Dempsey diet
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oh ok i just found it....thats amazing he loos exactly like mine! keep us posted on him i would love to continue to compare them as they grow older
the only thing that I've ever had trouble feeding to my JD is beefheart, which is ok i guess cuz i heard it was bad for them anyways....everyone's JD's looks great on this thread good job!!!
Varing the diet will keep it interesting & healthy for the JD. The JD, as well as my 'O', get what some would consider a bit extreme ($$$). DAINICHI http://www.dainichi.com/cichlid_food_ultima.html pellets about 75% & supplements/treats are worms, crickets, crayfish, krill, spirulina/algae wafers & peas. Truly, you don't need all this but it's worked well for me. He was about 2 inches at purchase but has grown up quite well over the last 2+ yrs. "T"
i will! tommorow i'll try to get some more pics of em, hopefully closer and alittle clearer than my last ones.
Mike d, your dempsey in the second pic looks like its fins got nipped.
Yeah it did. I tried to put it back into my 55 gallon but my GT's got to him/her before it had a chance to settle in. Right now my JD is living in my QT tank untill Buy a Bigger tank or bulid a plywood one this summer.
Tony do you use the floating pellets?
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hey mike d how old are your dempseys?or how long have you had them ahnd how big were they when you bought them?
so how many people agree that i can get away with feeding jack the ripper brine shrimp every other day until i get him on bloodworms?
i thought he was picky before now he wont even touch flakes so i wanna make sure hes getting enough to eat...
so how many people agree that i can get away with feeding jack the ripper brine shrimp every other day until i get him on bloodworms?
i thought he was picky before now he wont even touch flakes so i wanna make sure hes getting enough to eat...
Got them in Jan. they were about the size of a sharpie cap. The other one I have in my 55 gallon eats flake Hikira cichlid bio-Gold and brine shrimp. The other one that is in my QT tank use to eat the same thing but now only eats bring shrimp or bloodworms.
