Indonesian Tigerfish - Datnioides microlepis

[FishBeast]

Hello all! Some photos of my new Indonesian Datnoid. It is considered to be the most common datnoid available and is differentiated from the others mostly by stripe arrangement and number. He is a bit shy currently and these are the only photos I could get of him. They are somewhat difficult to feed but I am lucky that he is eating tilapia slivers enhanced with Garlic Guard.

 

[L190]

Dats cool

 

[Keefe]

He is so adorable.

 

[FishBeast]

Dats cool

Hahaha

 

[FishBeast]

He is so adorable.

Thanks!

 

[FishBeast]

He is eating pellets!

 

[DMD123]

A dat and polys.... you are on the path to big monster sized fish.

 

[FishBeast]

A dat and polys.... you are on the path to big monster sized fish.

Thank you @DMD123!

 

[lloyd378]

I like both of those two fish in the first pic!!!!

 

[FishBeast]

I like both of those two fish in the first pic!!!!

Thanks Lloyd! My ornate for some reason was hamming it up... It normally hides in a cave all day.

 

[Vancouver]

Cool. I'm growing out several small indo dats myself.

 

[FishBeast]

Cool. I'm growing out several small indo dats myself.

Cool!! Do you have them with any other fish?

 

[Vancouver]

Cool!! Do you have them with any other fish?

I've started with several 3.5-4" size dats with my large polys. Some grew up to a foot+. Don't have the larger ones anymore. Just 3 dats under 5" now.

 

[FishBeast]

Quick shot of datnoid with photobombing ornate bichir... he has put on an inch of length in 6 months. Maybe half inch taller too.

 

[VickiK]

Awww. They're both beautiful.

 

[Mike16T]

What a nice datnoids!! ^_^

 

[FishBeast]

Datnoid update! Has grown bigger and is now about 7-8” in length. I’m lucky as he is “stable” most of the time, especially considering he is in a pretty bare tank.

Have to get a newer photo as this one is from June.

 

[FishBeast]

Just under 2 years old, growth has slowed down a bit. Pretty beefy though compared to previous pics. He is spooked by tape measure so I have to use Coke can method.

 

[DMD123]

Wow, great looking dat!

 

[FishBeast]

Wow, great looking dat!

Thank you! He gorges on Massivore