Jack Dempsey

The Jack Dempsey (Rocio octofasciata  ) is a Stupor Mundi, or "Wonder of the World." This wonder is a native fish to Honduras and Mexico in their slow moving, murky water, filled with small tropical fish, worms, insects, and algae, favorites of the Jack Dempsey.

This fish lives in a tropical environment with water that is 60 to 90 degrees, that has a pH of 5 to 7, in which it grows to be 10in (25cm.)

This fish is hardy, requiring the most basic need, almost meeting those of a betta! They are a personal favorite of mine

Despite how wonderful this Stupor Mundi, this wonder may seem, it is very aggressive. Someone quotes the Jack Dempsey as a "assassin" that "uses piranhas as toothpicks, "after he put this fish in a friends tank with $4000 dollars worth of fish, and saw a lot missing fish and a plump, happy Jack Dempsey in the tank as soon as he came back. If you wish to keep this fish, make plenty of caves and plants for the weaker ones to hide in.

Over all I recommend these fish.