Female Jack Dempseys Kinda Fighting

[angel]

Excellent! I'll head over to PetSmart in the morning before leaving for Bama. Thanks!

[pegasus2200]

Angel, when you say blood worm do you mean the freeze dried cubes you press against the glass?

[angel]

Well I got the krill and those stubborn bit...um, girls... were practically drooling over it but still no eating. The boys are having a field day, though. And the darker one is doing a shimmy dance in front of the bigger female, which he hangs with. He does go at her side sometimes though too like he's going to nip her. I know nothing about these fish so watching and learning.

[angel]

Oh, and no--frozen blood worms that you thaw and let drift down. They're midge larvae. The fish love them. A pretty red. Too bad they're wiggly squiggly bug maggots!

[jgentry]

Krill will work, might just take a little time for them to settle into there new tank and get used to there new tankmates. If they seemed interested but were just to shy to come out and grab it then they are fine, just still adjusting. Male JD's always seem to eat better and are a little more aggressive. Sounds like you have one male that wants to breed . It will probably take a little bit for the female to except him and lay though. It shouldn't take very long though.

[pegasus2200]

Angel, something that worked for us is the freeze dried cubes. You can stick them to the inside of your tanks. The fish come up and grab what they want and there is still plenty for the less aggressive fish to feed as well. We would put like 4 in the tanks and all had a chance to get them. They would go CRAZY when they saw the jar they came in and always KNEW what they were getting and immediately began to dance all over the tank.