Electric Blue Jack Dempsey: Overview

What type of frog is that?

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?

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.

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?

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.

Lovely fish

Good video I cried 🤧

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.

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?

How do you get free cichlids

Most seem to die within 4 years. Seems a bad hybrid gene wise. Shame as it is a beautiful fish.

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

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

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??

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

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.

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

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 😁

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

Holy s*** theres a frog

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

beautiful fish and tank

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

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

He was certainly a cool fish. Thanks!

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.

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

🙏😭✝️🐟

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

can you mix this fish with a regular jack dempsey?

Great stuff!! New subb

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

how old could they get

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.

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

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.

How long did he live for

So beautiful fish

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

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

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.

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

incredible fish

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

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

I love understocked tanks

How you maintenence to the fish don't get killed

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.

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