29 Gallon Tank I was sold the wrong fish

cichlidmac
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Today I went to my local store to pick up some jewel cichlids for my newly cycled 29 gallon tank
Jd.jpg There is a type of jewel that has a cream colored body with blue spots, however after getting home and introducing the fish IM 90% sure I now have 4 jack dempseys in my tank
 

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Fishgeek1225
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I don't think that's a Dempsey. Are the first and second pics two different fish?

The first one looks like a Juvenile Firemouth, Blue Acara or possibly a Green Terror to me- it's hard to tell without full colors.You can get away with 1 in a 29 but not all four. The orange striping on the Dorsal isn't Dempsey IMHO. My Dempsey's have never had that even as Juvi's.
I have seen it in Blue Acara's, Green Terror's, or Firemouth's.

The second fish looks like a Jewel. It's been awhile since I had Jewel's but I would say it is.

It's hard to tell from pics but I'm pretty sure you don't have Dempsey's.

More pics of the others?
 

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Cichlidnut
  • #3
Those are JD's You're going to need a Much larger tank!
 
cichlidmac
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  • #4
Ok I will post pics of all four when they stop hiding
 
soltarianknight
  • #5
4....erm, correct me if I'm wrong buuuut that could get very ugly as they grow. Imo, if its jewels your after return these guys and get em.
 
member38356
  • #6
Those are indeed JD's. Jewels don't get that tall in proportion to their length. Those are just lighter colored JD's like what I have in my tank. You can see the picture of the juvie as my avatar to the left.

I agree, return immediately before they start fighting for territory....it won't be pretty because they will tear off each other's tails, fins, and scales.
 
cichlidmac
  • Thread Starter
  • #7
Taking them back now while they're still in one piece. Thanks for the quick responses and confirming my suspicion. Turns out the owner was out for a few hours and his daughter was filling in and she thought the jds were jewels :/
 

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