Shallow Sandbed and Jawfish?

[nightOwl]

Is anyone using a shallow sand bed and successfully keeping a jawfish. I am going to be upgrading to a 180 and plan on keeping 2 blue spotted jawfish in the tank. I want to keep a fairly shallow sand bed 2 1/2" -3" and was wondering if anyone has done the same. There will be plenty of rubble for them to build with along with some strategic holes in the live rock on the sand bed. In the past I have used a 4" sand bed but as the tank gets old the sand looks so crappy.

Thanks in advance

 

[reppo13]

I wouldn't advise doing, it for a bsjf 4 inches is the minimum for stress concerns. Also they reach 5 inches. Anything less is like a person having a house with 4 ft ceilings. Although you see people doing it today their fish are most likely to jump from stress or die from bsjf disease. Best case scenario is having your jawfish burrow vertically, only then will it be comfortable. I have a sandbed of 7 inches for mine. If you do do it have a very tight lid (bird netting will not save them from carpet surfing)

 

[Lynnmw1208]

you can have a shallow bed if you make a home for them out of half pipes of pvc hidden under a rock/sand. I've seen a couple people do this. Also if you get the 1/4" netting from BRS you should be fine for that top if you don't have one. unless of course you have a REALLY tiny jawfish.

 

[Robka]

you can have a shallow bed if you make a home for them out of half pipes of pvc hidden under a rock/sand. I've seen a couple people do this. Also if you get the 1/4" netting from BRS you should be fine for that top if you don't have one. unless of course you have a REALLY tiny jawfish.

I found 1/8" bird netting @ a local winery, that works very well and not even my 1 1/2" Tail spot blenny can fit through those h:spin2les

 

[nightOwl]

reppo13, Lynnmw1208, and Robka

Robka - Do you find the 1/8" cuts down on light penetration at all?

Thanks for the input. I think I am going to go with the 4 inch minimal suggestion. I have started playing around with my aquascaping and will have some rock structures that can lend as a home for the BSJF. I had one from my last BSJF and he took to it almost immediately. It's basically a piece of PVC cut at an angle and then decorated with bits of rubble. I think they view it as a old home and then they go to work to "redecorate".

I think I am going to pick up a the window/screen-door kit from HomeDepot. People use them to create screens for custom size windows and screen-doors. That should hold them in place as I am also looking to add some flasher wrasses which are also notorious jumpers. Hopefully the stuff at BRS is thin enough to use with the kits.

Thanks again...all this information will be used in my 180 Upgrade Thread