Datnoid Care sticky
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Hmm, when transporting them, I have found that after you net them from a tank and have them in a bucket or tote, it is easier to pick them up with your hands to transfer them into their new tank. They are pretty passive once in the hand. Also, datnoids are very light sensitive, so if yours are not stable, try dimming the lights and giving them cover.
soupa2;3750457; said:I notice this forum decicated to datnoids but no one here that is willing to post some care facts to care for these beautiful fishes.. any out there????
I agree. I've never owned a Dat but I will as soon as I get the research finished. I never acquire a new species unless I feel comfortable with their specific care requirements.
Dats appear to be slow growers and are easy to keep after about the 3" mark. They have a term that describe their stress level as "stable". You will see it in a lot of threads but "stable" wont be specifically defined yet it's only used to describe Datnoids. Stable is good, un-stable is bad. My take on the term stable is the fish has defined color i.e. the black bars are black and the yellow bars are yellow and there's is definition between these areas. Other fish tend to get darker also when under some kind of stress, water quality, fear, and so on. I think this is the same thing with Dats.
As far as types of Datnoids the "wide bar" seems to be the most desirable, gets the largest, and is the most difficult to find. Some people think this bad boy is extinct in it's natural habitat. These seem to sell for hundreds of dollars per fish and only very large ones are available, reinforcing the extinction theory.
The next most desirable is up in the air but most likely the Indo Tiger Dat (thin bar). Looks similar to the wide bar but doesn't grow as fast. There seems to be a large batch of these fish hitting the market. They sell for about $10 to $15 each at the 1" size. People are buying large quantities to grow out and pick their favorites and sell the rest. Most likely in a year or so there will be some 3" to 4" thin bar Dats hitting the market. Again the slightly larger dats are easier to keep, I think that's what I'm going to wait for do to my lack of experience with these fish.
More common and cheaper still is the silver Dat. These have the same pattern but the yellow in the tiger dat is silver in this fish.
There's a few more types of Dats out there but I don't have the info yet.
Anyone out there that can clarify, correct, or add to this information please do. I welcome the feed back. I want to be a successful Datnoid keeper.
indo dats ARE NOT known as thin bars.NTT are known as thin bars.Egon;3750583; said:I agree. I've never owned a Dat but I will as soon as I get the research finished. I never acquire a new species unless I feel comfortable with their specific care requirements.
Dats appear to be slow growers and are easy to keep after about the 3" mark. They have a term that describe their stress level as "stable". You will see it in a lot of threads but "stable" wont be specifically defined yet it's only used to describe Datnoids. Stable is good, un-stable is bad. My take on the term stable is the fish has defined color i.e. the black bars are black and the yellow bars are yellow and there's is definition between these areas. Other fish tend to get darker also when under some kind of stress, water quality, fear, and so on. I think this is the same thing with Dats.
As far as types of Datnoids the "wide bar" seems to be the most desirable, gets the largest, and is the most difficult to find. Some people think this bad boy is extinct in it's natural habitat. These seem to sell for hundreds of dollars per fish and only very large ones are available, reinforcing the extinction theory.
The next most desirable is up in the air but most likely the Indo Tiger Dat (thin bar). Looks similar to the wide bar but doesn't grow as fast. There seems to be a large batch of these fish hitting the market. They sell for about $10 to $15 each at the 1" size. People are buying large quantities to grow out and pick their favorites and sell the rest. Most likely in a year or so there will be some 3" to 4" thin bar Dats hitting the market. Again the slightly larger dats are easier to keep, I think that's what I'm going to wait for do to my lack of experience with these fish.
More common and cheaper still is the silver Dat. These have the same pattern but the yellow in the tiger dat is silver in this fish.
There's a few more types of Dats out there but I don't have the info yet.
Anyone out there that can clarify, correct, or add to this information please do. I welcome feed back and I want to be a successful Datnoid keeper.
Egon;3750583; said:I agree. I've never owned a Dat but I will as soon as I get the research finished. I never acquire a new species unless I feel comfortable with their specific care requirements.
Dats appear to be slow growers and are easy to keep after about the 3" mark. They have a term that describe their stress level as "stable". You will see it in a lot of threads but "stable" wont be specifically defined yet it's only used to describe Datnoids. Stable is good, un-stable is bad. My take on the term stable is the fish has defined color i.e. the black bars are black and the yellow bars are yellow and there's is definition between these areas. Other fish tend to get darker also when under some kind of stress, water quality, fear, and so on. I think this is the same thing with Dats.
As far as types of Datnoids the "wide bar" seems to be the most desirable, gets the largest, and is the most difficult to find. Some people think this bad boy is extinct in it's natural habitat. These seem to sell for hundreds of dollars per fish and only very large ones are available, reinforcing the extinction theory.
The next most desirable is up in the air but most likely the Indo Tiger Dat (thin bar). Looks similar to the wide bar but doesn't grow as fast. There seems to be a large batch of these fish hitting the market. They sell for about $10 to $15 each at the 1" size. People are buying large quantities to grow out and pick their favorites and sell the rest. Most likely in a year or so there will be some 3" to 4" thin bar Dats hitting the market. Again the slightly larger dats are easier to keep, I think that's what I'm going to wait for do to my lack of experience with these fish.
More common and cheaper still is the silver Dat. These have the same pattern but the yellow in the tiger dat is silver in this fish.
There's a few more types of Dats out there but I don't have the info yet.
Anyone out there that can clarify, correct, or add to this information please do. I welcome feed back and I want to be a successful Datnoid keeper.
Great info but one correction... Thin bars are not Indos. Thin bar dats are NTT's or "Northern Thailand Tigers". These guys are fairly easy to find at around 5" but difficult to find bigger than that. They are very shy and the most prone to stress out of all Datnoids, at least IME with this species.
Yeah,it would seem that any fish that has its own forum would have a care sticky.Ashrael;3750648; said:
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