Electric Blue JD question

[zekni]

Currently I have three EBJDs in a 55 gallon that I bought when they were all about 1". Currently I have one 1.5", one about 2.5" and one approx 3".
I have a spare 55 gallon.. should I seperate out just the smallest and let it catch up with the other two, or should I seperate the two smallest, and let the largest have it's own tank?

I'm thinking seperate the smallest, and let him catch up, since he seems to be the brunt of all the bullying, but I wanted second opinions.

 

[TheRayMaster]

I think that if you separate the smallest one it might do better in the other tank, but then the largest one will start picking on the one left in the original tank with it. Thats just how it goes with cichlids. Even if the bullying might not look so bad since they are small, it might be enough where the dominant one hogs almost all of the food while the other one doesnt get much.

 

[Tongue33]

I would wait and see if 2 pair off then take the third into it's own tank thats just my personal opinion.. Who knows you might get lucky.. EBJD's are fetching a pretty penny for the moment..

 

[zekni]

I would wait and see if 2 pair off then take the third into it's own tank thats just my personal opinion.. Who knows you might get lucky.. EBJD's are fetching a pretty penny for the moment..

My understanding is that I'd need a regular blue dempsey with the blue gene in order to have successful offspring.. which, I plan to get eventually, but when these guys are a little heaftier in size and not as likely to get whooped by their less blue counterparts.

Btw.. I think california blackworms and frequent water changes are the secret with these guys. The worms make it easy to make sure everyone is getting food.. and one can overfeed without worrying about polluting the water. I'll know for sure if they make it to size big.

 

[GooDyboy420]

For offspring you need there mom ive heard with blue dempseys...its whacked up...

 

[ormed]

Keep em together... They don't like to be seperated, or they might get depressed.
To spawn them, you have to have a EBJD (Blue phenotype) and breed it to a BGJD (Regular colored JD with the Blue genotype).
They don't have to be related...
Also, there seem to be a lot higher ratio of males to females. I don't know why... but that's probably why we hear about the male being the "Blue" one of the pair. I've raised about a dozen to maturity and they have all ended up being males, even though I though that I had a female or two based on both appearance and behavior.

Ormed~

This guy is the perfect Dad