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Young tiger datnioides (Datnioides quadrifasciatus).  The yellow brightens with age.
 

A:  Thanks, Dave.  I'll add your info to the page.  LA

Yellow Tiger:  Quadrifasciatus (quadri = four, fasciatus = bars) theoretically has four black bars plus one thru its eye. From this guy we probably get the “tiger” in the name.  This yellow datnioid (usually “datnoid”) is the prettiest and theoretically grows to two feet.  We’ve never seen one over a foot long.  Yellow tigers like lotsa salt in their water.  They’re definitely brackish water fish.

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One-inch silver datnioide fresh out of the shipping bag -- really cute.

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Same guy couple days later.

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New three-inch Datnioides microlepis.  Much like the yellow Siamese tiger fish.

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Nine days later chasing a minnow our tiger looks like this.  Now we're talking.

Silver Tiger:  Microlepis has little peltis (shields or shiny scales) and has lots more but skinnier black bars.  He stays smaller, costs less, and needs less salt in his water.

LA
Called a red datnioid.  Is it?  Only showed up in 2003.  Fish eater of course.  Three inches.

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Different specimen months later.  

Red-Finned Datnioid:  Often sold as red datnioids (they are not red) these guys are better known as Mangrove Jacks. They live along the coasts of many continents and grow to more than three feet.  Although these guys are called datnioids, they’re not.  They just look like datnioids.

LA
Red Datnioides Act more relaxed when kept with other tankmates.

In bare tanks red-finned datnioids insist on hiding.  It takes them weeks or even months to feel like coming out of the bushes.  They do their best to remain invisible.

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After six weeks, this little tiger's right at home.

Tiger Name:  The “tiger” in their name probably comes from their stalking as they sneak up on their prey.  Siamese tiger fish lack the teeth of the African tiger fish, so they gulp their prey whole.

LA
Even at two inches, tiger datnioides are good looking.

LA
Sold to us as an Asian leaffish.  You decide.  Sure looks and acts like a datnioid.

LA Pix
Definitely related to datnioides (or not).
 

A:  Thanks.  I'll add your report to my Datnioide page.  LA

Attitude:  All datnioids are fascinating to watch eat.  They sidle up to their prey, then suddenly open their mouth like a vacuum cleaner.  The surprisingly large prey gets sucked in fast.

Water:  Add a teaspoon of salt per gallon.  You want very clean water in brackish tanks.  Their higher pH levels exacerbate ammonia and nitrite problems.  Change it frequently.

LA
Once your datnioid learns to recognize you he'll come out front at least at feeding time.

Likes to Hide:  Young predators prefer to hide most of the time.  Plant grassy plants to blend with their bars.  Otherwise they spend all their time hiding behind your filter stems or heater.  As long as they get their eyeball behind something, they think they’re hidden.  As they grow, they need less and less cover.  

LA
Datnioids like to stalk their prey.

Foods:  Feeder fish and feeder shrimp make the best starter foods.  They will adapt to different types of worms.  They also learn to eat appropriately sized frozen foods and pellets.  Datnioids eat best when mixed with eager eaters.  Polypterids and silver dollars mix well.  Tinfoil barbs and giant danios will eat all the food too fast.

LA
This datnioid and the achara catfish get along together and eat the same foods.

Other Tank Mates:  You can mix your datnioids with equal-sized non-violent aquarium residents.  Datnioids eat smaller fish and ignore equal size fish.

Territorial:  Datnioids accept other fish species, but they argue with newcomers of the same species.  The new guy gets chased constantly.

LA 
You can keep him in a 10 temporarily.  The bigger the tank the better.

Space Requirements:  The more space you give your datnioids the better.  You can house the small ones in a 10-gallon tank.

Breeding:  You will probably never breed a brackish water fish (except mollies).

Substrate Choice:  Datnioids look good no matter what you put on the floor of their aquarium.

LA
Adult Siamese tiger fish.

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Adults are impressive.  Little datnioids are cute.

LA
Adult datnioids are impressive.

Last Word:  Datnioids make excellent specimen fish.  They grow big enough to make a great display.  They have an interesting personality and will eat from your fingers once they recognize you.  They are expensive.  LA.

LA
Giant Asian Perch

It appears to be Lates calcarifer -- an Australian fish raised as an aquaculture crop.  Fairly expensive for a farm-raised fish.

LA
1.25-inch gold datnioide sold over here as the Siamese Tiger.

A:  I'll keep plugging away.  In the meantime, I found a gold datnioide that I'd put away Friday and couldn't find for a couple days.  Thanks for the kudos.  LA

A:  Very interesting.  I'll add your comments to my datnioide page.  LA
PS  As far as I can tell, 90% of Americans cannot even spell datnioide.

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