something blue

Just picked up a couple of these today. Amazing color.

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sweet nice color compared to what i have found out there lately, what was the going rate and where @? i need to replace one of mine but i think im going to wait for carzyfish though

Liams in Seattle... $15 each and he ad 2 left around 2pm.

darn that a nice price but im not going to be able to get there for a while yet maybe he will have some when i can thanks for the info.... very nice find enjoy them they look like they have great color epically when i have seen duller ones for 2-3x more than that

NOOB!! question here, what is that fish?

Nevermind, it was what i thought it was, EB Jack Dempsey.

I forget the name but it is one of those whacky cross breeds like a flowerhorn. I think it is bred with a Jack Dempsey. Might turn a dark blue when mature.

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that looks right. my buddy had tried them before & said they were a bit on the sensitive side until they get about 3 inches long & that they grow slowly.

haven't had that problem my second got stuck to the filter X( but grows slow ja ill second that one mine is in a 72gl tanks and has hardly grew

Really icer711??? I thought they grew fast ..... youve had him for along time.... should be about 3 inches by now itleast right?? got any more recent shots?

Paintguy - not a hybrid like a flowerhorn.... there actually in the wild... , check out my post in the breeding section on how to breed a electrib blue jack.... Definetly one of the most gorgeous fish out there! worth every penny!

no hardly any growth maybe 1/2 not like you would think in that big of a tank and ill work on getting some though

They are beautiful fish, it's amazing that something this beautiful comes from the wild and is not mad made/hybrid! I haven't owned any but I hear they are pretty delicate and hard to care for as babies. Good luck! and nice price too! I have seen them at the LFS for $40 at that size~

From what I have read it is in the wild, but I see it as a nearly lost gene that natural selection has been removing as the fragile bright blue fish get eaten first. So to breed them in a tank and protect half the fry that turn out blue is tampering with mother nature a bit. It has also been very rare that you could actually breed 2 blues to get both genes, but again these are fragile until they get to size so they would have been food in the wild.

Very pretty fish. Good luck with them!

The growth sometimes can depend on the breeder. If thay miss a couple feedings or don't get food before there yoke sacks exstingwish it will efect the growth rate. I feed my EBJD fry 3 times a day. New fry are growing quick will be able to ID fry in few days. Mom and dad are bussy last sat thay spawn again now I have 2 tanks of fry. Haveto order more brine srimp eggs LOL

Thanks for the info. If one of them ends up being a male I might consider getting a smaller female to try the breeding thing and hope they pair up, but for now I am just going to sit back, relax and enjoy them. I think I have purchased to many fish in the past with the sole intention of breeding rather than setting up a perfect tank to watch. So far they are about 1.5 inches and showing great personality. Quite a bit more laid back since I took my freak stunted convict out of the tank that was their same size.

dang, beautiful colors. I almost bought the 2 EBJDs he had left there last weekend