Platinum or washed out?

[Iamfish]

So I bought a platinum senegal bichir from aqua imports and he arrived today and certainly does not look platinum. Could it be stress from shipping or is he just a very washed out regular senegal.

 

[kno4te]

Washed out.

 

[BichirKing]

put it on dark substrate see what happens????

 

[kno4te]

put it on dark substrate see what happens????

That should help to distinguish.

 

[Iamfish]

put it on dark substrate see what happens????

Problem is I only have 2 tanks and neither of them have a dark substrate

 

[beau1990]

That just jeans it's time for a 3rd tank

 

[Hao]

It does look like it could be a low grade platinum Senegal.

 

[Iamfish]

It does look like it could be a low grade platinum Senegal.

That would be very annoying if its a low grade platinum when they use a picture that looks like thishttps://www.aqua-imports.com/shop/product/platinum-senegal-bichir-polypterus-senegalus-platinum/ and this color looks worse then a regular sen

 

[Polyaddict86]

Looks washed out to me.

 

[Hao]

That would be very annoying if its a low grade platinum when they use a picture that looks like thishttps://www.aqua-imports.com/shop/product/platinum-senegal-bichir-polypterus-senegalus-platinum/ and this color looks worse then a regular sen

They used flash in their photo. You could try using flash. Should enhance its whiteness if it's an actual platinum. If it's not, probably will appear more grey/brown. Plus I've noticed platinum Senegals are more yellowish white. Not white white. So in a white environment, it could "appear" to look less white. If you put in all black, probably would pop.