EBJD

[crxlsturbo]

I wouldn't do it. These fish are very difficult some luck out but like you mentioned they are expensive. i had one die from being stressed by a water change and he stopped eating. I had another two that I was extremely careful of I kept a journal and everything and 1 died then the next week the other died no reason why.

At one point I put a German blue ram in with them and had to remove it because it was beating them up and the EBJD were twice his size. do some research on EBJD and the 3" mark for some reason allot die at 3" they say it has something to do with the genetic mutation and the internal organs. Mine were both about 3" when they died.

This. It's best to raise them by themselves or with no aggressive fish until 3-4". Yah, you might get away with aggressive fish but your taking a big chance on a expensive fish. So far I took someone's advice on raising them alone or with no aggressive fish. I have 3 and so far I have had the first 2 for about 4-5 months and the new one I just got. I've had that one for 2 months. 2 of them are living together in a 30 gallon with only a kille and small pleco. Good luck on raising them.


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[Rivers2k]

This. It's best to raise them by themselves or with no aggressive fish until 3-4". Yah, you might get away with aggressive fish but your taking a big chance on a expensive fish. So far I took someone's advice on raising them alone or with no aggressive fish. I have 3 and so far I have had the first 2 for about 4-5 months and the new one I just got. I've had that one for 2 months. 2 of them are living together in a 30 gallon with only a kille and small pleco. Good luck on raising them.


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I had mine nearly a year before the died talk about frustrating

 

[jechrz]

This. It's best to raise them by themselves or with no aggressive fish until 3-4". Yah, you might get away with aggressive fish but your taking a big chance on a expensive fish. So far I took someone's advice on raising them alone or with no aggressive fish...
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+1 Definitely, I was about to put my newly picked up 1.5 inch ebjd on my 160g and I was already seeing my aro's hunger kick in when I was floating the bag on the tank >.<

He now temporarily resides on my lil 30 gal tank, til he's big enough to hang out with the big boys!!!

 

[crxlsturbo]

+1 Definitely, I was about to put my newly picked up 1.5 inch ebjd on my 160g and I was already seeing my aro's hunger kick in when I was floating the bag on the tank >.<

He now temporarily resides on my lil 30 gal tank, til he's big enough to hang out with the big boys!!!

Good that you noticed it. These little guys are touchy. I was even hesitant about moving my 4-5 month ebjd from my 10 gallon to my 30 with another ebjd that was smaller than him. It was either the 30 gallon or the 55 with another ebjd that I am growing out but he's really mean to a geo that I have in there with him. And the geo is bigger than him. So I moved him to the 30 with the smaller ebjd. Been 2 weeks so far and they both get along great.

Good luck on raising your ebjd.

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