So I am going to start this thread for myself.
I’m going to (hopefully) raise three EBJDs to a decent size, choose a male to keep and sell the other two EBJDs. Gosh that’s going to be a difficult decision when the time comes.
Upon choosing my keeper, I am going to purchase some regular JDs and hope for a female.
Once I have a male and female I will try to breed them and see where I go from there.
To be honest that list alone seems like a long list.
In the meantime here is my tank info:
The tank is a 75g tank, currently with live plants. There is thin mixture of sand (believed to be coral sand and some kind of black sand). My tank temperature is kept between 82-84 degrees. I haven’t been keeping track of my water changes to know exactly how frequently I change the water but I want to say I change between 50-75% weekly or bi-weekly. There is 2 HOB filters, aqua clear 150’s.
Current stock:
3 EBJDs, one almost certain male, one suspect female, and one I hope is a male.
3 guppies, 1 male, 2 females.
Yes I know the guppies will become food, but right now they are the same size as the EBJDs. I might set up a breeding tank for the guppies to provide treats to the JDs, but up in the air about this right now. Most likely not.
Feeding currently is mysis shrimp and brine shrimp 2-4 times a day, they readily eat both of these foods but will not touch the pellet foods, I’ve tried crushed omega one pellets, NLS, flakes, algae wafers, and another green pellet. All turned their noses up at the pellet food. So hopefully with time they will accept more types of food.
They are very active and eat like little piggies.
As all the fish in this tank are new additions I am treating with one round of parasite guard, then one round of prazipro as preventative treatments.
Below I will post a picture of the current tank, and the three baby blues. Each fish is distinguishable for myself, there’s the almost certain male that looks like a bulldog. There’s the one I am hoping is a male, he has two rows of spots on his anal fin. Then there is the suspected female who has one row of spots on the anal fin.
Over the course of their growth I expect to drastically change the tank to suit their needs, currently planted tank into a more rocky habitat, maybe add more sand, and add larger pieces of drift wood.
I’m going to (hopefully) raise three EBJDs to a decent size, choose a male to keep and sell the other two EBJDs. Gosh that’s going to be a difficult decision when the time comes.
Upon choosing my keeper, I am going to purchase some regular JDs and hope for a female.
Once I have a male and female I will try to breed them and see where I go from there.
To be honest that list alone seems like a long list.
In the meantime here is my tank info:
The tank is a 75g tank, currently with live plants. There is thin mixture of sand (believed to be coral sand and some kind of black sand). My tank temperature is kept between 82-84 degrees. I haven’t been keeping track of my water changes to know exactly how frequently I change the water but I want to say I change between 50-75% weekly or bi-weekly. There is 2 HOB filters, aqua clear 150’s.
Current stock:
3 EBJDs, one almost certain male, one suspect female, and one I hope is a male.
3 guppies, 1 male, 2 females.
Yes I know the guppies will become food, but right now they are the same size as the EBJDs. I might set up a breeding tank for the guppies to provide treats to the JDs, but up in the air about this right now. Most likely not.
Feeding currently is mysis shrimp and brine shrimp 2-4 times a day, they readily eat both of these foods but will not touch the pellet foods, I’ve tried crushed omega one pellets, NLS, flakes, algae wafers, and another green pellet. All turned their noses up at the pellet food. So hopefully with time they will accept more types of food.
They are very active and eat like little piggies.
As all the fish in this tank are new additions I am treating with one round of parasite guard, then one round of prazipro as preventative treatments.
Below I will post a picture of the current tank, and the three baby blues. Each fish is distinguishable for myself, there’s the almost certain male that looks like a bulldog. There’s the one I am hoping is a male, he has two rows of spots on his anal fin. Then there is the suspected female who has one row of spots on the anal fin.
Over the course of their growth I expect to drastically change the tank to suit their needs, currently planted tank into a more rocky habitat, maybe add more sand, and add larger pieces of drift wood.
