New Dat..... Indo? (confirmation please:))

[PhullTank57]

If you are able to get it to take frozen shrimp, then... try stuffing the shrimp with pellets.

 

[vanimate]

Would you say my old dat was a ST? or IT?

Definitely an Indo.

Nice Levi, about time you got a dat!

 

[rallysman]

Definitely an Indo.

Nice Levi, about time you got a dat!

Thanks, they're addictive. This won't be my last lol

 

[PhullTank57]

Originally Posted by PhullTank57

Would you say my old dat was a ST? or IT?

Definitely an Indo.

Yes, I thought IT also. Thanks, van.

Reason why I ask Sen_jie about that is because of what he mentioned, about "IT crossing with ST"... My old Indo actually paired up, spawned, and layed eggs with another Thinbar dat that I had in the tank... so i know the possibilities of cross-bred hybrid datnoids can happen.

sorry, rally... didn't mean to derail your thread.

 

[redtailfool]

Nice micro Levi. Grow that suckka out.

 

[Jesse]

i think nowadays quite hard to differentiate IT and ST. coz got lots of IT hav the 3bars. was wondering if it is a case of ST cross with IT. but i peorsnally feel that this is a IT. from my own personal experience ST eyes are wider apart compared to IT, the next thing to c is the tail stripe. next is, when a ST is stable, the coloue is either yellow or gold, whereas a IT will nv achieve this colour. the max it can go is very light cream base colour. lastly ST tend to be broader than IT(usually can be seen when they reach 3inch)

thus i'm 80%sure that urs is a IT

ITs from Sumatra typically have three bars, whereas ITs from Borneo typically have four bars. If you look at Kottelat's description of D. pulcher (ST/CT), you'll see that the middle bar is the key to identifying STs and CTs. D. pulcher has a backwards sweeping middle bar that comes to a point at or before the ventral surface. In Sumatran ITs w/ three bars, the middle bar actually goes straight down (or close to it) and crosses the ventral surface with some width. The middle bar in ITs may narrow as it approaches the bottom/ventral surface, but they don't come to a point like they do in ST/CTs.

The other key is the tail stripes. ITs typically have three (counting the last bar that crosses the caudal peduncle), while ST and CT typically only have two (including the last bar that crosses the caudal peduncle). However, this "rule" is not as dispositive as the middle bar "rule," as some D. pulcher do have three tail stripes.

 

[DanDanUK]

Hope this helps you Levi

 

[PhullTank57]

ahh... just go with your gut instinct?!!

 

[Nic]

nice indo levi they are addicting very addicting

 

[DiXoN]

thats a nice Dat Levi, it does look like an IT to me but who cares as it looks like a decent one.
is it staying stable.