Dat hype

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That's some datnoid you've found there! Wish the family pet (???) was treated with a family pet sized tank! Sweet bugger though.
 
santoury;713821; said:
If so, why have I never seen them before on here? Just the plain silver/black ones? Are the NGT's rare, then?
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there are a few different dats (copied from jesse's post member icthyophile so credit goes to him for the write up).

Datnioides pulcher = widebar datnoid, aka Siamese tiger (ST) or Cambodian tiger (CT), depending on locale.

Datnioides undecimradiatus = thinbar datnoid, aka North Thailand tiger (NTT)

Datnioides microlepis = Indonesian datnoid, aka Indonesian tiger (IT)

Datnioides campbelli = New Guinea datnoid, aka New Guinea tiger (NGT)

Datnioides polota (formerly quadrifasciatus) = silver datnoid, aka American tiger (AT), even though they're from southeast Asia

the silver/black one are silver datnoid and will need brackish to thrive. the others have been known to thrive in full fw.

couple years back, NGT were one of the rarest dats but now seems more common. in terms of newly imports now, it seems like widebars are hard to come around now. indo of course is the easist to find, there are plenty of 1" that are being imported recently.
 
santoury;713821; said:
If so, why have I never seen them before on here? Just the plain silver/black ones? Are the NGT's rare, then?
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I think you have only seen silver dats (quadrifasciatus) ive never seen one get over 12" but there are many types of dats most of them get big and look really good
 
rallysman;713835; said:
NGT's are fairly uncommon. I'll search for some pix.

As far as huge dats goes........this is the pic I was looking for
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Levi that DAT is frickin HUGE!!!!....Amazing!!!

and santoury Ngt's are awesome.....I have 2 , but like i said earlier, when small they ae fairly timid, but when big are most definatley monster!!!!

oh and never keep 2 together ( my 2 are in diff tanks )..as they will kill each other......................It's 1 or 5 + in a HUGE tank!!!!!!
 
rallysman;713835; said:
NGT's are fairly uncommon. I'll search for some pix.

As far as huge dats goes........this is the pic I was looking for
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One inch of fish per gallon...
 
Good one, Ewurm
 
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