Blue Spot Jawfish with a Diamond Spot Goby?

reef_doug · 10/17/2007, 05:03 PM

Tank is 180g and I have a Diamond Spot sand sifting goby and would like to add a Blue Spotted Jawfish. Any experiences with these two together?

reef_doug · 10/18/2007, 09:51 AM

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JStorey · 10/18/2007, 06:32 PM

I have had a Blue spot with a diamond goby for almost a year in a 135 gallon tank with zero issues. Be careful though because the blue spots are jumpers.

ekovalsky · 10/18/2007, 08:43 PM

My blue spot gets along fine with a pink & blue spot watchman goby. The orange spotted rabbitfish and yellow tang seem to irritate him, though.

Make sure your take is completely covered, my first blue spot was doing great for about two days then jumped either through eggcrate, or more likely through a gap between the eggrate and my wavysea. I decided to try another one and he's been in the tank for about two weeks now without a problem; I got the biggest one I could find (harder to jump through the eggrate) and also recut the eggcrate to make a tighter fit around the wavysea. Don't underestimate this fish's ability to jump through the tiniest opening in the cover! Once he digs a burrow he will be at much lower risk of jumping.

By the way this is an awesome fish! By far my favorite, absolutely gorgeous and extremely interesting with tons of personality.

reef_doug · 10/18/2007, 09:58 PM

Thanks for the replies. I have a "sliding window screen" to cover the top when the canopy is open plus 3" euro bracing all around. I'm looking forward to this interesting fish!

10/17/2007, 05:03 PM	#1
reef_doug Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hesperia/Apple Valley Posts: 3,814	Blue Spot Jawfish with a Diamond Spot Goby? Tank is 180g and I have a Diamond Spot sand sifting goby and would like to add a Blue Spotted Jawfish. Any experiences with these two together? __________________ "If you have more than one tank in your livingroom, you might be a reefneck" Current Tank Info: 180r SoCal Creations, 75g SCC1M Sump, WM EcoBAK, NextReef SMR1, TropicMarin Salt, ACIII, 3x250w HQI Phoenix 14k, 2x140w Super Actinics, ATi BM250, Eheim 1262, Tunze 2x6100+7095, Tunze Osmolator, 6 stage RODI w/ Spectrapure MaxCap

10/18/2007, 09:51 AM	#2
reef_doug Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hesperia/Apple Valley Posts: 3,814	^^^^ __________________ "If you have more than one tank in your livingroom, you might be a reefneck" Current Tank Info: 180r SoCal Creations, 75g SCC1M Sump, WM EcoBAK, NextReef SMR1, TropicMarin Salt, ACIII, 3x250w HQI Phoenix 14k, 2x140w Super Actinics, ATi BM250, Eheim 1262, Tunze 2x6100+7095, Tunze Osmolator, 6 stage RODI w/ Spectrapure MaxCap

10/18/2007, 09:58 PM	#5
reef_doug Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hesperia/Apple Valley Posts: 3,814	Thanks for the replies. I have a "sliding window screen" to cover the top when the canopy is open plus 3" euro bracing all around. I'm looking forward to this interesting fish! __________________ "If you have more than one tank in your livingroom, you might be a reefneck" Current Tank Info: 180r SoCal Creations, 75g SCC1M Sump, WM EcoBAK, NextReef SMR1, TropicMarin Salt, ACIII, 3x250w HQI Phoenix 14k, 2x140w Super Actinics, ATi BM250, Eheim 1262, Tunze 2x6100+7095, Tunze Osmolator, 6 stage RODI w/ Spectrapure MaxCap

10/18/2007, 06:32 PM	#3
JStorey Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 457	I have had a Blue spot with a diamond goby for almost a year in a 135 gallon tank with zero issues. Be careful though because the blue spots are jumpers.

10/18/2007, 08:43 PM	#4
ekovalsky Premium Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 335	My blue spot gets along fine with a pink & blue spot watchman goby. The orange spotted rabbitfish and yellow tang seem to irritate him, though. Make sure your take is completely covered, my first blue spot was doing great for about two days then jumped either through eggcrate, or more likely through a gap between the eggrate and my wavysea. I decided to try another one and he's been in the tank for about two weeks now without a problem; I got the biggest one I could find (harder to jump through the eggrate) and also recut the eggcrate to make a tighter fit around the wavysea. Don't underestimate this fish's ability to jump through the tiniest opening in the cover! Once he digs a burrow he will be at much lower risk of jumping. By the way this is an awesome fish! By far my favorite, absolutely gorgeous and extremely interesting with tons of personality.