I had a jack dempsey back in middle school for about 4 years and he got pretty big. Haven’t had time for an aquarium since, but I really hope i can find some more of these fish for a new tank. I’m in Alaska so you’re kind of limited to what you can find locally online or at pet shops :/
Had a fine group of fish - JD, jewel, pleco, acara and convict. Lost my acara and convict to illness. Later I tried to add a firemouth and convict and JD tore them to shit and had to remove. Back to 3 fish in my 75 haha
my male jack Dempsey fish is still a baby, and has killed every fish on this list, and more, except the blood parrot which is really afraid right now, and the only fish he runs from is the female Dempsey since she's bigger for now, he even murdered a full grown bristle nose pleco, I don't know what I got myself into.
I added my jack Dempsey which is about 3 inches or so into my fish tank the other day and for some reason it’s like a silver-ish color instead of that dark with the blue is that something to be concerned about or will they kind of darken up overtime
Hey I was wondering and if anyone has any links in the comments! I'm working as a sales associate at a local pet store and I've been crazy about fish for about a year now. My boss wants me more in the fish departments for only freshwater. But I want to learn more to improve as I learn along the way! Does anyone have any suggestions or links to somewhere I can learn all about different types of pet shop fishys! If so please reply thannnnks
I keep my female in a 55 gallon high tech planted aqaurium with discus and rubberlip plecos. Anything is possible by getting them as juvies and raising them in what environment they are going to be living in.
I have a 55 gallon right now with a Jack Dempsey. The Jack Dempsey is around 5 to 6 inches. I tried putting a full grown convict in with him and he annihilated him. I'm thinking of salvini would be the best choice something that doesn't get super big and stays at a decent size preferably the same as the jack Dempsey
AJ Kelly I keep 4 oscars I have grown from 1” to full size in 8.4 ph no problem currently. Had 4 before these for about 8 years. Clean water and sufficient space is king.
Currently I have a juvenile ebjd I'm wanting to move him with my jaguar cichlids just not to sure when I should my electric blue is doing good he's growing fast I'm a little nervous about it bc these jaguar that I have I only have two but there aggressive what do you think any advice?
Is that a flowerhorn with the other fish and the jack Dempsey? Can you have those together really want a flowerhorn for my tank but I've read you shouldn't please school me someone so I can go on with my life......lol
Nice. I’ve got a tank with a Jaguar, Blue Acara, Firemouth, Red Devil, and a Pike. Been thinking about adding. Green Terror or Jack D. Looks like that might be doable.
Thanks for all the great info! You’ve just about sold me on the J. Dempsey! They are beautiful but unfortunately, I don’t have a tank to put one in. Maybe I’ll add one to my wish list. ☺️ I do have a question. Is it possible to keep a syndontis catfish with a Flowerhorn? Or do Flowerhorns just not like sharing tank space with anyone at all?
My 55g has 1 Jack Dempsey, 2 Silver Dollars, 2 Parrots , 1 Electric Blue Acara and a leopard bush fish. For some reason my acara stays in the same spot on the bottom all day unless its feeding time. I don't see anyone bothering him. Also would adding either a few rainbow fish or instead a few fire mouth cichlids be overkill for this tank? My tank looks empty
I got a colony of mbunas and peacocks. I found a jack dempsey at a pet store super tiny and neglected...surrounded by dead fish. I took him home and he’s totally changed in color, and doubled in size and outgrowing the others. Just today I started noticing he’s catching an attitude with everyone in the tank. I had one before and he was really laid back. This guy....he’s on some roids. I wonder if I get him on a vegan diet...will that help
I have 7 JD's some are in different tanks but i have them with my male Red Devil cichlid, Salvini cichlid, Mayan cichlid, Hornet cichlid, Redhead cichlid, a bunch of Convict cichlids, Oscars, Blood Parrots, Texas cichlid, Flowerhorn cichlid, and 3 Red Belly Pacu's (not all the fish that i listed are in the same tank as i have 7 fish tank's in total)
Funny thing is, my particular firemouth is absolutely NASTY to the point where I had to remove him from the tank. He would beef with my convicts and fire eel for no reason. On the other side of the coin, my JD is docile enough to live with angelfish.
