Silver datnoid

zdolla3 · Apr 18, 2023

Does Silver Datnoid (Datnioides polota) need brackish waters? I see mix reviews on google?

TyKornblue · Apr 18, 2023

I think their just freshwater but could be wrong

pwmin · Apr 18, 2023

You'll be fine in freshwater.

Midwater · Apr 18, 2023

zdolla3 said:
Does Silver Datnoid (Datnioides polota) need brackish waters? I see mix reviews on google?

No. Polota are only freshwater. All dats are freshwater.

And don't shout!

krichardson · Apr 18, 2023

Leonardo_CH · Apr 18, 2023

I'm going to go against what seems to be the consensus here and say that in my opinion for a silver dat to really live out his full possible lifespan a mild brackish is required.

That is mostly why despite being quite common in the hobby you rarely see full grown speciments compared to indo dats, which are 100% freshwater.

TyKornblue · Apr 18, 2023

Leonardo_CH said:
I'm going to go against what seems to be the consensus here and say that in my opinion for a silver dat to really live out his full possible lifespan a mild brackish is required.

That is mostly why despite being quite common in the hobby you rarely see full grown speciments compared to indo dats, which are 100% freshwater.

are they slightly brackish water naturally? i don’t know much about them at all

Midwater · Apr 19, 2023

Leonardo_CH said:
I'm going to go against what seems to be the consensus here and say that in my opinion for a silver dat to really live out his full possible lifespan a mild brackish is required.

No. Definitely freshwater.

zdolla3 · Apr 19, 2023

Midwater said:
No. Definitely freshwater.

Have you kept one? Obviously I haven’t but been doing research in the past 24hrs, I saw previously owners say they couldn’t get them over a year old in pure freshwater. Then had better luck again doing it in brackish overtime.