Jack Dempsey's are an extremely resilient fish - hence the name. I've seen these guys in even worse conditions unfortunately. Had a friend that kept a few in a neglected above ground pool with no filtration, i mean, the guys an idiot but he knows that. Side note though, they were absolutely massive, honestly the biggest I've seen (16 inches) so I thought they were flowerhorn or maybe an Oscar since the water was so cloudy.. Talked him into giving them to a well established local fish store and they keep them on display now.
He’s lucky you found him....grabbed a hold of you just like the rest of us....if more people were kind to animals maybe people could be more kind to each other and the world would be a different place....beautiful story bro....🌱💪👍
What a difference in appearance from then until now! Beautiful looking fish and was funny seeing the gold saum as a young pup 😂 that old teacher would have been delighted with his care 👍
We have a jack dempsey also. We have had him since he was the size of a quarter now he's about 6 inches long in a 55 gal tank. For the past couple weeks he's laying on his side on the bottom of the tank. He's alive, eating, moving his fins, and moving himself around. Any advice on what to do or what it could be will be extremely helpful.🐟🐚
I’m going through the same thing I’ll be getting a 75 gallon within a month or a 125 and so far have two female convicts and a green terror and a Jack Dempsey all fish are babies and only about 1.5-2 inches
My Jack is about 6mo old and has became a merderous psycho the last few weeks. Had 2 slightly smaller red devil's in tank I got my 3yr old for her 4th bday and he killed both with no warning. Now is torturing the other Jack that has been fine with him last 4mo so idk what deal is. Ended up getting bigger tank for a flowerhorn and if that don't work out it'll become a dovi tank. Daughter went from glo fish to dovi's in a year.. my issue is moving soon and not wanting to set up my 120gal till then
I lost power for 6+hours on my jack tank. No heat no water flow, lighting, nothing. Thought dude was dead, he sat still in one spot, wasn't even moving any fins, probably freezing stiff. Power came back on finally, u had to poke him with a net and he booked it to his cave lol. Strong species of fish, love these guys.
Beautiful fish they are. I've had my 2 Jack dempseys for 2 years now. Unfortunately one of them is acting funny all of a sudden and idk what to do. I've read it could be swim bladder disease. If anyone can help, please contact me.
Great vid! I have a couple of JDs in a 125 with oscars and a green terror. The bigger of the two is very shy, reclusive and nice and the smaller one is a little devil.
Every fish it’s different but similar at the same time. My jack survive 2 days in a cup because it’s too aggressive and stress out the rest mate si they start to die. I almost flushed but no he survived but still the most aggressive fish in my home I also tried a jewel fish but didn’t work and now the jewel it’s on a American comuninity doing so well.
Ive had my 2 Dempsey's for 3 and a half years now and i love them. Theyve been through quite abit since ive had them aswell and have quite a few tank mates . Theres a guarmi . Silver shark . Rainbow shark scissor tale 1 large plec 1 bearded plec and 18 dwarf plec lol there was only 3 of them but they had babies alot of them was eaten by the bigger fish but loads survived and theres a firemouth in there aswell forgot about him lol
Hello please can you tell me I have Jack Dempsey boy 4 years old blue but 5 days ago he turned completely black and 3 days ago he started swim very weird he eat good his water is fine please help me I don't know what to do with him I lost piece can't sleep at night it's no fish doctor in my state you seems like know a lot
Hello a year ago I adopted a Jack Dempsey he used to lived in a bad water condition too maybe little better he was swimming all the time til when I bought him a hiding cave now he coming only for food and going back to his cave he very skiddish fish he spookes a lot in the beginning he was in cave and out but past month he in the cave all the time only at night he swimps I'm very worrying about my boy 🐟
Great job with the Jack Dempsy. But I'm in loved with another fish... Is that a geophagus, in orange? We can see him eating at 4:55. What's his name, please?
