Post your MONSTER Jags.
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Schnauzer;787004; said:
That's an awsome shot. That guy is the reason I love jags so much!
Chris
I agree 11 years old and almost 16" wow u got a great jag Schnauzer
here is my jag pair a 11" male and a 9" female they are 4 years old in a 125gal.I am not sure what is holding back my jags growth rate the first year of their life they ate live feeders goldfish
mostly for my entertainment but for the last 2 years they have not had a feeder fish just nightcrawlers and hikari gold
i figure if they had worms or another sickness from feeders it would long be perged out by now i did put them in a 75 gal for year or so could that have permently stunted them? i don't think so they have been in a 125 for almost 2 years now and little change.
.Also my devil pair had the same diet and are the same age but they attained full size 13" male 10" female and still growing.I am a little frusterated with their growth stalling any suggestions?
here is my jag pair a 11" male and a 9" female they are 4 years old in a 125gal.I am not sure what is holding back my jags growth rate the first year of their life they ate live feeders goldfish mostly for my entertainment but for the last 2 years they have not had a feeder fish just nightcrawlers and hikari gold i figure if they had worms or another sickness from feeders it would long be perged out by now i did put them in a 75 gal for year or so could that have permently stunted them? i don't think so they have been in a 125 for almost 2 years now and little change. .Also my devil pair had the same diet and are the same age but they attained full size 13" male 10" female and still growing.I am a little frusterated with their growth stalling any suggestions?Thanks everyone.
This guy has never had any fish in his life. Occasional earthworm and once in a while raw shrimp. He does love freeze dried krill. He will smash through anything like a bulldozer to get to the FD krill. I made the mistake of feeding him a bunch of krill every morning to finish off a can. Now every morning when the lights go on he rushes down to where I feed and stares at the top. Of course he gets what he wants. I by the krill by the what looks like 2 quart cans.
I have had quite a few Managuense and they all grew very fast for the first couple of years. I have always done 60 to 75% water changes every week.
This guy has never had any fish in his life. Occasional earthworm and once in a while raw shrimp. He does love freeze dried krill. He will smash through anything like a bulldozer to get to the FD krill. I made the mistake of feeding him a bunch of krill every morning to finish off a can. Now every morning when the lights go on he rushes down to where I feed and stares at the top. Of course he gets what he wants. I by the krill by the what looks like 2 quart cans.
I have had quite a few Managuense and they all grew very fast for the first couple of years. I have always done 60 to 75% water changes every week.
Red Devil;787031; said:wow that is the biggest Jag so far that i know of that someone posted a picture,.. if i am wrong tell me.. but 151/4 inches is fantastic and what a really beautiful picture.. did you have him since a baby..so nice to see one of this age.. hope you both share many more years together.. congradulations and thanks very much for posting his picture.
Thanks.
Most of the jags that I've had I bought when they were tiny. This one and another that I have now I bought when they were 6 months old or a little older. People but that pretty little fish only to discover that when it get older that it gets big and gets mean.
Schnauzer;787194; said:
yes i know ..thats how i got mine.. he was brought back to LFS..and i rescued him because that piticuliar LFS was the pitts!!
Your boy is awesome and you should feel proud about him and his picture
big train;787168; said:I agree 11 years old and almost 16" wow u got a great jag Schnauzer
They are beauties but for some reason they both look female to me.. did you ever have fry... just wondering because females do stay smaller.. and they do not look like the male pattern to me.. i am no expert but just questioning??
yes they spawn regularly i have collected fry only once they eat their eggs every time and if i reintroduce them to the fry they will eat them also at any stage of development they are not a good spawning pair for those reasons i know most jags are good parents.I guess they all can't be winners all the time but i did get my devil pair from the same community grow out and they are excalent parents i guess that's where all the luck went .
big train;787331; said:
yes that happenes sometimes.. but they are beauties and maybe if you collect the fry and put them into 10 gal tank..or do they eat them almost right away before you have a chance..
you would have some awesome Jags.. I quess the pattern does not mean that much.. my female looks like yours..yes i have seen your beautiful breeding pair of devils.. makes me wish i could do that with mine..but i doubt i ever will.. and maybe the jags will do it for you eventually.. your still blessed that everyone gets along so well
they eat the eggs right after they are fertalised i have not tried to collect the fry for a long time i concentrate on the devil's babies it's all got room time for anyway and yes i am lucky to have 2 pairs of mature cichlids that get along so well .
