TheEndIsNeigh
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Hey Reef Central!
I've been having an interesting conundrum with my small Pearly Jawfish (one inch long). I got him off of Live Aquaria about 10 days ago. He looks pretty healthy, despite being very stressed out the first day. He began to build his burrow in the 4 inches of crushed coral and sand I had placed in the corner for him. He was doing well in the there for a couple days before it collapsed on him. After that he decided to relocate under one of my liverocks in 1.5 inches of sand. He seems to be doing alright here with the exception that he hides in his burrow literally 24 hours a day, covered in rocks and shells. At first I had assumed his burrow isn't deep enough and that is stressing him out. I've been building a tube I can fill with a sand/crushed coral mix substrate (more sand this time, hopefully no collapsing), so hopefully he has something more stable and deeper to build his burrow in.
I was kind of surprised yesterday, however, to find that my issue might not be about the size of his burrow at all. I've been knocking the rocks off once or twice a day to feed him. I do this with the pumps off so his food doesn't blow away. Yesterday I left the pumps off the use the restroom. I came back to find that not only had he not covered his hole yet, but he was floating half an inch above his hole, looking around like a jawfish should. He stayed this way for a while. When I turned the pump back on, he looked around extra quick and shot back into his hole, and began covering it with rocks. When I turned the pump off, he stopped, and came back out. With my other pump, he reacts similarly, but only retreats into his hole a little bit, and doesn't cover it with rocks. Could it be flow? Sound? I thought maybe leaked current, but I have a grounding cable and haven't detected any shocks with my fingers in the tank.
I have an Innovative Marine Nuvo 10g with the stock pump (Set to 92GPH) and a Koralia Nano 240GPH. The jawfish reacts more poorly to the stock pump despite the lower rating. I will admit to being a flow/deadzones noob.
I suppose I should also mention that all of his other tankmates are doing great seemingly fine. The purple duncans from LA have been a little on the brown side since I got them and never colored up. I associated this with the possibly low stock lighting on the nuvo 10. probably not related but I never really know.
- B
Has anyone heard of anything like this happening?
I've been having an interesting conundrum with my small Pearly Jawfish (one inch long). I got him off of Live Aquaria about 10 days ago. He looks pretty healthy, despite being very stressed out the first day. He began to build his burrow in the 4 inches of crushed coral and sand I had placed in the corner for him. He was doing well in the there for a couple days before it collapsed on him. After that he decided to relocate under one of my liverocks in 1.5 inches of sand. He seems to be doing alright here with the exception that he hides in his burrow literally 24 hours a day, covered in rocks and shells. At first I had assumed his burrow isn't deep enough and that is stressing him out. I've been building a tube I can fill with a sand/crushed coral mix substrate (more sand this time, hopefully no collapsing), so hopefully he has something more stable and deeper to build his burrow in.
I was kind of surprised yesterday, however, to find that my issue might not be about the size of his burrow at all. I've been knocking the rocks off once or twice a day to feed him. I do this with the pumps off so his food doesn't blow away. Yesterday I left the pumps off the use the restroom. I came back to find that not only had he not covered his hole yet, but he was floating half an inch above his hole, looking around like a jawfish should. He stayed this way for a while. When I turned the pump back on, he looked around extra quick and shot back into his hole, and began covering it with rocks. When I turned the pump off, he stopped, and came back out. With my other pump, he reacts similarly, but only retreats into his hole a little bit, and doesn't cover it with rocks. Could it be flow? Sound? I thought maybe leaked current, but I have a grounding cable and haven't detected any shocks with my fingers in the tank.
I have an Innovative Marine Nuvo 10g with the stock pump (Set to 92GPH) and a Koralia Nano 240GPH. The jawfish reacts more poorly to the stock pump despite the lower rating. I will admit to being a flow/deadzones noob.
I suppose I should also mention that all of his other tankmates are doing great seemingly fine. The purple duncans from LA have been a little on the brown side since I got them and never colored up. I associated this with the possibly low stock lighting on the nuvo 10. probably not related but I never really know.
- B
Has anyone heard of anything like this happening?
