Well, we did it...Took that big store credit, bit the bullet and bought 2 more EBJD's.





The new ones are about 2 - 2 1/2 inches, and we have them in a 25G to grow out a bit.

"Little Bit" is still in the tank on my desk...

He's eating well and starting to show more colour every day. His little belly is filling out, but it will be quite some time before I can introduce him to the bigger guys.

I'm hoping to be able to grow them out in separate tanks and then "unite" them when I move them all to a larger tank down the line.

Certainly some interesting behaviour and very personable fish!

I'm considering maintaining their tanks with a steady therapeutic dose of epsom salt in an effort to preven them from contracting one of the many gastrointestinal problems these fish are so prone to.

Thanks for looking!

Crappy pics but beautiful fish! I need to make more ribs and banana pudding for Klaus and get him back over with his camera! Giggly

Kim

Amazing looking fish, Kim!

I'll bet Pete is a very happy man right now!

It looks like I'm gonna have to invest in some very
expensive camera and lenses and take a lot of photo
classes before you all move back to Kentucky!

Why? Hmmmm

Because I love ribs and bananna pudding as much as anyone else! Giggly

Thanks, preacherboy...

And no need to go the serious photography route...Pete and I are doing Weight Watchers and we'll take any excuse we can to eat normal food! Giggly

You'll be driving down to Western Kentucky so much that you'll know the way by heart!

Kim

I hope they work out and stay healthy for you.

They are such attention grabbing fish. I always check them out thoroughly when I see them in the fish stores.

Aura, I've got high hopes for these little ones.

I think I'm more nervous with them than I was with the Tropheus when I first got them. Even if these are Pete's, I feel inclined to "mother" them.

They tend to have alot of "mystery" problems, so I'm going to be a bit fanatical with them. I'm going to use a therapeutic level of epsom salt in the tank at all times, and I'm also going to try to routinely feed them minced garlic to boost their immune systems.

From what I've read, they can be very finicky eaters, but I don't see that with any of the 3 we have, although the guy who gave me the smaller one couldn't get him to eat anything other than bloodworms.

Breeding isn't a concern. (Good thing since you need a regular JD in order to have any success...) I just want to ultimately have them set up in a large planted tank and enjoy them. Personality wise, they are quite interesting - my little one will take bloodworms out of my fingers, and you can keep many different kinds of fish with them, as long as you go with fish that are less aggressive than they are. (I've read that the EBJD's are less aggressive than regular JD's, but I'm not sure about that yet...)

Just one more adventure in fish keeping! Good Job

Kim

You'll have to hurry up and get a profile and article about these, Kim. Nanananaa

I don't know anything about them. Are they a man made variant? I don't remember seeing these around until somewhat recently.

Oh, yeahhhhh...The profiles... blinky

I love the "blinky" emoticon...

There is a lot of controversy over exactly where these fish come from.

One side of the controversy says they are hybrids of a forced breeding between two different species...JD and something else, but I can't remember what it is...

The other side says that they are line bred from JD's for the blue gene.

Whatever the case, they are proving VERY difficult to breed for most people. It is my understanding that you cross an EBJD with a regular JD to get fry with the blue gene. Then you grow those out, and breed one of them back to an EBJD. This will give you 25% EBJD's. (anyone please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong...I'm still learning on this one!)

We all know I don't have the patience for all of that! worry wart!

So, I'll just enjoy the nice colour and interesting behaviour and the challenge of raising them, and hope I can keep them alive.

Kim

Great fish and fascinating thread!