Electric Blue Jack Dempsey: Overview

[@ebendani]

What a nice video and a beautiful fish. You were so sweet to Garris. We just got a Jack Dempsey and I hope he lives up to Garris’s legacy.

[@fishn4k969]

Hope you have a great experience with your new fish. Thanks for watching 👍

[@slegendary7719]

Thank you for the video; it was nice watching it. I just got two little blue guys, and one is growing oddly faster than the other. So, I think I will keep them separated to give the smaller the chance to put on some size. They sure are beautiful. It's a strange thing; I have never seen two fully grown Dempseys in the same tank.

[@jaysilva5872]

Thanks for sharing mate...I love those special animals so much..I may not handle losing them early...good on you man...

[@aquaholicmcgraw7769]

Sorry for your loss man. I have several fish, and my EBJD is my favorite... He is 1 year old so far... I got him when he was about 1/2 an inch long.. He is 5.5 inches now.

[@fishn4k969]

Thanks, I appreciate it. He was by far one of the greatest fish I've ever had. That's awesome growth for your EBJD, keep up the great work. Wish you the best brotha 👍

[@subhamrahaclass-10-b-84]

Just a nice Jack Dempsey. I have two electric blue Jack Dempsey in my tank and some Frontosas and some green terrors. But your fishes are too beautiful.

[@wysiwygbebe]

Nice video and such a beautiful fish. He was lucky to have you as his care taker.

[@fishn4k969]

Thanks, I really appreciate this 🙏

[@bluejackscanada]

I would suggest treating all new Electric Blue Jack Dempsey from Pet Stores (Unknown Origins)with Clout and also treat for internal parasites Automatically. This will greatly increase your chances of getting your Electric Blue Jack Dempsey to live into adulthood (provided it has decent genetics). Also I would avoid live food, as it can cause a parasite problem unfortunately.

[@theholt2ic219]

Such a beautiful fish. It makes a statement even when compared to Saltwater fish. I want one so bad but I’ve only ever seen them sold as very small fish

[@fishn4k969]

They're really great fish, maybe you should give it a shot sometime 😊👍

[@joet6494]

Sorry to hear about the loss of your fish. He is a stunning fish with awesome colors.

[@fishn4k969]

Hi, thanks. He was a great fish and he willbe missed, thanks for watching.

[@kritsagc]

I have a badass jack Dempsey that survive hurricane sandy and the massive ice storm that hit New Jersey a couple years back. He’s around 5-6 years old, but he has a horrific ick infection he has been battling the last month or so. Anyways, my story about my electric blue goes a little like this. I just recently bought a nice little electric blue and put him in my 30 gallon tank. He was super small, and really fast, so overall a really solid fish. Along with it in the tank we’re two jewels, another regular Dempsey and a baby pacu. They had all gotten along very well, too well in fact. While I go to feed them after I had arrived from school, and I see the Pacu with a little blue rock in his mouth. I think you all can discover everything that followed along from there. God damn pacu

[@fishn4k969]

Hi, sorry to hear about your experience with the Pacu eating your EBJD. I've had people ask me about how I got mine to be compatible with different fish and I tell them the best way to go about it is to try and raise all fish together at the same size/age. Another thing that helps is making sure they're well feed so it hopefully curbs any unwanted natural aggression. I really hope your JD pulls through, Ick is tough. Best of luck & thanks for watching.

[@briandixon4931]

Excellent video and congratulations ive learn alot from this video very positive

[@SOBIsHobbies]

Mannnn, that's insane. I have almost the identical fish veriaty setup as yours. Lol. I got one Electric Blue Jack Dempsey, two Blue Acaras, two Frontosas, 6 Rainbow fish and 1 Angel fish. So by looking at your tank I was like wow that's our tank. Lol. But I also have 5 Clown Loaches, 2 Geopheguses, 1 Bichir Eel, 1 Peacock Eel, 1 Rope fish, 2 Pictus catfish, 1 Butterfly fish, 2 Synodontis catfish, 1 Pleco and Raphael catfish. As you can tell I got a very diverse tank. And you're 100% correct that if you raise them together from their childhood they get along quite well with their tank mates. A lot of people said that my fish won't get along because those are too different from each other and eventually one will be attacking the other. But I had them together for more than a year now and knock on wood, so far so good. Everyone is happy and nobody is picking on anyone. Great educational video. And I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sure your Blue Electric Jack Dempsey had a happy life.

[@brianoday1947]

Beautiful! Am going to try one. What are the reddish orange fish? Thanks

[@BenOchart]

He was certainly a cool fish. Thanks!

[@fishn4k969]

He was awesome, I loved him dearly. I want to raise another one someday. Thanks for watching 👍

[@blackpantherkingscorp3963]

I have a 125 gallon tank do you think I should try again I’ve haven’t had an EBJD in 9 years

[@stevenadair6698]

Stunning mate. My boy very similar in looks as you can see over on my channel. I've had him for over a year now and got him a jack Dempsey girlfriend 😁

[@fishn4k969]

Awesome 👌, thanks for watching

[@1980ify]

Can we feed them freeze dried worms? Any thing to not feed them?

