Title: Giant Dempsy
Polaris.northstar - March 24, 2006 08:37 PM (GMT)
I finially got my Giant Jack Dempsy I've had my heart set on, He's a monster of a fish at 8.5 inches, what do they like to eat as a treat?
Sergeant Major - March 26, 2006 12:06 AM (GMT)
I've heard of a lot of people feeding blood worms as a treat to dempseys, you could also go natural with some insects (gut loaded crickets for example).
Cichlid Commander - March 26, 2006 01:00 AM (GMT)
You should definately try some pinkies, krill, and lots of insects anything you could get your hands on. Whenn do we see some pics?
Polaris.northstar - March 26, 2006 08:18 AM (GMT)
They are all on my phone atm, do dempsy's always lurk or are they always out? Mine just tends to hide in the weeds, It's in A QT tank with a Ghost knife but other then it the poor fella lurks at the bottom and just sits for hours at a time.
Polaris.northstar - March 26, 2006 08:35 AM (GMT)
the thought occurs to me that what other fish can be kept with the dempsy and what temp do they prefer, right now it's at 72.8 ph 6.8-7.0 (stupid testing kit) no Substrate yet, Pics to come soon tho
jdizine - March 26, 2006 10:35 AM (GMT)
JD, loves to hunt!!!! He would love goldfish! At the size you saay he is, at least 1" ers. Give him three, watch him get active!! :o :D
Polaris.northstar - March 26, 2006 04:45 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (jdizine @ Mar 26 2006, 05:35 AM) |
| JD, loves to hunt!!!! He would love goldfish! At the size you saay he is, at least 1" ers. Give him three, watch him get active!! :o :D |
you sure that he'll Eat them?
Cichlid Commander - March 27, 2006 03:00 PM (GMT)
The temp should be around 77-80 I keep the ph 7.5 but they are really flexible.
Make sure nobody is tapping on the glass because they tend to get a bit skiddish from time to time. Like I posted before Pinkies which are frozen baby mice, and feeder fish would definately get him going. I forgot to add they love snails too.
r33f-boy - March 27, 2006 03:56 PM (GMT)
If your not sure, There are always guppies :D Try earthworms and mealworms. They shoould be some good treats.
Polaris.northstar - March 30, 2006 12:10 AM (GMT)
Ignores them all, I think It's Depressed. do you thing a friend would help? Right now it's in with a BGK but it keeps shooing the Dempsey away from it's tube, I am not sure whats up with the little bugger
Stealtherr - April 4, 2006 05:22 PM (GMT)
Is there a picture of your Giant Dempsy in here at all?
r33f-boy - April 4, 2006 06:34 PM (GMT)
Try adding some dither fish like silver dollars or giant danio. These help control agression and would make the fish less shy. But these are schooling fish and needs three or more together.
CatLover - April 5, 2006 12:29 AM (GMT)
how large is the tank?
just curious
Polaris.northstar - April 7, 2006 04:06 PM (GMT)
I got it some of the 28 Cent gold fish (bigger then the feeders) and my knife oscar dempsey all got a few of them, It's happy now