I can get two LATZ

[cartman5579]

For 600.00 no shipping as i would pick them up personally,

is anyone else crazy enough to do this, i'm seriously thinking about it. I have to let him know tonight.

???

[MarinaP]

Don't.

Latz have very poor survival record in captivity.

[traveller7]

Originally posted by cartman5579
For 600.00 no shipping as i would pick them up personally

Be certain of the ID before paying a dime, juveniles don't look like adults, and some black A. polymnus are pawned off as Latz.

Be certain you have the right environment and skill set, that is a alot of coin for a touchy species with a terrible captive track record.

[cartman5579]

no, these are adults, and they are indeed latz, and very nice ones at that, but i'm still not sure what i'm going to do. I'm strongly considering buying one large one and seeing how it goes.

[paOol]

whats a LAT? lol

[cartman5579]

Amphiprion latezonatus

[cartman5579]

wow, how cool i just realized that my 300th post was simply "Amphiprion latezonatus", and thats what it would cost me a piece to get one..... maybe a sign!

[traveller7]

Hopefully not a sign of easy come, easy go ;>)

[cartman5579]

Well, i bought 1. Its a medium size one, around 3 1/2 inches. We will see.

[ezhoops]

so now you will have just one and difficulty pairing up another. But to each his own.
just curious where did you get them?

[cartman5579]

i don't need to pair it up,... i'm not necessarily trying to breed it. Just hope its happy. Still trying to determine sex...? And i got it from a guy here in Cali who's been looking for me for a while. Basically some came in, he called, i picked up.

[cartman5579]

Well, as a temperary solution, he/she is living in my main display with my other 7 TP's. I was worried, but they seem to like eachother. Here are some pics. This thing dwarfs my TP's.










Just wanted to add that this guy is amazing to watch. Such a nice fish.

[ezcompany]

beautiful clown, why are they so expensive?

[cartman5579]

no clue, my guess is that they only come from one place in the world, so pretty rare.

[vaporize]

nah, nothing as rare as chrysogaster

But to their collector & exporter's credit, all of the ones that landed this year seems to have very good shipping record. I've seen 5 or 6 shipments coming in this year and not alot were DOA or develop brook afterwards.

[Slakker]

*sigh*

I really hope the Latz doesn't end up developing Brook and killing off your other 7 clowns.

QT FTW.

[cartman5579]

Yeah, me too,......

QT - Quarantine

FTW - ?????????

I know this means absolutly nothing, but...

He/she seems extremely healthy, eating well, has acclimated himself to each and everyone of my anemone's and looks like its having a great time.

[MarinaP]

Originally posted by traveller7
Hopefully not a sign of easy come, easy go ;>)

Ditto for your other clowns. You are playing with fire.

[GSMguy]

FTW=For the win

[cartman5579]

wow, rough crowd tonight!! lol

[MarinaP]

Originally posted by cartman5579
wow, rough crowd tonight!! lol

You have not being hanging around here for long?

[cartman5579]

your right, tough crowd almost every night!!

[AquaReeferMan]

Originally posted by MarinaP
You have not being hanging around here for long?

Sad, but true.

[brstwv]

That's a beautiful clown, nice to see the percula's and him/her getting along. I will continue to watch this thead.

[cartman5579]

I think thats why i post on this forum as well as my local clubs forum. I like not only to show you guys/girls what i'm doing, but i like to read ALL the comments, the good the bad, and the ugly!!