i got one of those in my tank and i let it grow for 2 yrs and now when i put in anything with it it eats it :/ ........ it killed two babe oscars and then i bought a full grown on to teach it a lesson and when i went to check on em the next day the jack was eatin the oscar. i dont know what to do because JACKS WONT TAKE THE DAMN THING PLZZ HELP OR SEND ME A MESSAGE IF U want it...good luck its 11inches :(
@MegaRyan4444 Get rid of your JD, get a baby JD and a couple Baby oscars, and whatever else you want with it as a baby... i had to do that with my oscars because they killed anything i tried putting in there. Including my hand. so i got rid of them and got all the fish i wanted as a baby including oscars and JD... good luck
hey, love the dempsey, very pretty, the iridescent is too. I have both. will you do me a favor and check out a vid of my dempsey and tell me if urs looked like mine when it was little? i love the crazy bright scales, but so far mine doesn't have them all over :/
I miss my JD, raised him from under an inch, now my exwife wants to give him up with my tank for $100 and a gang of other fish smh..... That tank is worth over $1000! That is a pretty boy!
That isnt scratching. The fish hitting its head against the rock is the fish challenging other fish. it is a sign of dominence. My JD hits the heater as it hits the glass and scares other fish :D
hey i have a jack dempsy about the same size if not bigger and i have a 50gallon tank i want to set up i just wanna no how should i set it up what size filter and heater because my uncle had a big 50 gall and had his fish in a 20 gallon the same size dempsy you have and he went to put him in a 50 gallon tank and his fish died one day after being in the tank i dont want that to happen to my dempsy so any advice lol you guys seem to no about them alot anyone plz???
Still have the jack and its 3 inches now and growing fast thanks .Yes will keep it and just see how it gos hopefully my 3 foot tanks will be ok for now
hey nice fish was wondering if you could help me figure out if my jack dempsey is a male or female can u look at my video please and thank you i wld appricaite it
pitbull0592 for your question once your jd is 3" start feeding it red minnows ur jack dempsey should grow real quickly but make the minnows a snake or mayb like 3 times a week cus live fish can give ur fish parasites i recently lost my 240 south american cichlid tank do to feeding live fish so just be careful n a nother way is to have a larger they grow faster in larger tanks
Hey, well i have a JD also, she's about 2 inches right now. I have her on a diet of nightcrawlers and cichled pellets(hikari gold). She's still afraid of me though any way of getting her less shy because she has lots of cover but she always hides. Any estimate on how many months it would take her to reach 5 inches.
@pitbull0592 i got a female jack around the end of june she was around 2" also and now its the end of december and shes around 4" i also got a male at the same day and size and right now he is around 6-7" i feed them hikari gold pellets and about every 3-4 days a little brine shrimp and blood worms which they also share with my 7" oscar a 3" convict and 5" jewel this is just a little about my fish
@jrgong94 My Jack Demsey is nicknamed DickHead...lol He picks on my Oscars, I can't wait for one to knock the hell out of him one day. I don't want them to hurt him, just put him in his place.
Mines is larger than this one I think but I'm just going off what I can say and the guy putting the oscar and jack with the tetras that is not a good idea one jack dempsey alone by itself need way bigger tank and they will eat ur tetra the may not have yet but they will
Hi guys. Last night I went and got some new fish and a new tank. A 25 gallon tank. I bought 2 red oscars. 2 jack dempseys. And I already had 3 white tetras. I'm just wondering how fast Red Oscars grow, same with Jack Dempseys.
Im getting worried. I just put a small jack dempsey in my tank today. He is probably no bigger than 2 inches. I have two other fish in my tank, a pacu, and a huge bala shark, and they are WAY bigger than him, yet the cichlid is still constantly going after them and atacking them, and they arent even coming close to his territory, he is just chasing after them. What should i do?
i think i need help-- I just got a jack dempsy and my turtles ate it... whay would they do that? i mean, he was about 12 inches long and i dont know what to do....
55 gallons is almost to small for an adult Dempsey. If 35 gallons is what you have to work with I'd suggest Convicts or African Cichlids. I have one adult in a 55 gallon and he's almost to big for it
yeah he did allright, it was from some feeders i bought from meijer. BIG mistake. never again. i had to do endless water changes to get all the parasites out. but jack is no longer scratching. so i think alls good.
