Jack Dempsey growth rate

[Pyramid_Party]

Hello,


Whats the general growth rate for a Jack Dempsey? Are they faster than GTs?

Whats some good food to get them growing fast? Thx

 

[fishman646]

They grow FAST!!! ALOT faster then gt's! and get alot bigger

 

[stevee]

yeah i was wondering the same thing i just bought to baby pike n a jd n im wandering whose goin to out grow who first

 

[Pyramid_Party]

bump

 

[oHsNaP1337]

Jack's are about 1inch per month from fry depending on how much you feed them, then their growth rate slows down when they get bigger around 7 inches.

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Nice, so they grow pretty fast almost like Oscars? At what size can you tell their sex?

 

[DeeCichlid man]

Hello

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Anymore?

 

[gt1009]

Real fast up to about 5 or 6 inches, then it slows a lot.

 

[Pyramid_Party]

cool, at what size can they be sexed?