Trying to setup a 55 gal and wanna do cichlids. One of the things I'm considering is getting a group of juvenile JDs and letting a pair form out of them. I'd return/sell/otherwise responsibly rehome the others and and keep the pair in the 55. Is this enough space for them if they've paired off on their own? These would be the only two fish in the tank in this case.
Agree, I have mixed firehouse with my jack Dempsey for years. The firehouse can hold their own. For all I know they ight be enjoying the tiffs with the dempseys.
Love Dempsey's!! I had a breeding pair in with 2 Pink convict and a Black convict and was setting up another tank to separate the convicts from the Dempsey's and when I put them all in the new tank til I cleaned and set up the old one the Dempsey's tried to kill the big B convict so he hid for 3 days til I put him back in his original tank and still is shy but the 2 Pinks are acting like they did before the change. I'm sure he will come out of his shell again, the 2 pinks are 1/2 his size and they don't bother him.
I’ve been dreaming of owning a Jack Dempsey and a green terror cichlid but all my room can accomidate is a 75 is that tight or just enough by keeping decor down etc thank you
I have my 100 gallon tank cycled and ready to go now I’m just trying to decided what to stock it with lol I really like the Jack Dempseys. Would one of all the fish you named “minus the jaguar” be a good idea? What do you recommend?
Yo chris been wanting to ask i got a 6 to 7 inch peacock bass not 100% sure what kind he is but he sold to me as a spot like peacock looks like a xingu peacock to me though but i took him in cause he had hole in the head an was in a small tank i figured i could treat him an get him better an put him with my other monster fish i have but ive done everything i feel like every other day water changes treating with salt general cure metro he will only eat live minnows or blood worms so i cant really make medicated food do you have any tricks up your sleeve or how you deal with this disease hes so healthy other then the lateral line disease aka hole in the head
I have 2 JD in separate tanks and neither are aggressive. They are actually very passive toward the smaller fish even though they are the largest fish in the tank.
Great video. I have a juvenile Electric Blue Acara that is growing like a weed. Are your tanks mostly 55 gallons? I need to upgrade to a 125 gallon for when he gets bigger and also I have a 14" Pleco that is cramped in a 55. I believe Petsmart has stopped selling 125 gallon and the 125 gallon stand combo. Do you know where I can pick up a 125 that is not overpriced? Thanks!
I bout my 125 two months ago from pet-smart they still do sell the combo set, try offerup and Craigslist if you can’t find one even Facebook market place is a good place to check good luck.
Hey man, I like your videos. I am wondering what to do with a bunch of polar blue convict fry. They keep breeding and I don't like killing fish. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks
I remember when I was 7 I got a tank and I had 2 red parrots with some other fish. 1 red parrot was a stone cold killer and destroyed any fish I’d put in
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I had a jack dempsey back in middle school for about 4 years and he got pretty big. Haven’t had time for an aquarium since, but I really hope i can find some more of these fish for a new tank. I’m in Alaska so you’re kind of limited to what you can find locally online or at pet shops :/
One of my first cichlids , one of my favorite
Yeah thier pretty cool
Same here
me too i love them
I like the way those fish at 8:30 are just staring at you.
"Hey, food dispenser"
_taps watch_
"it's time"
Nice my Jack Dempsey has those exact colors definitely one of my favorites I own at the moment
Video starts at @3:33
Had a fine group of fish - JD, jewel, pleco, acara and convict. Lost my acara and convict to illness. Later I tried to add a firemouth and convict and JD tore them to shit and had to remove. Back to 3 fish in my 75 haha
my male jack Dempsey fish is still a baby, and has killed every fish on this list, and more, except the blood parrot which is really afraid right now, and the only fish he runs from is the female Dempsey since she's bigger for now, he even murdered a full grown bristle nose pleco, I don't know what I got myself into.
you just kept him in there to kill the rest?
