American Tiger fish -aka- Datnioides polota

[Masta Flan]

Anyone have a picture of this fish in their tank? I am quite curious about this fish since it is described as a "black and white/silver" dat. I did quite a few searches and I am not impressed. Btw, I am looking for a real picture of it in someone's aquarium and not just a drawing or a baby picture. Also, how hard are these suckers to come by since the majority have the indo or the ngt.

thanks.

[JD7.62]

Actually the AT are more common and easier/cheaper to get then any of the dat species, but sorry no pic.

[VVateverzYo]

yup here u gohttp://predatoryfish.net/pics/narc/scantron2.jpg

[VVateverzYo]

they are not bad looking i wanna get one but all the lfs have is indos or ntt

[Masta Flan]

Damn and here I thought they were pure white. Kind of like panda white.

[koliveira]

few pics out of tank. lol

[T1KARMANN]

Damn and here I thought they were pure white. Kind of like panda white.

why would you think they were white as they are called silver tigers :D

[KenyanSandBoa]

they are not bad looking i wanna get one but all the lfs have is indos or ntt

VVateverzYo, what place did you go to? I've been looking for Indos or an NTT and all my lfs has is silvers. :nilly:

If you're looking for silvers and willing to travel, there is a store called Zoo Creatures in Plaistow, NH that has a tank full of 4-5" silver dats. Not sure on the price though.

[VVateverzYo]

at skiptons

[Jesse]

yup here u gohttp://predatoryfish.net/pics/narc/scantron2.jpg
Hey, that's Narc's old silver dat Scantron! :)

[Masta Flan]

why would you think they were white as they are called silver tigers :D

I just remember seeing a pure white datnoid with black stripes somewhere.

[AquataHolic420]

REALLLY Awesome, i wanna see the pic..

[Masta Flan]

This is that panda looking thing i was talking about! Dixon posted it, and all i can say is that i cant wait for it to grow huge!

[AquataHolic420]

Thats a real nice fish!

[benzjamin13]

Sweet Dats!

[Masta Flan]

Thats a real nice fish!

I know but WHAT IS IT?!

[AquataHolic420]

I thought ST... Has ST tail markings... but who knows..

[Masta Flan]

SO its a special ST? All i can say is I FREAKIN WANT IT!!

[Mentzer]

Do you know who the lucky owner is of the fish in the pic?
Is it Dixon?
All of them are amazing!

[Masta Flan]

well dixon posted the pics so im guessing yes?

[AquataHolic420]

Its not special besides it looks like a nice ST. Its just young.

[Masta Flan]

Its not special besides it looks like a nice ST. Its just young.

so you are saying it will not be white like that forever? that sucks then :irked:

[AquataHolic420]

Sucks?? It will be a golden yellow, a much nicer color IMO

[T1KARMANN]

every single fish in the picture dixon posted used to be mine :D

the small ST i gave to hime about 2-3months ago

the 2 x larger fish at the back are uaru fernadyapezi a very rare type of uaru

they are very expencive i had a tank full of 14 of them :D

http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=65161&cdate=20070123&ctime=135004

[T1KARMANN]

i have a tiger that has sort of stayed white at 12inch i gave the small ST to dixon as it was to small for my tank as with 5 x 12inch ST and a 12inch NGT the small ST was getting beat up bad

[Mentzer]

every single fish in the picture dixon posted used to be mine :D

the small ST i gave to hime about 2-3months ago

the 2 x larger fish at the back are uaru fernadyapezi a very rare type of uaru

they are very expencive i had a tank full of 14 of them :D

http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=65161&cdate=20070123&ctime=135004

What can I say? The Uaru's, the rays, the B.tigrinum, Aro etc. Amazing.:drool:
What are the dimensions of your tank and gallonage?

[AquataHolic420]

i have a tiger that has sort of stayed white at 12inch i gave the small ST to dixon as it was to small for my tank as with 5 x 12inch ST and a 12inch NGT the small ST was getting beat up bad

Ever see any 3" ST going around these days?? Ill pay you to ship me one that looks like that.

[T1KARMANN]

Ever see any 3" ST going around these days?? Ill pay you to ship me one that looks like that.

i was very luck with the ST dixon has a LFS got a batch that were all super stable with deep bodys and perfect stripes and full necklace that was about 1 year ago and i havent seen any since

i brought 4 from that batch and tryed to grow them on but they were to small for what i had planed so i sent 1 that i liked best to a freind of mine as a gigt to grow on but when he gave up fishkeeping i said dixon chould have it as he lives close to the guy i 1st gave it to

i had a very hard time finding large tigers hear in the UK and ended up shipping 3 x 12inch ST from singapore and the shipping was more expencive than the price of the fish and ended up costing close to $2000 and one was dead on arival so i would say big tigers dont travel well and i would ever ship any tiger bigger than 8inch again

when ever i start a new project i keep going until im done :D

i have 1 x 12inch ST that is going soon because it has a forked stripes and im not to fond of forkys but it has great color

the whitish tiger i have is not 100% stable but it is sort of white and i have seen white ST at larger sizes before

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m122/T1KARMANN/th_P1000868.jpg (http://s103.photobucket.com/albums/m122/T1KARMANN/?action=view&current=P1000868.flv)

[DATSALL]

wOw nice !!!!!!!!!

[Masta Flan]

i still want the pure white tiger

[DiXoN]

every single fish in the picture dixon posted used to be mine :D

yep that is correct

the small ST i gave to hime about 2-3months ago

the 2 x larger fish at the back are uaru fernadyapezi a very rare type of uaru

they are very expencive i had a tank full of 14 of them :D

http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=65161&cdate=20070123&ctime=135004

yep the little tiger is a ST and a very nice one at that

[ewurm]

They look good, but I like the Indos.

[T1KARMANN]

yep the little tiger is a ST and a very nice one at that

i told you it was nice deep body with nice color

[DiXoN]

i told you it was nice deep body with nice color

hes a litte terror too LOL.