Call me crazy but I love Jack Dempseys and have several EBJDs, BGJDs and some Gold Dempseys. I want to shrink down my amount of aquariums to one huge 300 gallon and was wondering how many Dempseys can comfortably live in it without issues? I appreciate any advice!
300 Gallon Jack Dempseys
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Sounds like an awesome tank. I would think you could put a good number of them in there. I swam with them in mexico in a cenote, and there were hundreds of them, chasing each other through rocks in an area the size of a large backyard swimming pool. All males might be your best bet, unless you already have females. I could see a breeding pair or two claiming half the tank and throwing a wrench in your plans.
I think you would probably want no less than about 7, to make sure aggression is distributed. I bet
duanes
would have some good insight on this.
I think you would probably want no less than about 7, to make sure aggression is distributed. I bet
duanes
would have some good insight on this.Sounds like an awesome tank. I would think you could put a good number of them in there. I swam with them in mexico in a cenote, and there were hundreds of them, chasing each other through rocks in an area the size of a large backyard swimming pool. All males might be your best bet, unless you already have females. I could see a breeding pair or two claiming half the tank and throwing a wrench in your plans.
I think you would probably want no less than about 7, to make sure aggression is distributed. I bet
Thank you so much for your time and advice! I’m jealous of the first hand experience in Mexico! That sounds awesome, yeah I do have one established breeding pair already and have 8 total dempseys, the pair in one tank and five in another and a solo Dempsey in his own tank so I’m hoping to provide a lot of territories and cover within the tank so I can get everyone in one big 8 foot tank!
Sounds very do-able to me. Just sandy bottom, lots and lots of rocks to chase each other through. I would also put a bunch of livebearers. That is what they live with in the wild. In the cenote, there were huge shoals of what looked like mollys, but may have been a more obscure Mexican livebearer.
Interesting, I was going to use giant danios or silver dollars as a shoaling, dither fish but mollys sound interesting. Will they eat the livebearers, I know now they don't even try to get my giant danios but they have eaten a few small feeder guppys here and there when they are fed them.
I would not think so if the jacks are fully grown but I have never tried. I do know silver dollars work great though at first they maybe be nibbled at but beyond that I would not say its a concern.