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stingrays4 Posted: 8-24-2007 20:31

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HI as you all may be aware i have a six footer with 5 datnoides quadrifasciatus in!
The dats have been very slow to settle and are still extremly shy and eat very little! my question is i am actualy asking your opinions Smile

right do i continue to set-up the tank and add more fish and hope the dats adapt?
Or do i pass them on to a friend who has expressed an interests in them?
My personal thoughts on the tank is that its very fustrating and i am losing interest in the tank{as it is!} all thoughts and opinions are welcome Smile

Hi thought about time i updated this! Tank no 1 = 3 retic rays,1aro,2 ompuk cats,8 angels,1 syd greshoffi{19 years old},1 syd unkown,1 stripped dora,1 plec,1 silver dat,1 pim and a soribum lima! Tank no2 = 6 auralis barbs,2 needle gars,1 molly,1 dat microlepis,1 trye track eel and 8 bristlenoses! Tank no 3 = 2 goldfish{on holiday}1 flag tail thingy{over twenty years old},4 silver dats,1 pim and a plec!

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Bluedave replied on 8-24-2007 20:39

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Once you start losing interest things usually go down hill from there mate, you get in the can't really be bothered with that tank mood.

If you think adding some new fish might help - then go for it. If not i would let your friend have them (as long as they know what they are getting) and use the tnak for something else.

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3 Clown Loaches,14 Cardinal Tetras,8 Rummynose Tetras,6 Cory Trileneatus,6 Hatchetfish,4 otocinclus,1 SAE,1 Bristlenose,, 10 amano Shrimp

Anubius Barteri,Crinum thianum,Limnophilia sessiflora, Echinodorus Blehri, nymphaea lotus, Ammania Senegelis, Crinum calimustratum, java moss,

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Empty at Present

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stingrays4 replied on 8-24-2007 20:47

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Hi yes i go out and feed them{they are in a shed} do a quick head count and thats it Sad

my mate has kept dats before so he knows what he's getting-but he is baffled by mines behaviour?
If i got some new fish i feel the dats would simply hide and waste away :-[
ps good luck for tomorrow O0 O0

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Bluedave replied on 8-24-2007 20:56

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I'd let your mate have 'em then rather than possibly neglecting them in the future.

ps Cheers we will need it - your lot should get something the way bolton are playing (although they always used to be difficult to beat at home)

1xTrigon 190
3 Clown Loaches,14 Cardinal Tetras,8 Rummynose Tetras,6 Cory Trileneatus,6 Hatchetfish,4 otocinclus,1 SAE,1 Bristlenose,, 10 amano Shrimp

Anubius Barteri,Crinum thianum,Limnophilia sessiflora, Echinodorus Blehri, nymphaea lotus, Ammania Senegelis, Crinum calimustratum, java moss,

1xRekord 60
Empty at Present

12 litre tank - 4 japonica shrimp, 4 Red crystal shrimp, 5 High Spot Rasbora

Anubias Barteri, Glossostigma Elatanoides, Ammania Senegalisis, Limnophilia Sessiflora, Bacopa amplexicaulis

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stingrays4 replied on 8-24-2007 21:06

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Yes i am certainly tempted-be interesting to see what the other's think?Also i am really tempted to set-up a tank-buster marines,with triggers,moray eels,groupers and lionfish? : Smile

yes be a tough game we got loads of injuries already {making me excuses's early :2funny:}
easy 3 points for you ;D

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Bluedave replied on 8-24-2007 21:09

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[quote author=stingrays4 link=topic=18946.msg244118#msg244118 date=1187989592]
easy 3 points for you ;D

LOL ;D

Your confusing us with another team from manchester! Big Smile

1xTrigon 190
3 Clown Loaches,14 Cardinal Tetras,8 Rummynose Tetras,6 Cory Trileneatus,6 Hatchetfish,4 otocinclus,1 SAE,1 Bristlenose,, 10 amano Shrimp

Anubius Barteri,Crinum thianum,Limnophilia sessiflora, Echinodorus Blehri, nymphaea lotus, Ammania Senegelis, Crinum calimustratum, java moss,

1xRekord 60
Empty at Present

12 litre tank - 4 japonica shrimp, 4 Red crystal shrimp, 5 High Spot Rasbora

Anubias Barteri, Glossostigma Elatanoides, Ammania Senegalisis, Limnophilia Sessiflora, Bacopa amplexicaulis

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Bluedave replied on 8-24-2007 21:10

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A tank of marine tank busters sounds cool.

