IT (Datnioids Microlepis) housing together + tankmates

[Bartkee]

he guys,
ive just bought 2 IT(3,5''). There not very stable at the moment. there housed in a little smaller tank (35 gallon, well planted).

Im going to house them in a large tank. 200x60x60 cm (approx 200 gallon)
together with some small cichla ocellaris & 2 potamotrygon hystrix.
If the cichla's outgrow them, i will move them ofcourse.

ive read some threats about adding tankmates, which im gonna do now with the cichla's and stingrays. do you think this wil solve the problem of (especially 1 IT) being unstable?

might the bigger tank be a solution itself?

furthermore im going to add 1 more IT, might this help? or is it better te keep 1 than 2 or 3 together?

The problem is that datnioids are not easy to buy in europe, so there is almost no option to buy more then 3.

Thanks guys.

 

[christ4paul]

ok heres the thing. you cant really do much when the IT is not stable. also it depends on how the fish is feeling about the surroundings and stuff. but if your gonna end up throwing them in the 200 gallon then the more the merrier. datnoids in huge group is better then leaving them single.