i bought five juvi indo tarpon a few months ago,they are now 10-12 inches and one is getting more and more white every day.Could it be a platinum or do these fish vary like arowanas?Here is a pick when i first got them.
is there a platinum tarpon?
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after watching the tarpon for a while i have noticed two acting strange?One of them turned white and one of them turned black,they can't be breeding or can they??
But for real, those look nice. Does not look to be Plat to me. More silver than the others, but not plat as far as I can see.
i just aquired bunch of these lately. 14 mega and 3 indos. I noticed before they settled, via transport in bags and when first went in tank, they where more white and pale. After settling, the fish had a dark hue on the topside and fins darkened. 12 of the megas died due to bacterial infections. (I knew some would, that's why I bought so many.) What I noticed which has relavance to your question... the ones that died, the fins would clamp, tail drooped and become wobbley, and as well the coloration would pale.
I think the color has to do with their overall well being/stress levels. Darker, the better. Have seen healthy adult fish, and they turn almost black topside, like carbon chrome. Beauties.
I think the color has to do with their overall well being/stress levels. Darker, the better. Have seen healthy adult fish, and they turn almost black topside, like carbon chrome. Beauties.
there are 40 fish in the tank including 5 tarpon,4 look normal,1 is way whiter,pictures do not do it justice.The fish looks as healthy as any other fish in the tank so i do not believe it is well/being or stress.
I don't think it's a platinum tarpon. The back's still got the green colouration on it. I can't tell you why one's going paler and another's going darker, but it might be some sort of heirarchy thing.
I wish I could tell you that they were breeding, but that's highly unlikely unfortunately. Tarpon require saltwater to breed (both Atlantic and Indo-pacific species), and the Indo-pacific tarpon might be the dwarf of the family, but I still believe that they're going to have to be quite large (closer to 2 feet) before beginning to breed.
Still, they're great, mild-mannered fish that learn to hand-feed readily. Enjoy them.
I wish I could tell you that they were breeding, but that's highly unlikely unfortunately. Tarpon require saltwater to breed (both Atlantic and Indo-pacific species), and the Indo-pacific tarpon might be the dwarf of the family, but I still believe that they're going to have to be quite large (closer to 2 feet) before beginning to breed.
Still, they're great, mild-mannered fish that learn to hand-feed readily. Enjoy them.