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About Whitehurst's Jawfish
Whitehurst's Jawfish is a small, pale to cream-colored jawfish with a slightly elongated body and a distinctive blunt head. It has large eyes and is often found hovering near its burrow entrance.
Key facts
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 30 gallon tank with fine sand substrate for burrowing behavior • Maintain temperature 72–78°F and salinity 1.023–1.025 • Provide plenty of rubble and rock structures to create shelter and territory • Feed small meaty foods such as mysis shrimp, copepods, and finely chopped seafood
- Temperament
- Semi Aggressive
- Diet
- carnivore
- Care Level
- Moderate
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Diet Details
- Marine zooplankton, small crustaceans, copepods, brine shrimp, marine algae
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate - Whitehurst's Jawfish requires standard marine aquarium maintenance and intermediate fish keeping skills.
- Min tank size
- 30 gallons
- Family
- Opistognathidae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Max Size
- 5
- Feeding Schedule
- Feed 2-3 times daily
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