I thought i would post a step by step process of breeding EBJD's. Alot of people PM me and ask me how to do so since they see I have been successful at it. So here we go. First get some fish that are breeding size. The cheapest way would probably be to just get BGJD's at 1inch for about $5 each. Once they get to about 3.5-4inches they are going to start pairing off. When you see two of them that never leave eachothers side, you know you have pair! Put alot of flat rocks or a pot in the tank and get the rest of the fish out of the tank. Feed this pair alot of high protein food. I usually start feeding my breeders with frozen cooked shrimp 3 times a day. After a week of good eating your fish should be ready to breed. They will get darker and you should see the breeding tubes of the fish. Do a nice big 50% water change to help them out.
Alright now once you get eggs: heres two pics of females with their eggs. First is a BGJD female with eggs. 2nd is a EBJD female with eggs. By the way a BGJDxBGJD gives you 25% EBJD 50%BGJD and 25% regular JD fry. EBJDxBGJD gives you 50% EBJD and 50% BGJD. All the fry die if you breed EBJDxEBJD
The eggs should hatch on the 3rd day. The parents will take care of them. They will dig pits and move the fry from pit to pit. On the 7-8th day I steal the fry from the parents and put them into a cycled 10 gallon tank. on the 9-10th day the fry becoming free swimming. You do not feed the fry until the 9-10th day when they become fry swimming. At this point have freshly hatched baby brine shrimp ready for the fry. Feed the fry 3 times a day on baby brine shrimp for atleast 4weeks. Here are the fry at about a week after free swimming:
I tried to get a close up but all you can see is their orange bellies from the baby brine shrimp:
At about 4 weeks I seperated the EBJDs from the rest. You can tell the difference by the patterning on the fish. Here are the fish at 4 weeks:
Here is a Close up of the pattern of my EBJD:
Here is a close up of the pattern of a non-EBJD:
And here is a pic of a regular JD on the left and a EBJD on the right:
As you can see, the non-EBJDs have much thicker bars and are a little darker.
Now that they are in there own tank start to try feeding them crushed flakes. I usually feed them baby brine shrimp once a day and feed them crushed flake twice a day at this point. at about 6-7 weeks i take them completly off baby brine shrimp. They look like this at that point(about 7 weeks old, no blue yet)
Here is a pic at about 9 weeks:
This is a non-EBJD that i missed when seperating that is in the tank at about 9 weeks:
Here they are at about 12 weeks(3months) biggest fish are about an inch:
And then here they are now at about 3 1/2 months, biggest fish is about 1.5 inches:
At this point they are ready to be sold!! Now find some people that want some nice, high quality EBJD's!
Alright now once you get eggs: heres two pics of females with their eggs. First is a BGJD female with eggs. 2nd is a EBJD female with eggs. By the way a BGJDxBGJD gives you 25% EBJD 50%BGJD and 25% regular JD fry. EBJDxBGJD gives you 50% EBJD and 50% BGJD. All the fry die if you breed EBJDxEBJD
The eggs should hatch on the 3rd day. The parents will take care of them. They will dig pits and move the fry from pit to pit. On the 7-8th day I steal the fry from the parents and put them into a cycled 10 gallon tank. on the 9-10th day the fry becoming free swimming. You do not feed the fry until the 9-10th day when they become fry swimming. At this point have freshly hatched baby brine shrimp ready for the fry. Feed the fry 3 times a day on baby brine shrimp for atleast 4weeks. Here are the fry at about a week after free swimming:
I tried to get a close up but all you can see is their orange bellies from the baby brine shrimp:
At about 4 weeks I seperated the EBJDs from the rest. You can tell the difference by the patterning on the fish. Here are the fish at 4 weeks:
Here is a Close up of the pattern of my EBJD:
Here is a close up of the pattern of a non-EBJD:
And here is a pic of a regular JD on the left and a EBJD on the right:
As you can see, the non-EBJDs have much thicker bars and are a little darker.
Now that they are in there own tank start to try feeding them crushed flakes. I usually feed them baby brine shrimp once a day and feed them crushed flake twice a day at this point. at about 6-7 weeks i take them completly off baby brine shrimp. They look like this at that point(about 7 weeks old, no blue yet)
Here is a pic at about 9 weeks:
This is a non-EBJD that i missed when seperating that is in the tank at about 9 weeks:
Here they are at about 12 weeks(3months) biggest fish are about an inch:
And then here they are now at about 3 1/2 months, biggest fish is about 1.5 inches:
At this point they are ready to be sold!! Now find some people that want some nice, high quality EBJD's!
