Got a NEW female for the Xanthic

[mbunafishkeeper]

i went to devon with my dad last night, to get a female jag, a GOLD one so hopefully now i have more chance of xanthics or super gold fry the female is about 7" she has a bit of a split lower lip but i think this was caused in the box whilst bringing her home.

heres some pics, let me know what you think.

a quick shot of the male there aswel.

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

heres a shot of the previous female, and then another of the new one you can see the diffence.
1st pic: Old female
2nd pic: New female

 

[santoury]

Gorgeous fish, but not to burst your bubble, they are BOTH normal females. They show this variation.
The "gold" Jags (Not Xanthic) are actually a base Bronze color - with none of the silver/white anywhere on the body.

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

Gorgeous fish, but not to burst your bubble, they are BOTH normal females. They show this variation.
The "gold" Jags (Not Xanthic) are actually a base Bronze color - with none of the silver/white anywhere on the body.

its definatley not a normal one, ive not seen it anything like the colour of the other females ive kept yet, maybe its a different morph.

 

[santoury]

Just a shot in the dark - but both "types" are common here in the US, but possibly not in the UK?
The true gold jags look like a penny - (That is a little bit of an exaggeration, but not by much.)

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Umm im not sure.

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

Just a shot in the dark - but both "types" are common here in the US, but possibly not in the UK?
The true gold jags look like a penny - (That is a little bit of an exaggeration, but not by much.)

yeh maybe, we dont get many jags over here anyway, and ive not seen another like it soo.

 

[santoury]

Now that you mention it - the all white/black ones are actually harder to find here. The majority of them have some gold sheen on them, like your female. Go figure.

 

[santoury]

Different bloodlines I am sure, rather than different variants.

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

Different bloodlines I am sure, rather than different variants.

well altleast i have some different should have better chance of the golder fry