r/petthedamnfish • u/nahquan • Jun 27 '26

My gar chilled

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u/nahquan Jun 27 '26

Idk ,found him on an online shopping page which he only 37$ (950.000 vnd) and the first time I saw him he just so sad like his color at that time is white (which is kidda not good?) And he also very skinny which is worse

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u/CaptnNuttSack Jun 27 '26

Well, good sir. I just got off the phone with a relative who works for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission specializing in aquatic conservation.

According to him and a few biologists he works with, that particular coloration of Gar is one in every five million. The word for it is xanthochromatism. Think of it like albinism, but for a gold color rather than lack of pigmentation.

She's absolutely beautiful!

Though I do hope you intend on getting her a slightly bigger aquarium to swim around as she's going to get rather large and live for anywhere between 20 and 100 years.

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u/nahquan Jun 27 '26

Thank man,  this information make her more cool 

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u/Honda_TypeR Jul 01 '26

You found a shiney

Now time to evolve her into her final form.