Hey guys, I just got my first EBJD.. Any advice on how to raise them?? Food? Water? Tankmates if any? he's about 1.5inches long.. and currently have him in a 20gal tank by himself.. Do I just raise him like my flowerhorns? same diet and water and all?? I dont have a picture of him right now cuz hes still in the bag... but he looks exactly like this picture i found... i'll post pics soon

Congrats on the buy man i cant wait to see pics. By the way where did you get him from I have been looking for one myself.

I got him at a LFS here in dallas texas... sorry for the crappy pictures.. my wife "says" she doesn't know how to charge the camera, so i had to use my crappy camera on my phone.

u think i should feed him chingmix to see what happens??

ching won't hurt. Like any fish feed big variety. They grow very slow in my experience with them, and I hear they get sick very easily when they are small, and popeye can be a problem. Both of the ones I used to own where pretty laid back and did well with the severums that lived with them.

thanks! when do they start fading and lose the white?

it should be blue, never seen a white one myself so not sure what you mean.

If you could breed that pattern into a flowerhorn body and head, you would be a millionaire

This post has been edited by Pantherlax: Jun 4 2008, 08:36 PM

thats not possible, is it? a jd and flowerhorn?

It would take a lot of crossings and excellent selection skills, but yes technically it can happen

I would move up to a bigger tank with more water stability. Small eb jacks are really delicate at that size. Would stay away from chingmix and feed something they can digest better until they are over that hump. They are a bit shy so provide hiding spaces. Just my opinion.

Got mine last month at 1". Almost got disappointed when someone told me that they're fragile and survival rate in tanks are at a low rate. I had five so I asked for some advise from this forum. The best one I got is to add a UV sterilizer on the tank to kill the parasites. Make sure the water is stable and clean all the time. pH should also be at neutral point all the time. I also added a fluidized bed filter to boost bacteria. You see, I got this stuff when I'm still having saltwater fish. But if you can affort to get this things for your EBJD, Everything will be smooth-sailing. Feed them flakes and bloodworms everyday I do feed them 3 times a day. Bloodworms-flakes-bloodworms. Put some other variety of fish (less or not aggressive) to reduce aggression among themselves. Now, they're 2" - 2.5 big. I heard they do grow slow and will only reach up to 8 inches. Blue is getting more intense. And no problem so far. Everyone in the tank seems to be healthy.

First two photod are recent ones (just taken today) . The last two is when I first got them.

This post has been edited by sinned77: Jun 5 2008, 11:57 AM

wow thanks a ton for that info sinned!! your the best.. i'll have to check out the UV sterilizer because from what i hear, parasites are the number one reason of deaths amongs the ebjd... urs do look GREAT.. hope i can get mine all the way up to 8inches..

Yeah bro. I know you can do it. Just keep me posted!

cool what is the place call i liv at like the edge of houston literally.