Datnoid keepers

[rgonzales]

They look more like a Calvus from a different region... and the spikey top fins remind me of a scat which is why I like these.

the fish eating part is just a plus for me.

As soon as I brought these two home and did the water change I noticed two more of my big females packing a mean pouch so in a months time it's gonna be a free for all!

Those spikes hurt when you move them by hand. Lol. Also you'll learn dats have personality and are pretty smart too

[eklikewhoa]

They look more like a Calvus from a different region... and the spikey top fins remind me of a scat which is why I like these.

the fish eating part is just a plus for me.

As soon as I brought these two home and did the water change I noticed two more of my big females packing a mean pouch so in a months time it's gonna be a free for all!

[rgonzales]

I thought these were brackish water fish?

The only ones found in brackish are AT and even those cam be kept im fw tanks

[rgonzales]

You guys mustve never seen giant dats in person. Dats arent ugly to me. Looks like a fw grouper

[Nickintex]

I thought these were brackish water fish?

[eklikewhoa]

trophs are ugly too but a different kind of ugly.

Character wins though... and from what I'm reading about dats, there's very little character.

[DTony]

Dats look better than tropheus trolol

[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!

[eklikewhoa]

dats are ugly period bro

[DTony]

LOL Gl. Dats are ugly fish when stunted :)

[eklikewhoa]

Stunted is perfect!

I like dwarf fishies.

[DTony]

They also look a bit stunted..

[sunkenmetal]

Neato fish...

[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!

[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.