Hahaha knew you would say jag as number 1 you love them
Im a starter in the hobby and fuck me I didn’t realise they go that big hahaha
0:22 , is that? Argentine Humphead?
I added my jack Dempsey which is about 3 inches or so into my fish tank the other day and for some reason it’s like a silver-ish color instead of that dark with the blue is that something to be concerned about or will they kind of darken up overtime
They darken up over time as u probably already see a year later 🤣 it’s crazy how fast these fish grow
I used to have a green terror but he passed away few months ago 😢😢
Hey I was wondering and if anyone has any links in the comments! I'm working as a sales associate at a local pet store and I've been crazy about fish for about a year now. My boss wants me more in the fish departments for only freshwater. But I want to learn more to improve as I learn along the way! Does anyone have any suggestions or links to somewhere I can learn all about different types of pet shop fishys! If so please reply thannnnks
You haven't seen a single Piranha feeding as aggressive as this! ☺
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Just asking a question will Oscars make a good tankmates for Jack Dempsey
I keep my female in a 55 gallon high tech planted aqaurium with discus and rubberlip plecos. Anything is possible by getting them as juvies and raising them in what environment they are going to be living in.
Yeah me.too i have 2 males in a 120g planted tank with angelfish, denison barbs, BloodParrots and everything is fine ^_^
I have a 55 gallon right now with a Jack Dempsey. The Jack Dempsey is around 5 to 6 inches. I tried putting a full grown convict in with him and he annihilated him. I'm thinking of salvini would be the best choice something that doesn't get super big and stays at a decent size preferably the same as the jack Dempsey
I put two guppies in my jack dempseys tank about 6 months ago and to this day they are still swimming around and happy
I’m still building cosmetically but I have two Oscars with same size Jack small attitudes but they get along 7 months in tank together.
is 7.8 ph to high for oscars?
And love the vids keep up the great work just got a pair of JD's they already bred at 3 inchs!!!
7.8 ph is a bit on the higher side,, if u can try to lower the ph they will appreciate it.
JD's are awesome !
AJ Kelly I keep 4 oscars I have grown from 1” to full size in 8.4 ph no problem currently. Had 4 before these for about 8 years. Clean water and sufficient space is king.
Currently I have a juvenile ebjd I'm wanting to move him with my jaguar cichlids just not to sure when I should my electric blue is doing good he's growing fast I'm a little nervous about it bc these jaguar that I have I only have two but there aggressive what do you think any advice?
Is that a flowerhorn with the other fish and the jack Dempsey? Can you have those together really want a flowerhorn for my tank but I've read you shouldn't please school me someone so I can go on with my life......lol
I got 7 tiger barbs, 2 South Africa cichlid in a tank, just tossed in a Dempsey. Let's see what happens.
I have a male and female JD with a red spotted severum, pleco, clown loaches, black convict, and green terror.
Great video! I have an Oscar with my Dempsey, they work out great
Is the black round err fish a urus spelling error sorry!
Hey Chris
How come you don't recommend JDs n Texas? Is it a tank size matter, or?
My JD just drug my convict ! Idk what I should do but they are both still alive
My king Kong parrot bullies my JD cichlids
Nice. I’ve got a tank with a Jaguar, Blue Acara, Firemouth, Red Devil, and a Pike. Been thinking about adding. Green Terror or Jack D. Looks like that might be doable.
Man I need to no what the greeney yellow fish is with nuchal hump at about 7.30 minutes, I can't wait for you to do a video on him what is he
Great video man! Jack Dempseys are some of my favorite, if you couldnt tell by my god given name. 😂
haha same here bro ! i love them
When is a good time to introduce jack dempsey and Oscar??
We have a male and female dempsey with two Angels and a common pleco and do great
I have 3 Jack Dempseys and they are beautiful!
Do they get along? I have 2 females and I’m thinking about adding a male
Nothing I put in the tank with my one JD survives more than two days
What’s cracking, my ass. Sry dude I just had to lol
Can you put a giraffe cichlid with a male jack dempsey
I had six of them together and one of the six killed off the other five….
