Does Pahang gold exist ? - Page 5

**Ong88** · 04-12-2009, 12:56 AM

My first exposure to what was claimed a PG was 1977 in a relative's tank. Only seen 2 WC PG during my childhood.

04-12-2009, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Ong88

Today wild PG may no longer be found in Pahang rivers, hence the thread proposition is correct. PG doesn't exist

However I still belief it did exist & the folklore/hearsay may one day be proven correct if & when a wild caught fish appears or fossil evidence is discovered.

Maybe PG is extinct from Pahang River due to gold mining?????

Panther · 04-12-2009, 12:19 PM

PG, I believe existed in the past. Now, Pahang river quite likely no more already probably due to over capturing of the said species due to it's traits and the value associated to it.

However, what PG may be left may probably be kept by various breeders and outcrossed to develop other strains to gold that it has become extremely difficult to lay hands on the true breed PG. In fact, the current golds may even be better than the traditional PG due to advance breeding practices in enhancing the gold.

04-12-2009, 04:45 PM

It's possible in the hands of a skilled breeder to build a strain of xbacks that are consistently of top quality, but it will probably be over several years. Selective breeding can give you that capture of the desirable genes over a large population, ie you can have a whole group of aros with attributes of a PG rather than one or two outstanding ones.

jcchia · 05-12-2009, 12:21 AM

That's interest me too ............... I'm keeping a King Kong Pahang Gold
The one n only left with me.
It's been 2 yrs since & still think the gold intensity still pretty georgeous.

05-12-2009, 06:06 PM

Two years is early, from my own experience it's the crossing first that develops, and as the fish age, the gold becomes more and more intense.

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04-12-2009, 12:19 PM	#43
Panther Dragon Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 743	PG, I believe existed in the past. Now, Pahang river quite likely no more already probably due to over capturing of the said species due to it's traits and the value associated to it. However, what PG may be left may probably be kept by various breeders and outcrossed to develop other strains to gold that it has become extremely difficult to lay hands on the true breed PG. In fact, the current golds may even be better than the traditional PG due to advance breeding practices in enhancing the gold.

04-12-2009, 04:45 PM	#44
Spakase Guest Posts: n/a	It's possible in the hands of a skilled breeder to build a strain of xbacks that are consistently of top quality, but it will probably be over several years. Selective breeding can give you that capture of the desirable genes over a large population, ie you can have a whole group of aros with attributes of a PG rather than one or two outstanding ones.

05-12-2009, 12:21 AM	#45
jcchia Dragon Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,038	That's interest me too ............... I'm keeping a King Kong Pahang Gold The one n only left with me. It's been 2 yrs since & still think the gold intensity still pretty georgeous.

05-12-2009, 06:06 PM	#46
Spakase Guest Posts: n/a	Two years is early, from my own experience it's the crossing first that develops, and as the fish age, the gold becomes more and more intense.

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