Hey guys. Ive never had a dat before, but have always wanted one. I happened to be walking around my LFS today and almost fell to the floor when I found 2 approximately 4 inch "gold tiger datnoids", as this specific store rarely gets anything cool. Im not sure if thats what they actually were, as Im not too good at differentiating between different types yet, but I was extremely suprised to see that they were in a brackish tank. I had no idea they were ever able to live in anything other than fresh, and I am just wondering if people actually keep these in brackish tanks for life. I was about to buy them, but being in brackish that kinda scared me off. I was told that this was only because they were just recently collected from the wild in a brackish environment, so maybe thats why. Just looking for some input from you dat guys, and if they can be switched over to fresh safely I may buy them. Thanks for the help.
Gneral Datnoid question
- Thread starter Joe M
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All dat species live in fresh waters in the wild, except for AT and NGT which sometimes are found in slightly brackish areas. Either way, you can keep all species in 100% fresh water, just make sure to acclimate... the dats you saw were probably IT.
Thats what I thought. I told the girl working that I wanted them and she asked if I had a brackish tank. I was so confused. Thanks though. BTW if anybody wondered the title is actually supposed to be GENERAL datnoid question.
Awesome. I think I'm probably going to pick them up tomorrow. I guess I'll just slowly acclimate them to pure fresh then? Will a normal slow drip acclimation work?
If they are in FULL brackish at shop for a while, I would drip acclimate wth 6mm airline tube, for at least 3 hours minimum. Tie a not in tube and do med to fast drip. Fill box or bag then empty half, and keep dripping. Repeat and after 3 hours , dump them in.
If lfs water is 50% bw, the. Reduce drip time to 1.5 hours.
Good luck, and keep us posted.
Only time I Drip for more than 3 hours is when fish go from 100% RO to my water which is fairly hard.
If lfs water is 50% bw, the. Reduce drip time to 1.5 hours.
Good luck, and keep us posted.
Only time I Drip for more than 3 hours is when fish go from 100% RO to my water which is fairly hard.
All I know is that the salt concentration (or whatever its called) is 1.003. I don't know how much salt that really is as I'm not familiar with brackish or salt. I will do the 3 hours to be safe though.
I did pick up the two of them today. I drip acclimated them for about 2.5-3 hours, and they seem to have taken well to their new freshwater environment. I have to grab some pics tomorrow when I get home.
