Any safe ways to test dithers?

[captmicha]

Just thought I'd ask, is there any safe-ish way to test dithers to see if they'd likely not be killed? Besides having a lot of cover in your tank.

 

[Becca]

I've never thought to test them. I usually try to pick things that won't fit in the mouth of whatever I'm putting them with.

 

[jonclark96]

I haven't found a real good way to do any "testing" either, but like Becca, try to pick fish that don't look bit sized. I learned the hard way that things that look like food usually will be considered food, especially for New World cichlids. I can remember years ago when I added a group of koi swordtails to a tank, only to have 2 of them immediately eaten and the other 4 being chased relentlessly. And since I had added them to a 180 gallon tank, there was no chance I was going to be able to fish them out before they were consumed. Lesson learned....

Now, I tend to stick with high bodied fish with my New Worlds (i.e. silver dollars) or smaller cichlids as dithers.

 

[JLW]

Scantron.

 

[captmicha]

Scantron

Scantron.

i don't know, my fish refused to take one.

One of my
Paralabidochromis chromogeny disappeared. I can't even find a trace of it. None of the cichlids could fit it in their mouth. Being torn apart must be a terrible way to go.