Are Indo Tiger dats not....

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Here in AUS both types are rare. So im happy with my indo.

Thats a nice looking dat Dixon.
 

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DiXoN said:
thin bars are readilly available in the UK at the moemnt more so than indo's. i have had indo's with really good colour but i still say wide bars are the best.
i pick up a 10''er tomorrow.

here is a pic the seller sent me today.
dixon

sweet lookin dat Dixon! I like the color.
 

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gold ocean aqua said:
Indon tiger don't do really as well as the siamese tiger, that what i always see and observe.

Regards
Actually, IME all dats have almost identical care requirements and are all equally hardy.
 

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the pic is a wide bar, its my pride and joy but i know Dixon will look after it for me as i really need the cash at the moment.

i just sold 4 5" thin bars last week for £60 to my lfs, these guys just stayed black 99% of the time and hid all day long.
i have 3 indo`s and a silver left the silver is coloured up all the time and the indo`s come in and out of colour.
the only reason i let the wide bar go is because Dixon was looking for one and ide have died if it had damaged my £1200 aro, as the wide bar was bigger than the aro.
 

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normally differentiate wider bars and indo by the strips. 3 strips for wide bars...4 stripes for indo.. every now and then u'll see an indo with nice 3 thick bars.. now just look at the tails to know the difference.
 

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A mixed comm of dats. Indos can look just as good as their siamese cousins given the right conditions :clap

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hmm
i've kept dats for 1 +yr already

have kept all types of dats

thin bars, wide bar, indon, silver, new guinea

would say wide bars are very desired for their nice body shape and goldenyellow colour that stays with them for longer periods of time. they occur is a few colour variation: golden yellow, golden white, reddish orange, reddish brown.
these wide bars arealso more easily made stable(looks nicer) than other dats

next, new guinea tiger(NGT)- campbellis, this dat is a cool dat, it has fuzzy, undefined stripes, with a body shape very different from the other DATs, very aggressive, but its coloration wghen its stable is a superb bright yellow. very vibrant yellow that u cant resist. however its rare and hard to come by.

the third most desired dat, i would say is the thin bar dat,
even when unstable, it does now display a totally black coloration, instead it displays its bars as faded.
when young, the fish's coloration is normally brownish yellow. however as the fish grows bigger, the yellow will turn brighter. however there are some fish that remain brownish yellow. very often passed off as siamese tiger(aka wide bar) in many places. a good specimen would only have 3 thin straight bars on the body, however many LFS sell 3.5 bars.

the forth most desired dat would be the INDOn, as it displays yellow coloration similar to the wide bars. very attractive. however its harder for it to be stable, and the bars r less thick, hence the fish body shape is not that nice. however a plump m stable indon dat will make up for it definitely!

the last dat, is ther silver dat. silvery-brown tinge coloration when young, one of the dats that few people buy due to its unattractive dull silver coloration when older. those who buy this fish are normally dat enthusiaist
 
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