Monthly Feeding Costs?

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Hi all,

I'm thinking of getting "addicted" to Dats. But before I dive in, I was wondering how much you guys/gals spend on feeding these monsters on a monthly basis.

There are plenty of threads and posts stating what to feed Dats, but I haven't found one that stated how much money is spent on the food. I was thinking of getting a very small Dat (or a few small Dats), so that I can watch it (them) grow.

Thanks in advance for all your help!
 
€5 a month for all my baby predatory fish.
 
Depends on how you want to feed them. Do you want to just feed on pellets, frozen seafood, live feeders, etc. What portions...feeders once a week, twice a week, pellets every other day, etc? The cost can vary greatly depending on how you want to feed. I mostly feed FD Shrimp whick cost me $10/3oz that last about 3 months, cut pieces of frozen shrimp and fish once every other week, and feeders once a week or once every 2 weeks. I had 6 little Dats and others. So I would say I was spending $15-$30 every month depending on portion control as well.
 
Its all relative to how many tigers you have and how big. and as Benzjamin mentions: How much you want to feed them.

I have 8 Indos, ranging from 3 inch to 8.5", also, 1 cambeli 5" and 2 NTTs about 1.5" each.

Approx. per month, my tigers eat the following:

250 gram of prawns £3 or equivelant $5
250 gram of lance fish £4 or equ. $6
250 gram of frozen bloodowrm blister pack £6 or $9
100 gram of frozen krill blister pack £2.50 or $3.75
15 gram of frozen beefheart blister pack £1 or $1.5
Hikari sinking carniovre pellets say £6 or $9
So, roughly 1KG of food per month, or £22.50/month or $34/month.

If your tigers are little, less than 3, the food bill will be alot Less.
 
I feed my predatory fishes (one baramundi, 1 cobra sh, 3 adult indo datz, 10 young indo datz, 3 watercow, 1 peruno, 2 wallago leerii, 1 obscura sh) with live feeder fish. The cost of 4 litre per month of live feeder is Rp 120k or equals with USD 12 assuming 1 usd = Rp 10,000
 
Hmm I've never really calculated a monthly cost. I have 20+ dats most eat MP with some FD krill, and three of them on straight pellets. I don't think I really want to know the answer :ROFL:
 
I go through about 3-4 lbs of massivore delite, 3-4 lbs sinking carnivore, 2 lbs algae waffers, 3-4 lbs dainichi growth and xl pro, 4 16 oz frozen bloodworms a month. I go through about 5-6 lbs of market shrimp a week. I'd say monthly expense on food is around $400 or slightly more.
 
Thanks everyone for the responses. Right now I don't know what my plans are, but I know I would like to keep a dat, if not more. So I was just hoping to get a rough idea of how much you spend, no matter what the food is. The variety of responses really helps in getting an idea of what I can feed them, and how much it would cost.

From the looks of it, I'm going to jump in and get a few dats. Everyone has been a great help in getting me "addicted" to dats.

I guess the reason for concerns with cost is the fact that I have two daughters, my wife doesn't work, and I've got a mortgage payment. But my older daughter (2 years) loves looking at the fish in the doctor's office. She loves watching me feed my fish and shrimp in my little 6 gallon tank at home. I know she would love to stare at the dats in a new tank. I think dats are beautiful, and so does my wife.

If anyone else has more input, I am all ears...
 
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