my jack dempseys

Fish Taco · 01-24-2008, 12:52 AM

I have a pair of jacks that had there 2cd fry. the only thing that has made it is 1 pleco and 1 crawdad. need other tuff invertebra to help clean. any ideas?

KenSmith87 · 02-14-2008, 06:16 PM

a better filter ? lol

**Scuba Kid** · 02-14-2008, 06:41 PM

What size tank? What kind of filter? What kind of maintenance do you do on it?

karazy · 02-14-2008, 08:56 PM

overfilter the tank and/or dont overfeed

trashion · 02-15-2008, 06:55 AM

crawdad will most likely eat the fry. and if you're having problems keeping it clean, the only way to solve that is more water changes.

01-24-2008, 12:52 AM	#1
Fish Taco Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 12	my jack dempseys I have a pair of jacks that had there 2cd fry. the only thing that has made it is 1 pleco and 1 crawdad. need other tuff invertebra to help clean. any ideas?

02-14-2008, 06:16 PM	#2
KenSmith87 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 50	a better filter ? lol __________________ 10Gallon - African Jewel & Black Convict Fry. 12Gallon(Eclipse) 3.Corys.3.Otos.3.German Blue Rams. 29Gallon - Jack Dempsey. 29Gallon - 3 Red Bellied Piranhas. 55Gallon - Pair of Blk Convicts, Pair of African Jewels. & Firemouth.

02-14-2008, 06:41 PM	#3
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,221	What size tank? What kind of filter? What kind of maintenance do you do on it? __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

02-15-2008, 06:55 AM	#5
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,328	crawdad will most likely eat the fry. and if you're having problems keeping it clean, the only way to solve that is more water changes. __________________ current setup: 5.5 gallon low-light planted tank -nothing....thinking a mini-community. for reference: my name is Julie

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