baby electric blue jack dempsey

[mikem1152]

so ive had this bugger for a good two months and i am wonder if the food i am feeding him is doing it any good i feed it dried tubifex worms twice a day because they break out smaller than super brine the fish is about a quater of an inch and is in a 15 gallon tank for now to be places in a thirty to than the fifty five he has one tank mate which is a baby tooth-nose pleco which is an inch long please let me know what would be good food for the jd or if my is suitable thanks

 

[FishingOut]

Tubiflex are probably the most unhealthy worm on the market, and a strict diet of that will lead to exremely negative effects. Any kind of worm should be fed tops twice a week. Go buy some quality pellets and i bet you will see an outstanding change if your fishes behaviour and colors.
Animal worlds says- Since they are omnivorous, the Jack Dempsey will generally eat all kinds of live, fresh, and flake or pelleted foods. They get quite large so they should be fed a high quality pelleted food and large chunk foods such as meat or fish.
Your pleco needs algae wafers as well.

 

[CrazyCichlids]

Yeah I would get the little guy off those tubifex worms......feed him a diet of high quality flake while he is little, as he ages add in a pellet and the occasional Hikari Bloodworm as a treat.....The electric blue dempsey is prone to so many health issues. Your first defense against these health issues is a varied healthy diet.

 

[thadon510]

instead of the worms give him live brine shrimp. mine have loved that and are growing at a fast rate. i also feed them frozen food along with pellets but them seem to like the live brine the best

 

[devder1]

find a quality 2mm pellet

 

[bbortko]

Give him some peas

 

[thedarkone]

Give him some peas

Yes peas are excellent for cichlids, especially EBJDs and GTs. I feed all my cichlids peas at least once a week. Peas are a great way to keep your fishes bowels cleaned out and help against parasites if feed as part of a varied diet. Make sure to skin them as it will make tank clean up a lot easier. I have not had a single cichlid that doesn't spit out and leave the skins all over the tank.

 

[thedarkone]

Hikari makes baby sized pellets in most of their cichlid pellets so if your EBJD is over 1.5" he/she should be able to eat them. They also make micro wafers which I feed mine as well as the pellets. Also any other pellets you might have around can be broken up into small pieces and feed that way.

Frozen foods can be feed a couple of times week, I buy exclusively Hikari frozen food because they are sterilized and when dealing with a species like EBJDs that are disease and parasite prone you don't want to take any chances. As far as what kind of frozen foods I would get bloodworms and mysis shrimp instead of the tubflex worms.