silver

[clown loach]

thinkin bout gettin a silver dat, but first:

-just to make sure it can be put in freshwater
-arowana, bichir as tankmates n they r relatively same size, im just makin sure the dat isnt a fin nipper or aggressive
-would it be possible to put it with discus
-is hidin spot really needed, the dats r 3-4"
-best single or 3+

sorry bout askin so much ? just want to do research before buyin n u guys r the experts

 

[dragonfish18]

1 make sure u get the fresh water ones
2 aros grow faster than dats and might out grow and eat it, bichirsr coo
3 it can work with discus
4 hiding spots arent really nessisary then they would hide all day
5 its best to get them in odd numbers
in my experiance the arnt really picky with food and usually single one out as tha weakest dat

 

[clown loach]

o yeah whats the growth rate, i no its slow but say best case how many inch per year? same rate as cl?

 

[dragonfish18]

silvers arnt really picky at eating they can probly put on an inch in 8-10 months... it took mine from 1.5" to 3" in about 8 months

 

[bongko]

I got my AT's at 1.5" from all happy three months ago and traded a few of them to Jason at Medusa at ~4-4.5" and they were some fat dats. Fed them mostly bloodworms and frozen market prawn pieces.
As for aggressiveness, my AT's are particularly more territorial than the NTT's and NGT's I have. Mine especially like to hide and then come out and terrorize the other dats that come close to it's little niche. Couldnt deal with them so I took em out and traded for some more NTT's. I tried leaving the smallest AT in the tank, but after it's friends were gone it took over the job of territory tyrant. I have an ornate in the tank, but the AT's never messed with him or i've never seen it.