Silver Dat

[rixy]

hi,does anyone on the site keep dats,especially silver dats.i bought one about a week ago and got him to eat his first meal today.any info,experiences or pics would be nice thanks mark

 

[k.o.d]

I have kept Danoides Quadrifasciatus ( it is much easier to say silver dat ) And the microlepis type Dats ( Indo's )

They ( Silvers ) are supposed to need salt in the water as they are a brackish fish, but I kept mine in hard alkaline water and it thrived
He was fed on lancefish, prawns, cockle earthworm and mussel, the wider the choice the better
I kept mine in with my rays and Arowana and it was not bullied, it will eat smaller fish than itself, they are NOT a community fish

 

[rixy]

nice pics k.o.d.mine ate today for the first time so i was chuffed.been in my tank for a week without eating.i heard they can be quite fussy with food and quite shy as well.

 

[rixy]

my lfs has another silver the same size.would it be worth buying to encourage the other one out a bit more and make it feel more settled,or,would 2 be likely to fight?

 

[flamingonhot]

my lfs has another silver the same size.would it be worth buying to encourage the other one out a bit more and make it feel more settled,or,would 2 be likely to fight?

I've seen them housed with multiple individuals with no troubles before. As long as you add it slowly and you have a big enough tank... i'd do it .

 

[§tudz]

Dats are best kept as a lone specimin in a large fish community, in a tank of a minimum of 80gallons, but if kept in groups a minimum of 5 is suggested as they get agressive towards their own species.

I'm looking at getting a wider bar S.Tiger for my 120gallon, great looking fish the Dats