[@stefancarp]

Thanks for this video!! Good information , Great! Strength with the loss !!! Greetz from Holland 🇱🇺

[@fishn4k969]

Greetings 👋, thanks so much for watching

[@abanobabdelmesseh5919]

I’m sorry but towards the end of the video there was a blacker and blue fish would you be able to provide me with the name?

[@fishn4k969]

Hi, yeah that was actually just a regular Jack Dempsey. The dark substrate helps to keep them dark looking versus the gray that they usually are. Hope this helps, thank for watching.

[@kizukigaia]

Hi! I watched your video many times to learn about ebjd... Great tips, there's no doubt. Please, give me your opinion. What's the best choice for my 55 gal tank: 01 EBJD living with 01 Frontosa and some dither fish like platy? Or a group of 04 EBJD with the platy? EBJD live fine with FRONTOSA? How was your experience about this?

[@fishn4k969]

Hi, I appreciate the views and lets see about your questions, I would go with the EBJDs (but 3 instead of 4) and the dither fish. I think I would go with something a little more robust than platys, maybe a school of tiger barbs might be able to hold their own a little better. My frontosas did fine with Garrus but I think if I was to do it again I wouldn't mix them (due to PH preference of EBJD, the sweet spot is 7.4-7.5 IMO). Also the frontosas will eventually outgrow that 55gallon tank so plan for a bare minimum of a 125gallon if you'd like to have a small school of frontosas. Of course all of these are just my opinions, best of luck man, hope everything goes well.

[@kizukigaia]

@@fishn4k969 I decided to keep only 01 EBJD with dither fish for now. Zero stress for him while growin up. Then, when adult, I'll think about another cichlid tankmate. This is the right choice, I guess. No stress while he is a baby. Thank you for the advices.

[@monray300]

beautiful fish and tank

[@fishn4k969]

Thanks 👍

[@ujjwalnegi4467]

So beautiful fish

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

incredible fish

[@josep2901]

I think they have improperly been taken care regardless of the “typical life span or typical size” since they are sensitive they should be kept with only a few fish or of there own .i know water quality is key but so is there food and stress level.

[@pholl0710]

Hey what are the orange fishes very nice ebjd I just ordered one cost $75 here in nz for a juvenile I really hope it lives

[@fishn4k969]

Hi, so those are called millennium rainbowfish. I've actually done a video like this for them to so check it out if you'd like. Congrats on your purchase, remember keep nitrates low and water parameters stable and you should be fine. Thanks for watching & best of luck, subscribe for more.

[@pholl0710]

@@fishn4k969 thank you for the reply that's a very nice setup it looks awesome.Yeah I'm a little paranoid now haha but hopefully I'll get it rite. Their such a beautiful fish I've had regular dempsey but didn't even know these existed till a few weeks ago.

[@65FullMoon83]

EBJD hase been around since the 80's. A fish farmer in Argentina noticed the mutation coming from one of his breeders. They were never really abundant until the last 15 years. Breeders are still trying to increase the length of time they live through outcrossing.

[@redlfc5058]

Wow in the uk they are £20

[@kamaljyotikashyap9846]

Did you grow the fronts and the jd together? From same size?

[@danielsmith9476]

I love understocked tanks

[@kizukigaia]

Nice fish! What do you think is the best pH for EBJD?

[@fishn4k969]

I had success at 7.0, 7.4, & 7.8 however, if I ever setup another EBJD tank in the future, I'd try to keep it between 7.0 - 7.4. Hope this helps.

[@UniteForgetLeftRight]

Genetic diversity is important to the long term survival of a species and the health of the individual. That is why I'll never buy another designer fish or adopt a purebred dog.

[@TheAquaPapa]

Can I use some of you footage I have small ebjd and need so footage of an adult

[@TheAquaPapa]

I'll obviously credit your channel

[@ronnieslone1462]

Did you end up getting another one? I got one that was about a inch now he’s about 3 inches

[@fishn4k969]

Hi, I haven't had the chance to raise another one. I might a few years from now but we'll. Glad you got one though, best of luck. Thanks for watching.

[@torrinscichlids]

Can I have a single JD in a 30 tall tank? Im looking to do a single specimen cichlid tank with my new 30

[@pizza4681]

I’m not to sure about that if it was a thirty long maybe possibly because they need length not height they only swim up to eat

[@ProjectFallenLeaf]

Did i just find the 4 star dragon ball?!?! but seriously great video very helpful and sorry about your fish.

[@fishn4k969]

Yup you found it haha, thanks for watching RiP Garrus

[@Isaiah-Astwood]

How long did he live for

[@RealWitblitz]

Garrus Valkarian from Mass Effect trilogy?

