Please help ID my fish!!! saum or salvini?

[dkstreak]

i purchased 6 Supposed Gold Saums gts from a reputable LFS about 2 months ago because ive always wanted to get a breeding pair of terrors...
well as luck would have it 2 paired off layed fertile eggs
The fish are now approx 3-4" and the color is starting to come out and i think i was had ...... The markings to me appear to be salvini but im really just not sure... definately pissed because the bigger that they get the less they are looking like gts and if they arent terrors im seriously going to kick the store manager square in the balls because i really have NOOO interest in salvini. I couldnt really get good pics on my crappy cam of mom and dad again sorry bout the crappy pics. any opinions would be great and if they are salvini and anyone is intersted in a breeding pair please let me know.... im in northeast ohio

 

[volcomstone]

Those are definitely Salvini! Sorry about that...they are still cool looking fish. You should keep them as you got a breeding pair

 

[cichlid2006]

^^ x2

 

[GODZALLA]

salvini 100 % and cool group ..

those are my favorites

 

[peathenster]

no doubt....time to kick the manager in the balls....

 

[dkstreak]

ughghghg, thanks everybody thats what i was afraid of crap now im stuck with fish i dont want
not that they look bad or anything im just not really into smaller fish... I was hoping to get a pair of mammoth gts for my 125..... well anyways if anyone in NE ohio wants em come get em! 50 bux in fish and another 100 in hikari gold, spectrum, and blackworms down the crapper... and I was even doing 25% water changes every other day to get them off to a good start to insure i had some badass fish.
But anyways they are free to a good home if anyone wants them, if your feeling generous a bag or 2 of hikari would be great in trade or id trade them for a couple juvie gts if anyone around cleveland has any!!!....

 

[dkstreak]

and even better they killed a nice l144 pleco..... hmmm i wonder how salvini taste? fried or baked? any cooking tips?

 

[skaaa]

sssssssssssssalvini. its a cool fish regardless, Im sorry for the mix up. Exchange them. that is a breeding pair so they are worth something. and never trust the store owners. I was trying to buy some Festea and the dufus sold me some Mayans.

 

[dkstreak]

i called them and they said it " wasnt there fault i didnt know what i was buying".... ummmm so its my fault that you sold me sals that were in a tank labled "high quality gold saums" i was there last week and they even still had some of the siblings still labled gold saums.... i dont know who is worse... the lfs or the wholesaler that sold them the supposed high quality gts.... i guess they get the last laugh because im the idiot that bought $10 a piece sal juvies and babied them like they were a friggin endangered species....... and to think i was about to place a $300 hans/stendker discus order with them.....

 

[peathenster]

Unbelievable....Definitely their fault - they should know what they are buying from suppliers and selling to customers. Mistakes are inevitable but should be corrected.

You knew exactly what you wanted. They screwed up and misled you.... Take a picture of the mislabel, and get the word out so others know not to trust them...