It was very hard getting a good picture as the Jaguar is very active. Beautiful coloring the pictures show no justice at all. Maybe I'll be able to get a better picture.
help me sex my Jaguar please
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It was very hard getting a good picture as the Jaguar is very active. Beautiful coloring the pictures show no justice at all. Maybe I'll be able to get a better picture.
I say male, btw. Heavy spotting, shape, big ol' head, but Jags are tricky. Evz might notice something I don't, but it looks healthy from where i'm sitting
Yeah I just don't want to put the Jaguar out in population in the 250gallon till I'm certain he's in good health. I recently got him the other day. Perhaps if he's stressed might half to do with the fact his in the 55gallon? The water reading is on point so it couldn't be that. He seems to really enjoying eating feeder fish and occasionally cichlid pellets. I have noticed allot of him spitting gravel in the corners of the tank as I've seen my other cichlids do but only for breeding purposes. That's what led me to maybe believe the Jaguar was a female.
Thank you very much. Would you happen to know how I can delete this thread so I can put it in the right section?
Dude, don't give him feeder-fish, he'll be infected with God-knows-what in no time. Those things are filthy and riddled with bacteria, parasites, fungus,....who knows. jags are highly piscivorous, but there are much safer ways of including fish in their diet, like slicing bite-sized pieces from frozen-thawed fish fillets. Fillets of fish intended for human consumption have many times more nutrients and protein than goldfish or rosys. Feederfish are very fatty and oily.
To be safe, I would quarantine at least a month if you have been giving him feederfish, and might be safe just to treat him with an All-in-1 medication for parasites/bacteria/fungal before putting him in your main tank. medicating a 250 gallon tank will get very expensive very quickly. Stick with shrimp, krill, crickets, earth/wax/meal/butterworms, clams/oysters/mussels......seafood that has been frozen and likely killed any harmful pathogens. if you want to feed live, crickets and worms are safest.
No worries, I have already asked a Mod to move it to SA/CA Cichlid sub-forum.
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Oh goodness I had no idea. Good to know! Yeah the previous owner that's all he could get the Jaguar to eat. He's picky I've noticed. Hopefully I can get him on a better stable diet.Dude, don't give him feeder-fish, he'll be infected with God-knows-what in no time. Those things are filthy and riddled with bacteria, parasites, fungus,....who knows. jags are highly piscivorous, but there are much safer ways of including fish in their diet, like slicing bite-sized pieces from frozen-thawed fish fillets. Fillets of fish intended for human consumption have many times more nutrients and protein than goldfish or rosys. Feederfish are very fatty and oily.
To be safe, I would quarantine at least a month if you have been giving him feederfish, and might be safe just to treat him with an All-in-1 medication for parasites/bacteria/fungal before putting him in your main tank. medicating a 250 gallon tank will get very expensive very quickly. Stick with shrimp, krill, crickets, earth/wax/meal/butterworms, clams/oysters/mussels......seafood that has been frozen and likely killed any harmful pathogens. if you want to feed live, crickets and worms are safest.
No worries, I have already asked a Mod to move it to SA/CA Cichlid sub-forum.
Welcome to MFK
Oh I took no offense I just became very worried lol. I've been observing him and he seems healthy but obviously theirs allot more qualified eyes out their. Like anyone else I just want the healthiest fish possibleSorry buchholz I wasn't saying your jag looks unhealthy he's a looker , In the second pic he looks stressed with clamped fins but obviously it could be a camera angle etc
so any valuable information I can gain well enjoying my hobby would be awesome
Yes, I'd switch him to a good pellet as a base asap. Maybe try a few and see what interests him most and then stick with it. He will definitely catch something off feeders eventually that will do him in.
