Hard to breed? Any experience? What is the best way to breed them.. Buy a few and let them pair? What size tank?
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EBJD ... Hard to breed?
- Thread starter Sizzlahr
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There is no best way to breed EBJDs with EBJDs because well, they can't breed. 
For whatever reason, EBJDxEBJD does not produce viable fry.
To get EBJD though, the best way is to breed BGJDxEBJD, which will produce 50% EBJD and 50% BGJD fries.
As for the rest, I dunno.
For whatever reason, EBJDxEBJD does not produce viable fry.To get EBJD though, the best way is to breed BGJDxEBJD, which will produce 50% EBJD and 50% BGJD fries.
As for the rest, I dunno.
Yes, really.
@Dial92 - no one has ever successfully produce viable offsprings off of two EBJDs. All efforts resulted in eggs dying off, or best case scenario, fries coming out and dying within a few days.
Back to Sizzlahr - There are a few hypothesis out there as to why this is the case. One of them is that the EBJD is linked to some sort of physiological defect that can't be overcome if both the male and female are EBJDs. This is probably the most reasonable explanation, though what sort of defect is completely unknown.
Previously, it has been said that EBJD x EBJD fry has weakened immunity and hence dies off - but really if they have weakened immunity, then an EBJD produced in any other situation would have weak immunity as well - genetically an EBJD produced from an EBJD x EBJD would be no different from one produced from some other combination (JDxEBJD, BGJDxBGJD, BGJDxEBJD). Most people would say that an EBJD produced from a non-EBJDxEBJD would contain genes from the non-EBJD parent, and that keeps it viable, but if that was the case then those genes would be passed on as well, which should mean that EBJDxEBJD should be viable as well, but it's not.
So anyways actually from what I can tell the best way to breed them is to get a male BGJD and 3 female EBJDs (or the reverse, one male EBJD and 3 female BGJDs) - this will ensure that whatever pair developes, will produce the maximum number of EBJDs possible.
@Dial92 - no one has ever successfully produce viable offsprings off of two EBJDs. All efforts resulted in eggs dying off, or best case scenario, fries coming out and dying within a few days.
Back to Sizzlahr - There are a few hypothesis out there as to why this is the case. One of them is that the EBJD is linked to some sort of physiological defect that can't be overcome if both the male and female are EBJDs. This is probably the most reasonable explanation, though what sort of defect is completely unknown.
Previously, it has been said that EBJD x EBJD fry has weakened immunity and hence dies off - but really if they have weakened immunity, then an EBJD produced in any other situation would have weak immunity as well - genetically an EBJD produced from an EBJD x EBJD would be no different from one produced from some other combination (JDxEBJD, BGJDxBGJD, BGJDxEBJD). Most people would say that an EBJD produced from a non-EBJDxEBJD would contain genes from the non-EBJD parent, and that keeps it viable, but if that was the case then those genes would be passed on as well, which should mean that EBJDxEBJD should be viable as well, but it's not.
So anyways actually from what I can tell the best way to breed them is to get a male BGJD and 3 female EBJDs (or the reverse, one male EBJD and 3 female BGJDs) - this will ensure that whatever pair developes, will produce the maximum number of EBJDs possible.
Azedenkae is correct. The only thing I would add is most EBJDs are male for some reason. And they grow slower.
So get a male EBJD first. Let him grow to at least 4"s, Then get your BGJDs.
Spike
