Posts Tagged babies
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How and What To Feed Jack Dempsey Fry
Baby Jack Dempsey cichlids hatching from eggs to 8 days old. How and What To Feed Jack Dempsey Fry Congratulations, you’re the proud aunt/uncle of tiny, baby Jack Dempsey cichlids. They are tiny and yet they will soon eat crushed up flake foods and even pulverized cichli...
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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...
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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 ...
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HARVESTING & FEEDING MICROWORMS FOR JACK DEMPSEY FISH FRY
Article written by © Bill Wedekind Dear fellow aquarium enthusiasts: I only recently bumped into this site as a result of my search for a microworm culture. Only then did I learn of this valuable resource to share ideas and experiences. Well, I would like to share with all of you an incre...
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Juvenile Jack Dempsey Cichlid Fish
Jack Dempsey Juveniles 3 to 5 Months Old These Jack Dempsey cichlids range in age from 3 months to 5 months. There are about 40 of them in this 55 gallon aquarium. Crowded, yes but with large water changes daily, filter cleaning and proper feeding, they do just fine. The bottom of the tan...