Jez C Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Hello out there new to all this!!! I have a question about the colour of my Jack Dempsey? My JD is very light in colour(pink cream)with a thin black line the length of his body And a back spot on his caudal fin and all the other JDs I've seen and looked at pictures of are really dark if not black in areas and have much bigger lines along the length of their body's!!! Is mine really a JD or something eles????? I am pretty confident it is????? Anyway any info would be great!!! And yes i got him az a male???? Anyone???? Better put a pic to show u all huh? The top pic the lighter one is my JD and the 2 other JDs are ones i got of Google! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneself Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Light gravel and background=lighter fish. Darker gravel and background=..you get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez C Posted October 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 So what u are saying is the environment it lives in determines the colour????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneself Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Sort of..the fish changes colour to an extent to blend in with its surroundings, and the human eye also tends to pick up certain colours better on a dark background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I find dempseys will not color up very well unless they are close to king of the tank , or at least feel unthreatened . I have mine on white sand with black painted back glass and they are almost black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez C Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Would it make a difference that it is obviously a captive bred JD but was caught in the wild????????????????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lictoga Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Possibly a stress or diet issue, dose he have a female to show off to? Is he being picked on? Or bullied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez C Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) No stress???? Biggest and toughest in tank!!! No female?????Trying to get my hands on EBJD for him!!!!!!!!!!Has had same diet for two years???? Always been very light even with dark environment (Gravel,background)!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Edited October 8, 2015 by Jez C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicko Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 What's he been fed for the last 2 years? Some foods are better than others and a variety is always good. When you say wild caught do you mean from the lagoon at Yamba? Cheers mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez C Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) He eats he's staple hikari cichlid gold and then i alternate lettuce spinach worms and prawn??? He has really good colouring blue green orange spots all over!!!!! just his colour underneath if you know what i mean???????????????? Heaps of energy!!!!!!!!! Yep Green pools! Thanks 1st darker photo was when i first got him he is in a mates tank!!!!!!! 2nd photo he is in a 2 month old new tank about 6ish months ago!!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!! Edited October 8, 2015 by Jez C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez C Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Got a pic pat?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 sorry for the poor pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 small female very bad pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
