Dat size

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I've read somewhere that Thailand has some 24 inchers that they do not allow to be exported/imported. I'm not sure if that is the max size. One "full size" guesstimate would be a 7'x30"x30" tank.
 
Ive read articles saying they reach up to 30 inches in size. Youre lucky to get a 15 incher in home aquaria.
 
Yeap,
the articles about dats all suggest sizes up to 30 inches, generally though, you can't raise one to more than 16 inches, regardless of how big a tank you give them.
 
truman said:
Yeap,
the articles about dats all suggest sizes up to 30 inches, generally though, you can't raise one to more than 16 inches, regardless of how big a tank you give them.
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Yep another proof that fish in the wild grow bigger than they would ever in home aquaria. I was challenged on this assumption a few months ago.
 
I have a friend who has a datnoid a little over 20inches. He has it in a 120 gallon tank. It really needs a bigger one now. His secret is feeding it lots of dew worms and minnows. He changes the water (50%) weekly

arapaimag
 
DeLgAdO said:
actually redtail some fish do grow bigger in the home aquaium, because of cleaner water and more nutritious foods.
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Agreed. small to med size fish get big in aquariums. Im really talking about the monsters here. I dont quite agree on cleaner water though..
 
lol
a 30 inch dat, has anyone seen the pic of that? someone here has a gallery pic of one...

its not really a question of how good the conditions are so much so as the size of aquria and evental length of time we raise them for.

I doubt anyone has managed raising the mekong giant cat or arapaima to full size in a pond either, its just too large a size that a confined space would offer any fish the amount of swimspace to stretch out and becom full size.

Besides, dat's live in the mekong and its tributaries etc... water isn't perfect there... yet they get to 30 inches? :ROFL:
 
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