Datnoid keepers

[rgonzales]

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

Lol for sure

[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]

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]

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]

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

[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

[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]

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!

Time will tell for that one, for now just fatten them up.

[eklikewhoa]

Poor man's anything sounds like it's a keeper!

I got a double pack of jumbo mysis in the freezer that I feed my trophs so I'll be using that along with the NLS mix, hopefully the skinny one regains it's health cause I like him.

[rgonzales]

Poor man's anything sounds like it's a keeper!

I got a double pack of jumbo mysis in the freezer that I feed my trophs so I'll be using that along with the NLS mix, hopefully the skinny one regains it's health cause I like him.

He should be fine doesnt look too bad. I thought about another monster for you to help with those pesky trophs. South american lungfish, sedentary so no need for lots of space and looks like a turd

[eklikewhoa]

I ran across a thread asking about them over on MFK, thread was if a SAL and MBU would work together and there's a guy getting all butt hurt about it.

I don't think they would work that great together seeing as the MBU gets curious with slow or stagnant flesh on the substrate.

[eklikewhoa]

Took a little vid of them, towards the end I tried to show their size in comparison to the rest of the tank.

[rgonzales]

I ran across a thread asking about them over on MFK, thread was if a SAL and MBU would work together and there's a guy getting all butt hurt about it.

I don't think they would work that great together seeing as the MBU gets curious with slow or stagnant flesh on the substrate.

Yea i forgot about how they like to test bite things

[eklikewhoa]

I'm hoping to get an Tanganyikan Elipsifer for the tank so that might help with the fry problem.

[rgonzales]

Nice vid, yea the skinny one needs to eat alot but the other is pretty active already. I see what you mean by the current, i think with a little size on them they'll be fine.