GT & Gold/White Saum pic thread

[Tango374]

Optimist, I think that you would be correct on claiming you're saum being a male. No ifs, ands, or buts... thats a boy. Lol, probably the easiest GT gender ID ever.

Killer pair Nova8. How old and what size cage.

I cannot believe that this thread has been viewed over 5 thousand times. Pretty cool. I think MFK should have a pic thread sticky for every popular species.

 

[sirasoni]

heres my little guy sorry for the bad picture quality

 

[Decoder]

Here is mine. He is a prize winner.

 

[greenterra]

A couple of updated shots of my boy.

 

[Nova 8]

Killer pair Nova8. How old and what size cage.

My problem is getting the water to stay in the cage, it keeps leaking through the mesh

Anyway, the males age is unknown as I got him 7" long but at a guess 3-4yrs and the female is 1, both in a 220gal (6x2x2.5)

 

[Nova 8]

A couple of updated shots of my boy.

Great fish, I want a Gold Male.

 

[jackel]

sorry bout bad pics this guy hates the cam.

 

[Nova 8]

Just got these two, hopefully one (2 would be better) turns out to be female so I can have a pair of silvers. Its too hard to tell could go either way, what do you guys think (they got better colour now they are in the tank but I cant get any pics of them).

Sorry for bad pics, they wouldn't stay still, at least the background is in focus.

 

[greenterra]

Just got these two, hopefully one (2 would be better) turns out to be female so I can have a pair of silvers. Its too hard to tell could go either way, what do you guys think (they got better colour now they are in the tank but I cant get any pics of them).

Sorry for bad pics, they wouldn't stay still, at least the background is in focus.

Hope you end up with what you are chasing there Nova.Looks promising.
That silver male of yours has a nice solid body.Looks well taken care of.Most silvers in brisbane often throw fry that are half gold and half silver.I have also seen this with gold saums.Not easy to find good specimens here.
Yours looks as good as they come though IMO.

 

[Nova 8]

Hope you end up with what you are chasing there Nova.Looks promising.
That silver male of yours has a nice solid body.Looks well taken care of.Most silvers in brisbane often throw fry that are half gold and half silver.I have also seen this with gold saums.Not easy to find good specimens here.
Yours looks as good as they come though IMO.

Thanks, I really like my male, he's one of my favorite fish but right now he has an internal parasite which I'm treating for (any good remedy's would be appreciated).
Today I actually went out to find a Gold male as I am thinking about setting up a Saum community of 2 male (1S/1G) and 4 females (2S/2G) (will this work with two males in one tank?), but when I saw the silvers (which are rare here) I had to get at least one.
About a month ago I saw a real stunna of a female Silver Saum which was around 6" long and looked as good as my male. I didn't buy her as mine had fry at the time. I should have bought her .