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bettagurl

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I've been on another forum telling some guy he can't have:
ok i saw the price for FH never gonna get one of those. so i plan on getting 2 jelly bean parrot fish, 2 convicts a peacock eel and EBJD but only 1

in a 50g.. How big to JDs get?? people on there are telling him they only get 8"...
 
Yeah, Jack dempseys get bigger than 8". They get at least 10". Here is a pic of a big one:

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I thought they got eight inches too...conventional knowledge/info sources all said that.
Some people just cannot accept that new information has come along and resist learning as I put it bluntly:(.
 
Ive actually never heard of a blue dempsy much over 6''...
 
JD can get up to about 12" (rarely). 9-10" is more common, sometimes less.
Convicts usually get about 5"-6", can be more or less, they're pretty overbred so I've seen some that don't get over 2", lol.
Jellybean parrots can get awfully big, I'd tell him to ditch those, especially since the others, especially the cons might pick on them. They can't defend themselves as well as normal bodied fish.

What's the dimensions on his 50g?

That's not really overstocked for a 50 long IMO, if water changes are kept up with and good filtration.
 
I don't know the demensions, but I still say it's O.S lol

We've talked him down from:
4 convicts
2 red devil
maybe a flower horn
1 electric blue jack dempesy
1 jack dempesy
2 parrot fish
2 angel fish
1 spiny eel
2 rubber lipped pleco
and 2 more cichlids (i need ideas)
 
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