Mate, what is that movement they do, at 0:33? My Jack Dempsey (Full Grown, about 3 years old in a 55 gallon) spends a lot of time attempted to rub himself along the substrate, haven't had time too look up what the behavior is, but could you tell me if you know?
No its not. Its a sign of access slime coat. Water changes usually clears this up. A sign of ick would be little white crystals forming on the body or fins. And sometimes fish scratch just to do it. There dosn't always have to be a reason.
@smartass2st Agreed! Ich is very clearly recognized on the scales. It looks like they are covered in salt. If he continues repeatedly then there is a problem but like people scratch so do fish. Doesn't always mean they are sick. I've been keeping fish for 30 years. Good rule is to always check each fish daily for any signs of illness like markings, pulled back fins, listlessness etc... He looks great!
@jjamoako Nah. I don't think so. How big is he now? Do you still have him? Bigger is always better of course but it depends on your filtration, water changing etc One of the BEST investments I ever made was in a canister filter with a Micron cartridge. It really polishes the water nice and keeps the algae particles out. I also use sand in my tank. Cichlids, as you probably know, love to pick at the substrate. My cichlids literally "filter" the sand through their gills. I have the cleanest tank.
i am having a problem with 1 of my 2 JD's i bought them at the same time and roughly the same size but one of them is getting larger and the other is still just as big when i got him and there is no sign of bullying so if you can PLZZZ HELP!!!
sometimes just being around a bigger fish can stress the smaller one out, another possibility is that the bigger one already established dominance, the dominate ones usually grow faster, i had two buttikoferi tilapias in one tank that i got at the same time and they really liked each other, but one was still 3 inches while the other one was 5.5, i seperated them and the smaller one went through a growth spurt, try seperating for a bit
hi i wondered if u could help me.. im having trouble with my dempsey.. weve had him a yr with the same fish.. we added some plants to the water and he's got the hump!! hes been off his food for about 4 wks, he looks healthy still and his colours are still bright!! i caught him eating fish eggs the other day but he will not eat his usual food..he just shakes his head when u put it in???
how long did your jack take to get that big, mines about 7-8 inches but doesnt look nearly that big especially in the face. Also I bought my jacks at about the same time and the one is still only about 4 inches, why is the one so much bigger?
Then why would they stay in the same cave, the little one seems like I see him eat more than the big one, especially when feeders are in the tank. Is it possible they are opposite sex do jacks even pair off?
my jd is like 6 or 7 inches and all he does is sit at the bottom and swim really slow..but when i feed my fish he rushes to the top..idk hes weird.i hope its not sick
yes actually it depends are you ready for spawning if not nen no but if so get dividers and ten galln tanks with sponge filters and sell the little ones when a inch long might me long but its worth the wait!
They were sold together I believe - I inherited them from a friend - and I didn't know they were male + female at first. They never mated (or successfully if so) that I knew of, but they did seem to get along well.
I had this problem too, but I weighed the plants down at the bottom (lead etc. wrapped around a bit of foam), and I kept putting things back whenever the fish uprooted the plants. After a while, I think they eventually gave up and let the plants be.
2 probable reasons. the other one is not mature yet so his adult colors arent coming out. or the colorful one is the dominant one and the other one is supressing his colors because if he starts flashing them then that would be like challenging the other. put the dull colored one in a tank by himself and he should start showing colors.
Wow. they are heaps cool! I had a beautiful juvenile JD once, although he only last 12 hours in the tank with my massive Fene - as I wasn't quite aware that he was slowly killing him! It was a hard lesson to learn. Beautiful tank you have!
hey, i have a jack dempsey too. its about 5 inches long and in a 10 gallon tank. i have it for about 3 years already. when i first had it. it was only about an inch big and it stops growing now. i feed him the Aquarian brand cichlid pellet food. Can anyone please tell me what i should do to let it grow more? is it the size of the tank or the food? please help if anyone can give me some suggestions thanks a lot
yeah you need much a bigger tank. Also you can try feeding him a more live food diet. I suggest things that are high in protein (krill, earthworms bloobworms maybe, crickets) hope this helps and ood luck!
the food is the last thing of your problem...true is all cichilds should have a min. of 55 gallon, your may not grow any larger then that because of 3 years of limited tank space, the fish growth my have been shorten...give a 55 a try and see what happens
it's definitly the size of the tank. Put him in a 30 gal if you only have one. He'll get pretty big really quick. if you don't there is a possibility that he'll grow abnormally or get disfigured.
