Jack Dempsey pair and eggs

Subject: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:51 pm

Eggs laid Sunday, Nov 30 cheers

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:30 pm

Very nice, Beautiful Male and female from what I can see.

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:26 pm

love the JD's

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It's the first time I think I've ever said this about a JD but they're so very cute. The pink in them is awesome. Mine are all really really dark, well except for the albino which isn't. Smile

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:49 pm

Very Nice. How big are they?

Mark

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:19 am

nice male

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:10 pm

lol That was fun, trying to measure them. Finally the male came out and posed for me right up against the front of the tank, he is 5 3/4". The female refused to cooperate, and just got more and more skittish. And she is protecting wrigglers somewhere also, so I gave up. She appears to be in the 3 to 3 1/2 inch range. Both are fairly young, this is thier 3rd batch of eggs. His growth rate has been incredible this summer.

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:41 pm

They are fast growers especially the Males!

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:20 pm

Great looking fisk! cheers

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:11 pm

He's gonna be a STUD when he gets bigger! :gdjob:

Mark

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:18 pm

That's a sweet looking pair, very pretty!

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:11 pm

Here is the family 10 dayl later.

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Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:19 pm

SWEEEETTT!

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:50 pm

Those JD look freeking awesome!!!

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:19 pm

Great looking family you've got there. What are you feeding the Kids?

Mark

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:34 am

Thanks. I feed them, and my convict fry also, Hikari gold cichlid pellets and plain old Nutrifin fish flakes. What I do is grind it up in a mortar and pestel till it is a very fine powder. Depending on how long I grind it, I can get it as small as newly hatched brine shrip, and as they get older just a short grind for larger pieces. I have brought convicts up on this menu to full size, but this will be my first attempt on JDs. I'm hoping it works.
Do you think there will be a problem leaving them too long with the parents? This is thier 3rd brood, and I had no survivors from the first two. I am going to remove about 70% of the fry and but them in a waiting 5gal fry tank.

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:16 am

I would remove the fry due to there past history.

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:37 am

Hey! Congrats! I think you have the right idea about moving most of them. I would leave a couple to see what the parents do, they might decide to become really protective if you kidnap the majority of them. Good Luck!

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:10 am

Good idea kiokie kinda force them into protecting the fry insted of eating them.

Subject: Re: Jack Dempsey pair and eggs Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:41 pm

Maybe Mark will pop in with some fry care advise!

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