patrick1234 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Some souvenir shop in Florida somewhere. They are very common, tons of people sell them on Ebay for cheap. All right well thank you. Link to comment
redfishsc Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I have a couple of fist-sized clumps of those barnacles, what a GREAT idea! I was looking last night at some of the shrimp/goby combinations and I may rig up something like this for them. Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 thats pretty clever of you, good job. Link to comment
Marteen Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 So does he actually swim through the PVC piping or is it just used to anchor the barnacle? Do you know if they wouldn't mind living with neighbors? I wonder if you could set up a bunch of these along a pvc pipe and have a little colony in the sand. Link to comment
stoney waters Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 Yes, he uses the whole tubing. When he enters head first he will swim through the loop and pop his head out from the other side. That is what he does at the end of the video, it's that fast. Sometimes he will hide inside and I cant see him, but he has his head out at least 90% of the time. I wouldn't put two of them that close together, they are very territorial among their own species. Link to comment
I Ate A Cake Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I am definatley getting either a Blue-spot or a YellowHeaded Jawfish when I upgrade, and I am going to use this design. Thanks for the idea. Link to comment
onefish2fish Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 i see you found it cody, pretty sick huh? Link to comment
coolwaters Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 wow thats over the top cr4zy. u gotta tell use how u did it. Link to comment
Marteen Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Yes, he uses the whole tubing. When he enters head first he will swim through the loop and pop his head out from the other side. That is what he does at the end of the video, it's that fast. Sometimes he will hide inside and I cant see him, but he has his head out at least 90% of the time. I wouldn't put two of them that close together, they are very territorial among their own species. Ah yeah I just watched the video again and see what you mean. Wow those guys are fast. Do you think if you put two barnacles on one pipe, so like two entrances he would like that or would that make him feel insecure. This is definitely a cool idea I really like jawfish and wouldn't mind trying it out. Link to comment
jerzsky Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 BRILLIANT! thats absolutely an amazing idea! GREAT JOB!!! Link to comment
stoney waters Posted October 9, 2008 Author Share Posted October 9, 2008 Sometimes you just need to think like a fish. Link to comment
modernreefkeeper Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Cool, i had one of these similar too. Posting pics, to show a slightly different angel Link to comment
Marteen Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 What was the diameter pipe used? Link to comment
stoney waters Posted October 9, 2008 Author Share Posted October 9, 2008 All parts were 3/4" PVC. The list is small and cost only a couple bucks. 4-3/4" street elbows 1- small piece of 3/4" pipe (4 or 5 inches) 1- 3/4" Tee adapter ( I cut off the tee to fit the barnacle) Reef epoxy Barnacle shell ( not necessary, you could just use a PVC pipe to the surface like modernreefkeeper did on his version) I did not use cement on any of the fittings in case disassembly was necessary. Link to comment
Marteen Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Thanks for the info! Yeah I was thinking of glueing some LR rubble together to make the mouth of the cave or something. Of course all of this is in the planning stages I don't even have the tank yet! Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 I wonder if I could drill a hole in some LR with a 1" bit and camouflage it that way. That would be pretty cool. Link to comment
stoney waters Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 There are so many options, I just used what I had. If I didn't have the barnacle I would have done it a different way. Liverock, shells, coral skeletons, they all would work equally well. Link to comment
jacklmd Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 that is sooo cool.. u de man.. "creativity" Link to comment
davidr2340 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 I wonder if I could drill a hole in some LR with a 1" bit and camouflage it that way. That would be pretty cool. Agreed, that would be sweet! stoney, awesome idea what you did right there!!! Link to comment
bagoegg Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Very nice stoney! I will now be adding a jawfish + "Stoney Waters Jawfish Condo" to my new tank list! Link to comment
chase33 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Wow, this is definitely an awesome idea. Beautiful fish by the way. I've wanted a blue spot jawfish for some time now. I plan to put one in my new nano. I'm definitely going to build one of these. Great job and thanks for sharing. What do you guys think about building the pvc throughout the entire bottom of the tank with a few different openings for the fish. This would provide those who don't like placing the rock directly on the glass onto the pvc. Think that would work? I do have one other question though. Isn't the end with the vents under the surface of the sand? If it is then is there really flow though the pvc keeping the water from becoming stagnant throughout? Link to comment
stoney waters Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 I do have one other question though. Isn't the end with the vents under the surface of the sand? If it is then is there really flow though the pvc keeping the water from becoming stagnant throughout? In my opinion just the fish swiming through the pipe is enough to keep the water moving and refreshed. Link to comment
spazizz Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I just built one of these. Ill take some pic of it and post it up here, cuz mine is a tad different. For one i used a snail shell for the entrance. Im hoping my jawfish likes. Link to comment
spazizz Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 well here it is. 2- 3/4" 90 degree elbows 2- 1" 90 degree elbows btw this is my first successful DIY ha..... Link to comment
eklikewhoa Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Very cool! I just added a bullseye jawfish to my tank but luckily I have crazy base LR so it already formed tunnels in the substrate. Link to comment
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