Male or female jack Dempsey?

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Now just slow down!!!!! You need get rid of oscars, plecos and convicts if you want to breeding JD. But then you don't have any space for most fish, let alone a breeding project and a growing snapper turtle! Personally I would just focus on get rid of the turtle and oscars. Fatten up the second JD. Looking for a female JD later when you set your priorities straighten.

I'm not surprised that a third JD got eaten judging from the health issues with the JDs.
 
MN_Rebel said:
Now just slow down!!!!! You need get rid of oscars, plecos and convicts if you want to breeding JD. But then you don't have any space for most fish, let alone a breeding project and a growing snapper turtle! Personally I would just focus on get rid of the turtle and oscars. Fatten up the second JD. Looking for a female JD later when you set your priorities straighten.

I'm not surprised that a third JD got eaten judging from the health issues with the JDs.
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Some very sound advice here.

I get it, you're young and excited and want to do it all. You have limits and it's best for all your fish/turtles if you only keep within those limits.
 
Andrew1002 said:
Oh ya, I'm planning on just gonna sell my Oscars unless I can get a 75. Which I should be able to keep both in right? Gonna sell my plecos, unless they have fry. I had like 4 plecos I didn't know about so they may have had babies. Gave the small plecos to my cousin and petsmart. Now I just have one in the 10 gallon with the turtle and cons, and two or three in the 55. If I get some more money I'm going to start setting up a couple 55 gallon tanks to breed fish in. But this is just another idea I'm thinking of. Only If I can get a female jd.

-Andrew
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The best tank size for breeding jd's is a 75g

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MN_Rebel said:
Now just slow down!!!!! You need get rid of oscars, plecos and convicts if you want to breeding JD. But then you don't have any space for most fish, let alone a breeding project and a growing snapper turtle! Personally I would just focus on get rid of the turtle and oscars. Fatten up the second JD. Looking for a female JD later when you set your priorities straighten.

I'm not surprised that a third JD got eaten judging from the health issues with the JDs.
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Okay. But the turtle won't be gone until atleast feb/March. But I might be setting up a pond for the snapper. Or putting him in my pond

-Andrew
 
Andrew1002 said:
Yes, but a 55 is suitable.

-Andrew
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Sometimes a female or a male needs some space to get away from their partner tending the eggs as they might get overprotective that they will kill their own partner. The bigger the tank is, more better for a breeding pair.
 
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