Brady’s Aquatics many get this colorful with age, proper care and tank size/parameters. Females get great color as well. We’ve been pretty lucky with Jack though. He’s an amazing specimen 👌🏻
My jack Dempsey's colour is fading away 😭😭😭😭 it's becoming greyish... Please tell me how to take care of it so that it can get back it's natural colour... please help
Awesome video . Glad you rescued him . It’s amazing how he changed colors with substrate. Dark substrate is the way to go . He looks very happy. What kind of substrate is that he looks great?
Unbelieveable Pictures! Great Rescue Job, what a Beautiful Fish he is today😃👏
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it
Jack Dempsey's are an extremely resilient fish - hence the name. I've seen these guys in even worse conditions unfortunately. Had a friend that kept a few in a neglected above ground pool with no filtration, i mean, the guys an idiot but he knows that. Side note though, they were absolutely massive, honestly the biggest I've seen (16 inches) so I thought they were flowerhorn or maybe an Oscar since the water was so cloudy.. Talked him into giving them to a well established local fish store and they keep them on display now.
Awesome story! glad you could rescue him! he's a beauty!
Thanks so much! Definitely an awesome fish to keep
What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing!
stephen Sinko of course, thanks so much for watching!
So glad you rescued this fish. Poor guy went through a lot. Good work.
Wow big difference!! He looks happier than he was before! Great sharing...love the aquarium water so clear ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nelson's freshwater aquariums thank you, and thanks for watching!
He’s lucky you found him....grabbed a hold of you just like the rest of us....if more people were kind to animals maybe people could be more kind to each other and the world would be a different place....beautiful story bro....🌱💪👍
Jack and Dan thank so much! Agreed!
Beautiful fish! I feel the MTS coming on fast! Lol
Kave Man Aquatics thanks! Definitely caught the bug after this one lol
Great video and fantastic setup for the Jack Dempsey
david Nowparvar thanks! We’re hoping the rest of his life is much better 👍🏻
Hello!!! GORGEOUS tank & fish!!! LOVE your JD!!! So glad you rescued him & gave him a FANTASTIC forever home!!!
Dawn Michele thanks, Dawn!!
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Thanks man!!
Glad you found him when you did lucky guy now has a great home.
Larry D's tanks & more. Same! Thanks for watching
Gotta love a fish rescue story - and JD’s are striking fish! : )
Great rescue! Bet he’s a happy boy now 👍🏻
SaltFishTV thank you! He does seem happy now 👌🏻
Hey man check out the video I just posted it's about a ram cichlid maybe you can help
What a miracle thank god
Gummy Aquatics definitely was, thanks man!
What a difference in appearance from then until now! Beautiful looking fish and was funny seeing the gold saum as a young pup 😂 that old teacher would have been delighted with his care 👍
Thank you! He’s been awesome to keep over the years
I just one is ok Beautiful fish
That is super cool!!!!
We have a jack dempsey also. We have had him since he was the size of a quarter now he's about 6 inches long in a 55 gal tank. For the past couple weeks he's laying on his side on the bottom of the tank. He's alive, eating, moving his fins, and moving himself around. Any advice on what to do or what it could be will be extremely helpful.🐟🐚
That’s odd. I would double check water parameters and monitor for any diseases. Otherwise, he may just be moody
@@CichlidBros thank you. I hope he's ok. The other fish are fine.
👍🙏🐳💧🐟👏👏👏
Thank you so much for saving that poor water babie!🐟🙏
He's obviously flourishing in his new forever home!🙏🐟💧🐳👍✌
I’m going through the same thing I’ll be getting a 75 gallon within a month or a 125 and so far have two female convicts and a green terror and a Jack Dempsey all fish are babies and only about 1.5-2 inches
My Jack is about 6mo old and has became a merderous psycho the last few weeks. Had 2 slightly smaller red devil's in tank I got my 3yr old for her 4th bday and he killed both with no warning. Now is torturing the other Jack that has been fine with him last 4mo so idk what deal is. Ended up getting bigger tank for a flowerhorn and if that don't work out it'll become a dovi tank. Daughter went from glo fish to dovi's in a year.. my issue is moving soon and not wanting to set up my 120gal till then
what did you feed them with those white stuffs ??? would you tell me What kind of food its that please !
