Comments on: CARING FOR JACK DEMPSEY FISH EGGS

By: Darren

Darren — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:27:31 +0000

Hi it didnt take long for mine to spawn there first batch,to kick things in to gear i placed a mirror on one side of the tank,the male will then think he his seeing another male,also raise the tempature to some were around 78f 28c.you then will hopefully see lip locking and tail slapping breeding activity is pretty rough stuff but great to watch lol,good luck.

By: Francis

Francis — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:21:27 +0000

Usually Jack Dempsey’s don’t spawn when they’re that small (usually do that around 7-8 inches long is when they’re sexually mature), but keep up the good work with water changes and a healthy diet, you never know what you’ll wake up to in the morning

By: Codey

Codey — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:28:11 +0000

i got my male like 3 days before i got my female and in like a week in a half i had eggs and now see is moveing them back and forth to differnt places so my allege eater doent eat them. but they start to get really aggessive and territorial, but about a week in half to anwser your ?.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:50:29 +0000

how old do the jack Dempseys need to be in order to mate?

By: crystal

crystal — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:11:36 +0000

Well in my personal experience we sat up a 40 breeder tank with 3 JD (2 girls – 2 boys) and 1 convict as a dither – in about 1 week they paired up — so we took out the other 2 JD’s and only left the mated up couple and the dither – after about 2 months we now have free swimming babies – but like I said that was my experience I guess it all depends on the fish – it never hurts to try to incourage them with some cooler water and some earthworms though — Good luck

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:25:10 +0000

how long will it take jack dempseys to spawn because i gust got a male and a female about 4-5 inches in a 30 gallon