EBJDxBGJD Spawning

[Bktgifridays]

My breeding pair spawned on November 9th, I removed the eggs and hatched them in a seperate tank as I always do.Then spawned again to my surprise on November 30th, once again same procedure. Now less than 2 weeks later, I woke up this morning to yet another set of eggs! Normally this would be a fantastic problem, but i'm now running out of places / room for fry! Has anyone ever heard of Dempsey 's spawning so frequently? And any suggestions?

 

[Bully405Customz]

Maybe cool your tank down a bit? I don't really know but wow. I'm a little jealous

 

[Bktgifridays]

3 week old ebjdxbgjd fry. To young to identify EBJD's?

 

[mfdrookie516]

The simple solution would be to not remove the eggs if you don't have room to keep them. Most probably won't make it, so you won't have to house them.

 

[Bktgifridays]

Do you feed bbs to fry? Just started reading into this. Feel like i've been left in the dark , out of the loop for so long. Apparently its necessary for EBJD fry's survival?

 

[jetajockey]

I'm not any good at differentiating when they are really small, but eventually there is a major color difference. I don't use BBS for my spawns every time, but I do sometimes. I use microworms though, I do think live foods are essential since fry are constantly foraging. Live foods don't foul up as quickly as prepared foods do, and the movement really gets the fry feeding.

 

[Bktgifridays]

How about this little guy? Can just see a little speck of blue

 

[Bktgifridays]

Wow...fed my little guys they're first meal of bbs last night and what a difference. I've never seen fry eat so much! Tons of fat little bellies!

 

[Bktgifridays]

Just removed the 15 or so fry that had survived from the last hatch of eggs that I was forced to leave in the tank due to lack of space. Did a 1/4 water change or less and 2 hours later, .... NEW EGGS! I Love my fish! Recently made room by finally selling bgjd's to lfs!

 

[Bktgifridays]

Wigglers hatching!

 

[Bktgifridays]

And just days away from being able to identify EB's in this batch

 

[Bktgifridays]

Well...a year and a month later and I've finally got it lol...EEBJD's at last

 

[Hholly]

Wow, cool! Congrats!

 

[Bktgifridays]

Here's an updated pic of my prettiest little baby EBJD!

 

[phishfriend]

Any chance you would selling a few and be willing to ship?

 

[Bktgifridays]

It's quite possible I'll have some extras to sell. And shipping is a possibility. Most will likely go to the 2 fish stores near me. They've given me a qoute of $20 per fish(which they then sell for $49.99)! If your willing to match that price we might be able to work something out.

 

[phishfriend]

It's quite possible I'll have some extras to sell. And shipping is a possibility. Most will likely go to the 2 fish stores near me. They've given me a qoute of $20 per fish(which they then sell for $49.99)! If your willing to match that price we might be able to work something out.

I would be more then willing to match and raise to 21$ plus shipping. When do you estimate them being ready?

 

[Bktgifridays]

They're probably good to go whenever. ..was going to give them a couple more weeks to grow and color up more before selling but shipping is easier when they're smaller I believe. What's your location so I can get you a quote for shipping?

 

[phishfriend]

Virginia Beach, Va. 23464

I know the only way to be 100% sure of an EBJD'S sex is venting. In your experiance, have you found any visual indicators that help identify sexes. which would increase the likely hood of a fish being male or female ? Like with regular jacks, its the shape of the dorsal fin.

 

[Bktgifridays]

No...sorry. EBJD'S are tough. In my opinion venting is the only sure way. Even with regular jd's I no longer believe in the dorsal fin theory. I go more by the blue spangling if anything visual other than venting. I can show you a couple pictures of females I've had/have that you would swear were males if looking only at the long, elegant dorsal fins.