Ebjd

[Jexnell]

I have only owned one EBJD. Got him from The Wet Spot. Had him about a year then gave him to YankeeJack to add into his JD breeding. As far as I know hes still alive and breeding like mad.

I never did have any issues with him not eating or anything like that.
Most current pic that Yankeejack posted of him

 

[Niki_up]

Seems almost inevitable for some of them to stop eating at some point. How did you treat? I did API General Cure-- ingredients: metro and prazi.

Fed mine NLS also, plus freeze dried mysis, which seemed to get them growing again after a spell not eating or growing.

Mine stopped eating a total of 3 times from 1-3 or 4 inches, each time I treated with prazipro then with metroplex soaked mysis shrimp. Seems like they could almost not resist a Mysis. After both of those treatments they returned to eating fine again.

 

[Niki_up]

The fish almost always has to be treated and gets sick very often. That shouldn't be the case in a healthy aquarium. Its definitely a genetically weak fish.

I don’t disagree with this at all, I just think they require impeccable water quality to thrive (kind of like a discus, which makes them difficult)

As I just posted mine got “sick” three times and I was doing 80-90% water changes weekly and a very understocked tank (so a healthy tank imo) I think if I done multiple water changes a week like one would do with discus that they probably wouldn’t have been sick at all.

 

[Niki_up]

I have only owned one EBJD. Got him from The Wet Spot. Had him about a year then gave him to YankeeJack to add into his JD breeding. As far as I know hes still alive and breeding like mad.
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I never did have any issues with him not eating or anything like that.
Most current pic that Yankeejack posted of him
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You guys was beautiful!! I’m glad he is in good hands and making new ebjds for the hobby!!

Can I ask how often you done water changes on his tank? Weekly, bi-weekly? Or more than once a week?

 

[Jexnell]

You guys was beautiful!! I’m glad he is in good hands and making new ebjds for the hobby!!

Can I ask how often you done water changes on his tank? Weekly, bi-weekly? Or more than once a week?

My standard of every three days fin level water changes

 

[Niki_up]

My standard of every three days fin level water changes

I kind of figured that was a contributing factor as to why yours may have never been “sick” or stopped eating.

 

[YankeeJack]

I do 80-90% water changes once a week. Sometimes more if I get picky.