Posts Tagged cichlids

  • Jack Dempsey Cichlid Photos Lip Lock Jack Dempsey Cichlid Photos Lip Lock

      GREAT LIP LOCK PICTURES Jack Dempsey Breeding Pair click pictures to enlarge [gallery link="file" orderby="rand"]...

  • How and What To Feed Jack Dempsey Fry 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...

  • Encouraging Jack Dempsey cichlids to lay eggs Encouraging Jack Dempsey cichlids to lay eggs

        USE A MIRROR TO GET YOUR CICHLIDS TO SPAWN       CLICK FOR CLOSE UP OF EGGS      One method to induce your pair of Jack Dempsey fish to spawn is quite simple. Tape a small mirror (4”x4” square or round) to the outside of the glass in an area that is free of rocks or ot...

  • WHAT TO FEED JACK DEMPSEY CICHLID FISH - Quality, not Quantity WHAT TO FEED JACK DEMPSEY CICHLID FISH – Quality, not Quantity

      WHAT TO FEED  JACK DEMPSEY FISH Quality, not Quantity        One essential condition for keeping your Jack Dempsey fish healthy for many years is good nutrition. Appropriate food is not only a question of quantity but also of quality for the offered food. In general the aquarist loo...

  • Why is my Jack Dempsey so pale and colorless? Why is my Jack Dempsey so pale and colorless?

             If your Jack Dempsey cichlid suddenly changes its coloration, the alteration can have been caused by a number of factors. Sudden changes can be caused by mood swings, and stress can also make the Jack Dempsey cichlid dampen its colors. A varied and nutritious diet is also necessar...

  • Video of Jack Dempsey Cichlid Laying Eggs 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...

  • Breeding Electric Blue Jack Dempseys 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...

  • HARVESTING & FEEDING MICROWORMS FOR JACK DEMPSEY FISH FRY 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...

  • HOW TO BREED JACK DEMPSEY CICHLID FISH HOW TO BREED JACK DEMPSEY CICHLID FISH

       HOW TO BREED JACK DEMPSEY CICHLID FISH   Mated pairs are not all that easy to come by.   Why the Name?    Jack Dempsey was a world-renown heavy-weight boxer (or pugilist) in his day.  His name lives on today in the form of one of the more pugilistic fishes, the Jack Dempsey, ...