I am an indo dat man, but recently I've interested in getting some NTT. Only thing is I am so afraid at how fragile they might be. The NTT are about 2". Are the NTT as fragile as baby electric blue jack dempsey? What percentage of NTT suffer from sudden death syndrom? Worth the risk?
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Fragile how?
Either way both are not for the novice fishkeeper.
Just cater to their needs and you should be good.
Either way both are not for the novice fishkeeper.
Just cater to their needs and you should be good.
They are definitely more fragile. The one I got now is 8", got it at about 3". They seem to come in with gill flukes a lot more than indos. Look for the healthiest ones out of the bunch, examples of a sick one would be: heavy breathing and redding behind the gill plate (well these are the common signs of gill flukes). But yes SDS does occur most commonly with NTT more than any other dat.
yea i've bought ~20 small NTT's almost a year ago and have grown them out to 5-8". out of the 20, about 3 of them died for what I thought to be no real reason.
i did notice after the first one died that when they breathe hard and dont really swim around, they end up dead the next day. i tried treating them in a hospital tank with meds, salt, etc but im 0-2 in trying to save them. the 3 fish died on seperate occassions, with a few months time between deaths.
i've bought 5 small IT's 1-2" and none have died on me yet.
i think its safer if you buy bigger size NTT's, maybe 6"+ is better
i did notice after the first one died that when they breathe hard and dont really swim around, they end up dead the next day. i tried treating them in a hospital tank with meds, salt, etc but im 0-2 in trying to save them. the 3 fish died on seperate occassions, with a few months time between deaths.
i've bought 5 small IT's 1-2" and none have died on me yet.
i think its safer if you buy bigger size NTT's, maybe 6"+ is better