Our JD unalived our fire mouth
Your not supposed have a breeding pare or ther kill the other fish
Do u know were can find gold jack Dempsey
Thanks for all the great info! You’ve just about sold me on the J. Dempsey! They are beautiful but unfortunately, I don’t have a tank to put one in. Maybe I’ll add one to my wish list. ☺️
I do have a question. Is it possible to keep a syndontis catfish with a Flowerhorn? Or do Flowerhorns just not like sharing tank space with anyone at all?
I feel like the synodontis catfish would get destroyed by the flowerhorn as I own some of my own and they really don't get too big
What is the beast on 7:22 with nuhal hump? Nicaraguensis or Balzanii? Tnx...
The tank looks too small but their beautiful
My success to you, even if you wish me the opposite
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Do you have any female blue acara
Hi, what other filtration do you use apart from the sponge filters?
I have 3 electric ⚡️ blue acaras all males I wouldn’t sell them for all the money In the world 💙🥺
They are awesome, i think of maybe buy some.
Hey just curious what size is that tank with your big guys in there?
My 5 inch Jack Dempsey Cichlids is with 2 sever and 3 parrotfish as well as a small jaguar cichlid.
Severums
holy crap your tank is so overstocked jesus
Thanks for your input cristin cashmoney Lol
Palmer Aquatics sorry if I came off rude lol. I took a longer look at it and it doesn’t even look that overstocked. Sorry!
Do you have any budakofri ?
sir i bought 6 ft by 2 ft tank. can u suggest me which fish combination should i use in it.
Huge school of tiger barbs
My oscar and jack get along
Bro what the hell is that yellow fish with the hump
I think that is Nicaraguensis or Balzanii...
Well done on 40K dude
Get 666 likes on this vid
My 55g has 1 Jack Dempsey, 2 Silver Dollars, 2 Parrots , 1 Electric Blue Acara and a leopard bush fish. For some reason my acara stays in the same spot on the bottom all day unless its feeding time. I don't see anyone bothering him. Also would adding either a few rainbow fish or instead a few fire mouth cichlids be overkill for this tank? My tank looks empty
I got a colony of mbunas and peacocks. I found a jack dempsey at a pet store super tiny and neglected...surrounded by dead fish. I took him home and he’s totally changed in color, and doubled in size and outgrowing the others. Just today I started noticing he’s catching an attitude with everyone in the tank. I had one before and he was really laid back. This guy....he’s on some roids. I wonder if I get him on a vegan diet...will that help
Everyone keeps telling me Jack Dempsey and green terror fish don't go with firemouth well. I'm glad I found someone that says otherwise
I have 7 JD's some are in different tanks but i have them with my male Red Devil cichlid, Salvini cichlid, Mayan cichlid, Hornet cichlid, Redhead cichlid, a bunch of Convict cichlids, Oscars, Blood Parrots, Texas cichlid, Flowerhorn cichlid, and 3 Red Belly Pacu's
(not all the fish that i listed are in the same tank as i have 7 fish tank's in total)
Funny thing is, my particular firemouth is absolutely NASTY to the point where I had to remove him from the tank. He would beef with my convicts and fire eel for no reason. On the other side of the coin, my JD is docile enough to live with angelfish.
Trying to setup a 55 gal and wanna do cichlids. One of the things I'm considering is getting a group of juvenile JDs and letting a pair form out of them. I'd return/sell/otherwise responsibly rehome the others and and keep the pair in the 55. Is this enough space for them if they've paired off on their own? These would be the only two fish in the tank in this case.
How many would you suggest I could keep in my 55 gallon wanna get a mix of jack dempseys and jaguar cicklets
Agree, I have mixed firehouse with my jack Dempsey for years. The firehouse can hold their own. For all I know they ight be enjoying the tiffs with the dempseys.
