So I have a male and female Jack Dempsey, and the female is picking on the male can some someone help me?
Jack Dempsey breeding
- Thread starter Crackheadfishkeeper
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Get the male some more size he looks to be half the size of the female. i reccomend seperating them and let the male catch up on size.
It looks like the female is the one in the front. Agree with Anthony that you'll need to watch them closely. If the smaller one is getting beat up, you'll need to separate. What size tank?
The tank is too small to breed jack Dempsey cichlids even at this size, I saw in your other post that it is a 29. Anything smaller than about a 75 is going to make it very difficult on the subdominant fish, because they will have nowhere to run to escape their aggressor. I agree with YJ that in your picture, the smaller fish in the front looks like the female. If they are already showing aggression, your best bet would be to divide the fish for now, in my opinion. And when you can get a larger tank, reintroduce them, maybe with some dither fish or even other female jack dempseys if the tank is large enough.