Freakgecko91
Aquarium Advice Addict
I know MANY experienced hobbyists who struggle to keep EBJDs alive. While it is also a regional issue, as some areas have access to stock that is a bit more genetically sound than others, the success rate of EBJDs to adulthood generally is not very high. An ex member on this forum is a prime example. He specializes in geophaginae species (geophagus, satanoperca, gymnogeophagus, etc.) and has many species including geophagus pindare, altifrons, tapajo I and II and satanoperca luecosticta, daemon, jurupari, etc. This person manages to keep, and spawn many of these species quite successfully, but has sworn of EBJDs due to never being able to get them past 3" before they wither away. Explain how someone with that much experience can have those kind of problems with a morph of a fish when they also have experience in that same species with normal jack dempseys. Interesting. And you can call me out on it all you want, there are still people here that remember him well.