Is there more than one kind of gold nugget pl*c?

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Is there more than one kind of gold nugget pl*c?

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I am not asing for me but someone is planning on getting a King Tiger and a Gold Nugget pl*c and they asked about them on another forum to see if they are ok in their 50US gallon.

Is it me or do I remember reading on here that there are more than one king of pl*c called a 'gold nugget' and that they vary a lot in terms of size at least?

Cheers for any information that I can pass on.
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Hi!

read this!!!
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LOL

Cheers Yann, you have just proven me right. A guy I was talking to insisted that the only difference between the types of gold nugget is the spot size. Never mind the 7" in body size, then?!

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Post by Yann »

Hi!
Well if the fish is 7'' long it can means it is either a full grown L81 or a yet to more L18, you should be able to dsort out L177 without using size.
Speaking with a exportator in Brazil, depending of the catching locality of these "Gold Nugget" you can easily seperate at least 9 different geographical population...
But science as yet to described this/these species and determine if we face 1 or more species there...
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