AlyeskaGirl

Hi all, this is my Jack Dempsey!!! He is the coolest fish. Loves his PVC pipe to hide in, lol!!! Cant remember when I got him, but i've had him for awhile.

Shawnie

your JD is beautiful!

Peterpiper

Vrey nice, how big is he?

AlyeskaGirl

Ohhhhh....he's just over 8 inches from head to tail! I just held a ruler up to him, lol!!

BlowPhish

I think looking at a fish in a picture rarely does the fish justice. He looks splendid. Are you going to add some more fish in the tank?

AlyeskaGirl

He grewup with a firemouth and two pitcus catfish (1 jumped out about 6 months ago) then I recently lost the other due to moving him over to the new tank that the jd is in now and the firemouth died too! Right now he is with an Angelfish and two inch pleco. did have a Silver Dollar with him too but he had to be put back into the 20 gallon cause jd was starting to pick on him a bit. I'm lookin into gettin a couple more pictus when my fish store gets them in, hopefully this week and be able to get them on Saturday. Possibly another firemouth too.

Nick G

Great looking JD! I want to get one to live with my Oscars, theres a really cool one at the LFS about 2 inchs. Trouble is my Oscars are about 5inchs and they're both really mean, they kill anything that goes in their tank, so I don't think he'd survive.

Shawnie

hey nick...I added my jd's with my oscars when the oscars were about 9 inches...there were plenty of hiding spots for the jd's and the oscars were not fast enough to catch them...they ended up growing up together...that was in a 75 gal...I made sure the caves were big enough for the jd but not the oscars

capekate

Hi Alyeskagirl,
Very beautiful JD you have there. My two are still juvi's and I am waiting for the day that they really start showing the all over color. I see that you had firemouth cichlids in with your JDs. That is good to know, as when my two JDs move over to the 55, I was wondering what else may go with them besides Silver dollars, which get pretty large.


ahhhh... very clever of you Shawnie!

Shawnie

it was good at the time because I adore my jd's...but they are super submissive now and that probably was because of growing up with huge fish ...even tho they are gone, (the oscars), my jd's are still very submissive...but beautiful!

capekate

My JDs are super nervous. they bolt into the corners the minute I come near the tank. Wish they would stop that! lol... jeesh... their going to hurt themselves one day. The male is much more nervous than the female who comes to the front of the tank, ready to eat. But the male.. boy.. wish he would get over it.

Shawnie

I still cant sex mine...im such a noob!

AlyeskaGirl

Hi capekate!

My JD likes catfish as tankmates, lol!!! Of course the one's that dont get too large. When the time comes to think about a few other tankmates for your JD's thats one suggestion for ya'. I even have an Angelfish, about the size of a 50 cent piece, maybe just a tad bit smaller in with him now and he doesnt mind!!

Oh and thank you all for your comments!