blue gene jacks huge spawn
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whoop miy first post just had to read this topic as JD's are my fav cichlid as well as green terrors but must say its an impressive little project ya got goin there
Wow doesn't anybody read a thread before they post something? He said all the fry got eaten by the parents... don't ask for updates, unless you want a pic of the parents' poop
cgronko;2979085; said:My fry are still alive. They are 17 days freeswimming. I still cannot tell the blues from the rest though
Originally I was told that they are distinguishable around 6 weeks...
Since then I've bred several pairs (both BG x BG & Blue x BG) and have learned to read them much sooner. The differences are sublte though.
I find that I can often tell a fish is not going to be Blue... but often make mistakes thinking a non Blue fish is Blue. Non Blues tend to have more solid colors to their bars/striping. Blues tend to have a yellow'ish background as opposed to offwhite/tan.
Basically what I do is watch the brood and remove any that I am certain (convinced) are not going to be Blue and raise the rest...
Keep staring at the tank each day and you'll get better
cgronko;2982944; said:
they normals and blue genes will pick on/eat on the blue jacks
because they are weaker and arnt really agressive either
hope you get blues
do keep us updated with pics tooi can now start to tell which are blues. They have much thinner black bars and less black bars. I am going to start feeding the non blues to my angelfish and breeder jacks. I would put some pics up but you can tell the difference from the pics yet of the blues. I am gettting a nice new camera in a week so hopefully it will be able to take pics that will show the difference of the fish.
