Hey guys I`m moving in a few weeks and Looks like I can`t fit my 225 into my new basement
So I`m going to have to sell it and buy a tank that isn`t 3 feet wide.
I really want to keep Dats in the new tank ( I`m thinking maybe 6x2x2) And I was thinking of what tankmates would be good for dats. My old Dat I got as a tiny little fish and I grew him out with Bichirs and I had him for about 6 months and he still wouldn`t take pellets.
I`m thinking if I get some dats small, I`m thinking 3 at first and then adding maybe another one or two when the first 3 are stable and possibly eating pellets. I don`t want anything that would compete with them for food. I have tried to google lots of information on who are the best tankmates and I keep seeing tinfoil barbs pop up, I had 12 fully grown tinfoils in my 225 last year and they ate a good 80% of the food that hit the surface.
I was thinking of keeping it with Clown loaches on the bottom (maybe a bichir or two) or other predatory fish with similar feeding habits or maybe have the dats as the only predators with last mouths and have a mormyrid or a group of them, something unusual. If I could find a flag tail that would be good too.
What can you guys recommend? I`ll be getting the dats small and I`d like to get them pellet trained as my main focus
So I`m going to have to sell it and buy a tank that isn`t 3 feet wide.
I really want to keep Dats in the new tank ( I`m thinking maybe 6x2x2) And I was thinking of what tankmates would be good for dats. My old Dat I got as a tiny little fish and I grew him out with Bichirs and I had him for about 6 months and he still wouldn`t take pellets.
I`m thinking if I get some dats small, I`m thinking 3 at first and then adding maybe another one or two when the first 3 are stable and possibly eating pellets. I don`t want anything that would compete with them for food. I have tried to google lots of information on who are the best tankmates and I keep seeing tinfoil barbs pop up, I had 12 fully grown tinfoils in my 225 last year and they ate a good 80% of the food that hit the surface.
I was thinking of keeping it with Clown loaches on the bottom (maybe a bichir or two) or other predatory fish with similar feeding habits or maybe have the dats as the only predators with last mouths and have a mormyrid or a group of them, something unusual. If I could find a flag tail that would be good too.
What can you guys recommend? I`ll be getting the dats small and I`d like to get them pellet trained as my main focus