Blue x Blue Dempsey 'Pair' (w/ pics)

[ohhsweetness]

i dnt no the sex of my ebjd though !!!

 

[Toby_H]

Thank you very much for the compliments... and sorry it took me so long to get around to posting them.

None of my Blue males 'blacken' at all when spawning. They Blue gets Deep, but not much deeper than normal... although he is one of my lighter males... I prefer deep Blue ones with solid black markings and those are the one's I breed. This guy is not a breeder which is why he's paired off witha Blue female.

I've had at least 3 Blue females give me fry... the one pictured above is the only one that didn't blacken up when spawning (I have no idea why)...

This is what my other Blue females looked like with young fry

Same Fish w/ Gold mate & fry

Same fish in pre-spawning colors

I don't have any adult pics of her except when breeding, sorry...

 

[trashcan]

Here's a pic, the flash made it look a little less dark. He is basically black with a few blotches of blue.

NC, I really like your pics. It's the lightest blue I've seen of any adult EBJD. The body shape and fins are excellent, too (to my untrained eye).

 

[Toby_H]

TrashCan... yours is a young male just coming of age... I often call this their "ugly stage". He will grow out of it and grow into his adult coloration. Most of my males have done this as they hit sexual maturity. Puberty does that to a guy

I've also seen them lighten up considerably after this stage... as well as stay a nice deep blue with distinguished black patterns (the way I like em)

 

[ohhsweetness]

i agree

 

[trashcan]

Thanks for the info! That's the first I've heard of this.

 

[catman]

Sweet pair.

 

[Toby_H]

Thanks for the info! That's the first I've heard of this.

Most people buy a small group and are lucky to get one or two to stay alive...

When I started I was buying larger groups (8~12) and using UV lights which kept most of them alive until they started hitting sexual maturity, at which time I lost a few to aggression and rehomed the ones I didn't want to spawn. Because of this method I was fortunate enough to see many more babies become young adults.

I told ‘em on the Blue Dempsey forums to do it that way... but very few listened...
But that's okay, I can't brag, many of them are much better at keeping Blue fry alive

PS - and thanks for the additional compliments guys

 

[peathenster]

beautiful fish - by all means "display" them!

 

[Toby_H]

nice, i think black gravel with a center piece with plants on the side maybe(fake plants lol ) ... or no plants

This is the same male a couple of months ago when the tank had a piece of driftwood and some moss in it:

Same male (for comparison)

So that's the difference environment can make on a Blue Dempsey...

This pair will eventually be displayed in the house... just haven't figured out where/how yet...