DIY jawfish house

[karazy]

i saw something very interesting on NR that i wanted to share. take a look :

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=172053&hl=jawfish

what are peoples thoughts on this?

personally i think it's a great idea and might have to try it out for myself

[Marlin65]

Its kind of cool mine makes a huge mess all over the tank though he moves a lot of sand everywhere. Not sure this would make much of a difference.

[saltynuts]

now that is very cool.

[Tom R]

What size of pipe are you using?

[Delphinus]

That's awesome!

[karazy]

well in that project they used .75" PVC, but i would try 1" or 1.25"

if i do try this i think i might try it out at the shop (elite aquatics) first.
once i get permission that is.

who knows, maybe it would help to settle in our jawfish when we get them

the only down side i see to this is you wouldn't really get a chance to watch the jawfish do what they do best..dig with there mouths!

[christyf5]

OMG that is freaking awesome!! Wow I'd totally redo my nano for that!

[JTaylor420]

Thats a pretty good idea i also got a bluespot jawfish from a lfs and built him a little structure with rubble after a day of settling in he found it and customized it to say the least lol the coolest thing i noticed is if hes getting bugged by another fish or at night sometimes he'll close his little cavern with nearby hermit shells or rubble

[karazy]

sounds kool J :)

got any pics of how you did that/what it looks like?

[brizzo]

4 x street 90s slip x slip
1 x tee
1 x short piece of pipe
1/8" drill bit
no glue required

then make your own disguise, fun project :)

I had always been interested in getting a blue spot .. need bigger tank, but that's coming soon hopefully :)

Nice pics and info about bluespot jawfish: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/bluespot-club/16244-bluespot-club.html

[lobsterboy]

thats really cool.

[JTaylor420]

i didn't take a picture of the original set up i did for him but i had rubble kind of set up in a little cave for him to go into but here are a few shots of what he did over the first week

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww67/jtaylor420/IMG_0612.jpg

he had dug out a second entrance at this point

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww67/jtaylor420/IMG_0638.jpg

back to one entrance but now he goes out at night and is piling up sand where he likes to hang out

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww67/jtaylor420/IMG_0646.jpg

this last shot is the most recent and as you can tell he has grabbed a nearby piece of rubble that had some zoa's on it and that is his new front door lol

[ElGuappo]

Personally i find it hard to think that it will accept this home. you need to pick a good spot where food will float by so it doesnt need to venture to far from home. my pearly changed homes more then once over the year i had it. eventually it went back to number one.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/ElGuappo78/JawfishHome3.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/ElGuappo78/JawfishHome2.jpg