Yellow Head Jawfish

Reaper · 03/04/2003, 06:19 AM

Hello,
I read the article 'Lets Jaw about Jawfish' on ReefKeeping.com. I was wondering it you could help me sex my yellow heads. They look the same and both have the two black dots under their lip. They have seperate burrows. The other day, the bigger one when into the others burrow and they started to fight a bit, now the smaller one has found a new burrow. The jawfish are happy and shoe themselves 90% of the time but I just cant sex them!

Sloeber · 03/04/2003, 01:52 PM

To Reef Central

sounds like you have 2 males.

HTH

henry

Reaper · 03/04/2003, 03:27 PM

Thanks Henry,
Thats what i thought! How do you tell the difference?

Sloeber · 03/04/2003, 03:34 PM

black dots are males. also, pairs will share burrows.

HTH

henry

Reaper · 03/05/2003, 05:55 AM

Hcs3!,
I woke up this morning to find them side by side in a new burrow!
Their not fighting and their both looking at me!

They've been like this for hours!

Is this the sign of a pair?

Reaper · 03/07/2003, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hcs3
black dots are males. also, pairs will share burrows.

HTH

henry

Yes it's me again with those boring jawfish questions, but I've only got 1 more!

OK, now I'am confused!

It seems they both have black dots and share a burrow, are they gay? Although they currently have separate burrows they are 3 inches apart!

Now heres the question I need an answer for. I want to breed jawfish, will swapping a male for a female at the lfs be sucsessful if the new one has no BLACK dots???

Do I leave both males in and introduce a female or will that lead to world war 3?

The reason why I'am asking you is because my lfs don't know there a**es from their elbows and kept 15 jawfish in a 20 inch tank!

They share a 120gal system with coral and 3 small fish.

Your thoughts please everyone!

Sloeber · 03/07/2003, 12:46 PM

i'd get a 3rd with no spots.

HTH

henry

03/04/2003, 06:19 AM	#1
Reaper Moved On Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London Posts: 400	Yellow Head Jawfish Hello, I read the article 'Lets Jaw about Jawfish' on ReefKeeping.com. I was wondering it you could help me sex my yellow heads. They look the same and both have the two black dots under their lip. They have seperate burrows. The other day, the bigger one when into the others burrow and they started to fight a bit, now the smaller one has found a new burrow. The jawfish are happy and shoe themselves 90% of the time but I just cant sex them!

03/04/2003, 01:52 PM	#2
Sloeber Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Mamanuca and Yusawa island groups, Fiji Posts: 7,621	*To Reef Central* sounds like you have 2 males. HTH henry

03/04/2003, 03:27 PM	#3
Reaper Moved On Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London Posts: 400	Thanks Henry, Thats what i thought! How do you tell the difference?

03/04/2003, 03:34 PM	#4
Sloeber Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Mamanuca and Yusawa island groups, Fiji Posts: 7,621	black dots are males. also, pairs will share burrows. HTH henry

03/05/2003, 05:55 AM	#5
Reaper Moved On Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London Posts: 400	Hcs3!, I woke up this morning to find them side by side in a new burrow! Their not fighting and their both looking at me! They've been like this for hours! Is this the sign of a pair?

03/07/2003, 12:46 PM	#7
Sloeber Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Mamanuca and Yusawa island groups, Fiji Posts: 7,621	i'd get a 3rd with no spots. HTH henry