My parrots and severums are doing well with my jack
Hey man, do you know anywhere I could order a good sized green terror?? Been to every pet store within 300 miles (for real) and can never find one 😭
Love Dempsey's!! I had a breeding pair in with 2 Pink convict and a Black convict and was setting up another tank to separate the convicts from the Dempsey's and when I put them all in the new tank til I cleaned and set up the old one the Dempsey's tried to kill the big B convict so he hid for 3 days til I put him back in his original tank and still is shy but the 2 Pinks are acting like they did before the change. I'm sure he will come out of his shell again, the 2 pinks are 1/2 his size and they don't bother him.
I'm pissed I bought a flowerhorn and a jack Dempsey and my Caribe piranhas ate them
I’ve been dreaming of owning a Jack Dempsey and a green terror cichlid but all my room can accomidate is a 75 is that tight or just enough by keeping decor down etc thank you
I have my 100 gallon tank cycled and ready to go now I’m just trying to decided what to stock it with lol I really like the Jack Dempseys. Would one of all the fish you named “minus the jaguar” be a good idea? What do you recommend?
Yo chris been wanting to ask i got a 6 to 7 inch peacock bass not 100% sure what kind he is but he sold to me as a spot like peacock looks like a xingu peacock to me though but i took him in cause he had hole in the head an was in a small tank i figured i could treat him an get him better an put him with my other monster fish i have but ive done everything i feel like every other day water changes treating with salt general cure metro he will only eat live minnows or blood worms so i cant really make medicated food do you have any tricks up your sleeve or how you deal with this disease hes so healthy other then the lateral line disease aka hole in the head
Jack Dempsey is very nice fish! Blue Dempsey is even more beautiful!
What about dither fish for a single Jack Dempsey? What kinds?
What about the salvini? How many South American chiclids do you recommend for a 125 gallon tank
To bad i couldnt post a pick of my Jack Dempsey's. They colour is amazing the red and blue stand out strong.
Florida gar
hi, can you keep 2 females if you aren’t trying to breed?
thanks,
Do you need to worry about breeding aggression when you only have 1 of that particular species in the tank?
Oscar for the best tank mate. You couldn't separate my Oscar from my Dempsy without passing one off. They eat, sleep, and swim together.
I have 2 JD in separate tanks and neither are aggressive. They are actually very passive toward the smaller fish even though they are the largest fish in the tank.
Some videos of you working in the shop would be good, you seem pretty handy with a hammer.
I've got a jack with three oscars a perch and a bull nose catfish
My electric blue jack Dempsey and my red devil are best friends
I have fallen in love with King Kong Parrots after seeing those giant ones Predatory Fins is selling... so cool
i Have a PEARLY King kong bloodparrot and Jack dempsey's they are really stunning !
@@kakakid22 I'm gonna get a jack demsey and a jaguar for my 125 gallon. I love both of those fish with 2 frontosas
@@cameroncarter1739 yeah they are amazing fish. Frontosa are also awesome good luck pal
Great video. I have a juvenile Electric Blue Acara that is growing like a weed. Are your tanks mostly 55 gallons? I need to upgrade to a 125 gallon for when he gets bigger and also I have a 14" Pleco that is cramped in a 55.
I believe Petsmart has stopped selling 125 gallon and the 125 gallon stand combo. Do you know where I can pick up a 125 that is not overpriced? Thanks!
I bout my 125 two months ago from pet-smart they still do sell the combo set, try offerup and Craigslist if you can’t find one even Facebook market place is a good place to check good luck.
How do I view your live chat (becoming a fan)!!
3:35 is when the vid starts
oof too bad the Jaguars are illegal in Australia now
Nice vid. Can you do another one for jewel cichlids?
Hey man, I like your videos. I am wondering what to do with a bunch of polar blue convict fry. They keep breeding and I don't like killing fish. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks
Sell them on craiglist ?
Both my blood parrots are aggressive as hell
I have a few peacocks in my tank with the dempsey and they seem to get on
Hello my friend i got 2 female jack dem
I remember when I was 7 I got a tank and I had 2 red parrots with some other fish. 1 red parrot was a stone cold killer and destroyed any fish I’d put in
I had a jack dempsey like that
I always get demon blood parrots
oscars are a good tank mate or severums, plecos