my profile  |  logon  |  help search  > Database salt water Vertebrates -- Select -- Angelfish Angelfish(Dwarf) Anthias Assessors Basslets Batfish Blennies Boxfish(Cowfish) Butterflies Butterfly(Banners) Cardinals Cat Fish Comets Damsels Damsels(Clowns) Dottybacks Dragonets Drumfish Eels Filefish Frogfish Goatfish Gobies Gobies(Darts) Grammas Groupers Hamlets Hawkfish Helmut Gurnards Hogfish Jacks Jawfish Lionfish Miscellaneous Moorish Idols Parrotfish Pipefish Porcupinefish Puffers Rabbitfish Rays Scorpionfish Sea Horses Sharks Snappers Soapfish Soldierfish Spine Cheeks Squirrelfish Surgeonfish(Tang) Sweetlips Tilefish Toadfish Triggerfish Wrasses Wrasses(ReefSafe) Invertebrates -- Select -- Anemones Cephalopods Clams Crabs Fan Worms Jellyfish Lobsters Scallops Sea Cucumbers Sea Slugs Sea Stars Sea Urchins Shrimp Snails Sponges Tunicates(Squirt) Corals -- Select -- Hard Corals (LPS) Hard Corals (SPS) Mushroom Corals Polyp Corals Sea Fans Soft Corals fresh water compatibility disease/health > Virtual Tanks > Resources > Articles > Reviews SALT WATER  - Vertebrate Jawfish Bluespotted Jawfish Opistognathidae Dusky Jawfish Opistognathidae Goldspecs Jawfish Opistognathidae Tiger Jawfish Opistognathidae Yellowhead Jawfish Opistognathidae Submit A New Specimen additional commentary       Having trouble keeping jawfish? If you only find this post inaccurate, please post one of your own to the contrary. However, if you find this post in violation of our Community Guidelines, so we can review it and help keep our community clean and friendly. Posted by Uzzbay on March 04 2007 post rating 100 (0 votes)      Well, there can be many factors involved. Jawfish are extremely sensitive to their environment. That said, we need to look at their needs. One, they need a deep, mixed substrate in order to construct a burrow. Without one they do not find any security and quickly become stressed. Two, they need a peaceful environment. If there are overly active or harassing tank mates, the Jawfish will be to busy worrying about everyone else and not itself. So, it will hide and not have a chance to construct a burrow, again leading to stress and starvation. Three, Jawfish are not very aggressive feeders, so if there is too much competition for food, they will slowly starve to death. All those factors considered, it unfortunately makes it all to common for these little ones to expire soon after they arrive in your tank. To help your chances of successfully acclimating a Jawfish is to introduce them to the tank first. They also do very well in groups. So, add 2 or 3 to give them more security. This will allow them plenty of time to get established and create a home. If you wish to add them with existing fish, make sure they are peaceful ones and turn out the lights for awhile to give them a calmer environment to get established in. Once they have acclimated and constructed a burrow, be sure that they are feeding. You may have to spot feed them initially to ensure that they are getting there share.