before i start the spelling will be way off but you should get the idea
1st off they are tigers it sounds much nicer than Dats and as they change the latin name from Datnoides to colius alot then the name dat doesnt fit all the time
wide bars seam to be the main type of tiger that most people want the problem with finding them is they are normally shipped under the same name as the less atractive indo tiger and to make matters even harder some indo tigers look alot like the so called wide bar some times they have stripes that make them look like a wide bar somethimes even wide bar stripes on one side and indo stripes on the other
indo tiger and wide bars are shipped normaly to the UK under the name datnoides microlephes (spelt wrong)
the real name for the wide bar is datnoides pulcher (or somethimes coilus pulcher)
the wide bar is the true ST (siamese tiger) in some countrys the indo tiger is known as the false tiger
the indos never hold their color as well as the real ST and they look washed out most of the time and black at other times
the export of the d.pulcher is banned from thialand and so is trading within thialand the reason we get shipped true and false ST in the same batch is some swim over the burma border and are caught their
the pulcher and indo tigers do great in fresh water
indo tigers £25-£60
ST true tiger £55-£250 depending on size and how stable and how nice the stripes are
the next type of tiger that is seen for sale all the time is the silver tiger Datnoides qudrufactulatus (that was a shot in the dark with that spelling) they normally do very well hold their color and feed great they do suffer from sudern death when kept in fresh water as they come from brakish water
the so called thin bar (NTT north thia tiger) are great value for money at around £20-£40 for a 4inch fish)
the NTT is one of the hardest tigers to get stable and to color up
the nicest tiger for me is the NGT (papa new guinea tiger) when they get big they are like a bummble bee they are more agressive than other tigers and much more expencive if you can ever find them
i have tryed to keep 2 in the same tank but it was near imposable
NGT are aslo ment to be a brakish water tiger but thats rubbish they do fine in freshwater £90 if you are lucky up to £500 for a big one if you can find one
tiger can be all kept together in the same tank with all types a tiger will never eat another tiger no matter what the size diffrence a tiger com seams to do better if you have large ones with small ones
i have tryed to mix 2 NGTs in the same tank with no luck now i have one very big NGT and one smaller one they are fine
all tigers grow very very slow it has taken 3 yrs to grow my large NGT from 3inch to 9inch even thought they eat a lot of food
i think the fastest growing tigers are the thin bars
the most depresing thing about tigers is they may look black or washed out in your tank but as soon as you move them or sell them on they color up nice in a new location
prices range from about 20 to well over 100 as far as i know
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