I have an EBJD, had him for must be a month now, he is barely 2" long if that. He is currently in a barebottom 20g tank with some Denison barbs about same size, a pvc tee, a fake plant and a 425 koralia nano (temp 82 deg). The damn fish will not sit still. He more or less runs along the panes of glass all day long (all sides, its not like he is pacing the front for food), or at least when I am home. Only time he really stops is when its feeding time. Is this fish weird? Never seen this before but this is first JD/EBJD I've ever kept.
My EBJD is a spaz.. normal?
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too small for a fish less than 2"? He spent the first few weeks after I got him, in the 20g. I then dropped him in the 180g which was a mistake. - Cubans, RTM, Polleni all bigger than him, not big enough to eat him. I finally managed to catch him and return him to the 20g so he can get some size before I try again. He was a spaz when he first was in the 20g actually he was abit in the 180g as well, but it attracted some unwanted attention from his tankmates. Hoping I can get him to at least 3" before I try the 180g again. Bumped up the temp in the hopes of helping him gain some size faster, perhaps that is the issue..
A 20g is fine for now. When he gets at least 3" I would move him to a bigger tank just so he doesn't stunt his growth. I have 2 ebjd in a 30g. The biggest one is 2" and the other is a little over 1". They are fine just the 2 of them with a Albino Pleco and a Killie. About him being really active. Some are and some aren't. The ones in my 20g will never stop and I have the temp set at 78-79. I have another one in a 55g that I got one of my best friends. Now that thing is lazy. Most of the times he sits on the bottom but when its feeding time he's really active and a pig. Remember you'll have a better chance of raising a ebjd in a tank by themselves or with community fish. A lot better chance. I tried like you raising 2 ebjd in my 120 gallon with jag, red texas/midas hybrid, datnoid. I failed 2 times and those times the ebjd was the king of the tank at 2". Now the past 3 I am raising atm I have raised by themselves or with community fish. I have had all 3 of them for 4-5 months now. Remember ebjd are very slow growers. Mine haven't grown much since i got them. Good luck on raising yours. They are beautiful fish when they grow up.
Ok I've cut the temp back to 78. He is in with 11 Denison barbs all slightly smaller than he is. He was an impulse buy, not sure if I'll be able to keep him long term, I too have doubts he will ever fit in the big tank.
Don't see an issue with keeping him in a 26g, until he is grown up enough to join the big boys.
Btw, do you have any pics?
Btw, do you have any pics?
He's the one on the left, the one on the right didn't make it through the first day in the 180, really bummed me out I should have never put them in there. The one on the right also wasn't such a spaz, but as soon as he went in the 180 he started picking fights and when he was the smallest fish in the tank, and he wouldn't back down the outcome was a given.
