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BeastKeeper Big Fish Posts: 444 Kudos: 389 Votes: 47 Registered: 27-Apr-2004   | i keep hearing that jack dempseys can be put in a communtiy tank. i cant disagree because for two weeks ive kept my jd in my 55usg community with tetras. will this eventualy become chaos? or can they be in a community? |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02 |     |
betahex  Fish Addict Posts: 864 Kudos: 352 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2001 | how big is your jack dempsey? chances are, if he hasn't eaten your fish, he will later. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02 | |
| Mike R Fish Addict Posts: 593 Kudos: 830 Votes: 322 Registered: 27-Jul-2004 | IME as long as the other fish are too big for him to eat and they stay out of his space, they'll get along. But Jacks grow and Tetras don't get very big so that you might end up with a fat Jack and no Tetras. Good luck, Mike |
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| BeastKeeper Big Fish Posts: 444 Kudos: 389 Votes: 47 Registered: 27-Apr-2004 | well hes about 5" and has been eating pellets and frozen foods and has always had other cichlids around him. but the tetras were the cycle fish that keep on truckin. so he will just push away unwanted intruders or will he start to fight like Jack Dempsey? |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02 | |
| Mike R Fish Addict Posts: 593 Kudos: 830 Votes: 322 Registered: 27-Jul-2004 | I don't think he'd fight with'em because they're so small. He'll either eat'em or he won't. I had an Angelfish in with a Jack and he ignored it. I think because it had a different shape and so wasn't a threat to his terrritory. He'd raise hell with the Oscar and Severum though. Maybe the tetras are small enough that they aren't a threat. Mike |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02 | |
Azrael_Darkness Fish Addict Posts: 547 Kudos: 420 Votes: 8 Registered: 26-Oct-2004 | My jack dempsey ate my red tail black shark....honestly i wouldn't recomend a jd with smaller fish. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02 | |
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001   | Sorry to hear about that Az.  ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~ |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02 | |
| Clapton is God Banned Posts: 17 Kudos: 16 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Dec-2004  | I am sorry to hear that aswell, but I dont find it odd or unexpected. Jack dempsey are a predatory fresh water cichlid that are aggressive and large enough to eat and or kill smaller fish. Jack dempsey should be kept in species only tank or in a cichlid tank with other similarily sized cichlids. |
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| Azrael_Darkness Fish Addict Posts: 547 Kudos: 420 Votes: 8 Registered: 26-Oct-2004 | yes i agree, at the time they were both the same size then mr. dempsey gets extra big fast. |
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