Anyone starved a Datnoid to death??

[Datnoid101]

dats aren't fish?

Yes they are fish but dats and many other fish, will not over indulge themselves and eat more then they can handle. I've been raising dats for over 7 years and have had 111 at once. You will find that many other fish know their limits such as Polypterus, arowanas, etc.

 

[spin420]

Feed your dats anything they will eat till they are completely stuffed. Now that you know they had a good fill you begin a starvation period. Only offer what you want the dat to eat. You can also use dither fish. These fish should be fast swimming and aggressive eaters, such as archers, tinfoils, arowanas, etc.

Thanks man for all your help!

 

[flamenco-t]

Dats are creature of schooling habit.

If they see other dats eat pellets, they will start to eat them too..

I have had a dat in QT tank for a month who do not eat anything I threw in (I don't feed my fish feeder). Put him in the grow out tank with 8 other dats, and within a week, he munched down on massivore delight, aro stix, hai feng and all frozen foods.

stan

 

[sayyid_Az]

In my opinion it's sick to starve dats (or any animal) (so not giving them food foor long periods, like many weeks,months) to get them on certain types of food. Just kill the animal and throw it in the bin, that's much better. If you want to feed your dat other types of food, than try doing it in a more apropriate fashion. If you, for example, want your dat to eat pellets, than squeeze some pellets, give this to mealworms, and feed these mealworms to your dats.

 

[T1KARMANN]

Dats are creature of schooling habit.

If they see other dats eat pellets, they will start to eat them too..

I have had a dat in QT tank for a month who do not eat anything I threw in (I don't feed my fish feeder). Put him in the grow out tank with 8 other dats, and within a week, he munched down on massivore delight, aro stix, hai feng and all frozen foods.

stan

nah they are not schooling

 

[twk1]

I just got a 3.5" IT 2 days ago that only ate live feeders, now lets see how long till it gives in and take pellets... i hope NOT 8 months.. hahah..lol. Wish me luck

 

[christ4paul]

if any of your dats die can you ship some to me so i can fish slap my neighbors dog with it. ive been lacking sleep because of it wakes up 6 in the morning and barks non-stop til like 9.

 

[gavigan1]

My dats took to shrimp wthin a week following the example of the other fish. Same with my Tats. Now the tats and datnoids even eat some pellets from time to time.