*Update* Video of male Blue Spotted Jawfish flashing (finally!)

[Miss Nano]

So, my boyfriend came home today and spotted this....













Courtesy of yours truly...




Prospective future father?





Just thought I'd share!

[19jeffro83]

Nice, I wish I could help you out on how to raise them. I'm sure someone here can. Good luck with hatching and rearing the young. I do think you'll maybe have to remove the eggs and set up another tank with sponge filters and such and cultivate some sort of food for them.

[kgoldy]

MedRed is gunna cry when he sees this...

[driftsaru]

MedRed is gunna cry when he sees this...

+1!

[kmaintl]

So, my boyfriend came home today and spotted this....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow! I don't think there's a successful rearing of blue spotted jawfish to date. Hopefully, the eggs are fertile!

 

 

 

Courtesy of yours truly...

 

 

 

Prospective future father?

 

 

 

 

Just thought I'd share!

[Euphyllia]

If you have two jawfish in there, they will do this regularly since they've done it once. Jawfish can be captive bred because of how they are mouth brooders. They will raise the eggs themselves in their mouths, I forget the rest. You could actually be able to raise baby CB BSJ.

[kmaintl]

If you have two jawfish in there, they will do this regularly since they've done it once. Jawfish can be captive bred because of how they are mouth brooders. They will raise the eggs themselves in their mouths, I forget the rest. You could actually be able to raise baby CB BSJ.

I hope so. I've never heard of anyone successful with blue spotted jawfish. PLEASE put me first on your waiting list if you have success with this.

[Miss Nano]

 

 

 

[kmaintl]

 

 

 

that's so cool!

[fretfreak13]

Daw, congratulations!

[thirdchild]

That's so awesome!

[Miss Nano]

MedRed is gunna cry when he sees this...

 

 

[19jeffro83]

So do they sleep and burrow together? How close to tr burrow did she lay? Was t aware they where mouth breeders. That could be good news.

[19jeffro83]

I'd love an update.

[eddiecorrea]

Ya this sounds cool.

[rrcg50]

That's just awesome

[gulfsurfer101]

How awesome for you!

[19jeffro83]

We want an update please!

[indyjaco]

I read somewhere that you can breed Jawfish, i'm just worried that I read about Pearly and not BSJ's.

 

So cool!

[Miss Nano]

They don't burrow or sleep together. Although, from what I've researched; the male is suppose to sleep with the female during the night when the magic happens! They have a lot of underground tunnels, so it's kind of difficult to tell when this occurred.

 

Right now, the male is still too young to hold the eggs. He's not even full grown yet!

[Reef Goddess]

Super cool!

[Miss Nano]

Official update as of October 18, 2012.

 

Not much to update yet...but here's what I have so far!

 

 

 

Another egg mass as of October 18!

Here's the male trying to fit the eggs in his mouth. He didn't seem as interested in them as he was last time though! I'm sure that'll change once he's sexually mature!

 

 

 

 

Here's the male looking at the eggs

 

 

 

 

Here's the egg batch

 

 

 

 

Here he is making faces. :-P

 

 

 

And here he is dancing for his woman:

 

 

 

 

Lastly, here's the female saying "take my eggs you baish!"

 

[Miss Nano]

I haven't witnessed either of them sharing a burrow. They do have underground tunnels, but I still think

that they are not quite at that stage yet. The male is exhibiting breeding behavior similar to other video's

I've seen, but he's not quite flashing....yet! I really do need a microscope, but given his age (and size)

I'm pretty sure that the eggs aren't fertile. I guess I'll just keep fattening him up until he hits puberty, ha!

[19jeffro83]

Super awesome! Thanks for the update. Let us know when he starts holding them and fertilizing. Good luck with this. Out me on your waiting list please.

[eddiecorrea]

Ya I'd take one as well. This is really cool to see.