datnoids and cichla

[BigUmbeeFan]

I notice many people keep cichla and datnoids together.

How big do datnoids get and how aggressive are they ?

Are they more aggressive than oscars ?

 

[lungfishlover]

nowhere near as aggressive as cichla - you will see aggression if you had a pair - they will fight with each other - i currently have 8 ranging in size from 4 inches to 10 inches and i rarely see any aggression toward any other tankmates.

they are great fish and are a challenge to keep but well worth it imo

that said, you cannot have more than one NGT in a tank as they will fight to the death

 

[BigUmbeeFan]

Whats the largest they get ?

Are they dirty like oscars ?

 

[JLSEF9]

i have a 15" St with a 10" kelberi..st bosses it here and there, but thats pretty much it, no major damage

 

[rgonzales]

Its hit or miss keeping dats with cichla, I had to pick up a 4 inch it dat from callen because it had all 4 of his larger orinos backed into a corner

 

[studd muffin]

Dats and peacock bass works almost everytime for me. When the peacock bass out grows the dat's they get moved to my bigger tanks.

Off topic but w/e, Dats look like they could do no harm, but believe me they can...Thats how my fahaka puffer can tolerate them as tank mates because the dats fight back. Doing so puts my fahaka puffer in check and never bothers them.