Jack dempsey breeding log

[Tobykourtney]

Mom and dad each a little over 3 inches long

 

[Tobykourtney]

The fry 2 days after hatching

 

[Tobykourtney]

Today at 6 days old I put them in a 20 gallon grow out tank

 

[Tobykourtney]

At 2 weeks old the side fins become noticeable and have visible eyes. They are starting to look more like fish

 

[cbourg746]

At 2 weeks old the side fins become noticeable and have visible eyes. They are starting to look more like fish

Congrats bro! Nice looking fry.

 

[Tobykourtney]

Congrats bro! Nice looking fry.

Thanks man since I turned the temp up the growth rate sky rocketed.

 

[cbourg746]

Thanks man since I turned the temp up the growth rate sky rocketed.

Krill. Food high in krill have given me the best overall results as far as growth in all the cichlids I have bred.

 

[Tobykourtney]

Krill. Food high in krill have given me the best overall results as far as growth in all the cichlids I have bred.

Hikari first bites

 

[Tobykourtney]

End of week 3 all fins are visible. Fish are approximately .25 inches long

 

[cbourg746]

Looking good bro.

 

[KatieKontak]

They're so cute! They look good!

 

[Starfox64]

They're so cute! They look good!

I completely agree

 

[Tobykourtney]

They're so cute! They look good!

Thanks I'm running out of room for them lol

 

[Andyg23]

How often are they breeding now?

 

[Tobykourtney]

How often are they breeding now?

Every 2-3 weeks I had to take the other batch out today 3 days after they hatched because the male was trying to eat them and the female wasn't having it so I put them in my 10 gallon low tech.

 

[Tobykourtney]

11 weeks

 

[cbourg746]

11 weeks

Getting some good size to them now.

 

[Tobykourtney]

Getting some good size to them now.

Yea man it seem like its taking a really long time though.

 

[cbourg746]

Yea man it seem like its taking a really long time though.

Yeah....the fry will go though stages of rapid growth and then slow down and then right back to growing like weeds again.

 

[Tobykourtney]

Yeah....the fry will go though stages of rapid growth and then slow down and then right back to growing like weeds again.

I was feeding the fry today and I noticed something interesting. The fish at the bottom who are usually almost white with almost no stripes who I paid no attention to before have a blue tint throughout their entire body now