Cichlid_Crazy
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Does anybody know how?
I bought 4 Juvis from my LFS earlier...I asked him for 1 male and 3 female Gold Saums so i could get my own breeding pair in there own 100 gallon tank.
However after getting them home it appears that i have 2 x Gold Saums and 2 x Silver Saums.
The 2 silvers seem to be the dominant ones...keeping the 2 golds to one side of the tank.
They are all between 3-4" the smaller silvers fins are more pointy...the bigger rounded....the larger Golds fins are pointy and the smaller rounded
Does this mean I have 2 of each? 2 males + 2 females? they all seem quite dullish...not that colourful.
None have a hump on there head yet either.
Shall i buy more? to guarantee pairs or will they pair off from what I have?
Am i correct in thinking the fins are the way to distinguish them? the difference is not very big at all!
Here is a video i uploaded to you tube as I'm finding it hard to take a decent picture with the flash off...and the flash on just makes them look like a metallic green mess lol.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
http
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_cUAnGuRZ8
Edit: Heres some pics
I bought 4 Juvis from my LFS earlier...I asked him for 1 male and 3 female Gold Saums so i could get my own breeding pair in there own 100 gallon tank.
However after getting them home it appears that i have 2 x Gold Saums and 2 x Silver Saums.
The 2 silvers seem to be the dominant ones...keeping the 2 golds to one side of the tank.
They are all between 3-4" the smaller silvers fins are more pointy...the bigger rounded....the larger Golds fins are pointy and the smaller rounded

Does this mean I have 2 of each? 2 males + 2 females? they all seem quite dullish...not that colourful.
None have a hump on there head yet either.
Shall i buy more? to guarantee pairs or will they pair off from what I have?
Am i correct in thinking the fins are the way to distinguish them? the difference is not very big at all!
Here is a video i uploaded to you tube as I'm finding it hard to take a decent picture with the flash off...and the flash on just makes them look like a metallic green mess lol.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
http

Edit: Heres some pics











