My idea of caring for IT datnoids-please fix anything iffy for me

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IT Datnoids grow very slow, around 1-2" every six months when they are small and much slower when about 6".

An appropriately sized tank for growing 5 indo dats out to 5-8" is 55g with heavy filtration.

Any pH as long as it is any where from 6.5-7.5 is fine as long as it's stable.

Stable-Bars on body are prominently black, gold around bars is clear
unstable- un-evenly black bars

Changing 14gallons a week on a 55g with 5 (quarter size) datnoids and 4" delhezi is plenty (change two gallons a day)

Starting them off with frozen foods like bloodworms and black worms is the best. Than after the supplies of food run out, start feeding crushed sinking carnivore

Adding stress coat daily will improve stability


Thanks for checking
 
I'm not to sure on the growth rate but give it a few more month and you should have lots of raw data on the subject with the number of baby indo's floating around recently.
 
gangster;3878362; said:
why u add stress coat? Read the other threads....this one is not neccesary.
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was thinking that my self G.

Stress coat for water changes.
 
fishaddict401;3879216; said:
I use api water conditioner. And the stress coat is for stability
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It's the same thing ..... Stress coat is the water conditioner.
 
Stress Coat has benefits over a plain water conditioner, namely replacing damaged slime coat and significantly helping to heal wounds. That said, I see no reason to add it to a tank every day. Use only as a water conditioner, to minimise stress after physical damage, or to improve healing of damaged tissue.
 
fishaddict401;3879678; said:
Well api water conditioner is more efficient meaning i don't have to use as much
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Anna Robinson;3882715; said:
Stress Coat has benefits over a plain water conditioner, namely replacing damaged slime coat and significantly helping to heal wounds. That said, I see no reason to add it to a tank every day. Use only as a water conditioner, to minimise stress after physical damage, or to improve healing of damaged tissue.
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must be slightly different. I use stress coat water conditioner. Which replaces slimecoat, has aloe vera, neutralises chlorine and chloramine.
1 bottle does it all.

"Water conditioner minimises stress after physical damage"?????? What r u on about?

Other stuff is recognised to be far more effective.
 
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