Has anybody lost a dat to overfeeding/choking? My dilemma is that I feed my small dats first a mixture of blood worms and crushed massivores until their stomach is bloated. My two larger dats and catfish in the same tank wont touch the smaller stuff, so then I feed them. Problem is, three of my 7 small dats go and steal a whole massivores when feeding the big ones. It takes them about 15-20 minutes, but they get them down whole it seems, and then their stomachs are super hyper extended like a gulper catfish or something. I've been raising dats for a couple years, but I think this last batch of indos was captive bred. They went onto pellets extremely fast, grow a little quicker, and act a little different.
2.5-3" Dats eating whole Massivore Pellets
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Yeah my dat has been downing whole massivores since it was small. Idk if they can die from it though, you could soak the pellets to make it easier for them to down at least that could help.
my dat hopped onto massivore when he was about 5in...
the first time it ate a massivore i sensed it had an "oh ****" expression. hahahaha
now he's happily eating about 4 a day...
the first time it ate a massivore i sensed it had an "oh ****" expression. hahahaha
now he's happily eating about 4 a day...
i think those 3 that are eating massivore in your tank are just the outgoing dats of the batch. hehe
haha good to see others are doing the same. Just scary when the pellet is half the size of their body.
Seems like your numbers are growing with your story.gangster;4771741; said:
I have grown out dats since they were 1/4" during the IT flood last year and have not had any datnoids "choke" due to over feeding. There were times when their bellies were so round and they were swimming around with food stuck in the mouths but no choking.