Questions for Jag owners

[cichlids4me]

I just got my wife a 6" Jag for her 94 gal tank this past Friday. It acts very shy and always stays hidden when we are around except for a quick trip around the tank.
1-How long did it take your Jag to become accustomed to its new home to the point where it wouldn't hide most of the time?

2-Are there any possible tankmates that we could get for it?

They would eventually(within the next year) be moved to a larger tank at least 125 gal but hopefully larger.

 

[rallysman]

Give it a couple of weeks. As far as tank mates it's completely hit and miss. Some jags are mean as hell, others are very docile.

 

[benzjamin13]

Give it a few days to a couple of weeks. Other Cichlids seems to work best...like Oscars, GT, and catfish too.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

while its growing out maybe a smaller but aggressive species might work, like JD and salvini

 

[Hawkfish3.0]

Give it a couple of weeks. As far as tank mates it's completely hit and miss. Some jags are mean as hell, others are very docile.

completely. I might add that some suitable tankmates may help to ease your jag out of it's shyness. You're probably just going to have to try some combos to see what works.

 

[twhittle]

Tin foil barbs might bring him out a bit. I would try other cichlids. If you want to keep it simple, a couple of good size cons would work.

 

[tydus]

Give it some dithers like the gianto danios, it would ease that jag more and he might come out more chasing the dithers around. I think a 94 gallon is perfect and can do for life.

 

[cichlids4me]

would a small school of tiger barbs work. I have 5 which are about 1.5"

 

[allvol]

would a small school of tiger barbs work. I have 5 which are about 1.5"

they could be a meal at that size.i pretty much agree with all the posts. it could take a few weeks to open up. 2. tinfoil barbs or cons are the safest bet imo but alot of other fish "could" work depending on YOUR jags temperment. i have a salvini,gt,con, silver dollars,geo and a syn all half their size with my pair in a 125 and there have been no problems.but i consider my jags pretty docile.

 

[fishguts]

its all trial and error. my jag tolerates his tankmates http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153229 but would probably kill if there was just one other cichlid in the tank so if you add some more then id add 2 or 3 more cichlids. oppisite sex tend to put up with each other alot more so figure out what sex jag you have and id start with picking up a festae of the oppisite sex of the jag. i think a texas may work as well. be very nice if you could get 1 male jag 1 female festae and 1 texas. ive had 4 texas and still have 3 and they dont seem to mind being the submissive fish of the tank. other then that very nice tank and fish and good luck