Dirty lil Dodos

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4's a good number, more the better. dont think they'll pay much attention to the arrow. i'd be worried about those rays at the bottom.
 
Why won't the Aro work?

I think Dorado are misunderstood. I haven't had any troubles yet and the biggest one is a monster.

Mike (H20) has had a 20+ incher with his rays for a long time now. Never had any trouble.

My other 2 (6 inchers) have been with rays since the size of these lil buggers and have never had any trouble except for a ray trying to munch him when they were in a very small tank.

Kinda hard to not have rays in a tank when I have 16 of them in all different sizes....

Might have to leave one tank without them though so I don't have a repeat of last year..... ;)
 
in my experience, that arrow is too large to eat and dorados don't chase after fish in that shape or color. so should be ok. Keep mine with a silver arrow as well.
 
I have 2 shoals. One group is 4 inches.

The other is (2) @ 6 and (1) @8.

I'm trying to close the gap in size (small ones fed 3 times a day) bigger ones 3 times a week.

How close in size would you say they have to be before combining them?
 
DB junkie;3364068; said:
Why won't the Aro work?

I think Dorado are misunderstood. I haven't had any troubles yet and the biggest one is a monster.

Mike (H20) has had a 20+ incher with his rays for a long time now. Never had any trouble.

My other 2 (6 inchers) have been with rays since the size of these lil buggers and have never had any trouble except for a ray trying to munch him when they were in a very small tank.

Kinda hard to not have rays in a tank when I have 16 of them in all different sizes....

Might have to leave one tank without them though so I don't have a repeat of last year..... ;)
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only time will tell.
theyll probably be fine,probably not.
at least they have each other to keep them busy right now.
i mean rays again...as in...theyre characin killers when you keep em arent they?
 
DB junkie;3367004; said:
I have 2 shoals. One group is 4 inches.

The other is (2) @ 6 and (1) @8.

I'm trying to close the gap in size (small ones fed 3 times a day) bigger ones 3 times a week.

How close in size would you say they have to be before combining them?
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they'd probably be fine together now IMO.
 
channarox;3367179; said:
only time will tell.
theyll probably be fine,probably not.
at least they have each other to keep them busy right now.
i mean rays again...as in...theyre characin killers when you keep em arent they?
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The big shoal of Dorado have been kept with rays from day one.... The rays were like 6-7 inches across when they were 2.5-3...... They big group is now in with 15 inch rays and seem to be fine.... Have been for a while.

I had one ray maul a Dorado in the past when I had 2 rays and 4 dorado in a 40 gallon breeder that was filled like 4 inches from the top... Easy for the ray to trap the baby Dorado. The 2 Dorado that were eaten had jumped the divider that had BIG rays on the other side (up to 17 inches across)

It isn't just my rays.... I think alot of people here don't openly admit mistakes like mine.... I do hoping people can learn from them.

So you'de go ahead and turn loose 4 inch Dorado with sdome as big as 8? I'm excited.... a 7pc shoal should be pretty neat to watch constantly pace the tank back and forth...... :headbang2
 
DB junkie;3367206; said:
The big shoal of Dorado have been kept with rays from day one.... The rays were like 6-7 inches across when they were 2.5-3...... They big group is now in with 15 inch rays and seem to be fine.... Have been for a while.

I had one ray maul a Dorado in the past when I had 2 rays and 4 dorado in a 40 gallon breeder that was filled like 4 inches from the top... Easy for the ray to trap the baby Dorado. The 2 Dorado that were eaten had jumped the divider that had BIG rays on the other side (up to 17 inches across)

It isn't just my rays.... I think alot of people here don't openly admit mistakes like mine.... I do hoping people can learn from them.

So you'de go ahead and turn loose 4 inch Dorado with sdome as big as 8? I'm excited.... a 7pc shoal should be pretty neat to watch constantly pace the tank back and forth...... :headbang2
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that sounds good.
IMO any tank with rays is awesome.
too bad i dont have the resources to keep one....
yea,i'd try it.
theres only one 8 incher,he'll have too many to pick on.
dont think he'll do much damage to anything,but always be prepared...
 
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