Okay, I currently have a 55 gal tank. The only fish in it are 10 scissor-tailed rasboras...after so long they are boring. I want to get into Jack Dempsey's. Is a 55 gal suitable for them? If so, how many? I'm only wanting two or so...so females get along with other females? I know that the males tend to be MUCH more aggressive.
55 gal and Jack Dempsey's!
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55 gallon should be able to house two Dempseys for life. As far as aggression goes I would have to say that it all depends on the attitude of the fish you get. I have owned some Depmseys that were so peacefull that they were able to live with kissing gouramis and angelfish. Others I have owned were very territorial and were best suited alone.
males are prettier than females though, but they can be hard/impossible to sex at the 1-2" sizes you see them at the lfs. You could try getting 2 small specimens and see how things go, but I think one might want the whole tank for itself. There are many other tankmates you could keep with them though if you so pleased.
problm with blues is they die realy easy. ive read to many threads where people got them and they died shortly afterwards. jacks i beleve full grown reach maybe 12 inchs on big side. It take long time to reach that size so you should be able to get away with a pair in there for a few years. When you look at the jacks your gonna buy. Look at there faces there will have blue spangles going down there face. Mle have little blue iredecent dots going half way down there cheek and females have them going all the way down. I think females look better then the males my self thoAriel said:
You can buy a group of juveniles and as they grow, you can start picking out the ones you want to keep and sell/give the other ones away.
Good luck finding them??? how could you not? I say get a pair of Dempseys, Texans, Green Terrors, and some Red Devils. Why not....you'll see some different temperments/attitudes and by the time they are growing well you too will have the sickness and be buying more tanks and you can spread them out 
And then you will have more tanks again and you can get rarer and even more hot stuff 
Soon you wont' be able to hear yourself think. Pumps, air, flowing water, ITS TAKING OVER MY HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!! :22_yikes: But the other guys are right....lotta nice tank mates for dempseys that are speckled looking that you'd prolly like.
And then you will have more tanks again and you can get rarer and even more hot stuff Soon you wont' be able to hear yourself think. Pumps, air, flowing water, ITS TAKING OVER MY HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!! :22_yikes: But the other guys are right....lotta nice tank mates for dempseys that are speckled looking that you'd prolly like.
sleepyflight said:
While your intensions may be in the right place your advice is not. I'm not trying to be rude, however, that would be WAY overstocked in my opinion and therfore not the greatest of ideas. Be kind to your fish and they will reward you with years of [relatively] pain free entertainment. JMO
