That's the thing. Whatever xback I've seen on computer or in person nowaday has red in the tail, include AAAA Golden head Xback. That's why I asked if you can take a picture of the one that has no red on the tail the next time you see it. BTW, i didn't just see one Malaysian Gold. The one I saw at Sea World was the last Malaysian Gold that has no red in the tail.pressure_cooker;3098847; said:i really don't know what you're trying to share.. why do i need to take a picture of the fish that LFS are selling? you can look at your own computer and you can see alot of malaysian golden that don't have red tail or whatever.
or are you trying to say that farmers have infused the blood of a RTG to todays xbacks so that is the reason why xbacks have red on their tail? you only saw 1 actual xback/malaysian gold arowana and you say that they're extinct. try going to malaysia or singapore or any other asian countries then say if malaysian gold/xback is really extinct. there are arowanas that throw odd colors so that is why there is a red tailed xb or a cross back that dont have a red tail.. it is same as breeding gamefowls breed two yellow colored chickens and there is a percentage that 1 of their offspring will throw a red, white or even whatever color nature wants.
MALAYSIAN GOLDEN IS JUST ANOTHER TERM FOR XBACK OR PAHANG GOLD or vise versa.
jlnguyen74;3098794; said:Next time you see a 24K Malaysian Gold with absolute no red in the tail or finnage, make sure take a good picture, since I haven't seen one in a decade!![]()
TheRealMacDaddy;3099041; said:Maybe you should look here...
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3055752
Or as a matter of fact just do an internet search and you will find many farms that are breeding true golds.
I attached two pics from the site you refer for you to take a look again!
They're sure stunning Xback, but then, still has red in the tail

jlnguyen74;3099040; said:That's the thing. Whatever xback I've seen on computer or in person nowaday has red in the tail, include AAAA Golden head Xback. That's why I asked if you can take a picture of the one that has no red on the tail the next time you see it. BTW, i didn't just see one Malaysian Gold. The one I saw at Sea World was the last Malaysian Gold that has no red in the tail.
In case you don't know, no arowana, or anything that just throws odd color, unless it's a recessive gene like Albino, or probably Platinum, but not red in the tail. That's the taint of crossbreed. You won't see a purebred Maltese give birth to a black/white Maltese, since there is no such thing is a pure black/white Maltese, unless the parents were cross breed with other type of dog like Shi-tzu. Go back and read my response. Xback is a production of Malaysian Gold. And yes, they cross the Malaysian Golden with RTG, thus, here come Xback, HBRTG, or RTG in the batch, depend on whether the babies look more like father or mother. 15 years ago, the term Xback or HBRTG were not even exist. I'm not sure if you were into Arowana at that time, or still in diapers, since the way you say that Malaysian Golden is another name of Xback give me a feeling that you have no idea of Arowana 15 years ago
i still see red/orange on finTheRealMacDaddy;3099346; said:Okay here's pictures...and yes it is Xian Leng
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