Jawfish and serpent star living together?!?

talon4x4 · 07-20-2007, 03:40 PM

I know it seems kind of odd (at least to me) but my serpent star is sharing space with my jawfish. I can see the tentacles coming right out of the little hole the jawfish dug out. When I saw the tentacles and the hole covered up I figured the jawfish became a meal. But the hole was open this morning and when I fed the tank the jawfish came right out.

Is this odd to anyone else???

MI-Reefer · 07-20-2007, 03:47 PM

I had this exact thing happen to me and was worried at first, but after a week he was still alive (my jawfish) but a couple days later he was no where to be found and my serpant star looked awful big for not feeding him in a week. I think he may have killed a couple fire fish as well. I have heard once there body reaches to be about 1/2 dollar size they can essily take any kind of fish down and eat em.

He's not my favorite thing in the tank

Geoff · 07-31-2007, 08:23 PM

how big is the central disc of the starfish? if the central disc is pretty big then you will prolly not have a jawfish at some point. if the central disc is very small then you do not have anything to worry about. i had a 15+" bristle star for the longest time. its central disc was maybe an inch in diamter. i would only see its legs sticking out a rock. these legs would grab small bits of food and bring them into its mouth.

G~