albyoscar;1151287; said:
I've never understood why people do so much of a water change.... Is it just me or do other people only do 10-15% weekly?
Do dats ever become "stable"
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I've never understood why people do so much of a water change.... Is it just me or do other people only do 10-15% weekly?
i have a ntt, well, 2 actually. however, the 1st one was realli realli timid, and dind't come outta its cave at least 2 month. i had no choice but to hand feed it dry shrimps every day. and finally it got used to me...or rather my hand, and its environment and started to hang out in the open, but its color didn't realli get stable til' recently which is 1/2 yr. now it's color is amazing, and the black are solid. i'm yet await for my smaller ntt to become that stable. ^^
albyoscar;1151287; said:
I have a 9 inch NTT and a 2.5 inch NTT in a 55Gallon with a XP3, 2 whisper60's and do a 35-40% water change every 5 days.
May want to try and add a HOB or dim the lighting a bit.
you only had it 3 weeks, so maybe it just needs more time.
I've got three small dats in a 40g, with a few red eye tetras left over from a friends tank (yeah I know they'll eventually become snacks 
). I removed my black sand substrate a couple of weeks ago and have just had them on the bare bottom to make it easier to clean. None of them seem particularly stable, despite looking good in the shop. I'm going to try add some dark-ish gravel this weekend, and perhaps some java fern and anubius for them to hide under. The tank has some big pieces of wood, but a lot of open spaces and they seem quite shy. I'll probably also add some clown loaches, (maybe not this weekend) and another couple of dats at some stage.
I'll keep everyone updated to see if any of this helps them become more stable.
). I removed my black sand substrate a couple of weeks ago and have just had them on the bare bottom to make it easier to clean. None of them seem particularly stable, despite looking good in the shop. I'm going to try add some dark-ish gravel this weekend, and perhaps some java fern and anubius for them to hide under. The tank has some big pieces of wood, but a lot of open spaces and they seem quite shy. I'll probably also add some clown loaches, (maybe not this weekend) and another couple of dats at some stage.I'll keep everyone updated to see if any of this helps them become more stable.
I do 100%+ water changes weekly sometimes twice a week just because of the quantity of fish and their size. Regardless of filtration, nothing removes more harmful ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites than good ole water changes. About stability, try using a very dark background with some natural color sand or red sand. Many people use that type of setup and their dats show beautiful colors and stability. Also water quality plays a large part in stability. Also provide lots of hiding places, preferably driftwood since dats prefer softer water.
