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Offline dovetail

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Met. Dolphin Manda
« on: December 18, 2012, 08:45:31 PM »
Would 4 work in a 55gal tank? Anyone keep them? if so what are they like?
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Offline Ron

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Re: Met. Dolphin Manda
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2012, 10:29:13 PM »
Are these the "blue dolphins" that were recently imported (recently being 6-10 years ago now)? If so I was buying the heck out of them at auctions before people really knew what they were. I had ~10+ in a 120 gallon (5' tank) and they did well, but I only kept them for about 1.5-2 years to facilitate easier relocation of the tanks when moving between residences, so they never did get full size during the time I had them. They were aggressive, but not "demasoni aggressive" - more like "zebra aggressive".
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Re: Met. Dolphin Manda
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2012, 08:44:00 PM »
I'm not sure...I guess they are called Giant Demasoni. But there from the Metriclama species, not the cyno I think the other "dolphin" comes from. Daves has them and ther called Met. Dolphin Manda.
Thanks Ron any help is helpful.
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Offline JeffroM

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Re: Met. Dolphin Manda
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2012, 08:51:56 PM »
4 (1M / 3F) should be okay in a 55 that has plenty of hiding areas.  I agree completely with Ron's comments on aggression.
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