biggest EBJD

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Snowflake311

Snowflake311

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I have a 1 year old EBJD that was 2" when I get him last september. Now he is only 4" max and looks a bit deformed :( . The other one in the tank with him was already deformed looking at 2" mine has gotten worst as he have grown. I have a Green severum I got around the same time they have grown up together and the Severum is 6" pushing 7". But this EBJD just seems to have stoped growing.

Does anyone have a large EBJD?
 
Sorry to hear that brother.
Truth is, nature would have already culled your ebjd.
In ebjd x ebjd all the fry will be ebjd but are almost all deformed and very weak. They are a natural color variation of JD but possess very poor genetics.
bgjd x ebjd will produce 50/50 with only some being capable of survival. bgdj x bgjd will create 25% ebjd and these are the guys that will have the strongest genetics of all.
Most breeders wont care about the fry they produce, so I only suggest getting ebjd from a reliable source. Most are destined a poor shot at life and that seems to be the case in your situation. He should be bigger.
Some members here have some very nice 10" ebjds that are superb looking.
 
This is him about a year ago...

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Looks fine to me what are you feeding him? Tank size?
 
jaws19;4441042; said:
Looks fine to me what are you feeding him? Tank size?
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Snowflake is the one with the deformed ebjd, 74ray was just showing snowflake his 8" one. I'm guessing your ebjd Snowflake, has a deformed face? Maybe a beak mouth? My former 4" ebjd had a real bad beak mouth before I sold him off. Ebjd are real slow at growing.
 
Mine has a beak face and his body is weird. I have a hard time getting a photo that shows it. But he has a lumpy body. The front right side behind his head is thick then by his tail is thin but on the left back side the tail is thick and skinny by the head. He is not all one thickness on both sides. It's hard to explain. He also has a funny face when you look straight at it's cute but not right.

He is fine and happy also eats like a little pig.

In this photo you can kind of see what mean about his body.

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