My new EBJD's

2wheelsx2 · New Member Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 7

I recently got 2 little guys from a local seller. I am loving these guys, but I got them against the better advice of various people. You'll see the reason why in a minute.

Here they are on their first day. It's been a week now:

You can see the 8" Oscar at the edge of the pic.

Here they are 2 days ago:

Closeup:

And of course, I just got informed of my other no no - a 6" regular JD in the same tank (you can see his tail in the pic):

And this is what the tank looks like overall (before I got the JD's):

2wheelsx2 · New Member Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 7

Tank inhabitants are:

2x9" Chocolate Cichlids
1x8" Oscar
1x6" JD
4x 6" Silver Dollars
20+ Corydoras
3x Siamese Algae Eaters
Various plecos (L075,L129, L201, plain BNP)

Tank is injected with pressurized CO2 and dosed with ferts in a low-med light setting.

jagz · New Member Joined: 29 Oct 2009 Posts: 21

I'm confused. Have the blue's been eaten??

Leviathan64 · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:47 pm Post subject:

With all the competition for food you'll need some good luck to grow them healthy, big and strong. Then again all my fish seem to like a little fight for food. Only time will tell. I wish them well. They are a great looking duo.

2wheelsx2 · New Member Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 7

Nope, they have not been eaten. Not even harrassed. As an adjustment to the EBJD's I'm feeding in two spots. NLS large fish formula on one side for all the other fish and NLS Thera A community fish (about 2 mm) for the EBJD's and other fish and you should see the bellies on these guys. They just got Hikari bloodworms last night and I thought they were going to explode! So far, all's quiet and everyone is happy.

EBJazz · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:31 pm Post subject:

IMHO - you are taking a huge risk with the EBs. If you don't keep the larger fish, especially the regular JD, fed well the EBs will become food. I have seen it happen.

If the EBs get to subadult/adult size they will never become dominant and are likely to be lighter in color and pushed into cover by the larger JD and other larger cichlids.

Good Luck, but be prepared to lose them.

Tampafishman · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject:

I agree totally with EBJazz.

Be prepared to loose those to that oscar or the other large fish.
Best to keep them in another tank until 3" to 3-1/2" or so

Smuckers · Blue Gene Breeder Joined: 11 Mar 2009 Posts: 67

It's like putting tankmates with a fahaka puffer...all is well until one day...gone.

Jonah

2wheelsx2 · New Member Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 7

Unfortunately, I don't have another tank capable of housing the EBJD's (the other tanks are small planted tanks with tetras and shrimps).

I do realize the risk and in retrospect, wouldn't have done it. But as in all things, timing is everything. When I didn't have so many large fish in the tank, I couldn't get any EBJD's and then all the other fish came (they were rescues or cheap additions) and then I found these wonderful EBJD's.

It's ok, I don't need them to be dominant. I always expected the O to be dominant. What I might end up doing if I can convince the wife is to rehome the EBJD's in their own 75 gallon tank upstairs if I can.

Smuckers · Blue Gene Breeder Joined: 11 Mar 2009 Posts: 67

Good luck with rehoming them in a 75 gallon. Hope it works out for you.

Js

briguy · Member Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 28

The EBJD's should be fine with the tetras and shrimp for now.

2wheelsx2 · New Member Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 7

It's not the EBJD's I'm worried about...it's my shrimp I'm worried about. Very Happy

The shrimps I have are worth more than the EBJD's.

snowflake311 · New Member Joined: 19 Sep 2009 Posts: 18

Wow what kind of shrimp do you have. How big are they? It is always best to let younger fish grow out a bit before adding them to Large adults. You could grow them out in a 30 gal would be fine short term.

Good luck.

2wheelsx2 · New Member Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Posts: 7