It's cool, I respect your opinion.
surprises me though considering Festae, Dovii, and etcetera. But I know there are aggressive African cichlids too. Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
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It's cool, I respect your opinion.
surprises me though considering Festae, Dovii, and etcetera. But I know there are aggressive African cichlids too. Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
It's cool, I respect your opinion.
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True. Guess there probably isn't really a way to truly categorize it. I deal mostly with the gentle giants of the SA world, so that is where that opinion comes from. :/
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I would not recommend keeping a Jaguar and EBJD together either. They where grown out together never had any problem so far so i thought i would not move them for the moment, i'm guessing at some point the Jaguar will decide he does not want an EBJD as a tank mate.
Back to the thread you could try a blue acara, some of them are stunning in color and are peaceful fish when compared to some other cichlids.
I realize EBJDs are not really close to natural JDs. But ....
in nature (at least where I snorkel with them) there are very few other cichlids living with JDs.
Most of the other fish "friends" are live bearers, Astynax tetras and an occasional catfish.
The JDs are usually outnumbered about 100 to 1 by livebearers such as sailfin mollies in the cenotes in the Yucatan.
And in those cenotes where other cichlids were present, the JDs were everywhere, and only an occasional Mayan (xCichlasoma uropthalmus) would pass by patrolling its territory the size of a football field.
Each pair of JDs would occupy a territory about the size of an SUV, with a depth of 4'-20'.
in nature (at least where I snorkel with them) there are very few other cichlids living with JDs.
Most of the other fish "friends" are live bearers, Astynax tetras and an occasional catfish.
The JDs are usually outnumbered about 100 to 1 by livebearers such as sailfin mollies in the cenotes in the Yucatan.
And in those cenotes where other cichlids were present, the JDs were everywhere, and only an occasional Mayan (xCichlasoma uropthalmus) would pass by patrolling its territory the size of a football field.
Each pair of JDs would occupy a territory about the size of an SUV, with a depth of 4'-20'.
How big is your ebjd?? You dont want to stress him out with tank mates cause they are prone to bloat but once he gets about 4" you should be good...I would find him a couple female blue genes and call it a day with a sailfin pleco to keep the tank clean...you can try tetras but most likely will be eaten...you can try other cichlids but to me its not worth the risk...can you post pics??
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Also to remember that ebjds are weaker than regular jds so when getting your females if you do make sure they are a little bit smaller...you might want to grow him out before gettong jim a mate if thats the way your going to go
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I realize EBJDs are not really close to natural JDs. But ....
in nature (at least where I snorkel with them) there are very few other cichlids living with JDs.
Most of the other fish "friends" are live bearers, Astynax tetras and an occasional catfish.
The JDs are usually outnumbered about 100 to 1 by livebearers such as sailfin mollies in the cenotes in the Yucatan.
And in those cenotes where other cichlids were present, the JDs were everywhere, and only an occasional Mayan (xCichlasoma uropthalmus) would pass by patrolling its territory the size of a football field.
Each pair of JDs would occupy a territory about the size of an SUV, with a depth of 4'-20'.
That story is very interesting. Where did you go snorkeling, and how big was the Jack Dempseys and Mayans?
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I have snorkeled with them on the Riviera Maya, about 36 miles south of Cancun. The largest JDs appeared to be @ 10", the largest Mayan seemed @14", maybe larger.
I tried to follow the large Mayan as it covered the entire perimeter of the cenote below in less than 5 minutes. It went from near the surface, to what appeared to me to be as deep as 50ft.
I tried to follow the large Mayan as it covered the entire perimeter of the cenote below in less than 5 minutes. It went from near the surface, to what appeared to me to be as deep as 50ft.
