Jag Dempsey???

[Hawkfish3.0]

I currently have a 7" Jag and a 7" JD in my 220g. I'm waiting for some fish to grow out in my 75g before I add them to the 220g.

I've noticed over the past couple weeks that the Jack and the Jag have been seemingly inseparable. They constantly swim around the tank together digging in the substrate and hiding behind the driftwood together. I haven't personally seen the behavior yet, but I know that they've been locking lips as I can see the scratches on their lips. I know that the Jack is a male, and I'm 99.9% sure that the Jag is a female. Within the past few days the Jag has really been going at the digging as well as clearing off sections of a chunk of slate and the adjacent driftwood. She has a very full belly, and I'm wondering if I'm not going to see eggs soon. This could get interesting. I'll keep you updated.

A couple pics...

 

[Hawkfish3.0]

Holy Crap!!! Talk about irony! The Jag is laying eggs right now!! I'll post some pics soon.

 

[Optimist]

That's awesome! Can't wait to see any pics.

 

[Andrewtfw]

Had a trade in at the store a while back. Was a jag/dempsey cross. A friend took it home. Body like a jag, head and fins like a dempsey. Color is dark with a few dempsey speckles. Interesting fish mostly because few people have one.

 

[key]

thats a nice old school looking dempsy. been trying to find one like that with no luck. should breed it with another dempsy of course. feed these eggs to fish.

 

[Hawkfish3.0]

thats a nice old school looking dempsy. been trying to find one like that with no luck. should breed it with another dempsy of course. feed these eggs to fish.

Yeah, that was the original plan. I've had my eye on a very nice female Jack at my LFS. Who knows if he'll even fertilize these eggs. I'm just going to play it by ear for now, see what happens.

 

[madwhitehat]

Post up some pix bro!!

 

[Nate77]

Hatch them post some pics and SEND ME SOME FRY if they hatch.

 

[greenterra]

Could be wrong, but from those pics.She looks like a Friedrichsthalii.She is very simmalar to my female.They often get sold as jags because lfs usually can't tell the difference as juvies.If she is a Freddy she will get yellower as she gets older.

 

[YOOPER]

Nice JD. He should get even better as he matures. Madwhitehat, that avatar is sweet, I love the Goonies (truffle shuffle scene).