Difference Between Red-Eye Albino Giant Gourami & Black-Eye Albino Giant Gourami

Sidrock · Mar 18, 2012

Guys,

I have this White Giant Gourami which I presume is Albino (because it's WHITE!!). Yet, it's eyes do not seem red/albino-like but seem black.

Are the red-eye & black-eye GGs different species? What's going on here?

The pic below is from December & this fella has grown about 4-5 inches since then. He is pretty aggressive as expected & shares his tank with aggressive Cichlids (namely: Jaguar & Oscars)

I am trying to sell this one. However, a recent deal seems to have gone sour due to the fact that this fish has black eyes instead of red. I can't tell why this matters.

peewee · Mar 20, 2012

that's a golden variant of the gg, not albino at all. as we all know in order to be considered albino it should have red eyes, at least in fishes.

Vancouver_98683 · Mar 24, 2012

Peewee. Tell us more on these GG. I just posted a thread prior and did not seeing this. I have a 4" Albino red eye GG with pics. I'm trying to obtain more info but not very much is provided on the internet. Thanks

Vancouver_98683 · Mar 24, 2012

To add, this one is more of a white sheen than the traditional white GG I've seen. I've seen the black eye white/golden variant in juveniles and adults in person many times. As stated above, never an albino version.