brutal jack dempsey. HELP!!!!

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try makin alot of teritorries and adding the opposite sex fish of similare size , they dont have to be the same kind of fish.
 
i have a female that was the same way until she met another jd. she still wasn't calm but after i put in an oscar she was calm.
 
Is your four foot tank a 55 gallon, 75 gallon, 90 gallon, or 120 gallon? That makes a difference as to what you can / should add, if anything.
 
mark377;4119709; said:
Why is everybody talking about teaching the Dempsey a lesson. The poster has a 4 foot tank, so if you add any parachromis or amphilophus I think the dempsey may get killed.
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No kidding. In a 4' tank the JD is probably going to establish the entire tank as his own territory. there's no such thing as "teaching him a lesson"...adding a larger, more aggressive fish will most likely wind up in the JD being killed because the larger fish will take over the entire tank as it's own territory.
 
mark377;4119709; said:
Why is everybody talking about teaching the Dempsey a lesson. The poster has a 4 foot tank, so if you add any parachromis or amphilophus I think the dempsey may get killed.
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No kidding, WTH! Adding a larger more aggressive fish is only going to cause a new set of problems.
 
Sab_Fan;4119916; said:
have you tried a female JD?

or, you could just accept the fact and keep him as a solo wet-pet
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I have to take back my original statement of not adding any other fish, because adding a female of a similar size is actually the best idea that has been posted in this thread IMO (& it is my opinion)

The only downfall would be if you didn't want to breed them there is a good chance that if the fish are compatible and your water condition & temp ect. were right you would most likely end up with fry.
 
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