jd tips
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i have a 5-6 in jd with 3 oscars, a gt, a bumblebee, an african, a pleco, a featherfin, a tiger barb and a texas cichlid and they all get along
The problem i have had is when any of my JD's bullied a fish,then that fish turned the tables on the JD, the JD would go into hiding and i would never hardly see them or they would sit up in a corner of my tank stressed out then get sick and die.
eatingleg4peanut;4771042; said:
All fish are different and while I would not say my Jack is the devil, he is certainly not a mild tempered fish. Many people keep buenos aires tetras and other large dither fish with JD's and other large aggressive cichlids. Mine did not actively seek out to kill them but if they stayed in one spot near him he would remind them its his tank. As for the dragon goby, they sell them at PetSmart and most other stores as freshwater when young. It was not even my fish and was just used as a holding tank until two others were cycled. Yes they do need to slowly transitioned to a brackish tank but keeping a 3" dragon goby and 2" JD in a growout together for less than a week is by no means a crime. Please take two of these
and have a drink. . 
As you can tell I have never been a big fan of the "fish police" on these forums. They generally over analyze a tank that they know little to nothing about. So I would read up from different sources, filter out the unneeded critiques and go from there.
RLHam3;4775176; said:
They certainly do and a 75 would be just fine for a breeding pair, make sure you add some caves that are big enough for the female to fit in, but too small for the male so she has a place to retreat. My pair get a little rough with each other when they spawn, but nothing that warrants them to be separated.
i've always used gravel because its easier. if you use sand and it gets stirred up, it can get into the filter and destroy it. also you can get river pebbles really cheap from a place like home depot, pikes, or walmart. i bet you'd get all the gravel that you needed for a 75gal for under $15. (but if you really like the look of sand, pool filter sand is pretty much just as cheap)
I disagree. sand is the best and easiest to clean imo. I used sand for my jd before he committed accidental suicide and he loved to sift for food particles. I used playsand that was rinsed like 20 times before it was used. Cichlids display more behaviors with sand than gravel in my limited experience. playsand is like $3 per 5 pounds where i live. even when the sand was stirred up it settled down too quickly for the filter to catch it.RLHam3;4775422; said:
FishFreak95;4775831; said:
Agreed! My JD's play in the sand constantly. I have them in a 150 with a mix of Cichlids. They show no aggression at all. Most of the time, they "school" with an Oscar pair. I know they are a pretty common fish, but they are some of my favorites. The little guy shown in my avatar is now up to 4"
