My new Datnioides micolepis

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Hi all,


Well I currently have 8 D. microlepis.

I have one in a 33gallon, along with two Polypterus and 3 Corydoras zygatus (and before anyone says, the zygatus are too big for any of the fish in there to eat, hehe!)

This one is great, he has coloured up great, and has grown a lot in the last few months. He does hide alot, until he is hungry when comes over and stares at me until I feed him.

I is currently eating bloodworm, plain fishing maggots (live and frozen), prawn and whiting strips.
I cant get him to take pellets :cry:

Here are a few pics: click for bigger pics

The fish: (he is a little bigger than this now)



The tank: (not the best pic, as taken with the camera on my phone)


As for the other 7 I have, they are very small only around 2", the biggest is probably 2.5".

These are very skitish, and hide most of the time, when the light is on.
I am looking at getting some fake plants to use as floating plants in the next week or so. Hopefully this will help them.

They have been in the tank, about 3 weeks now and still havent coloured up :( I have seen one or to coloured up once or twice, but none continuely.

I have been thinking of getting some dither fish, maybe platies? As I need something big-ish.

Any suggestions?

unfortunataly I dont have any pics of these, as they are always hiding.
 
First off, you would get more answers in the datnoid forum. The mods might move this anyway. If you want dithers for datnoids, keep in mind that the dats will outgrow them, and someday those platies might start disappearing. Are all of those fihs in a 33?


I used to have some rainbow fish in with my silver dat, and he managed to eat the smallest one, and kill two more. I didn't think that the smallest rainbow fish wold even fit into his mouth. If you have tank-space, a lot of people recommend using silver dollars as dithers for dats. -peace-
 
First Off, this is posted in the Dat forum??

secondly there are 7 in the 22gallon, but they are only in there to grow on, I may keep one of them to go with my other, which will be going into the 120gallon once bigger.

Silver dollars are too big for the smaller tanks...
 
Thanks, took me ages to track some down, I will be selling some on once they get bigger. As I want them stable and eating decently too. i.e. hopefully taking pellets as well as bloodworms and prawn
 
nice looking IT.
 
I got them for a lot less than the normal prices you see them :)

the one in the pic I paid about £25-30 if I remember correctly, but the others were a lot cheaper. I plan to grow them on a little and then sell them on. As Dats are hard to come by over here.
 
I've got 7 microlepis in a 125 gallon tank with several south/central american cichlids and haven't been able to get them to swim out in the light. When the lights are on they hit the deck and turn black. I've tried leaving the lights on, with a timer, only one light (two 3 foot lights on the tank) on, with lots of hiding places, with no hiding places, and currently with some hiding places & some floating plants.

I may have to try them in a 'dark' water tank...lots of tannins in the water etc.
 
Carg R;1657868; said:
I've got 7 microlepis in a 125 gallon tank with several south/central american cichlids and haven't been able to get them to swim out in the light. When the lights are on they hit the deck and turn black. I've tried leaving the lights on, with a timer, only one light (two 3 foot lights on the tank) on, with lots of hiding places, with no hiding places, and currently with some hiding places & some floating plants.

I may have to try them in a 'dark' water tank...lots of tannins in the water etc.
Click to expand...

I would say that they dont like being in there with the Cichlids, which is why they always hide and are unstable... I would recommend getting another tank and separating the Dats from the Cichlids.

Also 7 indos is over stocked for a 125gal + "serveral" Cichlids is just over kill....
 
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