Just finished drip acclimating my first dats! 2 IT's!

[OTp1144]

Big one is about 6". Small on about 4".



They were still a little stressed from the move to the new tank, but light are off now and they're slowly inching out from hiding and getting used to their new poly tank mates.

 

[NeonFlux]

Nice IT Dats. What size tank do you have them in? Thanks for sharing your pics.

 

[OTp1144]

Nice IT Dats. What size tank do you have them in? Thanks for sharing your pics.

They're currently in a planted 125 with a bunch of polys. Got one fx6 on it and next weekend putting another fx6. Just have to wait for it to finish seeding another filter. Their next home will be minimum 300g but I'm holding off on buying that until I move. From what I've heard they're such slow growers, that I've got plenty of time to upgrade. Doesn't mean I'm going to wait though.

 

[NeonFlux]

Sounds like a good plan

 

[T1KARMANN]

Word of advice tigers travel real badly
So it's not best to drip

Just do the one pan of water in the box wait 15 mins and put them in the tank


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[LuluB916]

That 6" IT is nice!


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[OTp1144]

Word of advice tigers travel real badly
So it's not best to drip

Just do the one pan of water in the box wait 15 mins and put them in the tank


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I did notice they weren't doing too hot in the bucket so I sped up the acclimation. Usually I do at least 2 hours for dripping but I did these guys in one. They came from very high Ph water with African cichlid substrate and mine is lower, so I wanted to avoid the shock as much as possible. But for the future I'll definitely keep this in mind.