jack/firemouth

will or can a jack and a firemouth pair off

What are the tank mates and what is the reason you are asking?

I am not sure if they could or would.

they are in a tank with another jack and the reason i i am asking is because they hang out in a dark corner of the tank while the other jack hangs by its shelf

seen any eggs? what sex are these fish or do you know?

havnet seen any eggs yet but was told the firemouth was female and both jacks were males not shure how true it is doh

If both jacks are males that is the reason they are not hanging out.

The Jack that hangs out by himself...would u consider him the dominate one of the group?

he is the biggest but when frist got the jacks there were never seprate until we put them all in the tank and doesnt seem to see any one fighting with each other

when we frist got them we were told the biggest one was male and the smaller jack was female and than we were told by a different person that they were both males so i dont know what to think

is there a easy way to tell the difference?

Moved your topic here. They can interbreed if given the opportunity.

I can probably sex your jacks for you with a picture I have gotten decent at it , as for jacks breading with fire mouths I am sure they would try indeed but if it would be successfully or not I can not tell you. I have seen jd's trying to breed with fastae and have heard of jd's trying to breed with texas "carpintis" cichlids.

i will take some picks at my earlist convence and post them here i can do that right?

aprilson wrote:

i will take some picks at my earlist convence and post them here i can do that right?

Yes you may. It will help us help you.

aprilson wrote:

will or can a jack and a firemouth pair off

I don't see why not but why? They are both pretty mean fish. An odd pair.

Well I think they will breed only if there is not another fish from the same species to breed with 1st. If not then yes a chance.