: 33
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I would watch the watchman though as they can be a little territorial sometimes if the jawfish is intruding where it hangs out (seen it first hand in a buddies tank) so you may want to keep some sort of cover until it acclimates just in case (although better all the time). I had jawfish in the past jump out of the smallest little area in the top from being picked on by a bicolor blenny so you do need to make sure it's a pretty tight fit. Make sure to have enough live sand for the little dude to dig its burrow also | |
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07-14-2008, 01:34 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 43
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Originally Posted by ollie51  i just picked up a new addition to my tank a banded jawfish its a pretty cool fish but i am a little nervous about jaw fish and their jumping so far he has adjusted well he is hanging around a large acro ,he ate well but i dont know if i will find him on the floor ,i have 2 glass covers from my 55 gal that fit on the 75 but i dont know if i should put them on with the halides anyone have any ideas on this? |
Ollie51, I've bitten the bullet and accepted that in my 90G with no covers (I run halides too, and don't need the temp rise or for the glass to become obscured with salt), I just can't own jumpers.
It's a tough decision, but to me, I have live with whatever decision I make and either cover the tank, not own jumpers.
I've decided not to cover it, and I absolutely won't risk killing fish.
I'm guessing you probably know the ultimate result here if you don't cover that tank. It might be a week, it might be 5 years, but jumpers are aptly named. They're not called "non-jumpers" for a reason.
Cover your tank or get store credit from your LFS.
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90G display tank. Kent Phos Reactor running carbon and ROWAPhos, Coralife 225 Skimmer, Typhoon 5 Stage RO/DI, 20 Gal Sump/Refugium with Chaeto/Caulerpa lit opposite daylight cycle. Coralife 2x150MH, 14K + 2x96W PC Actinics, Ecotech Vortech propeller pump, Hydor Koralia #2. | |
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07-14-2008, 01:36 PM
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| | Ocellaris Clown
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
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i've heard of some people using a window screen type material over the tops of their tanks too, keeps inhabitants in and lets air get moved still and doesnt block enough light to make a difference
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24G JBJ Nano, 20# Live Sand, 20# Live Rock
Rose BTA, Xenia, Shrooms, Green Candy Cane, multiple types of zoas and palys
Blue/Green Chromis, 2x Black & White Percs, Dragon Goby, Six Line Wrasse
90g DSA - D.O.B. 11-4-08
ASM G2 skimmer, mag18 return, MRC CR1 CA Reactor, Phos Reactor, Tek 8x54 T5HO
130# Live rock, 100# Live sand | |
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07-14-2008, 02:11 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Awesome fish..... Good luck.... _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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07-14-2008, 02:24 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Nov 2007
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this fish has bonded to a gold maxima clam and has burrowed under it its in the front of the tank he just hangs out w/his mouth wide open some kind of scare tatict but seems to be ok eats well nobody bothers him so we will see i had no desire to buy him my friend ordered him by mistake i wanted something else but i got this guy.believe me if he jumps i will never go there again! | |
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07-14-2008, 03:27 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Modesto,Cali Age: 29
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Yeah that is a nice fish , but as reefsparky mentioned you need to cover your tank or it's going to end up dead.  Don't use the glass though, just not a good idea. The old eggcrate method or a screen of some sort. Good luck ! keep us posted. | |
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07-14-2008, 04:49 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Ok, this is a dumb question...I just got MH in my new tank (135g). I have a chiller, it is keeping tank at 78.8. I have also added extra pumps (korala 2 and 3) in the tank for circulation. I am looking at getting some new, smaller profile pumps that is connected to a wavemaker. (just trying to get money saved back up)
I understand why you would not want a lid for the heat, but if you have a chiller like me, would it be ok. I have 3 glass lids that the store placed on my tanks. I was never told not to put them on. Should I take them off? I do wipe off a lot of saltcreep off the lids freq but if I keep that up, is it ok to keep it on. In my old tanks I had a few jumpers and really dont want to go through that again.  | |
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