Jar question

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First of all I'd like to thank all of you for your suggestions about my leaky 180g! Took it apart and resealed the darn thing, seems to be working fine!:headbang2 So now, my 14" jar moved outta the 55 gal back to it's normal tank. Here's my question, I now have my 5-6" Jar in the 55 gal. When would be a good time (size wise) to put him/her in the 180 gal, with the larger jar? Is that a good idea? Will that even work?:confused: My friend had 3 Jars in a 150 before and they all seemed to get a long. Thanks, any suggestions welcome, you guys rock!:)
 
the big guy will destroy the little soon or later. NO! don't do it. Leave the beautiful species in the 55g for now untill you can upgrade.
 
don't put the small one with the big one..just 2 aro's ( and jar's on top ) is a recipe for disaster.
 
Dont do it! Jars r very aggressive. U might find some that r not so, but 4da most part they r nassssty. They r also known 2 have sudden aggression 1 minute they're ok the next he's on a rampage...somewhat like a fish thats bipolar :screwy::screwy::screwy: I have a 21"er a he's kill'd a Butti that was well over a foot long also a RD. now these fish he's kill'd r considered some of the more aggressive fish in the cichlid community. Unless u have a truly monster tank ya maybe. Dont 4get "BIPOLAR" !!!!!
 
There's never a straight answer on tankmate jardini questions. Most people will say you have to keep them alone, I'd be surprised if half those people actually keep arowanas.

This debate comes up a few times a month on these forums. My suggestions are to be smart about it, just like anything else in your life. Would you buy two dogs that are strange to each other and lock them in your bathroom for a while? Probably not. Same philosophy works here, just don't do anything rash.

Wait until the smaller guy is big enough to actually survive, for starters. Jardinis will eat their own in addition to anything they can get into their stomachs, organic or not. Observation and patience are the key here. Keep your smaller tank ready to go also, chances are you'll be putting the smaller guy back into it eventually. However, it could work, and you will never know unless you try. Like I said, just be smart about it and ready for when it doesn't work out.

Keep in mind that any species of aggressive fish don't usually keep well in pairs. You will be limited on tankmates with a Jardini for sure. Don't try other fish known to be uber aggressive like buttikoferi or red devils. That's just asking for trouble.

PM me if you have any questions.
 
I would not keep two Jardinis together. Even young ones. I had two little ones in a divide 30 long. One was about 4" and the other was 2". The larger one jumped over the divider somehow and killed the little one. And just before I was going to sell the bigger one( I got both of them as a package deal.) If you want a community there are fish you can keep with it. I have succesfully kept a Jardini with 4 Bala Sharks with no aggression. But I did raise them together since they were little. I think the main thing is that they are large and fast enough so the Jar will not consider it as food. I heard tinfoil barbs have had the same results. But never 2 Jardinis.
 
I had a Jardini with a school of discus before he jumped out :( @18". He would harass them sometimes but never killed them. Pellet trained too.

My new Jardini fails at eating ghost shrimp. :( He's only 7" but soon he'll be 8" and I hope he doesn't attack his tankmates.:irked:
 
I've got an 8" Jardini, that doesn't go for any tankmates at all, he also eats pellet or anything i put in the tank (even if it does soak me when he takes the pellets off the sruface he's a great fish)

However, i wouldn't risk putting him in with another Jar due to their reputation, i think i've been very lucky with my one...
 
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