Ok, so here's the deal. I love JD's. The are my second favorite cichlid next to Oscars. I would like to try for an Electric Blue. Ive heard that they are smaller, less aggressive, kinda touchy, and a bit shy. What requirements do I need to meet for these beauties and I would like to hear some tips from those that have kept them. Thank you.
Need Electric Blue Jack Dempsey Tips
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I myself haven't kept them - but keep 2 regular JD's.
I initially had an interest in perhaps giving ebjd's a shot - but from everything I've read on them it seems far too tricky.
Again, no first hand experience myself - but they seem to be a very sensitive breed of fish that get sick and die quite easily.
But good luck!
I initially had an interest in perhaps giving ebjd's a shot - but from everything I've read on them it seems far too tricky.
Again, no first hand experience myself - but they seem to be a very sensitive breed of fish that get sick and die quite easily.
But good luck!
I kept a male EBJD and female JD(breeding pair) until last week. The guy who owns my LFS made me an offer I couldn't refuse as he wants to breed them. If you buy from a good breeder or store you won't find them so sensitive or weak. Yes they are smaller and less aggressive(until they get bigger). All the same rules for keeping a JD apply. However I would choose the tank mates a bit more carefully. Also, a UV sterilizer was used on the tank as I always use one.
I think just having a good quality ebjd is the most important. I had one from Rapps that was great had all the same JD personality and temperment was housed with HRP's, Th. Passionis, and a carpinte. I never did anything special for it just treated it like I do all my other cichlids.
UV sterilizer is a definite help. Clean water, VERY clean substrate. EBJDs are prone to intestinal parasites, and many feel that they pick them up by mouthing poop they mistake for food. A lot of people keep them in bare-bottomed tanks so they can see and clean up the bottom of the tank. When the fish get to be about 4", they tend to be "out of the woods" in terms of dying mysteriously, but you have to accept that they are likely to be kind of fragile in relation to other jds.
I've heard that at about 4" inches they tend to be fine. Thank you for the help. This weekend I'll probably get 2 or 3 mollies to test my water a bit and make my adjustments from there. The local store is very good and they have 3 ebjd's that are about an inch each and very healthy looking, but do you think that is too risky to get one that small? Im planning on it to be a solitary fish.
The local store, Fish Frenzy is pretty good. The two guys there know there stuff. The have 3 at about an inch each and very healthy looking. I've never seen any unhealthy fish in there besides donations from customers that didnt take care of their fish.