It's up to you. Jack Dempsey are generally more skittish than Green Terrors. Both have alot of personality. You should really see a Full Grown male green terror. They are very interactive much in the same way as Red Devils are.
i got my JD for 9 bucks and it was a juvi. an adult should cost you about 12 bucks. unless it is an electric blue JD. those are expensive but are a buety. it took my JD about a year to get full grown from a juvinile. What fish do you have with your JD?
I was thinking about getting a companion other than the pleco for my JD.
Beautiful Jack Dempsey fish! I still have a juvi in my tank. How long did it take for him to get to be that size? I love the fact that the tank also has blue gravel. It emphasizes the Dempsey's scales
my jd scratches all the time. like someone said before, maybe my temp is to high. it's summer time and i disconnected my heater and my temp is about 80 degrees. mine is about 7 1/2 inches. about 1 1/2 years old. Is that concidered full grown already. I keep him with a pleco in a 55 gallon. The pleco is about 5 inches.
Thought i'd drop by again and just mention i've finally found some JD's i na shop. Rare coour morph or Electric Blue too, i'm thrilled.
£24.50 each though, yikes. Bought a male and female, only 1.5inches in length currently. Simply stunning little fella's, so inquisitive. Simply adore them =D
i have 2 jds ; 2 convicts & 2 green terrors in the same tank. they get along really well, mostly keep to themselves, theres only issues when the convicts are protecting their eggs, jds are the tamest in my tank, very bizarre i was expecting them to be the enforcers ! anyways, beautiful jd in the video. love the colours
i didnt know they get that big
TheErvdaddy 3 weeks ago
i got one of those in my tank and i let it grow for 2 yrs and now when i put in anything with it it eats it :/ ........ it killed two babe oscars and then i bought a full grown on to teach it a lesson and when i went to check on em the next day the jack was eatin the oscar. i dont know what to do because JACKS WONT TAKE THE DAMN THING PLZZ HELP OR SEND ME A MESSAGE IF U want it...good luck its 11inches :(
MegaRyan4444 1 month ago
@MegaRyan4444 i want it
SuperMrdukey 1 month ago
@MegaRyan4444 Get rid of your JD, get a baby JD and a couple Baby oscars, and whatever else you want with it as a baby... i had to do that with my oscars because they killed anything i tried putting in there. Including my hand. so i got rid of them and got all the fish i wanted as a baby including oscars and JD... good luck
MrYATHATSMYNAME 2 weeks ago
would you add a jack dempsey to a African tank, check mine out n let me no what you think about adding a dempsy to it
brucierioch 2 months ago
Jd are tough bastards mines beat the shit out of my oscars which were bigger
teeedog1 2 months ago
hahahaha it looks so chubby
frenchtoast4014 4 months ago
perfect JD
i laughed cause i have the exact same cave in my tank. they love that shelter. good stuff man, very good looking fish
mikefm4 5 months ago
do u recon my 220 litre tank would be ok for just 1 jack d
fishlover2011 5 months ago
@fishlover2011 that would be just fine. The minimum is a 208l.
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do u recon my 220 litre tank would be ok for just 1 jack d ?
fishlover2011 5 months ago
i like female jack dimpsey more than males because i think males have a little bit to much color
11tiyahn 5 months ago
cool check out mine comment,rate and sub and ill do the same
Superthecod 5 months ago
One of my favorite cichlids, tiz a shame I don't have the room to keep one.
vinniedurrant 5 months ago
hey, love the dempsey, very pretty, the iridescent is too. I have both. will you do me a favor and check out a vid of my dempsey and tell me if urs looked like mine when it was little? i love the crazy bright scales, but so far mine doesn't have them all over :/
inu137924568 5 months ago
how old is the irr shark?
MrGreengiant15 7 months ago
very nice aquarium man beautiful fish
alostjason 8 months ago
I miss my JD, raised him from under an inch, now my exwife wants to give him up with my tank for $100 and a gang of other fish smh..... That tank is worth over $1000! That is a pretty boy!
EBtheDopeman 9 months ago
That isnt scratching. The fish hitting its head against the rock is the fish challenging other fish. it is a sign of dominence. My JD hits the heater as it hits the glass and scares other fish :D
ta23aladin 9 months ago
hey i have a jack dempsy about the same size if not bigger and i have a 50gallon tank i want to set up i just wanna no how should i set it up what size filter and heater because my uncle had a big 50 gall and had his fish in a 20 gallon the same size dempsy you have and he went to put him in a 50 gallon tank and his fish died one day after being in the tank i dont want that to happen to my dempsy so any advice lol you guys seem to no about them alot anyone plz???
