Bluespot Jawfish

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Just woke up to see him on the floor. He look fine and happy in his caves. I removed the screen top on my 60 cube.

Feeling Sad and Angry. My question is are the jawfish active at night ? What makes them come out of the cave to jump out ?
 

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You don't see every time a fish tries to jump and hits the mesh. I have had two bluespots and both of them eventually found their way out of my tank. Both over night. They squeezed through what I thought was an impossibly small gap in my cover
 

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They are very well known jumpers. Any time they get spooked they jump and they are very skiddish
 

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Fish may actually be more likely to jump at night. When it's dark and they are sleeping anything can startle them. like a sea star, hermit crab, or another fish "sleep walking."
 

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Sorry for your loss. BSJs are such great fish . Mine came up missing a while back and I was sure he must have gotten through a hole in the egg crate top and one of the dogs must have found him. I have a Biocube and I looked for him in the back chambers, even took out the return pump, but he wasn't there. About a week later I was about to siphon out the middle chamber and there he was! Since then I made a 1/4 inch mesh screen top and he hasn't escaped again.
 

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Blue spotted jaw fish are prone to jumping, they are going to do it.
 
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Such a bummer., I got him on weds night.. thank you everyone for your replies
 

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I have had a BSJ for a few months with BRS 1/8" mesh. So far so good, knock on wood.
 

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