New Dat owner - pretty sure it's a Micro

[johnnytaboo]

Picked him up yesterday and put him in the 120 with my bichir and little brown knife. He's small right now, about 4", but he's already comfortable with his tankmates. I've read the horror stories about getting them off live (and the store I bought him from said he was fed live guppies), so I was worried. I guess I'm lucky though; I threw in 2 small pieces of frozen bloodworm cube and he grabbed them almost immediately! I then threw in some small pieces of tilapia for my bichir, and he got at least one of those as well (the smaller pieces that is). We're off to a good start.

I'll post pics tonight for a positive ID from you guys.

- John

 

[rodger]

Micro? Is in miniature?

 

[bottles]

Micro? Is in miniature?

Haha. I'm pretty sure that he means Datnioides Microlepis.

 

[elisuwe]

Yeah he meant it haha

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[johnnytaboo]

LOL, yeah. I meant Microlepis. Just too lazy to type it out. To be fair though, he is pretty small relative to most of my other fish.

 

[rodger]

I have seen stranger on here, that's why I asked.

 

[strollo22]

I have seen stranger on here, that's why I asked.

Bigglesworth's 3" 3 year old Dat comes to mind lol

 

[Sams0n]

No pics yet??


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[johnnytaboo]

CRAP! You're right Sams0n. I've been kinda distracted with work. Pics tonight.

As a note, this little guy is great! Ate bloodworms the first night, now he knows his feeding schedule as well: 1 bloodworm cube, cut into 1/4's - followed shortly by some very small pieces of raw shrimp. He eats a ton for a little guy too.

 

[johnnytaboo]

Not the best pics, but its what I can manage with my phone. Maybe my wife will be so kind as to let me borrow her nice camera.



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