Pearly Jawfish feeding

Jimbo48827 · 04/11/2014, 10:15 PM

I got a pearly jawfish yesterday, and while reading up on diet, one of the things was "meaty foods." So shrimp should be ok, right? I have raw frozen shrimp, so just let it thaw, then serve, or? I know I'm supposed to feed next to it's burrow, so I am prepared to do that with a turkey baster.

Crooked Reef · 04/12/2014, 05:04 AM

Cut it into small pieces but that will work. Also feed some other foods. Frozen mysis, rods food. Any carnivorous frozen preparations will do. I would also add some new life spectrum pellets and formula one flakes. Feed the flakes or pellets daily and the frozen less often as it can affect water quality. The key is variety of foods.

Jimbo48827 · 04/12/2014, 05:38 AM

rods food? but I do have both pellets and flakes, too

Crooked Reef · 04/12/2014, 06:05 AM

It's a brand of frozen food.

gpdno · 04/12/2014, 06:08 AM

I have two. I feed them pellet food daily. I also add about 100 live Mysid Shrimp every-other week and have a good population of assorted 'pods living in the tank.

Both of the jawfish will feed out of my hand and start looking for pellets when they see me near the tank.

04/11/2014, 10:15 PM	#1
Jimbo48827 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ohio Posts: 37	Pearly Jawfish feeding I got a pearly jawfish yesterday, and while reading up on diet, one of the things was "meaty foods." So shrimp should be ok, right? I have raw frozen shrimp, so just let it thaw, then serve, or? I know I'm supposed to feed next to it's burrow, so I am prepared to do that with a turkey baster.

04/12/2014, 05:04 AM	#2
Crooked Reef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,765	Cut it into small pieces but that will work. Also feed some other foods. Frozen mysis, rods food. Any carnivorous frozen preparations will do. I would also add some new life spectrum pellets and formula one flakes. Feed the flakes or pellets daily and the frozen less often as it can affect water quality. The key is variety of foods. __________________ “In wine there is wisdom; in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” - Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef. Biocube 29 lionfish tank. Mantis tank.

04/12/2014, 06:05 AM	#4
Crooked Reef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,765	It's a brand of frozen food. __________________ “In wine there is wisdom; in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” - Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef. Biocube 29 lionfish tank. Mantis tank.

04/12/2014, 06:08 AM	#5
gpdno Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Venice, FL Posts: 147	I have two. I feed them pellet food daily. I also add about 100 live Mysid Shrimp every-other week and have a good population of assorted 'pods living in the tank. Both of the jawfish will feed out of my hand and start looking for pellets when they see me near the tank. __________________ Greg 150 gal DT, 50 gal Sump/Refugium Enjoy and don't rush it. Your personal reef is like a garden. You can't expect tomatoes the day after you plant the seeds. Current Tank Info: 150 gal Reef w/50 gal refugium

04/12/2014, 05:38 AM	#3
Jimbo48827 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ohio Posts: 37	rods food? but I do have both pellets and flakes, too