Dat owners

[redtailfool]

Mine was 3.5" and loved the flick of a bic (tried to eat it).

Thats cool.. was it the lone dat in the tank ?? Its possible also that the dat felt comfortable in your setup.. i.e , no big predators the dat feels will eat it up.

 

[MarlboroMan]

Actually the guy who sold it to me had it with much larger fish, when I brought it home, I had large bichirs, ATFs, flowerhorns, red devils and such all larger than the dat. Maybe it was raised with larger fish its whole life and got the idea of survival of the fittest. It was the nicest widebar I have seen in person.

 

[redtailfool]

Actually the guy who sold it to me had it with much larger fish, when I brought it home, I had large bichirs, ATFs, flowerhorns, red devils and such all larger than the dat. Maybe it was raised with larger fish its whole life and got the idea of survival of the fittest. It was the nicest widebar I have seen in person.

that could very well be the reason why its not shy . Take pics of it... and the whole tank too if you can...

 

[MarlboroMan]

Its been long sold......................

 

[decoy]

My Dat ,while I clean the tank cicles my hand and arm and rubs his body all over them...Never hides at all...

Regards,

Rich

 

[Opiate]

i wish i could answer that question haha

 

[Steve_89]

My 3 14inchers are very active at night time, which is also feeding time.

Usually they are active 24/7 though, unless one of them decides to boss the other two around.