A friend of a co worker of my mother... 
Couldent take care of their breeding pair of Jack Dempseys anymore. Far to aggressive for them to have in their community tank, they had/have fry, and were "pale in color, unlike when they were at the store". I gladly took them off their hands as I have spare tanks all over the place.
They came in a garbage can with a tightly taped on bag... once securely set in my car I tore a hole in the bag and could instantly smell the water quality...
About half of the fry didnt make the trip and the parents were really stressed out. netting the live fry out of a garbage can is a pain!
once they were all in the tank I coved it with a sheet and headed to work.
When I got home I couldn't find any fry! I thought the parents may have eaten them, but they're the only fish in the tank so I don't think they feel threatened. A closer look revealed that they were in the gravel! I set them up with a light later on and then the fry started to school, and met up with mom. The adults are already getting some color back, and are very cool to watch them take turns watching the fry! she will even go get the male when she wants to move some gravel elsewhere in the tank!
I haven't seen the adults eat anything yet but had some cichlid pellets, flakes and brine shrimp in there. The fry school attacked a sunken pellet.
any tips for a first time cichlid/JD owner?
Couldent take care of their breeding pair of Jack Dempseys anymore. Far to aggressive for them to have in their community tank, they had/have fry, and were "pale in color, unlike when they were at the store". I gladly took them off their hands as I have spare tanks all over the place.They came in a garbage can with a tightly taped on bag... once securely set in my car I tore a hole in the bag and could instantly smell the water quality...
About half of the fry didnt make the trip and the parents were really stressed out. netting the live fry out of a garbage can is a pain!once they were all in the tank I coved it with a sheet and headed to work.
When I got home I couldn't find any fry! I thought the parents may have eaten them, but they're the only fish in the tank so I don't think they feel threatened. A closer look revealed that they were in the gravel! I set them up with a light later on and then the fry started to school, and met up with mom. The adults are already getting some color back, and are very cool to watch them take turns watching the fry! she will even go get the male when she wants to move some gravel elsewhere in the tank!
I haven't seen the adults eat anything yet but had some cichlid pellets, flakes and brine shrimp in there. The fry school attacked a sunken pellet.
any tips for a first time cichlid/JD owner?
