jawfish with eggs

[integrus]

does anyone have any information about yellowhead jawfish breeding. i have a pair that are mating. the male will have the eggs in his mouth for about a week and then they are gone. not sure if he is eating them or what. i haven't been able to find a lot of info on jawfish. they are in to large of a tank to try and capture, i was just wandering if they would survive on their own? thanks for the help

 

[billsreef]

They are hatching. The odds of fry surviving in a regular tank are slim to none. On the bright side, at the very least they do provide good food for other tank inhabitants.

 

[FMarini]

the male is not eating the eggs after a week, he releases planktonic larvae.
These are a tough nut to crack, however if you do a search in this forum for "yellow headed jawfish, you'll find a recent thread from Martin Moe on success w/ this species.
Bottomline, get a plankton sieve, and go field collecting

 

[integrus]

thanks for the info guys

 

[jawfish1]

Go back to an earlier thread in this forum labeled Yellowheaded Jawfish, it provides a ton of great information, which I am currently using.

Here is the link: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=872690&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

Best wishes!!

 

[ShannHell]

Great link! Thanks for posting it. I can never get the search function to work for me so I just wait until someone posts interesting older links for me haha

Good Luck Integrus with the jawfish!

 

[Roy G. Biv]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11686354#post11686354 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ShannHell
Great link! Thanks for posting it. I can never get the search function to work for me

The price of a cup of coffee a month will make it work every time