Just picked up a baby GT.

[pcfriedrich]

Traded about 9 cons and a jewel at the LFS. didn't really want/need any more than a baby GT. I have him/her in a 20 gallon with a few snails until he grows big enough to go in my 55. Pics aren't that great. also, how do you sex a GT, and how do I know if I have a goldsaum, silversaum, or a true GT?

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

that looks like a gold saum, you wont be able to sex until its bigger although, males tend to gte a nuchal hump and longer pointier fins.

 

[pwmin]

what he said. if it has orange trim on it's dorsal and caudal fins, it's a gold saum. true green terror will have different looking scales and white edges on those fins.

 

[FSM]

LFS don't sell true GTs. Gold saums have orange edges, like yours. A silver saum would have white edged fins. Saums have reversed scale colors too. Shiny in between, and dark in the center. true GT's are the opposite of that.

 

[pcfriedrich]

thanks for the info. I'm pretty stoked about the little guy/gal.

 

[pcfriedrich]

Do you think he's better off alone in that 20, or should I throw in a con to keep him company and help him socialize? He's going to be with a JD and some cons in the 55, once he starts to mature.

 

[AMG]

Nice looking little GT. I would leave him alone for now and bulk him up some.