"Aqua scape" for datnoids?

Jdmxluv

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i started off with small datnoids with small bichirs. ive kept almost every bichir. and the least aggressive bichirs were senegals and delhezi's ive had most trouble with the endlicheri;s. swallowing most of my fishes. and also i dont know where he gets "NEVER GET 2 DATNOIDS. Get at least 3, ideally 5+. Or 1." ive kept bichirs for more the 6 yrs never had a problem with pairs or odds. as long as you put in work to care for these fishes you wont have a problem. unless it gets eaten. as for the rays. i would suggest you to get big datnoids if your gonna keep it with rays. 4-5" datnoid should be fine depend on how big of a ray your going to get make sure it is big enough so the ray cant swallow (yikes that didnt sound right -.-) sorry admin. well Good Luck and Have Fun.
 

rgonzales

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i started off with small datnoids with small bichirs. ive kept almost every bichir. and the least aggressive bichirs were senegals and delhezi's ive had most trouble with the endlicheri;s. swallowing most of my fishes. and also i dont know where he gets "NEVER GET 2 DATNOIDS. Get at least 3, ideally 5+. Or 1." ive kept bichirs for more the 6 yrs never had a problem with pairs or odds. as long as you put in work to care for these fishes you wont have a problem. unless it gets eaten. as for the rays. i would suggest you to get big datnoids if your gonna keep it with rays. 4-5" datnoid should be fine depend on how big of a ray your going to get make sure it is big enough so the ray cant swallow (yikes that didnt sound right -.-) sorry admin. well Good Luck and Have Fun.
the reason for not just 2 dats is to disperse aggression
 

hoangvu71

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Feb 29, 2012
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Talking about aquascaping. Are you planning on adding plants? If so, you should first put some cheap/extra Anubias in first. Some dats have the tendency of ripping it out, some dont. So just in case, put in the less expensive plants in for the experiment.
 

krichardson

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I have never kept any live plants with any of my dats but ripping up plants is a new one to me...


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JayC74

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Think it all depends on the individual dat and their personalities concerning compatibility with plants. I've had a couple IT's that would tear them out from the root. These couple were fine with them till the dats got big, then they went postal on them. My ST can't go 2 seconds with a plant in there. He will pick it up and smash it against against the glass to destroy it relentlessly. Having said that, all my plants were fake ones. Never tried live plants but the i think the outcome might of been the same. It seemed to be the dominant dats that would eventually hate the plants
 
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