amelanistic pim pictus now available - pics added

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amelanistic pim pictus now available - pics added

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or at least there is a goldish pim that is not an albino, labelled pim pictus, that is hitting stores in the UK. I encountered them today @ world of water, Bicester.

I will upload a crappy pic from my phone when i find the correct wire #-O

& yes before anyone says, they had no nasal barbels, so def a pim
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It's not one of those plain-colored
Pimelodus blochii
? The ones that used to be known as P. clarias?
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pretty sure they are pim pictus - gold body but if you look real close you can see extremely faint body blotches typical of a pictus
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Re: amelanistic pim pictus now available

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half a dozen 3" specimens in a tank
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another odd one in a separate tank - poor photo i'm sorry
another odd one in a separate tank - poor photo i'm sorry
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