- Location
- Long Island, NY
Last week I lost my favorite fish, a blue spot jawfish named Spot.
He was an impulse buy at my LFS but I very quickly fell in love with his character and personality. He had what I can best describe as gas bubble disease. It looked like large pockets of air or fluid under the skin that formed large lesions. No other fish I've kept in the 6 years I've been in this hobby have ever been affected by it, so I imagine that it's a disease that jawfish are susceptible to, and I doubt it is contagious. He had the same kind of thing once before and recovered from it, only this time he wasn't as lucky. I had him for a year and half.
I really want another jawfish, but I now know that their care requirements call for a cooler tank than what I think I can provide, especially in NY summers. I try to keep my tank at 78 but sometimes it does get warmer.
I was wondering in your opinion what the most personable fish are. They would have to be reef safe, and not outgrow a 55G established reef tank. I already have a ocellaris clownfish, a 6 line wrasse and yellow tang. They're all pretty in their own right, but not personable. I'd really like to get another fish with a lot of character and I'm looking for suggestions. What do you guys think?
He was an impulse buy at my LFS but I very quickly fell in love with his character and personality. He had what I can best describe as gas bubble disease. It looked like large pockets of air or fluid under the skin that formed large lesions. No other fish I've kept in the 6 years I've been in this hobby have ever been affected by it, so I imagine that it's a disease that jawfish are susceptible to, and I doubt it is contagious. He had the same kind of thing once before and recovered from it, only this time he wasn't as lucky. I had him for a year and half.
I really want another jawfish, but I now know that their care requirements call for a cooler tank than what I think I can provide, especially in NY summers. I try to keep my tank at 78 but sometimes it does get warmer.
I was wondering in your opinion what the most personable fish are. They would have to be reef safe, and not outgrow a 55G established reef tank. I already have a ocellaris clownfish, a 6 line wrasse and yellow tang. They're all pretty in their own right, but not personable. I'd really like to get another fish with a lot of character and I'm looking for suggestions. What do you guys think?