EBJD and BGJD Pics

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 4:30 pm

Those are some nice fish MC.

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 4:42 pm

Thanks those are part of the JD breeding project....finally found my camera power cord.

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 5:37 pm

love th sand bottom

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 6:49 pm

Nice looking fish. I like the way they tank looks.

What is a bgjd? All I can think of is blue gold LOL

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 7:38 pm

jsorensen wrote:: love th sand bottom

Jackson wrote:: Nice looking fish. I like the way they tank looks.
Thanks!

What is a bgjd? All I can think of is blue gold LOL

Blue Gene...only way to get a Electric Blue Jack Dempsey is to cross a BG (blue gene) and and EB (electric blue).

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 9:12 pm

Beautiful fish! Hopefully you will get some viable fry.

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 9:19 pm

Cool

so the blue gene is the one that is not a cross and the electric blues are?

What will happen if 2 EBJD's breed? Or can that not happen?

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 9:22 pm

Two Electric blues can breed but they can not produce viable fry. You need the blue gene (regular Jack Dempsey but carries a blue gene). There is a debate about Electric Blues being hybrid or not hybrid....My belief from what i have read is they are not hybrids. I have other posts on the forum but my hope is I will get a EBJDxBGJD pair. I would also like to get a BGJD pair to keep the gene going and sell some. I am also getting 4 Gold Gene Jack Dempseys in hopes of getting a pair either GGJDxEBJD or a GGJD pair.

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 9:38 pm

Nice pics MC!

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 9:40 pm

Thanks Mike!

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 10:12 pm

Wow, that's a beautiful setup, Paul, and I love those fish! :Thumbs:

What am I looking at in the 2nd and 3rd pictures? The lighter colored dempsey, is that the gold dempsey? (never seen a young one) Beautiful fish, whatever it may be!

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 10:15 pm

Thank You, the last two are Blue Gene Jack Dempseys I just got a couple days ago about 1.5 inch size. Basically regular Jack Dempseys that carry the blue gene.

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 10:24 pm

LOL...last two would be #4 and 5....I was talking about #2 and 3

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 10:28 pm

Oh ok the first three pics are Electric Blue Jack Dempseys the last two are Blue Gene Jack Dempseys. Breed the two together and you get Electric Blue Jack Dempseys!

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 11:20 pm

Sorry, I don't mean to come across as dense. :homer:

The first picture is what I have always seen as a EBJD. The 2nd and 3rd picture, there is another fish, looks more silvery white than blue...shows off really well in the 3rd picture. This is an EBJD also? It looks the same through the body, it is just the color (why I asked if it was one of your golds)

Subject: Re: EBJD and BGJD Pics Sat May 30, 2009 11:24 pm

I havent got the golds yet should be next week. Pic two and three are both EBJD's. I read somewhere that some will be more yellow/brownish through the top of the body when they are younger. Ask away, we are eager to answer anything here.