Electric Blue JD
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Good things are worth waiting for...
They do grow much slower than regular JDs, although they seem to mature at the same rate (in time, therefore at a smaller size)... I have 6 growing out in a 125 gal and two have paired off at 2.5" & 2.75"...
Water quality is exceptionally important but requiring daily water changes is a gross exageration. They don't stand up to swings in PH, temp changes, dirty water etc... so think of them as having a weak immune system... just keep their tank clean and stable and they do fine...
This is assuming you are starting with a healthy specimen. I believe that breeder's are so careful to keep every one of these valuable little fish alive... that they do not let nature play it's course and the weak ones die off...
They do grow much slower than regular JDs, although they seem to mature at the same rate (in time, therefore at a smaller size)... I have 6 growing out in a 125 gal and two have paired off at 2.5" & 2.75"...
Water quality is exceptionally important but requiring daily water changes is a gross exageration. They don't stand up to swings in PH, temp changes, dirty water etc... so think of them as having a weak immune system... just keep their tank clean and stable and they do fine...
This is assuming you are starting with a healthy specimen. I believe that breeder's are so careful to keep every one of these valuable little fish alive... that they do not let nature play it's course and the weak ones die off...
Venting and spawning are the only proven ways to sex Blue Dempseys...
I feel very strong that judging body shape, head shape and fin shape is useless at sexing Blue Dempseys. It is well known that each of these features vary greatly in different lines of these fish...
There are a couple traits that I'm starting to think may offer a strong suggestion of gender, but I would need to see it prove true a few more times before I trust it. No use in suggesting a method until I've at least convinced myself of it.
I feel very strong that judging body shape, head shape and fin shape is useless at sexing Blue Dempseys. It is well known that each of these features vary greatly in different lines of these fish...
There are a couple traits that I'm starting to think may offer a strong suggestion of gender, but I would need to see it prove true a few more times before I trust it. No use in suggesting a method until I've at least convinced myself of it.
I'm very didagent with the water changes, and mine is in a 70 gallon.
I don't think that they are weaklings, they just like good water like any other fish. I don't do anything different with my blue than I do for any other fish I have, and it's all good.
He/she is in with male jack, that was the same size as the blue one when I got it. Now the reg jack is twice the size of the blue, but he's not the boss. The reg jack is 5" now, and no signs of pairing off, so I'm left to guess that the blue is a male too.
I have noticed that before the night time feeding my blue shows the best blue colour....has anyone else noticed this?
I don't think that they are weaklings, they just like good water like any other fish. I don't do anything different with my blue than I do for any other fish I have, and it's all good.
He/she is in with male jack, that was the same size as the blue one when I got it. Now the reg jack is twice the size of the blue, but he's not the boss. The reg jack is 5" now, and no signs of pairing off, so I'm left to guess that the blue is a male too.
I have noticed that before the night time feeding my blue shows the best blue colour....has anyone else noticed this?
