Jardini in community?

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OK I'd like to know some experience of jardini keepers, and successful attempts to keep them in predatory communities.

I've had 1 jardini that started ripping up all my fish, was moving soon so I sold it.

However I'm going to try another one, so I'd like to hear some success stories.
 
im very interested in this aswell, setting up a predatry commune come november and would love to hear any success(or faliures) keeping Jardinis in communioties (sry to hijack ur post):redface:
 
Until I get a bigger tank I'll be putting it in a 180 with some bichirs, an oscar, a loisellei, a JD, a red terror (festae), a big clarias, a shovelnose, a big goldfish, a gourami, couple of small cats, a swamp eel, a papyrocranus afer and some pbass.

I think it could be busy enough that the jardini won't have a target to pick on, too busy for anyone to get seriously hurt. Maybe the odd nip, chase, but no fully fledged fighting.

The jardini I had before was mean, but I think the problem was there were just 4 fish to pick on in the 180, 4 midwater swimmers. All smaller than him too. A young micro, a young pbass, and 2 acestrorhynchus. This time the jardini is going to be smaller, and the tank a lot busier.

Although the jar I had before was nasty, he did get his ass kicked by a smaller albino snakehead, then I had to remove them.
 
no success story hear my jardini picked off tankmates one by one
 
I have the exact same problem as you here Rumble. My lfs has the most gorgeous jardini I've ever seen, with black fins and silvery (instead of red) dots, with a silver lining.

Sooooo tempted to try it, but have had a bad experience with a 20 inch jardini in the past that killed EVERYTHING in the tank, including a pair of cichlids which shall remain nameless. Don't wanna start THAT sh*tfight again.

A friend at the moment has a 20cm (8 inches?) jar with a pair of breeding jewels and its working out OK. The jar is still pretty small though, so will see how it works out in the future.
 
Roy L. said:
I only had Silvers and they were friendly..
Are Jardini's really so much more agressive?
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yup they are not at first but once they're close to a foot they start trying to attack people outside the tank
 
My jar is at about 14"+ now (jaw to base of tail) and gets on ok with his tankmates. He's with a 12" clown knife, 10" tiger oscar, 2 6" tinfoil barbs, 2 4" clown loaches, a parrot and 3 plecos.

Their upgraded home will be ready this weekend :headbang2 so they'll finally be getting the space they deserve ... only in a 3x2x2 90G at the moment.

The jar is definately the alpha in the tank, but he does tolerate the others. I think it's just up to the individual temperament of the aro, and whether or not it grew up with it's tankmates.

If you don't try ... you will never know :thumbsup:
 
how about keeping them with other non aggressive fish. I've always wanted to get a jardini and keep em with silver dollars and clown loaches can i not even do that???
 
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