Wednesday, 21 March 2012


Indonesia Tiger Datnoid 

Juvenile Indonesia Tiger prefers living in a low lighting condition, always darting and hiding from other fishes. Where as the semi matured one is more stable and responsive. Having some driftwood in the tank is idle when the juvenile to hide. Most tiger display 4 vertical black bar from gill plate to the pelvic fin. The colouration of the black bar and base colour determines how stable the fish is. When the fish is in good stable condition, it will display a bright yellowish to brownish base colour with prominently dark stripes. Not all Indo Tiger display the same base colour.  They inhabit the brackish water within the South East Asia area of Borneo but easily accustomed to fresh water tank environment with lightly brackish water. They thrive best in water condition within ph 6.5 to 7.5. They are known to be semi aggressive fish and at times will fight with same specie or other tank mates. It's advisable to keep larger fish with similar temperament and aggressiveness. Indonesia Tiger is rather prone to cloudy or swollen eyes infection with poor water management.

When comes to feeding, what does it take? It can be easily trained to take frozen food like shrimp, fish meat or even pellets. Generally a healthy fish has a good appetite taking 3 to5 medium size shrimps at one feeding. Indonesia Tiger has the potential growth rate up to19 inches in captivity. They required a large size 250 gallon tank with a depth of 76 cm  which is idle to house this tank buster!


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