Breeding Electric Blue Jacks

[sandnuka]

I wrote this on ID me, but figured I should put it in this section were it belongs.

The Electric Blue Jack is not a HYBRID, it is actually found in the wild..... they are really hard to breed a good quality bunch. You have to have a male electric blue spawn with a female normal jack dempsey, then out of there fry you find a female... her gene would be half electric and half normal..... Then she has to spawn with a Electric blue male, (preferably not her father) this would cause inbreeding problems and abdnormalities like, silver fish,mutated, handicapped, or fish that just die at really young age.....

Even when bread correctly only half the fry will be good electric blue jacks..... This is why they are sooooo expensive!!! I myself have a Electric Blue Jack that has a silver/white body, and very blue face and tail... it is awesome looking!!! Here is a pic of some babies that will most likely turn completly blue..

 

[Mikey]

Wow, some good info there. I always stayed away from these because I thought they were Hybrids, and that their colors would disappear (like colored parrot fish). Thanks for that!

 

[Kingstature]

Electric Blue JD's

Is this a picture of your Babies Sand?

 

[sandnuka]

The pic in there is just one I found online.... They do look exactly like my little guys though..... THe silver/white body, and really blue head/fins..... only difference is my fish has a almost completly black dorsal fin with a blue stripe on the top.... so I think mine are better... I will take a pic and upload it on here when I get some time.

 

[sandnuka]

Pic of My Fish

My Camera is really not taking a good picture.... kinda dulls the colors up?

 

[Kingstature]

Looks awesome I want one... You willing to cough one up for some africans?

 

[sandnuka]

my tank is too full as it is.... When they start growing, and I have to get rid of one because of fights, I will hit you up for sure though.

 

[crazyfish253]

dose anyone know who has spawn them in washington yet??? I hear people say thay have but thay have no clue what a BGJD even is?

 

[sandnuka]

There is a post in freshwater fish for sale.... we have a member that breeds them, and he was sellin a couple breeding pair.... think out of enumclaw.... The two pet shops that are close to me always have them... Pet Pourri in everett, and Jones pet in marysville. good luck

 

[crazyfish253]

Sweet thats me i want to claim first to spawn electric blue jack dempsey's then in washington... I know there is someone up north with the EBJD.net domain name who has spawn BGJD..I allso think someone in vancover wa might have but im not sure..

 

[alexmuw]

I saw your post for EBJD fry. Looked like: Regular x EBJD.

So 1/2 fry would be EBJD. When you sold the fry, were you able to differentiate between the two?

 

[crazyfish253]

Yes the mom and dad are x ebjd and normal giving them the blue gean.. No on 50% fry being ebjd only 25% geneticly can be electric. its kinda confusing hear is a sit www.bluejax.co.uk

 

[crazyfish253]

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You can see eggs in the pot this is the 3rd spawn

 

[crazyfish253]

HD of my EBJD fry right when i can start to ID them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwqUnvkNovc

 

[GoodnNuff]

Such beautiful fish. I was admiring the tank of them that King's Discus has.

 

[crazyfish253]

I havent made it to kings yet whats hey asking for them?

 

[GoodnNuff]

You know, I have no idea, I was looking at Discus, saw a tank of young EBJDs but didn't check the price.

I'm bored, so I just called him - $32 he said.

Is that a good price? Same as the Discus I bought from him.

 

[crazyfish253]

yes, ive seen them up to 85$. Im hopeing to rais mine a little longer and sell them for 10 at 3/4" just now have enogh room wife hates the tanks all over.

 

[GoodnNuff]

Nice, post when they are ready.

 

[cichlidlovers98513]

crazyfish253
Your pair of EBJD's have wonderful color.
Any trick to bring out the color?
My pair tends to stay some what dull till they spawn...