Datnoid keepers

[eklikewhoa]

So I'm on like pg8 over there digging through all the treads and ran across a vid of a "short body" dat.... it kinda looks like the fat one in my picture!

[rgonzales]

also, I tried reading up on the barring thing but man that site over there is jumbled with a bunch of crap.

The tanks I've seen were full of misbars and from my knowledge of other species misbars is not a quality trait. These were the only two I seen with nice clean 3bars and only two that were not muddy looking. How does the bar thing play with these?

The misbar/ oddball thing with dats is just personal preference but 3 symmetrical bars is better ( poor mans st). Dats change color depending on mood so yours will probably sometes be muddy. I have one that looked clean for a total of 8 hours and has been muddy ever since while one of mine always has nice clean bars. The color changing is known as stability, brown with faded bars=unstable, colors like yours have right now=stable

[rgonzales]

The only reason i dont have my sump hooked up yet is im lazy and peters gonna help me set it up like his as a mbbr and put pothos in it

[eklikewhoa]

also, I tried reading up on the barring thing but man that site over there is jumbled with a bunch of crap.

The tanks I've seen were full of misbars and from my knowledge of other species misbars is not a quality trait. These were the only two I seen with nice clean 3bars and only two that were not muddy looking. How does the bar thing play with these?

[rgonzales]

Hey Rob, what kind of turnover rate as far as filtration do you have in your Dat tanks? Looking at these guys while they're in the floating nursery it doesn't look like they can handle much flow.

Right now only 2 fx5s running on it but i had 2 maxi jet 1200s and they did fine. Hopefully adding another 1700 gph in a few weeks. The bigger ones dont seem to mind the current and sometimes swim in it. Your monis just arent strong enoigh yet

[eklikewhoa]

Hey Rob, what kind of turnover rate as far as filtration do you have in your Dat tanks? Looking at these guys while they're in the floating nursery it doesn't look like they can handle much flow.

[rgonzales]

I guess I know who to call to see if they wanna join in on a roadtrip come time.

Lol for sure

[eklikewhoa]

Lol ill get some eventually but for now ill settle with my dragon and gold jailbird fishies

I guess I know who to call to see if they wanna join in on a roadtrip come time.

[eklikewhoa]

I am considering moving on on the trophs to get me a red pretty scale fish....

[rgonzales]

The troph thing was cool when I first got into it and no one could keep them alive, then the variant I had wasn't as common at the time so it was cool, I think the only reason I am got back into keeping them now was the fact that myjohnson was able to get my m'toto colony into his possession and offered them back to me. No one else has this variant and surely don't see them being imported ever but the novelty has worn thin otherwise.

I wants a pancake fishie too! I think if I can move some of my rocks out I would have sufficient space for one to sit in one spot I might take a little roadtrip and find me one or two....

Lol ill get some eventually but for now ill settle with my dragon and gold jailbird fishies

[eklikewhoa]

The troph thing was cool when I first got into it and no one could keep them alive, then the variant I had wasn't as common at the time so it was cool, I think the only reason I am got back into keeping them now was the fact that myjohnson was able to get my m'toto colony into his possession and offered them back to me. No one else has this variant and surely don't see them being imported ever but the novelty has worn thin otherwise.

I wants a pancake fishie too! I think if I can move some of my rocks out I would have sufficient space for one to sit in one spot I might take a little roadtrip and find me one or two....

[rgonzales]

oh that's fo damn sure!

Just saying it's easier to come by though.. but then again it wouldn't be as interesting or cool to me if everyone and their momma had them. Guess that's why I've kinda lost interest in the trophs thing.

I think thats why i never could get into trophs. I really want flat spotted stingy tail fish now. Lol

[eklikewhoa]

oh that's fo damn sure!

Just saying it's easier to come by though.. but then again it wouldn't be as interesting or cool to me if everyone and their momma had them. Guess that's why I've kinda lost interest in the trophs thing.

[rgonzales]

I'm kinda worried with their size right now they won't get much food when I release them into the main tank and really worried that the trophs is gonna assrape them cause they eat odd looking slow swimmers.

Yea size may be a problem right now. Oh and to the socal thing on mfk who cares its all on who you know. Lol

[eklikewhoa]

I'm kinda worried with their size right now they won't get much food when I release them into the main tank and really worried that the trophs is gonna assrape them cause they eat odd looking slow swimmers.