My Dusky Jawfish

mgchan · 01-07-2007, 07:24 PM

Nicknamed E.T., she was added to the tank this past November. She spends most of her time looking upwards for food!

deelucky · 01-07-2007, 07:28 PM

mike he is awsome not as colorful as other jawfish but very nice.looks like E.T too.ill be sure to get a J.F when i get the 90 setup.

noodleman · 01-07-2007, 07:35 PM

she looks so cool, how deep is that sandbed? I always wanted a jawfish

jabol · 01-07-2007, 08:12 PM

Great fish with a lot of personality

lfsmarineguy · 01-07-2007, 08:14 PM

Duskys have a lot of personality try and feed them some live shrimp every so often. I had mine eating flakes out of the water column and other fishes mouths. They get aggressive when it comes to food and won't hesitate to steal from other fish. They will move their cave around as well so be prepared for sand piles all over the place. Great fish though I love those guys. Mine was named Jabba (as in "the Hutt") cuz it looks like they share some DNA.

rstimeout · 01-07-2007, 08:17 PM

SWEET he looks like et to me

mgchan · 01-07-2007, 08:35 PM

She's absolutely adorable! At first she was shy about going after the food when there were other fish around, now she just zooms in after it.

My sand bed is about 6" - 6 1/2", but I put a plastic tube and angled it down into the sand.

Her head turns white whenever she's startled or scared, she looks almost like a skull in the sand! She's not colorful, but I also didn't want to pay the $$$ for a colorful one. LOL

I read that they're jumpers, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

LeslieS · 01-07-2007, 09:37 PM

she is really cute!

01-07-2007, 07:24 PM	#1
mgchan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rockland County Posts: 287 Reefer Ratings: (20) Friends: (0)	My Dusky Jawfish Nicknamed E.T., she was added to the tank this past November. She spends most of her time looking upwards for food!

01-07-2007, 07:28 PM	#2
deelucky BACK2BASICS Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: LARGO, FLORIDA Posts: 1,863 Reefer Ratings: (28) Friends: (1)	mike he is awsome not as colorful as other jawfish but very nice.looks like E.T too.ill be sure to get a J.F when i get the 90 setup. __________________

01-07-2007, 07:35 PM	#3
noodleman The Lurker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn Posts: 3,077 Reefer Ratings: (27) Friends: (6)	she looks so cool, how deep is that sandbed? I always wanted a jawfish __________________ ...................-;- ...........................-;- ........-;- ......(Y) ........: ...................( ,,) . ·´ : ............*:· ·o((")")... .· ...-;- .............-;- ` · . . . · ´ ........................-;-

01-07-2007, 08:14 PM	#5
lfsmarineguy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 1,142 Reefer Ratings: (2) Friends: (1)	Duskys have a lot of personality try and feed them some live shrimp every so often. I had mine eating flakes out of the water column and other fishes mouths. They get aggressive when it comes to food and won't hesitate to steal from other fish. They will move their cave around as well so be prepared for sand piles all over the place. Great fish though I love those guys. Mine was named Jabba (as in "the Hutt") cuz it looks like they share some DNA. __________________ www.AquariumDesignNetwork.com NEW WEBSITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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01-07-2007, 08:12 PM	#4
jabol Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Elmhurst, NY Posts: 453 Reefer Ratings: (71) Friends: (6)	Great fish with a lot of personality

01-07-2007, 08:17 PM	#6
rstimeout Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: YONKERS NY Posts: 1,521 Reefer Ratings: (49) Friends: (0)	SWEET he looks like et to me

01-07-2007, 08:35 PM	#7
mgchan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rockland County Posts: 287 Reefer Ratings: (20) Friends: (0)	She's absolutely adorable! At first she was shy about going after the food when there were other fish around, now she just zooms in after it. My sand bed is about 6" - 6 1/2", but I put a plastic tube and angled it down into the sand. Her head turns white whenever she's startled or scared, she looks almost like a skull in the sand! She's not colorful, but I also didn't want to pay the $$$ for a colorful one. LOL I read that they're jumpers, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

01-07-2007, 09:37 PM	#8
LeslieS Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Manhattan Posts: 1,914 Reefer Ratings: (9) Friends: (11)	she is really cute!