The face is the only reason why Im doubting pure JD but I don't really see anything that leads me to say hybrid.
id maybe jd hybrid???
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brich999
Hi,
That's definitely a Jack Dempsey
Here's a few shots of my Blue Gene JD's I have in a grow out tank for comparison.
You can clearly see a few of them with the beautiful Dark Colour
I'm sorry for the bad pics, I just took a few shots really quick for this thread.
Jill
So does anyone actually know if there is a difference in appearance between a regular Jack Dempsey and A Jack Dempsey that carries the recessive Blue Gene? I'd be keen to clarify this.
GT Lover
(YES) @ about 3" if they carry the recessive Blue Gene you'll see a purple/violet skin tone colouration on them. Look @ some of the pics I posted above & you'll see the purple/violet skin tone on them.
Jill
Yeah ok. Thanks Jill. It's still pretty tough for me to distiguish but I guess with experience and the more you look it will become easier. So the fish in question at the beginning of this thread is a JD or Blue Gene JD?
I'm really keen to find out because I want to make sure the two pairs of breeding JD's I have are actually Blue Gene JD's as that's what they were sold to me as. So far I haven't got any Electric Blues from any fry but the parents are still juvi themselves pretty much at about 3-4 inches so not getting large batches of fry yet.
Sorry if I've hijacked the thread. I just thought it was relevant to the topic.
I'm really keen to find out because I want to make sure the two pairs of breeding JD's I have are actually Blue Gene JD's as that's what they were sold to me as. So far I haven't got any Electric Blues from any fry but the parents are still juvi themselves pretty much at about 3-4 inches so not getting large batches of fry yet.
Sorry if I've hijacked the thread. I just thought it was relevant to the topic.
You're welcome for the info...
The OP's JD looks to be a regular Wild Type JD to me, but I would need better pics since I can't observe it personally.
It's hard to see the colour in pics, but if you look @ the second pic I posted here you can see the purple/violet skin tone on clearly on the two JD's @ the top right corner.
Good luck with your breeding project & feel free to look @ some of mine I have in the breeding section of this forum.
Jill
In my experience, there is absolutely no visual difference between BGJD's and regular JD's. The reason for the purple/red tone is that they are just better quality specimens. I have owned/seen plenty of regular JD's that have a red/purple tone and plenty of BGJD's that don't.
Unless purchased from a reputable source, then there is no way to know. Unless of course you breed it and it produces blues
Nice looking JD
Unless purchased from a reputable source, then there is no way to know. Unless of course you breed it and it produces blues
Nice looking JD
In my experience, there is absolutely no visual difference between BGJD's and regular JD's. The reason for the purple/red tone is that they are just better quality specimens. I have owned/seen plenty of regular JD's that have a red/purple tone and plenty of BGJD's that don't.
Unless purchased from a reputable source, then there is no way to know. Unless of course you breed it and it produces blues
Nice looking JD
I would also like to add that a lot of LFS will call regular JD's blue gene so they can charge more.