TrayCook20 9 months ago
Can some one tell me when my jack dempsey will mature hes 4.5-5 inches i really want to see him mature
Youngkidzz2465 9 months ago
Still have the jack and its 3 inches now and growing fast thanks .Yes will keep it and just see how it gos hopefully my 3 foot tanks will be ok for now
jjamoako 9 months ago
ok so i am going to have to get a larger tank .Plus have a ehiem filter cleaning the tank may have to take him back when he or she gets bigger
jjamoako 10 months ago
ok so i am going to have to get a larger tank or take it back to the pet store
jjamoako 10 months ago
Wow that paroon shark is massive.. Nice jacks.
mkh4n 10 months ago
get an ahli for the colours... i hate the face of jd fish cause it becomes too fatty...
Koulisman92 10 months ago
hey nice fish was wondering if you could help me figure out if my jack dempsey is a male or female can u look at my video please and thank you i wld appricaite it
jacksonjones402 10 months ago
my jack ate every other fish in the tank how is it yours gets along with other fish
zsom1987 10 months ago
you've got too big of fish for your tank, they can hardly turn around!!.
And your Jack Dempsey was flashing onto the gravel.. ill or stressed.
wholeshow 10 months ago
@wholeshow All cichlids do this when they are healthy and happy, especially with the opposite sex in with them.
stoneyredneck 9 months ago
nice fish i have one too. :D
MrNate2111 10 months ago
Best JD I've ever seen!
ljcaseykc 11 months ago
0:17 What fish is tht??
bballer1201 11 months ago
jack Dempseys are by far the best Cichlids EVER!
MrDarekx12 11 months ago
Nice fish! Have they mated with each other yet
OnlineSpecies 1 year ago
Nice colors
rodriRoch01 1 year ago
wow he is so perfect
beardeddragon1996 1 year ago
I feed my JD goldfish all the time that's all I feed them
187knight1 1 year ago
pitbull0592 for your question once your jd is 3" start feeding it red minnows ur jack dempsey should grow real quickly but make the minnows a snake or mayb like 3 times a week cus live fish can give ur fish parasites i recently lost my 240 south american cichlid tank do to feeding live fish so just be careful n a nother way is to have a larger they grow faster in larger tanks
jacksonjones402 1 year ago
Coool. I want a Jack Dempsey
DgosFinnest 1 year ago
My JD always hides in the back of my aquarium what do i do?
modernwarfare456 1 year ago
Hey, well i have a JD also, she's about 2 inches right now. I have her on a diet of nightcrawlers and cichled pellets(hikari gold). She's still afraid of me though any way of getting her less shy because she has lots of cover but she always hides. Any estimate on how many months it would take her to reach 5 inches.
pitbull0592 1 year ago
@pitbull0592 i got a female jack around the end of june she was around 2" also and now its the end of december and shes around 4" i also got a male at the same day and size and right now he is around 6-7" i feed them hikari gold pellets and about every 3-4 days a little brine shrimp and blood worms which they also share with my 7" oscar a 3" convict and 5" jewel this is just a little about my fish
aguzman52588 1 year ago
beautifullllll fish.
EmmaMcGuire92 1 year ago
i use to have a dempsey but was gettng to big and started killing my loaches and other cichlids in the tank.. yeah he was a dick
jrgong94 1 year ago
@jrgong94 My Jack Demsey is nicknamed DickHead...lol He picks on my Oscars, I can't wait for one to knock the hell out of him one day. I don't want them to hurt him, just put him in his place.
brian721300 10 months ago
Is the JD a male or female? Mine looks the exact same but only about 8" and I still havent figured out if it's a male or female haha.
JGS187 1 year ago
@JGS187 Thats a male.
