Here's a couple videos of how JDs live in nature.
Young ones can be found in shallower waters, maybe 2 ft deep.
The adults seem to prefer depth of 6 ft or more (probably due to bird predation).
I 've seen a pair (male 10", female 5-7") defend an area of about 250 gallons.
In the 1st video they are the dominant cichlid
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Below a much smaller area, only a few thousand gallons, where they do not dominate,
the population of JDs is small, and they are quite torn up.
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Young ones can be found in shallower waters, maybe 2 ft deep.
The adults seem to prefer depth of 6 ft or more (probably due to bird predation).
I 've seen a pair (male 10", female 5-7") defend an area of about 250 gallons.
In the 1st video they are the dominant cichlid
Eden2
Below a much smaller area, only a few thousand gallons, where they do not dominate,
the population of JDs is small, and they are quite torn up.
027 zps4b102ffd
