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I want to replicate some of what I see when I dive in the Florida keys, that's why I am sticking to a Caribbean biotope. I like yellow headed jaw fish but it won't work with a future critter I'm getting. Hi hats look cool but how big do they get?
 
I want to replicate some of what I see when I dive in the Florida keys, that's why I am sticking to a Caribbean biotope. I like yellow headed jaw fish but it won't work with a future critter I'm getting. Hi hats look cool but how big do they get?

What's the future critter? The yellowhead jawfish is peaceful and invert safe in my experience.
 
The future critter is (hopefully) N. oerstedii. I have had these mantises with fish in the past and they have been great. I would worry about jawfish because of the burrowing nature of this fish. My luck would be the jawfish builds its home in front of the mantises cave. I'm not worried about the fish as long as it isn't a substrate dweller
 
Yellow headed jawfish dig burrows. They like coarse sand and rubble. Years ago, I had two. They built their burrows and decorated the entrances to their burrows with pebbles. They coveted each other's pebbles and spent most of their time attempting to steal the valuable pebbles. I never could figure out what made certain pebbles valued.
 
Yellow headed jawfish dig burrows. They like coarse sand and rubble. Years ago, I had two. They built their burrows and decorated the entrances to their burrows with pebbles. They coveted each other's pebbles and spent most of their time attempting to steal the valuable pebbles. I never could figure out what made certain pebbles valued.

Yeah, I would be worried about one trying to steal my mantises pebble and the WHAM! rip jawfish:thumbdown:
 
I need a couple of fish suggestions(black cap basslet is on the list). I will be going to my lfs this afternoon to get some Caribbean coral plus a fish or 2
 
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