Jaguars

[PumaWard]

Again, thanks for all your help!

Well, the jag doesn't seem to like bloodworms, it spit one right back out, go figure, lol.

Now that it's settled in, I think its a female also. I'm going to post a few pics, you guys tell me. I'm going to apologize in advance for the low quality as its a low quality camera I'm using.

Here's 2 pics as of this morning
http://www.villagephotos.com/image.asp?id_=6284318&sessionkey=RAESW

http://www.villagephotos.com/image.asp?id_=6284306&sessionkey=RAESW

One from last night
http://www.villagephotos.com/image.asp?id_=6284317&sessionkey=RAESW

One from yesterday morning
http://www.villagephotos.com/image.asp?id_=6284305&sessionkey=RAESW

Thanks for your help!

 

[Dragon_Lord_Tia]

dont work for me

 

[PumaWard]

Here's one.

 

[PumaWard]

Here's another.
Thanks

 

[predatorcichlid]

The largest jaguar on record is just over 16 inches in total length. The average size for a jagaur in capitivy is 12 to 14 inches. In there native habitat it is uncommon to see them over 12 inches. I have kept and bred jags for more than 16 years. I have also attended more than 100 shows and conventions and have never seen or hear of a jaguar even close to 18 inches. 24 inches is out of the question period. 18 to 24 inch jag are a rumor along with the 3 foot umbee and a 2 foot festae. A 12 inch male jagaur would be considered full adult size by most judges and awarded max point value for size (unless competing against another larger male in the same class).

 

[CichlidBoy]

i have one in a 45 and he is fine now but people are sayin that wont be bigg enough and that he will be to agressive with the other fish but i work at a pet store and my boss whom is a guru about fish says that the tank should be fine and i wouldnt see why u would have a problem

 

[predatorcichlid]

A 45 gal tank is too small in both physical size and water volume. You can't keep a 14 inch predator like jaguar in a 12 inch wide tank. A 45 gal tank after you add decor, gravel, and fish might have 30 gal of actual water in it. The BARE min I would recommend keeping a male jaguar in is 75 gal. alone. A better choice would be 125 gal. A powerful line of sight predator can cross a 6 foot tank with a single push of there tail and dominate a 125 with ease. At 4 inches a 45 is ok as a grow out tank. When he reaches 6+ inches those other cichlids are going to be jaguar food.

 

[Lila]

45 gal is waaaay too small. The poor fish needs room to move!

I can't believe a 'fish guru' would even say that!

Sheesh!

 

[FI76]

About that size-thing, I found this at fishbase.

"Max. length 63 cm TL (Ref. 5723)"
(Ref 5723)
"Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991 A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p."
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=4684

63cm = 24.8"

Don't know if it's true though...

Anyhow, I've got a pair of jags in a 100 gallon tank, I've had them for about 1.5 year, they were 2" when I bought them and the male is now 11" and the female 9". Since jags are supposed to get over 10 years old I would be very suprised if the male didn't exceed at least 14" if I managed to keep him alive for that long.

A couple of pics
http://erland.homeip.net/dirgallery...image=Ciklider:Jaguarciklid:managuense168.jpg
http://erland.homeip.net/dirgallery...image=Ciklider:Jaguarciklid:managuense174.jpg

 

[Lila]

Beautiful Pics, Man!

Those look great! Thanks for sharing them.