SWilkins

Well I can't hold it in any longer...I tried. Not trying to keep a secret from any of you just trying not to jinx my jacks like I did my angels. Hopefully this will not jinx them. I am again working on electric blues I just could not help it they are just too pretty. We now have a clay pipe full of eggs. The mom hates me by now and if the dad could get through that glass he would chew my head right off. This is a blue gene to blue gene pair and so 25% of the fry should be electric blue. The others will be 75% blue gene and 25% regular jacks but you cannot tell those two apart. We should have wigglers on sunday or monday at the latest if all goes well.

navyscuba

JD's I wish I had some room. Don't tell my wife she would kill me.

SWilkins

LOL. I'm hooked on them. They are soooooo pretty. I have regular jacks, blue gene jacks, yellow jacks, and I really really really can't wait to find the red jack too...not to mention I can't wait to have a tank full of electric blue fry.

CHoffman

WOW!!!. How fun!!!. Congrads on the spawn....I bet your just dying! I hope they all make it and I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for them. Are these brothers and sisters of the ones I have or a different group??

SWilkins

TY. These are from a different group but I plan on crossing some of the babies of these and the babies of the others later on down the line. Hopefully getting some stronger blood lines in these fish.

whisper

Good luck and post pictures as soon as you can.

CHoffman

I can't wait to see some pics!!. Don't make mom and dad too mad though..lol...

SWilkins

I'll try but it is going to be hard to get a shot of them where they are right now.

They are already peeved at me. I keep taking Tommy's little flashlight and peeping in....that daddy fish wants to hurt me. Tommy was telling me just to leave them alone but then earlier I caught him over there with the flashlight...he couldn't stand it either LOL.

Tony G.

yay! gotta love JD's, i swear, if i had room, i would totally get one! man EBJD's are so beautiful! i have NEVER heard of yellow's and reds. Do you have pics of the yellow's you could share with us? i cant wait!

bolivianbaby

Woohoo! JD eggs! I'm sure they'll be fabulous parents and you're going to get a great spawn from this! Congratulations! Please keep us posted

iloveengl

That's so exciting!!

I can't wait for the pictures! Best wishes to the mom and pop.

Shawnie

that is an awesome achievement sherry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im so jealous too ive been trying since i lost the 2 rescues, to find some, but you have to give up your first born for them around here LOL (not that im not tempted sometimes to do so ) share pics when you can ...i love the dempseys also

navyscuba

Jealous. Is the only thing I can say even when I have another Red Zebra, and one Acei holding at the moment. Also I have more baby Red Ob's from a few days ago.

SWilkins

I love them all the color of the EBJDs is just unbelieveable. I got the yellow ones at the auction and they kinda looked pink at first but are starting to get more of a yellowish color now. From what I have read they get more yellow with age. I have not seen the red yet but I really have not taken a lot of time to research that color either. I did not know about there being reds until Michael said something about it...probably would have been best if I had never found out!!

They make the best parents!!! That pipe they are in is slap full of eggs with some very protective parents.

TY. As soon as they will let me I will get some pics.

Don't be jealous....I would have never tried again with this if it had not been for this website and all of you!!! I had given up until I got on here. So this is an accomplishment for all of us not just one. Thanks for giving me the strength to try again with a fish that is soooooo hard to raise!! I know about your Shawnie and you did a great job with that rescue...I am so glad they had you in their lives!!!

See above response to Shawnie's comment LOL. Your babies are doing great by the way and we all just love them. They are growing like weeds!!

Butterfly

Congrats Sherry! Did you get those tubes from Juan?
Carol

SWilkins

TY Carol. Tommy got the pipe in the silent auction, I don't think they came from Juan I will have to check. There were two of them and they were about 18 inches I guess. Michael cut them in half for me so now I have four of them at just the right size for fish hidey holes and apparently they really like them. They look like a type of brick and I think Michael said he had seem something similar at the brickyard....must go check that out since they work so well.

navyscuba

I'm glad the babies are doing good and growing. I just moved about 20 more into the growing section to put the little ones in the other side so they get to swim more.

SWilkins

Well the mom and dad never would let me get a pic of them with the babies. I did steal the babies Thursday and put them in a 10 gal with the baby cories. They are pigging out on golden pearls and decapsulated brine shrimp. I will get Michael to get some pics for me ASAP since I give up on cameras altogether!!!

I do have to say that momma fish tried to take me apart!!! That is really putting it mildly. For some reason my turkey baster has sprouted legs and took off so I used a medicine dropper to steal the babies. Well momma JD hit my arm and hand several times...I felt teeth I am sure but no blood. She bit the dropper and tried to kill it several times. She is pouting right now still but she is getting extra goodies and will get a good water change tomorrow to hopefully cheer her up. For some reason the daddy did not bother me...I think he was kinda scared of the momma...I know I was. I did a bunch of screaming and hollering and I just about took the glass top off of the tank a couple of times trying to get away before part of my arm was her lunch.

Shawnie

awesome robbery sherry!!!!!! LOL .. I think the mama's are vicious..mine was that way too...ill keep my fingers crossed for you and all your fin babies!!!!

SWilkins

I have stolen eggs before and babies from several different types of fish. I have stolen them from JDs before but I will tell you this momma meant business. She is the meanest JD I have ever seen....EVER!!! Michael kept laughing at me but his arm was not in danger. It is funny now and I bet it would have made for a great video....I will have to get Michael to video the next event like that.

Shawnie

I so agree! ive even stolen from my oscars and they were nothing like my fem jd....she is a good mama for sure!!!! I cannot imagine how many times u were in the tank with so many babies and a medicine dropper id have freaked...I use my gravel vac to get them and thats scarey enough for me....not sure id dare with a turkey baster then id have to stay in the tank longer...ta heck with the medicine dropper! nice visual tho hahahah

SWilkins

Well DUH me.....when I could not find my turkey baster I just grabbed the medicine dropper that was right there where the turkey baster was supposed to be. Why didn't I think about the gravel vac.....musta been one of your blonde moments LOL.

Shawnie

brunette baby!!

SWilkins

Oh man it is still with me....YIKES. Make it stop...I really meant brunette moment....really I did.

Shawnie

Butterfly

Exercising the heart again are we I had a male black angel that used to come out of the water after my hands when they had babies and that was ferocious enough for me. Whew!
Carol

Shawnie

exercising heart and bladder cause shes making me laugh so much!

Butterfly

Me too, I can just picture it.

SWilkins

Thank goodness I took a bathroom break before the stealing began. I bet it was a sight to see....hee hee I would have liked to have watched that myself!!

Here is a tank corner full of babies....a bit blurry but the best I could do.

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Tony G.

it looks like a huge cloud of them!