Dither fish for wide-bar datnoid

[TheEelKing]

How large does a fish have to be to live with a wide-bar datnoid for life and not end up as lunch?

Could a datnoid eat a 7" filament barb? I know that oscars can't.

 

[kno4te]

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[tlindsey]

How large does a fish have to be to live with a wide-bar datnoid for life and not end up as lunch?

Could a datnoid eat a 7" filament barb? I know that oscars can't. Would a wide-bar datnoid eventually be able to eat one?

Datnoids have huge mouths. I have Silver Dollar's in the aquarium with a 13 inch Datnoid.

 

[TheEelKing]

Datnoids have huge mouths. I have Silver Dollar's in the aquarium with a 13 inch Datnoid.

Filament bars are not tall-bodied like silver dollars, though. They are build more like bala sharks. A 7" filament barb is probably about the size of a 7", well-fed bala shark. Would a large datnoid be able to eat that?

 

[tlindsey]

Datnoids have huge mouths. I have Silver Dollar's in the aquarium with a 13 inch Datnoid.

Sorry for the poor pic the Silver Dollar is above the Dat.

 

[TheEelKing]

These are filament bars. Imagine them at 7". Can a large datnoid eat that or would they be safe of the datnoid is bought small and is never given feeder fish?

 

[tlindsey]

Filament bars are not tall-bodied like silver dollars, though. They are build more like bala sharks. A 7" filament barb is probably about the size of a 7", well-fed bala shark. Would a large datnoid be able to eat that?

Yes they are torpedo shaped and may be eaten by a very large Datnoid. I personally wouldn't risk it. I would do large Bala sharks.

 

[TheEelKing]

Yes they are torpedo shaped and may be eaten by a very large Datnoid. I personally wouldn't risk it. I would do large Bala sharks.

Thanks!

 

[tlindsey]

These are filament bars. Imagine them at 7". Can a large datnoid eat that or would they be safe of the datnoid is bought small and is never given feeder fish?

If Datnoids are small and aren't fed live the yes very possible for them to live together. How long I honestly don't know.

 

[TheEelKing]

If Datnoids are small and aren't fed live the yes very possible for them to live together. How long I honestly don't know.

But, eventually, when the datnoid grows large enough, it will start to see the filament bars as food, right? Even if the datnoids grew up on a diet of earthworms and krill, or pellets, right?