Will datnioid bother hermit crabs?

[spitz006]

I’m thinking about tankmates for my large brackish hermit crab. Would polota dat try to kill him?

 

[Midwater]

Polota aka silver dat does not come from brackish water. Absolutely not.

Never would an AT ever meet a hermit crab. Different types of environment altogether.

If one does not try to kill the other, at least one will die slowly from being in the wrong type of water.

 

[spitz006]

Datnioides polota summary page

www.fishbase.se

According to everything I can find on google, they are commonly found in brackish water up to 1.010 SG. That’s the level in which I keep my two species of brackish Caribbean hermit crabs. Thinstripe and blue leg hermits.

 

[Midwater]

They are quite common in the inland waterways in the flat parts of Thailand. Large canals and flooded plains. Definitely not coastal. Not a mangrove in site.

Everything you can find on google? Repetition of false information.