Dithers for Festae

[joedtr]

I need some ideas for dithers for my male Festae. The silver dollars I have right now aren't working. I have a group of five and they are just too skittish. He is shy to begin with and they just make things worse. He is in a six foot 125 by himself right now.

 

[AcsFoolMike]

You could give giant danios a try. They definitely won't be too skiddish and should be too quick for him to make a meal of.

 

[joedtr]

I have had some giant danios in the past and was thinking about doing these again. They are fast, but occasionally do get picked off when he is hungry. I think I would like to have something with a little more size though.

 

[balton777]

Personally I like to use Filament barbs or small growing spotted SD's.

 

[AcsFoolMike]

Personally I like to use Filament barbs or small growing spotted SD's.

My initial response was going to be SD, until I saw you had them already and they were skiddish. Maybe just try switching out the school you have for a new school.

 

[joedtr]

Filament barbs look like they might be a good compromise. Decent size without being too large. What size group works best?

 

[joedtr]

So not all SDs are skittish? I thought this might just be a trait of the species.

 

[balton777]

My SD's aren't skittish one bit, they're very relaxed and calm. Remember I keep the spotted SD's that only grow about 4"-4.5". Filament barbs are schooling fish and grow about 6". They're very quick, strong swimmers when grown up...but I wouldn't say they're skittish either.

 

[Freshwaterpredators]

You could also try convicts. They'll get your male out and about patrolling his tank.

 

[Allan01230]

Filament barbs or mascara barbs would be perfect. I would do half a dozen of them. They are fast as hell get a cool looking green sheen to them and are not as common. I had an old male that acually got to 8 inches.