1xTrigon 190
3 Clown Loaches,14 Cardinal Tetras,8 Rummynose Tetras,6 Cory Trileneatus,6 Hatchetfish,4 otocinclus,1 SAE,1 Bristlenose,, 10 amano Shrimp

Anubius Barteri,Crinum thianum,Limnophilia sessiflora, Echinodorus Blehri, nymphaea lotus, Ammania Senegelis, Crinum calimustratum, java moss,

1xRekord 60
Empty at Present

12 litre tank - 4 japonica shrimp, 4 Red crystal shrimp, 5 High Spot Rasbora

Anubias Barteri, Glossostigma Elatanoides, Ammania Senegalisis, Limnophilia Sessiflora, Bacopa amplexicaulis

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stingrays4 replied on 8-24-2007 21:15

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Well i haven't heard of many fishkeepers keeping the larger marines as they prefer the smaller more colourfull fish-not me the bigger the meaner the better :2funny:
but sharks are out-grow to big ???

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Bluedave replied on 8-24-2007 21:19

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you could get a huss (dog fish and smallest member of the shark family - i think) but you might be tempted to eat it with some chips! :uglystupid2: ;D

1xTrigon 190
3 Clown Loaches,14 Cardinal Tetras,8 Rummynose Tetras,6 Cory Trileneatus,6 Hatchetfish,4 otocinclus,1 SAE,1 Bristlenose,, 10 amano Shrimp

Anubius Barteri,Crinum thianum,Limnophilia sessiflora, Echinodorus Blehri, nymphaea lotus, Ammania Senegelis, Crinum calimustratum, java moss,

1xRekord 60
Empty at Present

12 litre tank - 4 japonica shrimp, 4 Red crystal shrimp, 5 High Spot Rasbora

Anubias Barteri, Glossostigma Elatanoides, Ammania Senegalisis, Limnophilia Sessiflora, Bacopa amplexicaulis

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stingrays4 replied on 8-25-2007 20:03

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[quote author=Bluedave link=topic=18946.msg244123#msg244123 date=1187990343]
you could get a huss (dog fish and smallest member of the shark family - i think) but you might be tempted to eat it with some chips! :uglystupid2: ;D

sounds good to me ;D
cleaned out the dats this afternoon whilst listening to reading on the radio-they just don't look happy to me{the fish that is Big Smile

}a chap in my lf said seperate one and see if that becomes braver?but if so do i set-up 5 tanks for'em Big Smile

:idiot2:
ps as for readingfc :slap:
pps any one else any input??

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ferox replied on 8-26-2007 9:00

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Hi James, what are you feeding the dats on? ~Have you tried live food? Maybe if they'd a guppy or two to chase it might bring them out of their shells a bit? It's possible they may have been fed in this way before you got them and never got used to 'static' food.

7 8 tanks (tropicals) Big Smile , and a pond.

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stingrays4 replied on 8-27-2007 19:01

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Hi Ferox i feed them on live river shrimp and worms,but they will only take a shrimp that literally swims very near to where they are hiding or a worm dropped on there head :uglystupid2:
I think my real problem is if i got some more fish in there they wouldn't get any food at all and soon starve to death :-\
but i am toying with the idea of putting them into a smaller tank see how it goes from there{on there own as they are now}its funny really as they have really coloured up and look great but they hide the whole time-so would they be ok in a smaller tank with loadsa hiding places??
I don't mind them taking up a four footer to themselves but will not keep a six footer looking empty just for them!! > Sad

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T1KARMANN replied on 8-30-2007 11:22

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this is one of the main reasons i have never wanted a fish house i find i takes you away from the rest of the family and you dont get to enjoy your fish as much as you do when your tank is in the living room

if all you have in the 6x2x2 are silver tigers and want to keep them why not make the tank brackish and add some monos and scats they are great fish you can also add some archers if you want

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stingrays4 replied on 8-31-2007 19:56

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Hi T1KARMANNN,that was my original plan{a brackish tank}but having kept archers,mono's and scats in the past i know just how greedy they are,so would the dats get enough food?-or dare i say company and competition would bring'em out? I guess there is only one way to find out? Go with my original plan and see how it proggress's Smile

At the moment they are looking much better and coloured right up and watch every move i make{quite eary : Smile

}
So i think i'll put some minimul decor in and add some more fishes and see how it goes O0

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