Burger&Kodman Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 so i recently adopted a couple jack dempsey's and a electric yellow cichlid (i believe is what he is called) who were all abandoned and ill-kept.. unfortunately the only tank i had to set up for them was a 15 gallon. and sadly one of the jack dempsey's didn't make it but the time they spent together they were never far from each other.. now the remaining one is extremely close with the yellow cichlid and she seems to keep to herself in a certain bottom corner and doesn't move too much from it.. is normal? i find that if the pleco or the red devil fry who also share the tank get too close they both with show a lot of aggression towards them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angie Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 so i recently adopted a couple jack dempsey's and a electric yellow cichlid (i believe is what he is called) who were all abandoned and ill-kept.. unfortunately the only tank i had to set up for them was a 15 gallon. and sadly one of the jack dempsey's didn't make it but the time they spent together they were never far from each other.. now the remaining one is extremely close with the yellow cichlid and she seems to keep to herself in a certain bottom corner and doesn't move too much from it.. is normal? i find that if the pleco or the red devil fry who also share the tank get too close they both with show a lot of aggression towards them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angie Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 a 15 gal is wayyy to small for those fish your fish could be sulking im not sure there breeding or if they even can is there slate or anything in the corner ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince0 Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 labidochromis come from lake malawi, and jack dempsey's come from central american, they cannot cross breed. also as angie stated, a 15 gallon is way to small for either of these fish. i wouldn't keep a jack dempsey in anything smaller than a 55g and the yellow labs in a 33g. my two cents. vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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