Anyone have experience with these guys. I've been wanting a jawfish for quite some time. Gonna wait for the blue-dot though. So, I picked up a yellowhead, and already he's doin what jaw's do. I was also pretty much given a dragon wrasse. He's only about 2-3" right now. I understand they can get big and become destructive. He's really unique in the way he moves about the tank.
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Added a yellowhead jawfish and a "bonus" dragon wrasse today....
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Liveaquaria says it all:
It should reside in a 125 gallon or larger aquarium with a 2-4 inch sandy bottom in which it can submerge itself since it sleeps in the sand. It may be kept with fish that are aggressive or larger than it is, but should be housed with more passive fish as a juvenile, house only one per tank. It should not be placed in a reef aquarium. As the Dragon Wrasse matures it will eat crustaceans, snails, shrimp, starfish, smaller fish, worms, and other invertebrates. It also moves the corals and rearranges the rocks in the aquarium to find food.
I would not want one in a reef tank, or any tank really but that is my opinion.
It should reside in a 125 gallon or larger aquarium with a 2-4 inch sandy bottom in which it can submerge itself since it sleeps in the sand. It may be kept with fish that are aggressive or larger than it is, but should be housed with more passive fish as a juvenile, house only one per tank. It should not be placed in a reef aquarium. As the Dragon Wrasse matures it will eat crustaceans, snails, shrimp, starfish, smaller fish, worms, and other invertebrates. It also moves the corals and rearranges the rocks in the aquarium to find food.
I would not want one in a reef tank, or any tank really but that is my opinion.
falconut
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I've had a Yellowhead a while back. Really cool fish. I lost mine when my tank got velvet. Definitely make sure the rocks are close to the bottom of the tank, another one I tried dug under and got squished.
The Dragon Wrasses are neat looking when young, but do get larger and aggressive. It will probably make a meal out of the jawfish when it gets bigger. So, it would probably be best to remove it sooner than later. Sorry.
The Dragon Wrasses are neat looking when young, but do get larger and aggressive. It will probably make a meal out of the jawfish when it gets bigger. So, it would probably be best to remove it sooner than later. Sorry.