Dats chasing like mad help

[Egon]

Your main mistake is having only 2 dats together. NEVER DO THIS. There will always be one that will dominate the other. You need at least 3, preferably 5+, or you're better off with just 1. Having a group spreads out the aggression.

Also, you probably should put them in a smaller tank until they're in the 4-6'' range. They may have a hard time finding food in a big tank, and if they're hungry they're more aggressive.

If you give the smaller one a place to hide the larger one will swim free and beat the smaller one up everytime he pops his head out to feed

Tigers will ALWAYS fight if the sizes are close

You have 3 choices get more to spread aggression
Just keep on or or keep 2 with a massive size difference

The only problem with the size difference thing is tigers grow fast up to 8-10 inch then slow down at which point the smaller one will catch up and fights will start again

I agree with both of these quotes. The way to go is have at least 5 or just have one. Two Dats is the worst possible scenario.

 

[djaalix]

Yup, if the fighting is that intense, your best bet is to either get rid of 1 or buy more to spread out the agression .... 5 dats each getting 20% of the agression is much better than 1 getting 100%. Small caves and tubes in the tank will also help the beaten one to hide and get beat up less as well

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[T1KARMANN]

Yup, if the fighting is that intense, your best bet is to either get rid of 1 or buy more to spread out the agression .... 5 dats each getting 20% of the agression is much better than 1 getting 100%. Small caves and tubes in the tank will also help the beaten one to hide and get beat up less as well

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but you will find that the one getting beat up will be pinned in that tube and beat up everytime he pops his head out for food

the hiding spot thing is a bad idea

 

[Gage Zamrzla]

If you give the smaller one a place to hide the larger one will swim free and beat the smaller one up everytime he pops his head out to feed

Tigers will ALWAYS fight if the sizes are close

You have 3 choices get more to spread aggression
Just keep on or or keep 2 with a massive size difference

The only problem with the size difference thing is tigers grow fast up to 8-10 inch then slow down at which point the smaller one will catch up and fights will start again


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^^^ This.

 

[djaalix]

being pinned in the tube and getting beat up when you stick your head out is still better than having nowhere to go and getting beat up all the time, bottom line. I've done it, it has helped and both tigers survived and i have them to this day.

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