put my female jd in just now

[imnickg]

put my 4inchfemale jd in my 125gal
her and my 10"male started dancing as soon as he noticed she was there
she keeps swimming away but i think she might just be checckin out the tank
nowshes kinda nipping at my maleside and fins while they are dancing
no real aggression tho
think they gonna hook up
or do u think i should seperate?

 

[importracer]

put my 4inchfemale jd in my 125gal
her and my 10"male started dancing as soon as he noticed she was there
she keeps swimming away but i think she might just be checckin out the tank
nowshes kinda nipping at my maleside and fins while they are dancing
no real aggression tho
think they gonna hook up
or do u think i should seperate?

The size difference is almost scary.....Definatley place a clear divider between them for the first two weeks.......

 

[imnickg]

no divider and
the male wont hurt her

 

[bfhslilred93]

let them have at it fry are in your future

 

[Toby_H]

When the big male first met the little female he decided not to tear her up... so I wouldn't worry about dividing or seperating them...

I've made large male / small female Dempsey pairs a few times with success. If the female goofs up with eggs/fry the male may get overly aggressive, but with such a size difference it should be easy to give the female caves the male cannot fit in (which is important).

 

[imnickg]

plenty of pvc in there

 

[crm7290]

can you post picture and point out the differences in sexes please. I think i have a female and want to buy a male, and i know a tank fulll of nice looking perfect sized males (so they say) but i want to be sure

 

[imnickg]

the specklesormarkings oon the gill plates stop halfway

 

[CrazyCichlids]

Female JDs have a lot of blue all across their gill plates and usually half way down their body......Male JDs have blue all over their whole bodies with little or none on their gill plates.......I have pics of my young mated pair in my photo album take a look....

 

[woofy]

its sound like they will be ok and they are well on there way . normally aggression is noticed quickly. i would watch carefully though.