Datnoide Craze?

[hewhorunswithscissors]

Interested in sell or trade your dat to me? Just let me know what you want for it and I can get it for you It seems people are just crazy over wb dats and not really any other dats. So it is a supply and demand thing.

nah... I like my dat. Its not that I don't like them.... I don't want to get rid of my big boy. he's cool. Just not the cool-EST. Cool enough to keep, but not cool enough to buy more at $200 each!

Yeah the widebar thing is interesting. They are nice looking... but I also think the thinbars are pretty cool looking.

 

[Fried_fish]

nah... I like my dat. Its not that I don't like them.... I don't want to get rid of my big boy. he's cool. Just not the cool-EST. Cool enough to keep, but not cool enough to buy more at $200 each!

Yeah the widebar thing is interesting. They are nice looking... but I also think the thinbars are pretty cool looking.

Well I can get you whatever you feel is "cooler" than your wb dat. IMO WB dats is not over rated infact for a long period of time I believe they are under rated. They come from Thailand which is a country that treasure this fish so much that exporting them is illegal. So most of the Pulcher that we get are coming from places like Malaysia.

 

[DiXoN]

i have kept dats for a couple of years now and love them.
dont think i would not have one in my tank.

 

[Nic]

i blame MFK and ecz for my obsession i want 2 more thin bars and 1 or 2 nice wide bars

 

[hewhorunswithscissors]

Well I can get you whatever you feel is "cooler" than your wb dat. IMO WB dats is not over rated infact for a long period of time I believe they are under rated. They come from Thailand which is a country that treasure this fish so much that exporting them is illegal. So most of the Pulcher that we get are coming from places like Malaysia.

I am looking for 3 pieces of Belodontichthys dinema (8" or more) and several pieces of royal loach (Leptobotia elongata) and Himantura oxyrhynca or Dasyatis laosensis.

Find me those for sale here in U.S. and you can HAVE my Dat free.


I am not an importer, so they need to come from a US supplier or importer.

 

[Jesse]

I've loved dats since the first time I saw one thirty years ago when I was 6 years old. A now-defunct LFS in my hometown had two 8" widebars, labeled "Datnioides microlepis", for $17 each in a 125 gallon tank. Of course, back then everyone thought there were only two species: D. microlepis and D. quadrifasciatus.

 

[oddballer]

I've loved dats since the first time I saw one thirty years ago when I was 6 years old. A now-defunct LFS in my hometown had two 8" widebars, labeled "Datnioides microlepis", for $17 each in a 125 gallon tank. Of course, back then everyone thought there were only two species: D. microlepis and D. quadrifasciatus.

You would be surprised how many Suppliers, Importers, Store Owners, don't know the difference..........

 

[Jesse]

You would be surprised how many Suppliers, Importers, Store Owners, don't know the difference..........

Not surprised at all. In the U.S., most aquarists and aquarium industry folk who aren't into datnoids think there are two species ("gold" and "silver") as opposed to the currently recognized five. NGTs weren't available in the U.S. until recently. Thinbars (D. undecimradiatus) were available but weren't described as a separate species until 1994. Widebars and Indos were previously thought to be geographic variants of the same species (some taxonomists still adhere to this view). Widebars (D. pulcher) weren't described as a separate species until 1998. Then there was that recent switch from Datnioides to Coius and now back to Datnioides just to confuse us all.

 

[Fried_fish]

I am looking for 3 pieces of Belodontichthys dinema (8" or more) and several pieces of royal loach (Leptobotia elongata) and Himantura oxyrhynca or Dasyatis laosensis.

Find me those for sale here in U.S. and you can HAVE my Dat free.


I am not an importer, so they need to come from a US supplier or importer.

I have an import license and I'm nobody's errand boy. I will trade you for a fish of equal value to your dat don't need to take your dat for free. If I can find those in season or obtainable I'll let you know

 

[FishHeadSoup]

gosh, I am sure I will get flamed, but I just don't think dats are "all that". Cool fish, yeah, but way over rated. I got widebar real cheap (got lucky) about a year ago. Nice fish, I guess getting close to 10" now. But when I see people selling or buying for hundreds of dollars each I just think "why?". I am just no a huge fan. I like my dat, they are a neat fish, but there are a lot of other really cool, interesting, odd, nice, big fish that can be had at more reasonable prices. Dats are way overhyped IMO.
When I see a tank full of dats (have a couple of friends that have real nice collections of all the species), I think "yeah, that's nice".. but its not jaw dropping or anything. I wouldn't waste my money on a collection of dats. 1 or 3 is cool... and then there are other cool fish out there that are MUCH harder to find, much more "unusual" that are cheaper and just as cool!
Flame away... but just expressing my opinion.

Agreed with above....