Datnoid keepers

[sunkenmetal]

anyone else what?

[TaTeR ToT]

I may get a couple of these aswell... Lmk where you end up getting yours from.

[rgonzales]

Ive been keeping dats for a few years, they grow slow so i wouldnt expect much from the minis you've been seeing lately. If you want something that can take down those trophs get a 5+ incher. They will probably hide alot with trophs and dont like bright lighting

[eklikewhoa]

I went ahead and picked up two of the minis on an impulse....

[sunkenmetal]

Where did you get them?

[eklikewhoa]

I got them from citypets, was gonna grab the ones at FRII since they were nice and fat but I couldn't decide

[eklikewhoa]

Ive been keeping dats for a few years, they grow slow so i wouldnt expect much from the minis you've been seeing lately. If you want something that can take down those trophs get a 5+ incher. They will probably hide alot with trophs and dont like bright lighting

Now you chime in... olelateass.

Will the small ones go after my fry? FRII said he feeds his rosies so that's about the same size almost.

[DTony]

All Datnoids are WC. With this, they often times carry gill flukes(Which Dats are pretty prone to as well as internal parasites). One of the two Indo Tigers you picked up, one looks to be infected. The small Dats you bought are used to eating live, but if you want them on pellets, now is the time to start and get any small fish it can eat out. When I got my IT, it was about 3/4 of an inch. At a month and a half, it was nearly 2". I managed to get explosive growth through heavy feedings of NLS and Tilapia and large water changes. However, when IT's reach the ~5" mark, you'll be lucky to get half an inch of growth a month. As they get older, their growth rate slows even more.

Dat's will hide most of the time. If you're looking for a fish that swims around like a bauce, Dat's aren't your fish lol. They prefer low lighting and will usually stick along the tank walls. They are also pretty aggressive. My 2.5" Dat right now, beats the living day light out of my 7" Jardini.

[eklikewhoa]

Yeah I'm sure there's something wrong with the skinny one but I picked the two that were most active and attacking the others.

Got them in a floating nursery and while I was doing water change I tossed in some shrimp pellets and jumbo mysis, the both of them nibble a bit of pellet and tore up the mysis!

[sunkenmetal]

Neato fish...

[DTony]

They also look a bit stunted..

[eklikewhoa]

Stunted is perfect!

I like dwarf fishies.

[DTony]

LOL Gl. Dats are ugly fish when stunted :)

[eklikewhoa]

dats are ugly period bro

[aquabee]

dats are ugly period bro

) so true. But they look cool!

daphilster, I never thought about angels and dats together. Interesting and weird combo!