Biggest and Prettiest Jag
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Well our Jag is well along the way to getting bigger thats for sure. Currently around 11 inches. Getting meaner too it seems. Water changes and glass scrubbing are getting more challenging every time! Can't imagine what he will look like when he is 15"+ but looking forward to it.
Jmtjoy,
I like to think that I have some pretty awesome fish, like "The General" on the red devil thread, my large oscar, my trimacs from Jeff Rapps, and other fish, but right now, I am Jealous as @@@@ of you and your fish!!! That is one ____ of a nice looking jag!
I like to think that I have some pretty awesome fish, like "The General" on the red devil thread, my large oscar, my trimacs from Jeff Rapps, and other fish, but right now, I am Jealous as @@@@ of you and your fish!!! That is one ____ of a nice looking jag!
Thanks Rallysman and SouthCentral. He is a spoiled fish having a 90 to himself. Since seeing a large male Jag over 20 years ago at a fish show I always wanted to keep one. What I remember most about the fish was the violet sheen it had in the right light. Horizontal natural light or a flash from the camera does bring this out more I believe.
Thought I would share my setup for putting the "beef" and colour on "Jaggy".
1. At least 50% water changes each week if not more.
2. Nutrition-I'm lucky here-He receives two extruded super digestible pelleted foods that my employer manufactures. One is a High Energy, High Protein, Low carbohydrate diet and the other believe it or not is a Specialty Koi food (>45% protein-very high fish meal level, 10% Fat but with 100% pure spirulina). Pure spirulina is ROCKET FUEL for any fish. I've heard some say that it is one of nature's perfect foods. Some people buy it at health food stores and sprinkle it on their cereal.
3. Aquascaping? Not sure about this one but I tried to make sure he was provided with a secure and "interesting?" environment to live in with rock, driftwood cave, jumbo val plant, pool sand substrate to have fun with digging etc.
4. I've tried my best to set up the filtration so that it is overkill-Prefiltering, more filtering, micron filtering, big biofilter. I swap out the micron 3 times a week usually. Filtration refinements can keep all us monsterfishkeepers busy for years.
5. Genetics: Don't know about this. I bought him from Aquarium Services near Toronto. Not sure where he came from. He was only about 3 inches then. Captive bred, Farm raised, wild caught don't know.
I spend a fair bit of time with the tank but I'm having a blast!
What do you feed your jag Rallysman? And what size of tank is he in now? He is one BRUTE of a fish, Does he ever go after you? Mine bit my hand during the last water change and those fang teeth do find their mark. I'm sure yours could get nasty if he wanted too. Can't imagine what a ticked off 2 foot Dovi could do. Yikes.
Oh maybe someone could offer some thoughts on this-As a jag gets larger is it normal for the black blotches to "separate out" and develop into a more spotted pattern losing the mottled effect?
Keep the Jag photos coming everybody!
Thought I would share my setup for putting the "beef" and colour on "Jaggy".
1. At least 50% water changes each week if not more.
2. Nutrition-I'm lucky here-He receives two extruded super digestible pelleted foods that my employer manufactures. One is a High Energy, High Protein, Low carbohydrate diet and the other believe it or not is a Specialty Koi food (>45% protein-very high fish meal level, 10% Fat but with 100% pure spirulina). Pure spirulina is ROCKET FUEL for any fish. I've heard some say that it is one of nature's perfect foods. Some people buy it at health food stores and sprinkle it on their cereal.
3. Aquascaping? Not sure about this one but I tried to make sure he was provided with a secure and "interesting?" environment to live in with rock, driftwood cave, jumbo val plant, pool sand substrate to have fun with digging etc.
4. I've tried my best to set up the filtration so that it is overkill-Prefiltering, more filtering, micron filtering, big biofilter. I swap out the micron 3 times a week usually. Filtration refinements can keep all us monsterfishkeepers busy for years.
5. Genetics: Don't know about this. I bought him from Aquarium Services near Toronto. Not sure where he came from. He was only about 3 inches then. Captive bred, Farm raised, wild caught don't know.
I spend a fair bit of time with the tank but I'm having a blast!
What do you feed your jag Rallysman? And what size of tank is he in now? He is one BRUTE of a fish, Does he ever go after you? Mine bit my hand during the last water change and those fang teeth do find their mark. I'm sure yours could get nasty if he wanted too. Can't imagine what a ticked off 2 foot Dovi could do. Yikes.
Oh maybe someone could offer some thoughts on this-As a jag gets larger is it normal for the black blotches to "separate out" and develop into a more spotted pattern losing the mottled effect?
Keep the Jag photos coming everybody!
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He gets fed shrimp that is injected with garlic and peas, beefheart (with spinach and other veggies), some pellets, smelt, some crickets, and he tries to eat ther python tube.
Currently he is in a 265 and is a very peaceful fish, I used to do 50% weekly changes, but I installed a drip system so I dont have to worry about him getting nasty with they python anymore. (he bit it so hard one night he started bleeding from the gills)
Thanks for the comments
Thanks for responding Rallysman. I like the variety of foods you are preparing and offering. Although a pellet can be a complete food for a fish I believe fish can get bored when they are not offered variety. Your mix of quality foods with your large system and water drip setup looks to be working great.
On tank size-I think that is why our Jag is so agressive and yours is not so aggressive. A 90 just isn't going to cut it in the future I think unless I can figure out how to tame him.
MonsterFishKeepers such as your self who keep these fish in real big aquaria inspire the rest of us who are just startin out with an "entry level" monsterfish aquarium.
On tank size-I think that is why our Jag is so agressive and yours is not so aggressive. A 90 just isn't going to cut it in the future I think unless I can figure out how to tame him.
MonsterFishKeepers such as your self who keep these fish in real big aquaria inspire the rest of us who are just startin out with an "entry level" monsterfish aquarium.
rallysmans' jag wins for sure. really makes that orange hybrid look like trash in comparison. sharp pics as usual
