jawfish and goby

[pleasants9]

will a dusky jawfish and a yellow watchman goby be fine in a 55 reef? my sand bed is about 3 in deep

 

[pleasants9]

am I asking a silly question?

 

[MikeandNicole]

While I have never had that combo, the goby might become a snack for the jawfish. I have seen a few pics in the past of that happening with small gobies and firefish. I have a BSJ with a yellow watchman and they are fine, but I don't know if I would trust the dusky.

 

[pleasants9]

well the dusky and ywg are of the same size at the store at the moment. so I don't think one will be eating the other, but they shouldn't fight over territory for the most part? I have a pistol shrimp im hoping the ywg will pair with.

 

[Sigmund]

My experience, I have had this combo in a 75 gallon with absolutely no problems. Dusky Jawfish are pretty cryptic and stay tight to their holes, even closing the top at night. YWG generally will find a overhang, or comfort area and tend to stick to that location. With all likelyhood they will rarely be face to face, assuming they are of similar sizes and stay that way, I would not be worried at all about predation.

 

[Sigmund]

Read your follow up note, may have some issue with your pistol shrimp and jawfish if they come face to face. Jawfish have been known to eat shrimp. Personally I have had many with shrimp with no problems, but it could be a possible snack for the right Jawfish.

 

[pleasants9]

Read your follow up note, may have some issue with your pistol shrimp and jawfish if they come face to face. Jawfish have been known to eat shrimp. Personally I have had many with shrimp with no problems, but it could be a possible snack for the right Jawfish.

thanks for all the input sigmund! the pistol shrimp i have came in through live rock so if he does become a snack no big loss although i don't wish death on anything. the pistol shrimp survived two years of a porcupine puffer in the puffer so i think he can hold his own...lol I think I will put these two fish on hold at the store today!

 

[BluespotLady]

I had to put my daughter's YWG in with my BSJF in a 125. They were fine together until they decided they wanted the same den. There must have been a fight at some point because the YWG's jaw was broken. He survived, but it was a stressful living environment for both of them.

 

[pleasants9]

well someone bought the last ywg yesterday so today when i went in, things changed up a little bit. They had just had new fish from last night so I picked out a pearly/yellowhead jawfish and an orange spot shrimp goby. I made sure they both ate before getting them. They are now in the tank with the lights off so we shall see.