Monthly Feeding Costs?

[item2302]

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!

 

[flemming]

€5 a month for all my baby predatory fish.

 

[benzjamin13]

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.

 

[Ade]

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.

 

[irwan]

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

 

[vanimate]

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

 

[Datnoid101]

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.

 

[item2302]

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...