Could a trio of jack Dempseys be in a 55 gallon?

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Andrew1002

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I am wondering if a pair of jack Dempseys could stay in a 55 gallon for life? If not what size tank would they need? I'm saying trio as my jacks haven't paired off yet. I'm pretty sure I have a male and 2 females. If not its a male and ???. So when they pair off ill be setting up a tank for just them.

-Andrew
 
55 could work for a pair alone. Although a 75 is much better. My female paired off with my male at about4-5 inches. As long as you give the female some hiding places it could work although I've seen some big Dempsey's


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this isn't the one you plan on having your oscar, turtle and jack dempseys in? if so then no defenitely no. If not then more than likely you can keep a pair of Dempseys in a 55 IMO. Just make sure you sell the spare when they pair off.
 
TankDempsey said:
this isn't the one you plan on having your oscar, turtle and jack dempseys in? if so then no defenitely no. If not then more than likely you can keep a pair of Dempseys in a 55 IMO. Just make sure you sell the spare when they pair off.
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No, nothing to do with the other fish or turtles. I was thinking of slowly selling off my fish I'm not really paying attention to as much, while keeping the Dempseys and pairing them off in a 55.

-Andrew
 
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