Datnoid with oscars?
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I would say avoid an Oscar until the Dats are at least 6". Oscars are a hit and miss (at least in my experience) in terms of aggression, but they grow faster and always tend to eat anything smaller than them. As for how many, i'd say 4-6 juvenile dats could work in a 125 and as they grow up trim the numbers to the best 1-2 dats you like. Also, in a tank that size I would only keep one adult Oscar with the dats since they all grow up to be decent size fish, so maybe 1-3 juvenile Oscars.
Just remember, Oscars produce a lot of waste and are messy eaters so make sure to keep up with your water changes.
Just remember, Oscars produce a lot of waste and are messy eaters so make sure to keep up with your water changes.
I had mine with bichirs before with no problems.
How big are you planing to get in dats, bichirs, and Oscars
A lot of people say do not put Birchirs with Oscars. Oscars will eat anything that will fit in their mouth. A 12 inch Bichir will still fit in a 6 inch oscars mouth as they are so skinny.
I sadly learned this the hard way.
I sadly learned this the hard way.
The Oscars will outgrow the dats, but I had a 6" dat kick the crap out of a 9" Oscar that got too big for his boots. But at smaller sizes dats can be fragile. Maybe best to let them get to 5"+ before adding Oscars, dats grow fairly quickly until about 8/9" then slow down
Oscars grow a lot faster than datnoids do if you want to put oscars with them I would say get the datnoids first and let them grow to a decent size to where the oscars can't eat them and by the time the oscars catch up to the datnoids size they will be perfectly fine with each other if it was well oriented and they are well fed I don't think there will be any problems I've had oscars several times and all types of oscars and I've never had an aggression problem with oscars especially with fish the same size as them but if you want to be real safe I think it'll be better to get a different tank mate for the datnoids btw bichirs will be fine with them
I just got the dats. They're tiny like not even an inch. I have a 20 gallon tank that they will grow out in until they are big enough. And sadly I already have my oscars. Biggest one is like 2 1/2 inches
Damn unfortunately it's going to take forever until you get to put them together that's just how they are I'm looking for some datnoids myself to put with my baby golden clown knife and tiger shovelnose and arowana in my 210 I believe if you feed the datnoids lots of nutrient filled foods you will definitely have them grow a bit faster than the norm