[@fishn4k969]

Yup, I'm huge fan of the ME trilogy

[@melmatos4210]

How you maintenence to the fish don't get killed

[@kizukigaia]

Now I have a baby EBJD with 01 rainbow shark and 02 angel fish. 55 gal tank. Do you think is it possible to keep here 03 EBJD in 55 gal and keep them healthy?

[@kizukigaia]

I mean... Would be stressful for them keep 03 EBJD in 55 gal?

[@fishn4k969]

Hi, so I think it's best to have just one EBJD in the 55gallon community you have. I know that they can be especially territorial towards each other. I see videos of people that have multiple EBJDs in smaller tanks but very seldom do they ever reach a lifespan of longer than a year. I think I was successful because mine never had to stress or compete with another EBJD for tank dominance. So I would reccomend just 1 per tank. I wish you the best of luck & thanks for watching.

[@kizukigaia]

@@fishn4k969 Thank you for answear. So, instead 02 EBJD, do you think can I kepp 01 EBJD, 01 Rainbow shark and 01 Green Terror in 55 gal tank? Or for this tank, the EBJD won't be ok living with another american Cichlid?

[@jamiewoodruff6641]

Good video I cried 🤧

[@fishn4k969]

Thanks, Garrus was an amazing fish. I do miss him very much. Thanks for watching, sorry you cried 😢.

[@angelfishkeeper3027]

✝️

[@TheADavvg]

I just started up a 60gallon (Internal filter and a cannister filter) with 2 EBJD(Bought as pair, but they where very small like 3inches, so the store couldnt be 100%), 10 Black Phanthom Tetra (Ive had them for around 9months),3small plecos (had them with tetras for 6months) and my old pleco whos soon 4years old and around 9inches. Provided multiple hiding spots. Ive had them for 3days now, they are a little shy but seems to be doing fine. Any comments on this :)? My only concern is, do the big old pleco scare them?

[@zukodama666]

how are the fish now?

[@TheADavvg]

@@zukodama666 They all stopped eating after 4 days, couldnt get them to eat anything, and 1 of them looked really bad so i returned them to the store. The store had ALOT of problems with them aswell, they couldnt get them to eat either and they said they had multiple costumer complains about them. - I instead bought a pair of Cuban cichlids, Never regretted them, probably 1 of the best fish (if not The best i ever kept)

[@zukodama666]

@@TheADavvg ty for the reply, i have one now... only 2 weeks in... tyty

[@jalaljalal7265]

Great video thank you, i have some juvenile 2,3cm but each 2 or 3 days i get one died! What is the problem pls??

[@SOBIsHobbies]

What other fish do you have in your tank?

[@MrDhanzy]

please tell me the orange fish name at 0:23

[@angelfishkeeper3027]

Rainbow fish 🐠

[@Micarmn]

can you mix this fish with a regular jack dempsey?

[@aadhityavenkatesh5313]

Yes

[@absandrs237]

It is a beautiful tank, the blue Dempsey is a wonderful fish, I have one, only it is very aggressive, I already have a year with it and it does not grow, its size is almost two inches, I think it is too small

[@saiyangrow1203]

What kind of fish is the orange one on top of him at 25 sec?

[@angelfishkeeper3027]

Rainbow fish 🐠

[@imaflowerhorn6458]

Lovely fish

[@lake_malawicichlids1144]

how old could they get

[@rusty1r]

What type of frog is that?

[@mpeke86]

rusty1r African clawed frog (albino)

[@fishn4k969]

Yup Albino African clawed frog

[@johnathanaceves8818]

How do you get free cichlids

[@Skythelimit4u]

Wow... and you have a dragon ball!!!

[@litoloco4fish]

Great stuff!! New subb

[@litoloco4fish]

Sorry for the loss bro

[@angelfishkeeper3027]

🙏😭✝️🐟

[@fishn4k969]

He was a great fish, may he RiP 🙏

[@Brummiemartin]

Dying young? I can never get EBJD's to survive more than 3-4 days in my aquarium that contains Severums, Angels, Acara and a catfish. The ones I can get hold of tend to be very young, and therefore much smaller than the those fish in the tank. Consequently they feel overawed and go into hiding. When "found" by another fish, they behave like prey, very skittish, which is like waiving a red rag to a bull to the other cichlids. So much as I'd like one in my tank, unless I get one that's a lot bigger than you get at a LFS, one that can look after itself, It's a no-go for me.

[@torrinscichlids]

Holy s*** theres a frog

[@ianjames8794]

10 to 15 years for EBJD's. Mine is coming up to 8 years. Not sure why yours only lasted 3 years. 😪

[@turbo6598]

I don't know if this matters but normally you should have one or two of the same fish .he just have one electric blue its better to have a tank mate

[@CarolinaSkol]

dang i wasted 40 dollars today on 1 of these every video says they die early wish the pet store would have warned me i could have grabbed something eles

[@neutronshiva2498]

Is it alive?