I recently swapped out my mbuna for a pair of JD's (EBJD male and a regular female) both around 5" (female's a little smaller), and it's been almost a week now and they are still skittish and sit in their cave all day, except it seems when I'm posting about them as they are out and about atm. Every time someone walks by the tank they freak out and dart for their cave, and when I did a cleaning today I had to take the rock that makes the cave out and they just sat by a plant trying to hide. Is this normal?!? These guys get to 8+ inches and they're wussies?!
Now, when I got the EBJD he was a trade in at our local fish store b/c he was the smallest guy and was gettin picked on, and had some torn up fins etc, so I got him for a good deal ($35 for a 5" EBJD? yes plz) and have in the week or so he's been here he's healed up really well and is even getting some awesome trailers on his fins, so I have high hopes for him, but I don't know what to do about their behavior!
The things I have tried so far are: I put in 7 zebra danios for dithers, this seemed to help for the two days they were in there before they got eaten, so it was a crapshoot there, they were all gone in 2 days haha. I also added some more plants for cover, but it's still the same result; they only come out when I post about them (or so it seems lol).
The female too is definitely the less skittish of the two: she's always nudging him and darkening up real well (that is breeding behavior, right?). And he CONSTANTLY, and I mean constantly, has to be following her around 80% of the time, like a little puppy dog!
Here are some pics to help (I assume I'm right on the genders, I've been searching alot so hopefully I'm right).
Is everything OK with these guys?
Now, when I got the EBJD he was a trade in at our local fish store b/c he was the smallest guy and was gettin picked on, and had some torn up fins etc, so I got him for a good deal ($35 for a 5" EBJD? yes plz) and have in the week or so he's been here he's healed up really well and is even getting some awesome trailers on his fins, so I have high hopes for him, but I don't know what to do about their behavior!
The things I have tried so far are: I put in 7 zebra danios for dithers, this seemed to help for the two days they were in there before they got eaten, so it was a crapshoot there, they were all gone in 2 days haha. I also added some more plants for cover, but it's still the same result; they only come out when I post about them (or so it seems lol).
The female too is definitely the less skittish of the two: she's always nudging him and darkening up real well (that is breeding behavior, right?). And he CONSTANTLY, and I mean constantly, has to be following her around 80% of the time, like a little puppy dog!
Here are some pics to help (I assume I'm right on the genders, I've been searching alot so hopefully I'm right).
Is everything OK with these guys?
GL