tiger jawfish! anyone keeping them?

[tigerarmy40]

I saw one at a lfs yesterday and really thought its colors were striking but hadnt seen them before and didnt want to bring something home that I had no clue about....so once home I decided to look ointo them a little and found that they are good little fish if you dont mind the burrowing! so does anyone have one and if so can you post pics and tell about your experience with it!!! Please....

 

[tigerarmy40]

no one is keeping these fish or have a freind who has had one?!?!? in other words!!
BUMP!

 

[reefgeek84]

Re: tiger jawfish! anyone keeping them?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7363889#post7363889 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tigerarmy40
I saw one at a lfs yesterday and really thought its colors were striking but hadnt seen them before and didnt want to bring something home that I had no clue about....so once home I decided to look ointo them a little and found that they are good little fish if you dont mind the burrowing! so does anyone have one and if so can you post pics and tell about your experience with it!!! Please....

I had a yellow headed jawfish and plan on getting another one here soon. Yeah they burrow alot, they need mostly sand as the subtrate but crushed coral and shells with make them extra happy as this will help them build their home. they have the most personality out of any fish that I know...Mine had his home between two rocks, and he put rocks and shells around the rocks and made a "front door" he hung out at, and at night he had one shell that he used to as his door, at night he would close it with the shell and then in the morning when the lights came up he would move it to the side. he was constantly working on his home. He ate brineshrimp plus and was very low maitence, they tend to be fairly hardy. If you do not have an eel then you can have one and it would be a great addition to you tank.

 

[tigerarmy40]

bump!! for anyomne who might be familiar with these fish!?!?

 

[Kinetic]

any links to what they look like etc?

 

[COreefer]

I kept a tiger jaw for a few days...they like to wander arounf the tank and dig alot. I found mine in the overflow...its head was so big that the body went into the overflow and the hedwas caught in the teeth of the box. It eventually died and I didn't get another beause it wandered so much.

AKA Bali Tiger Jaw.

 

[tigerarmy40]

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/jawfishes/tigerjawfish/