The World Of Jack Dempsey Cichlids

Archive for January, 2010

• Video of Jack Dempsey Cichlid Laying Eggs

    THIS BREEDING PAIR OF JACK DEMPSEY CIHLIDS ARE ABOUT ONE YEAR OLD. Getting Jack Dempseys to the egg laying stage is sometimes difficult. Once they have their first brood, it's a lot easier to get them to lay eggs again.  Video by: Jack Lamountain --- "The World of Jack Dempsey Cichlids...

• Should I leave Jack Dempsey fry with parents

  Q...  Should I leave Jack Dempsey babies with their parents? A...  Yes, absolutely.  Jack Dempsey parents take excellent care of newborns.  The parents will help them eat by chomping up their own food into tiny bits for the newborns to eat.  They will do this until the fry are able to each la...

• Will My Jack Dempsey Parents Eat Their Young?

  Q...  Will My Jack Dempsey Parents Eat Their Young? A...  Jack Dempsey parents don't often eat their young.  Occasionally they will if there are too many threats to the fry in an aquarium with other tank mates. It's thought that the parents feel that they can't protect their brood so why let ...

• What Is The Best Conditioning Food For Jack Dempsey Cichlids

  Q ...  What is the best conditioning food to encourage a pair of JDs to spawn? A ...  Proper care and feeding are very important in getting your Jack Dempsey cichlid fish to lay eggs. In my years of breeding Jack Dempseys, I have found that the common earthworm seems to be the very best way...

• BREEDING JACK DEMPSEY CICHLID FISH

  HOW TO GET THOSE STUBBORN JACK DEMPSEYS TO SPAWN             Egg laying doesn't come easy for some cichlids. Getting your Jack Dempsey fish to mate and spawn is not always an easy task. If one of them seems more interested in mating than the other to spawn then put the less interest...

• Breeding Electric Blue Jack Dempseys

  How To Breed Electric Blue JDs I wish to thank Dr. Martin Brammah mbrammah@gmail.com  for allowing me to post this article he wrote. For more detailed information on the care and breeding of Electric Blue Jack Dempseys, go to his website at: http://bluejax.co.uk/default.aspx    Obtain...

• ELECTRIC BLUE JACK DEMPSEY CICHLID

        Common name: Blue Dempsey, Electric Blue Dempsey Scientific name: Archocentrus octofaciatus, var. blue Origin: Veracruz, Mexico to Honduras (aquarium accidental discovery by Hector Luzardo) Adult Length: 8 to 10 inches Minimum Tank Size: 40 gallon Sexing: Difficult without v...

• SPIRULINA ALGAE, AN IMPORTANT FOOD SOURCE

    SPIRULINA ALGAE An important food source What is Spirulina Algae? Spirulina is one of the most concentrated natural sources of nutrition known for both terrestrial and aquatic animals. Early interest in Spirulina focused mainly on its potential as a source of protein and vitamins. Spirulin...

• HOW TO RAISE BRINE SHRIMP (artemia) TO ADULTHOOD

      HATCHING AND REARING ARTEMIA BRINE SHRIMP FOR JACK DEMPSEY FRY           The common brine shrimp (artemia) is in the phylum Arthropoda, class Crustacea. Artemia are closely related to zooplankton like Copepods and Daphnia, which are also used for live food in the aquarium. The art...

• Central American Cichlids – nutrition, habitat and health

     Typical habitat for Jack Dempsey fish cichlids in Central America NUTRITION, HABITAT AND HEALTH OF CENTRAL AMERICAN CICHLIDS Jack Dempsey Cichlid Fish   Lance Jepson July 2005      Central American cichlids mean different things to different people—a pet, a breeding project, a ...