is this a white saum?

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Other than the obvious tail fin color, no, they essentially look just like each other; basically, they have the same body profile and everything. Now the A. Stalsbergi is a totally different story, although they still are very similar. :)


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*Edit* I meant to say tail fin AND dorsal fin. :)


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Here is one of my little guys this one looked like he was going to have white seams but as he has gotten larger his seams are turning a pale orange.

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ok so now I have a white saum, not a stalsbergi? anybody got a side by side comparison?

I assure you, you have a White Saum. :) the differences are really subtle when they are that young though. Let me know if you have any questions, I would be happy to share. What is the monster website for the PC? Www.monsterfishkeepers.com Is that it? For some reason it will not open and I wonder if I am typing the wrong address.


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Here is one of my little guys this one looked like he was going to have white seams but as he has gotten larger his seams are turning a pale orange.

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This fish appears to be a Gold Saum to me man. :) sometimes the band just is not as intensified until they mature a little bit. Usually they are but some take a little bit, similar to when the males tail color becomes significantly broader. Great-looking fish, how big is this one? In my experiences the ones that look like they are going to be white are obviously white and the ones that look like they are going to have gold are obviously gold; sometimes the gold is difficult to identify because the gold has not intensified yet or the band has not thickened enough yet. Similar to fry, the color is not evident until the fish matures to a certain point influenced by his genetics and somewhat the environment, some fish just take a little longer to mature enough to his or her own specific point in which the color becomes evident, but usually this is at a fairly young age though but every fish is different. If anybody wants to see a great green terror, you should check out this guy's adult male. :)


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