I'm about 3 years into my EBJD breeding project which I started from the begining. I've learned a lot and am willing to share my experience. I've journaled and photo journaled about the whole thing....
so....
Lemme esplain....
No, lemme summarize...
To produce EBJDs...
1) Get an EBJD and raise it up, or buy an adult. Odds are it will be a male cause there are just a lot more males available.
2) Get a regular JD female... cause you probably have a male Blue.
3) Put em in a tank, I use 40 gallons for my breeding tanks. Feed them well/condition them. At this size and age, about 12-14 months old they get Myssis, Brine shrimp, chopped plankton, and maybe a few high quality pellets. Once the female is really sucking up to your studdly male, remove pretty much all other fish from the tank, or they will likely be killed, or be beaten so badly they'll wish they were dead.... they are Dempseys and the BG especially acts like one.
Be sure to provide rocks, clay pots, or pvc for them to spawn on. cause they will...
4) Now that you have eggs, there's nothing for you to do, but press your nose against the glass to keep your fish intertained...
In 3 days the eggs should hatch; in 7 more you will have a batch of 100% BJGDs... Not a single blue one, but every one of them will carry the gene for blue.
5) Raise a fewof these BGJDs to maturity, about 12-14 months, cause unless you get real luck, or have a whole lotta $$$ to spend on BGJDs you aint gonna find any for sale.
6)Repeat steps 3 and 4, but this time replace the regular JD with your precious BGJD. 50% of the resultant fry will be EBJDs the rest will be 2nd generation BGJDs.
And that's all there is to it...
besides everything else.
Randy
so....Lemme esplain....
No, lemme summarize...
To produce EBJDs...
1) Get an EBJD and raise it up, or buy an adult. Odds are it will be a male cause there are just a lot more males available.
2) Get a regular JD female... cause you probably have a male Blue.
3) Put em in a tank, I use 40 gallons for my breeding tanks. Feed them well/condition them. At this size and age, about 12-14 months old they get Myssis, Brine shrimp, chopped plankton, and maybe a few high quality pellets. Once the female is really sucking up to your studdly male, remove pretty much all other fish from the tank, or they will likely be killed, or be beaten so badly they'll wish they were dead.... they are Dempseys and the BG especially acts like one.
Be sure to provide rocks, clay pots, or pvc for them to spawn on. cause they will...
4) Now that you have eggs, there's nothing for you to do, but press your nose against the glass to keep your fish intertained...
In 3 days the eggs should hatch; in 7 more you will have a batch of 100% BJGDs... Not a single blue one, but every one of them will carry the gene for blue.
5) Raise a fewof these BGJDs to maturity, about 12-14 months, cause unless you get real luck, or have a whole lotta $$$ to spend on BGJDs you aint gonna find any for sale.
6)Repeat steps 3 and 4, but this time replace the regular JD with your precious BGJD. 50% of the resultant fry will be EBJDs the rest will be 2nd generation BGJDs.
And that's all there is to it...
besides everything else.Randy
compared to his regular beautiful blue. Generally, the real "Electric" intensity doesn't reach it's full potencial until they start spawning.
