Look at the belly on that Jar " Great Job " 
Happy fish = happy owner , keep up the great work .
Happy fish = happy owner , keep up the great work .
Got my new jardini today
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Yep really greedy mate have to be careful he doesn't choke when trying to feed the cats as he grabs everything 
Hey Evz jardini, what is your experience in keeping Jardini with tank mates? I know they have a reputation for being aggressive, but I noticed you have a few tank mates in your tanks.
My 180 has so far 4x red ingots (4inches ), 1 7 inch peacock bass, 1 8-9 inch red mammon, 6x 5in. clown loaches and a 10 inch ornate bichir. would it be feasible to add a smallish jardini and have it grow up getting used to the tank mates?
My 180 has so far 4x red ingots (4inches ), 1 7 inch peacock bass, 1 8-9 inch red mammon, 6x 5in. clown loaches and a 10 inch ornate bichir. would it be feasible to add a smallish jardini and have it grow up getting used to the tank mates?
Hi Richard sorry about the late reply I've not been on this thread for week or so.
All I can do with jardini tankmates is point you in the right direction as every tankmate can be a potential gamble with jardini there not picky killers lol
I have always managed tankmates with all the jars I've kept over a period of nearly 10 years , I've also spent a small fortune on tankmates over the years to have them killed or shreaded within a few hours in some cases. Some of my buys have been stupid ones (putting fish in that are way to small or have no attitude to defend against angry jars) but I have had some success story's lol , cichlids don't work well they can live together but there's constant battles for territory so if your jar wants the whole tank it'll get the whole tank
Try decent sized bottom dwellers catfish mostly , armour plated get left well alone (irwini , Niger ) none of my jars have ever bothered with them.
I too have got an ornate birchir that my jars haven't killed its lived with two of them now no problem (be careful putting a small jar in with a 10" one though or the problem will be the other way around)
Some jars accept silver dither fish like sd's ot tfb's other seem to target them constantly untill there rid of them.
I've been told clown loaches work well if there to big to be eaten , I've not tried this though as there very expensive in the UK these days and can't afford that gamble.
Like I said at the start of the post everything is a gamble depending on the individual jardini you end up with , some fellow mfk's have got lucky and kept them in community setups with no aggression even in multiple jardini tanks.
I'm yet to strike lucky on a placid jardini all mine have been relentless killers
Good luck
All I can do with jardini tankmates is point you in the right direction as every tankmate can be a potential gamble with jardini there not picky killers lol
I have always managed tankmates with all the jars I've kept over a period of nearly 10 years , I've also spent a small fortune on tankmates over the years to have them killed or shreaded within a few hours in some cases. Some of my buys have been stupid ones (putting fish in that are way to small or have no attitude to defend against angry jars) but I have had some success story's lol , cichlids don't work well they can live together but there's constant battles for territory so if your jar wants the whole tank it'll get the whole tank
Try decent sized bottom dwellers catfish mostly , armour plated get left well alone (irwini , Niger ) none of my jars have ever bothered with them.
I too have got an ornate birchir that my jars haven't killed its lived with two of them now no problem (be careful putting a small jar in with a 10" one though or the problem will be the other way around
) Some jars accept silver dither fish like sd's ot tfb's other seem to target them constantly untill there rid of them.
I've been told clown loaches work well if there to big to be eaten , I've not tried this though as there very expensive in the UK these days and can't afford that gamble.
Like I said at the start of the post everything is a gamble depending on the individual jardini you end up with , some fellow mfk's have got lucky and kept them in community setups with no aggression even in multiple jardini tanks.
I'm yet to strike lucky on a placid jardini all mine have been relentless killers
Good luck
New full tank shot , decided to double up the satellite + LEDs so I've got two 48" fixtures now 
Thought I'd upload a video of my new guy smashing prawns , shows just how greedy he is
If gentle means let me keep my finger tips , I hope so moe he is very tame though for his size much like my first jardini he used to swim through my hands and hand feed (gets a bit risky when they hit 24" though bigger mouth and less accurate lol)
he is very tame though for his size much like my first jardini he used to swim through my hands and hand feed (gets a bit risky when they hit 24" though bigger mouth and less accurate lol)