Posts Tagged hatchlings

  • 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...

  • 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 ...