Minh Luong hey there! It was frozen brine shrimp. They go crazy for it!
I lost power for 6+hours on my jack tank. No heat no water flow, lighting, nothing. Thought dude was dead, he sat still in one spot, wasn't even moving any fins, probably freezing stiff. Power came back on finally, u had to poke him with a net and he booked it to his cave lol. Strong species of fish, love these guys.
Beautiful fish they are. I've had my 2 Jack dempseys for 2 years now. Unfortunately one of them is acting funny all of a sudden and idk what to do. I've read it could be swim bladder disease. If anyone can help, please contact me.
Jack Dempsey are beautiful...
Agreed!
Love that Salvini 😱
Jackie Moore thank you!!
Salute!
Great vid! I have a couple of JDs in a 125 with oscars and a green terror. The bigger of the two is very shy, reclusive and nice and the smaller one is a little devil.
Cichlid Dan sounds like an awesome setup and very typical of JDs being hit or miss when it comes to aggressive. Thanks for watching!
Every fish it’s different but similar at the same time. My jack survive 2 days in a cup because it’s too aggressive and stress out the rest mate si they start to die. I almost flushed but no he survived but still the most aggressive fish in my home I also tried a jewel fish but didn’t work and now the jewel it’s on a American comuninity doing so well.
Ive had my 2 Dempsey's for 3 and a half years now and i love them. Theyve been through quite abit since ive had them aswell and have quite a few tank mates . Theres a guarmi . Silver shark . Rainbow shark scissor tale 1 large plec 1 bearded plec and 18 dwarf plec lol there was only 3 of them but they had babies alot of them was eaten by the bigger fish but loads survived and theres a firemouth in there aswell forgot about him lol
😆👍👍👍👍👍👌✌
Hello please can you tell me I have Jack Dempsey boy 4 years old blue but 5 days ago he turned completely black and 3 days ago he started swim very weird he eat good his water is fine please help me I don't know what to do with him I lost piece can't sleep at night it's no fish doctor in my state you seems like know a lot
Hello a year ago I adopted a Jack Dempsey he used to lived in a bad water condition too maybe little better he was swimming all the time til when I bought him a hiding cave now he coming only for food and going back to his cave he very skiddish fish he spookes a lot in the beginning he was in cave and out but past month he in the cave all the time only at night he swimps I'm very worrying about my boy 🐟
That's a beautiful Jack Dempsey. Hope kine looks that good
Great story. Beautiful fish 👍
Raul’s Aquatics and Reptiles thank you!
love the jackdempseys there amazing fish
Lee and Mandy Battersby same! Thanks for watching!
Thank man keep up the good work
Alexander's aquariums thank you!
Is it normal for Jack Dempsey to hide behind a filter
But my jack I have been thinking on buy a withe shark for mate
Great job with the Jack Dempsy. But I'm in loved with another fish... Is that a geophagus, in orange? We can see him eating at 4:55. What's his name, please?
That’s our Green Terror cichlid
free willy
lol, definitely!
Are all jack dempseys this colorful and are females this colorful?
Brady’s Aquatics many get this colorful with age, proper care and tank size/parameters. Females get great color as well. We’ve been pretty lucky with Jack though. He’s an amazing specimen 👌🏻
Like #62 👍🏻👍🏻
My jack Dempsey's colour is fading away 😭😭😭😭 it's becoming greyish... Please tell me how to take care of it so that it can get back it's natural colour... please help
They change colour all the time but might just need to clean you filter out
They will go to a grayish color to a darker color depending on their mood or appetite or even when stressed
Beautiful!
Hi are you doing fasting days for your Jack Dempsey?
Yep. Usually one fasting day per week
Bruh
Awesome video . Glad you rescued him . It’s amazing how he changed colors with substrate. Dark substrate is the way to go . He looks very happy. What kind of substrate is that he looks great?
Thank you! He’s been a very rewarding fish to keep! We went with black sand/gravel mix from amazon