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25 Indo Datnoids in a 210g Tank
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GunmetalG35;4416497; said:
Thanks gunmetal. Yeah I'm really lucky about the widebar SDs. I was about to buy 6x 3" ones for $20 each, but I found 6 of them at the LFS @ 2" and only $8 each. The owner said it was the first time he had ever gotten them in and I'm cool with him so he gave me a good deal.
BlackShark11k;4416971; said:
Mine used to hide under the driftwood all the time, especially when the lights came on. It sucked. Even when I fed them, they would hide under the rocks and wait for food to be near them before they tried to eat it.
I think putting in dither fish like silver dollars makes a big difference. When I moved my dats and before I got the black bar SDs, they would still hide a lot, but after the black bar SDs were put in and started swimming around, all my indos felt safer. Even with the lights on
. A lot of it has to do with how the silver dollars are so quick to eat the food. If the indos weren't active, the SDs would get almost all of it. Also, it's really hot over here and I think the higher temps make them more active. lungfishlover;4416988; said:
I bought them when they were babies (1/2 inch) around new year's day. I live in L.A. and they were cheap back then -- only $7 each. A few vendors on MFK had hundreds of them for sale and I bought a lot of them. I like them much more now that they're active and feel safe in a big tank.
Hey west. I got them off live by putting bloodworms, garlic guard and sinking baby size pellets in a cup and letting it soak in for a few hours in the fridge. I'm lucky, mine started eating pellets when they were babies and I think it's a lot easier to train them when they're so small because they're hungry all the time. I've tried to pellet train big dats and they would just look at the pellets like they were turds floating by.
They do school around the tank. It's F'n cool. I used to love dats just for how they look, but they're so much nicer when they're settled in and swim around the tank freely like that instead of hiding all the time.
They do school around the tank. It's F'n cool. I used to love dats just for how they look, but they're so much nicer when they're settled in and swim around the tank freely like that instead of hiding all the time.