Red Kelah vs Silver Kelah ?

How to differentiate the two ? Thinking of getting some small red kelah.. Any bros know if there are any in LFS ? Thks

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Originally Posted by randchai

How to differentiate the two ? Thinking of getting some small red kelah.. Any bros know if there are any in LFS ? Thks

red kelahs are normally darker scaled than the silver ones(which are commonly also known as green kelahs) but i guess when they are small,it will be harder to tell the difference.. when they grow to about 5-6 inches plus,the green kelahs will be much more silvery as compared to the red ones.. as for lfs selling small ones i think qh has got some selling at 15 bucks. try your luck ther brother!

very hard to find the real stuff now

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anyone have a picture of the kelah ?

Here you go bro

http://kagum.org/home.htm

If i'm not wrong they can grow quite big. Prob to size of kois.

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Originally Posted by Barra21

Here you go bro

http://kagum.org/home.htm

If i'm not wrong they can grow quite big. Prob to size of kois.

wow! super helpful webbie there brother! thanks

No problem at all.

Originally Posted by Barra21

Here you go bro

http://kagum.org/home.htm

If i'm not wrong they can grow quite big. Prob to size of kois.

Thks bro... great info ! However, how do you differentiate between the red one vs the silver one when young ? I have been to places like QH, and think they only have the silver one. Is that true ?

Originally Posted by randchai

Thks bro... great info ! However, how do you differentiate between the red one vs the silver one when young ? I have been to places like QH, and think they only have the silver one. Is that true ?

Take a look at my gallery.
I've having a silver or green Kelah. Note the stark and distinct difference in red ones and mine. Relah suspose to have gold / red scales and red finnnages. Silver/green/blue ones have their body in silver with finnages in green or blue (i've not seen any silver ones though except for the indian mahseer).

Note that kelah is commonly mistaken for sebrau (which have a black spot on top) and tengahs which have red and black tip tails.

I'm not an expert but have searched over the web in the past months to learn to tell the different kelah varieties.

BTW, the largest and most beautiful kelah seems to be the Indian Mahseer (or Kelah) see here to be amazed and not the Malaysian Red Kelah. Both is classified as inexportable.

Cheers and happy learning.

Originally Posted by randchai

Thks bro... great info ! However, how do you differentiate between the red one vs the silver one when young ? I have been to places like QH, and think they only have the silver one. Is that true ?

Some more amazing pic of Kelah here.

This fish is amazing! LFS can easily find the green ones. Maybe some Red ones too. But till now.....i have never heard, not even mention by anyone or fish farm who carry the amazing Indian Mahseer!