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	jack dempseys
bratyboy2 Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 340 Votes: 1 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	how fast do they grow and how do i get them to breed
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
55gallover Fingerling Posts: 19 Kudos: 22 Votes: 1 Registered: 05-Jan-2005	they can get big. I've seen them about 14 inches. If you want them to breed thn get make your tank barren. Break a ceramic floer pot or get some pieces of flat rocks and make some steps out of them. Turn the heat up to about 82 and see what happens. Make sure they get some lie food or some meat from another source. Good luck.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
cichlidiot Hobbyist Posts: 142 Registered: 14-Apr-2004	Jack dempseys will grow very fast(not quite as fast as an oscar) until they get up to about 4-5 inches and then their growth slacks off. They can get to around 14 inches with 8-10 being more the norm for a home aquarium. As for breeding you would be best to buy 6 young fish and let them pair off naturally. After you have your pair return the other 4 to the fish store. As for getting them to breed offer a varied diet, plenty of water changes and raise the temp to about 80-82 degrees farenheit. Also as the person before me suggested get them a rock or some other object to place their eggs upon.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
bratyboy2 Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 340 Votes: 1 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	thanks ciclidiot this will be helpful and i hope to purchase some electric blues soon to breed and sell a nd show off to my friends lol thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
BeastKeeper Big Fish Posts: 444 Kudos: 389 Votes: 47 Registered: 27-Apr-2004	i bought 2 jacks and a month later i had about 800 fry so be ready. once the female starts breeding expect her to slow her growth. once the fry have strips, seperate the fry from the parents then one month later expect to do the process over. good luck null
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
bratyboy2 Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 340 Votes: 1 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	well shes about an 1 1/2 inches and i think shes already thinking of breeding and i plan on going out to get a male here soon how soon can they breed?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
BeastKeeper Big Fish Posts: 444 Kudos: 389 Votes: 47 Registered: 27-Apr-2004	my female was 2" and male about 3.5" so ur almost there
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
napower05 Hobbyist Posts: 88 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Oct-2004	i have a male and female and i got them last May in the my males is about 8" and my females is about 5" they haven't breeded yet so i dunno whats up with that? i think its bc my oscar is always around and they just haven't found a spot to lay the eggs. really cool fish defintly worth getting!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
BeastKeeper Big Fish Posts: 444 Kudos: 389 Votes: 47 Registered: 27-Apr-2004	i was raising 2 jacks, 1 oscar, and a green terror in a 55usg and one day i came down stairs and looked into the tank to see what looked like a blob of jelly which was really about 400 little jacks! soon after i realized that the female would hover above the fry while the male jack scared of the intruders. to avoid stress i moved the oscar and gt out. but a couple of days later before i could seperate the fry from the parents they ate them all. so once the fry get stripes its best to remove them from the tank
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26
gizzyteddy Small Fry Posts: 1 Kudos: 0 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Jun-2005	i just set up my 86 gallon tank with my jacks in it...im pretty confident i have a breeding pair....how big do you think they will get and how long before they start courting again?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:26


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