MRpipeherdown 1 year ago
Mines is larger than this one I think but I'm just going off what I can say and the guy putting the oscar and jack with the tetras that is not a good idea one jack dempsey alone by itself need way bigger tank and they will eat ur tetra the may not have yet but they will
cichlids10 1 year ago
how big of a tank is that
thecichlidsfishrock 1 year ago
OMGGGGG, mine are small compared to yours!!!! i thought mine were full grown jack dempsies lol
SpaceAce1316 1 year ago
Had a Beautiful Jack. Had Him for Close To Ten Years. His Name was GEORGE. GREAT little guy. Miss George.
mcafee1971 1 year ago
how big is that bitch
smuggeler 1 year ago
Hi guys. Last night I went and got some new fish and a new tank. A 25 gallon tank. I bought 2 red oscars. 2 jack dempseys. And I already had 3 white tetras. I'm just wondering how fast Red Oscars grow, same with Jack Dempseys.
Thanks
kingJosh2009 1 year ago
@kingJosh2009 they aren't in the 25 gallon tank are they?
lola26granola 1 year ago
Really beautiful Jack Dempseys and Pangasias catfish!
Gaddy1975 1 year ago
how big is/was that beuty?
OmgLowBattery 1 year ago
nice jacks mine never bred either my male just kicked my females ass all the time. i got jaguars now check out my vids
batterballz1 1 year ago
That's a really pretty fish. Do you think it would go well in a 55 gallon tank?
The0Burger0King 1 year ago
i have a jd that is 10 years old got him when i was 5 and he gets a pond with koi and an Oscar
MuffinBustin 1 year ago
wow
stevenxbox360playsta 1 year ago
can someone please tell me if i can put one of these in an 18' inch by 40" inch if so how many
i obviously know nothing about this fish except for that its aggresive.
TehSickBros 1 year ago
Im getting worried. I just put a small jack dempsey in my tank today. He is probably no bigger than 2 inches. I have two other fish in my tank, a pacu, and a huge bala shark, and they are WAY bigger than him, yet the cichlid is still constantly going after them and atacking them, and they arent even coming close to his territory, he is just chasing after them. What should i do?
physchohead24 1 year ago
muy buen ejemplar. congratulations
MrSupersant 1 year ago
i think i need help-- I just got a jack dempsy and my turtles ate it... whay would they do that? i mean, he was about 12 inches long and i dont know what to do....
MadLeaver 1 year ago
both males
Alex0992 1 year ago
I keep getting conflicting information.. are jack dempseys from central or south america? or both?
drkingslend 1 year ago
can one jack dempsey be alone in a 35 gallon tank for his whole life
TElattrache 1 year ago
55 gallons is almost to small for an adult Dempsey. If 35 gallons is what you have to work with I'd suggest Convicts or African Cichlids. I have one adult in a 55 gallon and he's almost to big for it
smitty5006 1 year ago
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET THAT BIGG
xxHUNGREExx 1 year ago
oioioi i see flicking!!!
gazza3112 1 year ago
Beautiful... How big???
Honorarius 1 year ago
daaaayum how did it get so big?
khronicbawllls 1 year ago
i have one jack in a 10 gallon tank and my wife hates the fish, says it gives her the creeps because he follows you. awesome fish though
morrbidmg69 1 year ago
The jack is following you begging for a bigger tank. Seriously, who puts a fish that will grow 8 to 10 inches in a 10 gallon. You are awesome
RELLIK41982 1 year ago
@RELLIK41982 its a 90
Alex0992 1 year ago
nice!
TCDecoy 1 year ago
can,t wait till mine is that size. how big is he.
shannonpeg 1 year ago
nice Jack how old is he ? Mine guy is has alot of color as well check him out.....
noles66 1 year ago
what was the other fish beside the jack dempsey
Theonewith1nose 1 year ago
did u get that last comment i hope
uleavemecold 1 year ago
yeah he did allright, it was from some feeders i bought from meijer. BIG mistake. never again. i had to do endless water changes to get all the parasites out. but jack is no longer scratching. so i think alls good.
uleavemecold 1 year ago
I like your Dempsey how old?
ninjagambit 1 year ago
the fish has parasites its sick
MrNarutofan11 2 years ago
Correct MrNarutofan11 If constant
SomeYTchannel 1 year ago
wow, you make me wanna get blue rocks for my tank. my jack does the exact same shit, rub up against the rocks to scratch himself, i presume! lol
uleavemecold 2 years ago
Urs might have parasites uleavemecold
SomeYTchannel 1 year ago
Nice fish. The scratching is not good. Sign of infection. Help him sooner than later.
atworkguy 2 years ago 13
Lots of leftover food, or not cleaning properly. You got planaria problems. Not harmful to fish but annoys da heck out of them. Use coppersafe
omiblingbling 8 months ago in playlist Jack Dempsey
Mate, what is that movement they do, at 0:33? My Jack Dempsey (Full Grown, about 3 years old in a 55 gallon) spends a lot of time attempted to rub himself along the substrate, haven't had time too look up what the behavior is, but could you tell me if you know?
