Getting a 75g, thinking about Datnoids.

Kanta

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So heres my question. Am I able to house a few Dats in a 75g? I heard you could even keep them in a 55g. Theres a guy in Des Moines that can get me some for 40 a piece but I know that is pricey....any advice?
 

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Aww cmon, I know all you Dat fans are browsing, help me out :'(
 

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Yes you could keep them in a 55g or a 75g but only when they are small.
Im assuming you know how big they get.
Depends on how many you want to keep too.

Steve
 

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Once they get to 4-5 inch, 100g + is better. So maybe 12-15 months for 1.5 inch babies (small size)
 

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Yeah I know they can get aprox 12+ I only want 2-3
 

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its not about how many fish you have its the fact that they wont have swimming room to really stretch they leg/fins out how would you feel if you where confined to a jail sell all your life not good huh you go crazy:screwy: get them but you should also think about expanding in the near future
 

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And if you get 3 and they grow like they should,they WILL get bigger than 12" obviously a lot of factors affect this but id expect 12" to be a minimum unless its stunted.

As said before get them but be prepared for a big upgrade somewhere down the line.

Steve
 

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Yeah, I just got a 75 from a thrift store lady who got out of fish keeping for 50 bucks so I couldnt pass it up, my main focus is wanting a 125g
 

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Kanta;3957968; said:
Yeah, I just got a 75 from a thrift store lady who got out of fish keeping for 50 bucks so I couldnt pass it up, my main focus is wanting a 125g
Not trying to be an ass, but did you even read the replies?? a 125 is still not nearly big enough for Dat's.

I wouldn't want to keep dat's in a tank with less than a 8x3 footprint
 

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125 should be plenty of space for a 12 inch maybe + fish not for life but to be ok bigger tanks are always better but its sufficient nice pickup on the tank any pics of your setup?
 
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