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2 Jack Dempsey
2 Fire Mouth
2 Convicts
1 Salvini

all fish are approx. 2" in size and growing fast.

I am so happy. Oh boy, am I happy!

I like your choices

Is a 55g going to be large enough for them when full grown though?


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I agree that once they get full grown your tank will be overstocked.

I would also be wary of keeping the Jacks with any other fish. I've heard they are very aggressive.

Is a 55g going to be large enough for them when full grown though?

No it wont. I have discussed this with him in chat but he had already pre-paid for the fish and is apparently unable to trade them back in.

Clapton, if you can save up for another 55 within the next 6 months, you may be ok. But as I told you in chat, they won't get along for too much longer than that.

tank will be to small when fish are full grown

Dempseys are going to get huge you might need another 55 or 70 gallon tank to house them.

The Salvini actually get larger than the JD's.

jack dempesy are wimps i had 2 two males then i have one there in with a male convict all of them are around 12cm and they both use to atack the convict then the other day my convict kill one of them and about the other one .i think my convict is x with a red devil because it tail is purplist red and the fins look like a red devils.


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Last edited by jason_r_s at 02-Jan-2005 02:25

my jacks that are in my 55usg are about 6" and they only show aggression when other fish swim at them. otherwise they just stay occupide with each other. btw there are two black skirt tetras in the tank with them and some gouramis.

maybe i just have some less aggressive males

but your list will work untill you get a larger tank

a jack dempsey is less agressive when it has caves to hide in. But yes they do get rather large and can be nasty when they want to. This is from my experience.

The Salvini actually get larger than the JD's

Not quite. Salvins only get to about 6". I have seen Jack at 9-10".

As far as temperment, Jacks are okay as long as they don't breed. My roommate in collge had some in a 75 gallon. Two decided to start a family and together they rapidly killed off every other occupant of the tank including the other Jacks! It was a slaughter!

well i think if you got rid of one convict one JD and one fire mouth it will work. and i dont think it can do any harm over stocking while there young so as no one specific fish is attacked consistantly. i also think you might fing that the salvini will be the dominant fish in this tank. i call them the pocket battle ship they are the best cichlid in my mind. i have 2 females and 1 male and the females are more aggressive than the male. i would compare their aggression levels to much larger fish such as jags , freddys , cubans , beanii and devils brillian fish indeed. as for JDs they are over rated aggression wise but do hold their on well aggainst much larger fish.