blue spotted jaw fish

PONCHDOG2000 · #1 01/16/2007, 01:53 PM

i was at the fish store last night and one guy seemed like he was drunk or something. first he tried to get me to buy a blue tang then a couple other fish (all pretty expensive) that looked like they would be too big for my 29 gal. he knew i had a 29 gallon.so i was a little skeptical of his opinions and advise. one of the fish he tried to sell me was a blue spotted jaw fish. i know that they can be housed in a 29 gal nano, atleast i think? are they aggressive? do they move around? do they keep to their small territory? are they hardy? how big do they get? any info and advise would be great. i have a 29 gal with snails,crabs,shrimp,corals, two clowns, and a royal gramma. thanks

IanInDC · #2 01/16/2007, 05:04 PM

The one under-reported thing with blue-spotteds is that they technically like slightly cooler water. So what happens is, they survive fine for a while, even acclimate, but their metabolisms get sped up and it significantly shortens their life span.

This is more of a "I've heard it around" than a hard fact, but the facts do back it up -- 1) they're a slightly cooler-water fish, 2) that phenomenon happens with cooler-water fish, and 3) a lot fo people report deaths after like 6 months with the rosenblattis.

Just FYI.

rich99rich · #3 01/16/2007, 07:18 PM

I love these fish, but I've had a hard time keeping them. As IanInDC stated, mine seemed to acclimate very well, but just randomly disappeared. I did notice some white lesions that developed on its body, which is a phenomenon that lots of BSJ owners experienced, and it disappeared soon after those lesions appeared. This has happened to me twice, so I decided to stop trying to keep this fish.

PONCHDOG2000 · #4 01/16/2007, 08:17 PM

thanks guys. by the way,rich r u an alumnus or a fan?

rich99rich · #5 01/16/2007, 09:07 PM

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Originally posted by PONCHDOG2000
thanks guys. by the way,rich r u an alumnus or a fan?

Alumnus. Class of '97. Fight On!

Angel*Fish · #6 01/16/2007, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by IanInDC
The one under-reported thing with blue-spotteds is that they technically like slightly cooler water. So what happens is, they survive fine for a while, even acclimate, but their metabolisms get sped up and it significantly shortens their life span.

This is more of a "I've heard it around" than a hard fact, but the facts do back it up -- 1) they're a slightly cooler-water fish, 2) that phenomenon happens with cooler-water fish, and 3) a lot fo people report deaths after like 6 months with the rosenblattis.

Just FYI.

Well put