Jack dempsey electric blue

[Sid Fishcious]

Hey y'all I have a JD about 2 months old about 4 inches long and has a light blue tint on its cheeks and top fins is this an electric blue fish or is spotting common? I only have a 10 gallon tank at the moment when is essential time to move it over?

 

[Aski247]

With put pics it hard to say what type. The EBJD's are like a sky blue'ish. Why the normal jd's are a dark blue/black.

As far as tank size it Will need a minimum of a 55g. If you are Un able to upgrade tank size for it I would recommend rehoming it now. As it should also be moved to a bigger tank, now.

 

[jetajockey]

Definitely upgrade the tank asap. Upload a pic and we can let you know for sure.

 

[armenkk1]

most likely just a regular JD. an electric blue even web small is all blue. this is my juvenile see if it looks alike:

 

[Sid Fishcious]

See I keep hearing and reading 40 gallon is more than enough for these types of fish and it does look similar but not as colorful as ur fish mainly the checks and top fin have cool hints of blue on them

 

[Flipmikeskater3]

This is a pick of my male regular jd

 

[Sid Fishcious]

This is a pick of my male regular jd

Nice fish how do u know if it's a male or female?

 

[Flipmikeskater3]

Nice fish how do u know if it's a male or female?

I know mine is a male bc it's tips of its fins are real pointy, female's fins are rounder

 

[Sid Fishcious]

Yes mine looks very similar to urs!! Good I called him Sid fichious I'm glad I don't have to change its name lol