1Shepard1 2 years ago
Sometimes they are just scratching like a person would, but especially if repeated often it can mean they have parasites.
Flesher1697 2 years ago
ya they have parasites in there scales that annoy them , infact thats why sailfish and marlin jump so much is because of the same reason
westcoastfisher95 2 years ago
Also if they shake like something is bothering them
SomeYTchannel 1 year ago
Your jack dempsey was scratching..that's a sign of "ich" it's a disease that alot of fish get...you better treat it, if you still have him.
AfricanCichlidFan 2 years ago
No its not. Its a sign of access slime coat. Water changes usually clears this up. A sign of ick would be little white crystals forming on the body or fins. And sometimes fish scratch just to do it. There dosn't always have to be a reason.
smartass2st 2 years ago
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Cirux321 2 years ago
@smartass2st Agreed! Ich is very clearly recognized on the scales. It looks like they are covered in salt. If he continues repeatedly then there is a problem but like people scratch so do fish. Doesn't always mean they are sick. I've been keeping fish for 30 years. Good rule is to always check each fish daily for any signs of illness like markings, pulled back fins, listlessness etc... He looks great!
pipperoooo 2 years ago 8
@pipperoooo is a 3foot to small for 1 jack dempsey
jjamoako 10 months ago
@jjamoako Nah. I don't think so. How big is he now? Do you still have him? Bigger is always better of course but it depends on your filtration, water changing etc One of the BEST investments I ever made was in a canister filter with a Micron cartridge. It really polishes the water nice and keeps the algae particles out. I also use sand in my tank. Cichlids, as you probably know, love to pick at the substrate. My cichlids literally "filter" the sand through their gills. I have the cleanest tank.
pipperoooo 10 months ago
wow thats a pretty jd how big is it
TheRudygomez1995 2 years ago
nice lookinn jack i just put blue rocks in my tank and it makes mine look way better
blackworm23 2 years ago
i miss my j.d. :( he was 10.5 inches and caught bloat :'(
KuroshioKaze 2 years ago
SEXY FISH
Mega916 2 years ago
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sacrificeapprentice 2 years ago
how long did it take him to get that big and colorful
pitbull0592 2 years ago
im jd eats everthing i put in my tank from lobsters, to sucker fishes, to other cichlids. Does anyone know the life span of these fish?
LegendaryFifth 2 years ago
8-10 years
Forrest3663 2 years ago
Nice JD!
fishluvr12 2 years ago
pretty
Eatadonkeyy 2 years ago
i am having a problem with 1 of my 2 JD's i bought them at the same time and roughly the same size but one of them is getting larger and the other is still just as big when i got him and there is no sign of bullying so if you can PLZZZ HELP!!!
MrCAsEyR187 2 years ago
Well one of them is probobly a female and the male likes her!
fishkeeper456 2 years ago
sometimes just being around a bigger fish can stress the smaller one out, another possibility is that the bigger one already established dominance, the dominate ones usually grow faster, i had two buttikoferi tilapias in one tank that i got at the same time and they really liked each other, but one was still 3 inches while the other one was 5.5, i seperated them and the smaller one went through a growth spurt, try seperating for a bit
KuroshioKaze 2 years ago
hi i wondered if u could help me.. im having trouble with my dempsey.. weve had him a yr with the same fish.. we added some plants to the water and he's got the hump!! hes been off his food for about 4 wks, he looks healthy still and his colours are still bright!! i caught him eating fish eggs the other day but he will not eat his usual food..he just shakes his head when u put it in???
mummylonglegs0901 2 years ago
how long did your jack take to get that big, mines about 7-8 inches but doesnt look nearly that big especially in the face. Also I bought my jacks at about the same time and the one is still only about 4 inches, why is the one so much bigger?
eatingleg4peanut 2 years ago
how long did it take for ur jack to get 7-8 inches big?
the other ones smaller because it gets bullied, its a combo of not eating enough and stress.
defensorfortis2009 2 years ago
Then why would they stay in the same cave, the little one seems like I see him eat more than the big one, especially when feeders are in the tank. Is it possible they are opposite sex do jacks even pair off?
eatingleg4peanut 2 years ago
my jd is like 6 or 7 inches and all he does is sit at the bottom and swim really slow..but when i feed my fish he rushes to the top..idk hes weird.i hope its not sick
E2SAVV 2 years ago
do they eat feeders?
nfsfilms 2 years ago
yes actually it depends are you ready for spawning if not nen no but if so get dividers and ten galln tanks with sponge filters and sell the little ones when a inch long might me long but its worth the wait!
