Jack dempseys

[karahrs]

So I have 5 of these guys, 2 electric blue and 3 regular. They all are happy healthy and growing rapidly. The only thing I have a problem with is they don't keep their dark black bars like others i have seen they have the gorgeous red and yellow, and blue spots but the bold black bars are faded . Both of my larger ones are in the picture any ideas?

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[swifty]

What size tank are these all in? JDs being light tends to mean they are stressed, probably from all those other aggressive african cichlids in there.

I added a 7" JD to a tank with a smaller 5" male. He lightened up after his flaring had no effect on the larger, and after a few days once the 5" realized the larger wasn't a threat to him his darker colors returned.

 

[Fishy Smell]

Yeah, it means they're not settled. Mine is over 5" and in a 55 at the moment and rarely shows the darker colours because he's obviously not in an ideal tank. He'll be moved to a larger one though so should get those colours back.

As pointed out, the presence of all those other cichlids is probably the problem for yours.


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[Brookster123]

Water looks cloudy, what are your parameters,.poor water quality will certainly stress fish.

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[karahrs]

They are in a 55 gal right now in the process of moving soon so I haven't gotten to put up my 46 gal bow front for all the peacocks and also keeping an eye out for a 75 so I can give them more room when they grow. I want them to be alone in the 55 till I can get a bigger tank. I have two over the back filters in there going for them and I do very weekly 25 percent water changes. This picture was an hour or so after a change.

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[Brookster123]

May want to up.the wc amount to 50% that's a whole lotta poo in there

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