I agree with most of above advice, exept salt. Personally,aznfab213;3186541; said:Amv I have kept dats successfully with a zero death rate so far. This is what you must remember to maintain if you want them to live. I always noticed, that a good amount of salt, or as suggested earlier, crushed coral with make the water's salinity higher in which would be a more suitable condition for the dats. The next step is to make sure to have very good filtration, especially if they are small dats. Then feed them well but do not overfeed them or else there will be ammonia. Do not add anything that will make them stressed and be sure to put some hiding spots when introducing them into a tank to make sure that they can feel more secure and become less stressed. Also if you did not cycle your tank properly, that could be the reason why the dats could be dying as well. Since there is not much beneficial bacteria, the water will have the ability to become ammonia high very fast, especially if it is a small tank. If you take this advice into account, I am sure you will have better luck the next time around. I hope this was helpful.
I wouldn't use salt on regular basis, this is just my opinion. Ntt is FW, not brackish.
I've only ever used salt once to speed up recovery of injured dat.
A well cycled tank, strong filtration and airation are a
"MUST" have if your keeping dats.
