Don't mean to hijack your thread but I noticed one of you questions wasn't answered fully and I to am interested in getting a dat so ill ask it again. Can you keep more then one dat in a tank or should there only be one unless there a mating pair. For me personally I have a 150 gallon and was wanting to get atleast one and didn't know if you could have more then one in a tank.
Datnoid question
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erk419;3894887; said:
There is a minimal chance of them breeding in home aquaria. You can keep several dats in a tank, as long as it's big enough. NGTs are aggressive though. Just forget about STs and NGTs for now, they are rare and the NGT is aggressive
Also, be careful when moving them, they have very sharp blades on there dorsal fin and even small ones can cut you up pretty bad. And when they are small just feed them whatever they'll take and lots of it, don't worry about getting it onto pellets until it is bigger.
I want to get the kind in the link I posted. It's not siamese like you guys said, but whatever kind the picture is, is the kind I want.
i am not too keen on That Pet place because they will only order in specific things for you, and this is NOT one of them.
They have frontosa's there for $30, and they are babies. They are not the species of Frontosa I want. they told me that they could order in the type I want, but they won't because they already have one type of frontosa already.
Just like they tried to sell me a deformed Sterlet. I told them I would take him if I got a discount as his whole pec fin was missing, and they refused. 2 months later, and he is still there.
I will contact my LFS and see what they can do for me. But I can guarantee they will want a pretty penny for a datnoid I can get for $20.
i am not too keen on That Pet place because they will only order in specific things for you, and this is NOT one of them.
They have frontosa's there for $30, and they are babies. They are not the species of Frontosa I want. they told me that they could order in the type I want, but they won't because they already have one type of frontosa already.
Just like they tried to sell me a deformed Sterlet. I told them I would take him if I got a discount as his whole pec fin was missing, and they refused. 2 months later, and he is still there.
I will contact my LFS and see what they can do for me. But I can guarantee they will want a pretty penny for a datnoid I can get for $20.
aidenb;3895260; said:
I would honestly like to have a bunch ordered in and then I can pick the one I want, as I want to get one that is pattern stable.
But I don't know exactly how in demand these type of fish are.
Ms. Hill,
I think your going in the right direction. My grow out tank has sand for substraight. and a single piece of drift wood thats about 14'' tall and 18'' long. I used that as my center piece and its my only decoration.
I feed the little guys what ever they will eat. Right now they are pigging out on hikari freeze dried blood worms. i know they love ghost shrimp too, but that's just a treat as i don't like feeding live unless i have to.
Also, i'd buy at least 5 of them and grow them all out, then sell a couple or more if you want later on down the road.
I think your going in the right direction. My grow out tank has sand for substraight. and a single piece of drift wood thats about 14'' tall and 18'' long. I used that as my center piece and its my only decoration.
I feed the little guys what ever they will eat. Right now they are pigging out on hikari freeze dried blood worms. i know they love ghost shrimp too, but that's just a treat as i don't like feeding live unless i have to.
Also, i'd buy at least 5 of them and grow them all out, then sell a couple or more if you want later on down the road.
megalops///;3895536; said:
Are they hard to breed?
I am thinking of starting a breeding program, as I am going to school to be a vet tech, and one day an vet, and I want to specialize in fish.
I am going to look into my icthyology degree (sp?) but right now I am not sure how I feel about it.
I've already got a plan set up in my head to try to breed clown loaches.
mshill90;3895550; said:Are they hard to breed?
I am thinking of starting a breeding program, as I am going to school to be a vet tech, and one day an vet, and I want to specialize in fish.
I am going to look into my icthyology degree (sp?) but right now I am not sure how I feel about it.
I've already got a plan set up in my head to try to breed clown loaches.
Breeding is not going to happen. They are barely able to breed indos in asia so it is very unlikely to happen in your aquarium. Or any ones aquarium for that matter