MrLiiban 2 years ago
could i have 2 firemouths, 2 convicts, and a jd in a 55 gallon for life?
it has good filtration and i do 25% water changes weekly.
cichlidkeeper89 2 years ago
1 fire mouth and 1 convict and 1 jd then yes
oscarfishguy15 2 years ago
Yeah they are nice jacks. Are they a breeding pair?
9500ryan 2 years ago
They were sold together I believe - I inherited them from a friend - and I didn't know they were male + female at first. They never mated (or successfully if so) that I knew of, but they did seem to get along well.
scottschiller 2 years ago
they are beautiful fish. they must be a real conversation piece when you have guests.
9500ryan 2 years ago
Canadians are awesome. Also: Your comments are being downvoted, marked as spam and you've been blocked. Thanks for playing!
scottschiller 2 years ago
sorry i had to have this fight on ur front porch man
9500ryan 2 years ago
I've never had a fight break out in comments like that before, mildly amusing. However, a mess to have to clean up. ;)
scottschiller 2 years ago
nice jacks! Its also cool that you are able to keep plants with them. I would do that if mine didn't eat them or dig them out.
fixthafernback 2 years ago
I had this problem too, but I weighed the plants down at the bottom (lead etc. wrapped around a bit of foam), and I kept putting things back whenever the fish uprooted the plants. After a while, I think they eventually gave up and let the plants be.
scottschiller 2 years ago
how fuckin big is that monster i got one its about 6x the size of when i got it but way smaller than that
sclary9889 2 years ago
i got a baby jack dempsey is a little bitt bigger but how many i got to waitt to get that long please reply
jmgs020 2 years ago
wow i have to agree this is an amzing jack dempsey i give you props
killion09 2 years ago
wow thats one of the best looking male jack dempseys i have ever seen
jdexter67 2 years ago
jsut got my jack dempsey and convict happy lol
Thiswarisours56212 2 years ago
I like green terrors better because they're better looking(to me) and they have more personality.
66SiK 2 years ago 2
very pretty fish. I just got a teeny baby Jack Dempsey tonight. I hope I am able to grow him out to be as handsome as yours. :)
contentunderpresure 3 years ago
keep him in a tank by himself. if u do that then he will feel dominant and his colors will really come out nicely contenderpressure.
9500ryan 2 years ago
i have 2 JDs one is more colorful then the other why is that? its not too colorful but its only like 2.5 inches..will it get like this one?
mikestrucks89 2 years ago
2 probable reasons. the other one is not mature yet so his adult colors arent coming out. or the colorful one is the dominant one and the other one is supressing his colors because if he starts flashing them then that would be like challenging the other. put the dull colored one in a tank by himself and he should start showing colors.
9500ryan 2 years ago
dude is it true that paroon sharks need a 300 galolon tank minimum i'm not familiar with sharks
shotgunpowderman 3 years ago 2
Wow. they are heaps cool! I had a beautiful juvenile JD once, although he only last 12 hours in the tank with my massive Fene - as I wasn't quite aware that he was slowly killing him! It was a hard lesson to learn. Beautiful tank you have!
bedgee 3 years ago
hey, i have a jack dempsey too. its about 5 inches long and in a 10 gallon tank. i have it for about 3 years already. when i first had it. it was only about an inch big and it stops growing now. i feed him the Aquarian brand cichlid pellet food. Can anyone please tell me what i should do to let it grow more? is it the size of the tank or the food? please help if anyone can give me some suggestions thanks a lot
timmyy021604 3 years ago
its in a 10 gallon tank? get a 20 Long, itll skyrocket haha.
xhopkinslax9 3 years ago
yeah you need much a bigger tank. Also you can try feeding him a more live food diet. I suggest things that are high in protein (krill, earthworms bloobworms maybe, crickets) hope this helps and ood luck!
