Blue Spotted Jawfish question

[Raven63630]

I have been looking at a Blue Spot Jawfish at my LFS
and was wondering if there would be any compatability
issues with a Diamond Sleeper Gogy I already have?

 

[USC-fan]

I would say no but every fish is different so YMMV.

I have a dragon goby with my blue spotted jawfish and the goby is scare to death of my sixline so it doesn't bother anyone.

 

[Raven63630]

I've heard that the Blue Spotted ones are hard to keep(some type of disease they get), does anyone have experience with these that could give some insight on their care?

 

[JStorey]

I have had a blue spot jawfish for about 18 months now and is doing great. I have had a diamond goby in with him for the past 6 months with issues. The jawfish will settle in to a burrow and rarely ventures from it. You will need need a deep sand bed of 4-6 inches and some coral rubble or shells so it can build a burrow. They are jumpers so you will need to cover the tank. I had to fish mine out of the overflow a couple of times before I fish proofed it and he settled in to his burrow. I feed mine mysis with a turkey baster to make sure he gets enough and he will usually come out and bite at the baster. They have a great personality. Mine has a burrow in the front and watches everything going on around him. Easily my favorite fish.

 

[gbcichlids]

I have had a blue spot for three months now. He is afraid of his own shadow. Sometimes the aurora goby goes into his burrow and he just waits until the goby eventually leaves.

I do not have alot of substrate in the tank so I turned a 4 inch clam shell upside down propped against a small rock and he uses this as his home.