my jd and his new friends

[palehorse78]

i had this very skkitish jd he stay hid all day.been doing it for MONTHS. well i went and got some kind of tetra put three in.one kept bothering him and he bit the head off but he doesnt borther the othrs and he come out all the time now and has better color.so it does work to get those targets.thank group

[Tightdog1]

thats what target/dither fish are for.
what kind of tetra did you get?

[Tyler718]

That is why I added my rainbows before I bought my JD's. It makes them feel the area is safe to come out. The same principal works for excessive aggresiveness also.

There is a thin line between dither fish and target fish.:)

[palehorse78]

i bought them so quick i int even catch the name.they have a long like bodywith red tail fins an a streak of black in the middle of those tail fins there body is more of a sliver color and they constanly nip at each other

[vfrex]

buenos aires tetras maybe.

[palehorse78]

jeuuss iam sitting here on my computer i her some rocks moving from the jd tank and i see he got another tetra in his mouth i dont think there fast enough iam going for the tiger barbs next

[munkee]

tiger barbs are still not fast enough for a JD. i would try working with some medium-large sized silver dollars instead.

[socom]

giant danios. its the only thing besides plecos that my green terror (7"+) wont kill.

[Tightdog1]

yea giant danios work great with big cichlids but silver dopllars work too, pacus are good but they grow too big, dont get pacus. dont make the same mistake i made.

[palehorse78]

i seen some gaint danio but they look just as slow as these tetras.i dont see what could stop my jd from eating them

[Tyler718]

I have Giant Danios and Rainbows in with my JD's. They are quick enough to get away. If something happens to any of these I'm going with Silver Dollars. I would suggest an of these.