Branbits 3 years ago
they also like plant and veggies and plankton once u get them to accociate it as food they sre really smart fish
bearbears08 3 years ago
the food is the last thing of your problem...true is all cichilds should have a min. of 55 gallon, your may not grow any larger then that because of 3 years of limited tank space, the fish growth my have been shorten...give a 55 a try and see what happens
skillvill 3 years ago 3
it's definitly the size of the tank. Put him in a 30 gal if you only have one. He'll get pretty big really quick. if you don't there is a possibility that he'll grow abnormally or get disfigured.
biggH99 3 years ago
wow you obviously need to learn about cichlids!!! get a 55 gallon minimum for 1 jack dempsey
shotgunpowderman 3 years ago
how big was your paroon/ irredescent shark compared to the jackdempsey cichlids when you mixed them? i think i might get 1.
wolfboyp54 3 years ago
Which would be better for my 55g tank a Green Terror or a Jack Dempsey?
fishkeeperman 3 years ago
most deffinatly a jack dempsey. other than oscars, i think they have the most personality and are very beutiful.
wolfboyp54 3 years ago
Ok thanks.
fishkeeperman 3 years ago
It's up to you. Jack Dempsey are generally more skittish than Green Terrors. Both have alot of personality. You should really see a Full Grown male green terror. They are very interactive much in the same way as Red Devils are.
videouploaderguy12 3 years ago
nice setup
majrascal863 3 years ago
I love pangassius!!!
Thatonka 3 years ago
i got my JD for 9 bucks and it was a juvi. an adult should cost you about 12 bucks. unless it is an electric blue JD. those are expensive but are a buety. it took my JD about a year to get full grown from a juvinile. What fish do you have with your JD?
I was thinking about getting a companion other than the pleco for my JD.
wolfboyp54 3 years ago
thats a nice jack!
sbushie 3 years ago
how do you know if a jackdempsey is a male or female??
ugnac 3 years ago
Since young, males have more color than females. And when adults,male's head grown up a little. Sorry my bad english, i'm a brazilian girl.
Thatonka 3 years ago 5
Beautiful Jack Dempsey fish! I still have a juvi in my tank. How long did it take for him to get to be that size? I love the fact that the tank also has blue gravel. It emphasizes the Dempsey's scales
franciskerbob 3 years ago
a local pet store is selling a jack just like urs. adult very colorful for 89 bucks. that too much for a male large jack?
piranhaleg 3 years ago
nice jd, looks just like mine...mine is really mean already killed 2 plecos 2 gold severums 3 green severums...i luv it tho
lukepghpa 3 years ago
mine only gre to 7 inches why?
Turppa21 3 years ago
is it a female?
hitormiss101 3 years ago
They grow anywhere from 6-12 inches.
Cheerleading4Ever 3 years ago
my jd scratches all the time. like someone said before, maybe my temp is to high. it's summer time and i disconnected my heater and my temp is about 80 degrees. mine is about 7 1/2 inches. about 1 1/2 years old. Is that concidered full grown already. I keep him with a pleco in a 55 gallon. The pleco is about 5 inches.
jcababe 3 years ago
I just got A 2" JD and a 2" Texas cichlid today. Beuatiful fish.
angelfishbreeder101 3 years ago
hey i just got 2 jd's today to p.s. what does cichlid mean???
akagamer27 3 years ago
cichlid is the family of fish that jd's belong to. oscars are cichlids, firemouths are cichlids, etc...
mma0tomars 3 years ago
I have cooked my oscars and made a very good fish samwwitch. cost to much to feed them
Redworm00 3 years ago
Thought i'd drop by again and just mention i've finally found some JD's i na shop. Rare coour morph or Electric Blue too, i'm thrilled.
£24.50 each though, yikes. Bought a male and female, only 1.5inches in length currently. Simply stunning little fella's, so inquisitive. Simply adore them =D
Verminator89 3 years ago
i have 2 jds ; 2 convicts & 2 green terrors in the same tank. they get along really well, mostly keep to themselves, theres only issues when the convicts are protecting their eggs, jds are the tamest in my tank, very bizarre i was expecting them to be the enforcers ! anyways, beautiful jd in the video. love the colours
jessebaun 3 years ago
if iwere u i would use a black gravel substrate and sell the shark they get real big
n2488 3 years ago
I used to have Jack Dempseys. Very colorful, but they would kill everything and uproot everything in the tank. They were a real pain in the ass.
theoryninja 3 years ago