Leucokranos (Cap) Clowns

BoomerD · #1 11/02/2003, 03:17 PM

Rare Leucokranos (Cap) Clowns in Southern California

Saw this on Reefs.org, thought I'd pass it along.

kris4647 · #2 11/02/2003, 09:41 PM

They are askin $175. Not unreasonable for a cap these days. Still kinda hard to swallow though.....

arcab4 · #3 11/02/2003, 11:42 PM

$175 for TWO? or just one?

Dlckwood · #4 11/03/2003, 09:37 PM

One is 2inch with a broken head bar and it is 150. The other is 2.5inch and it is 175.
$150

$175

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Dlckwood · #5 12/15/2003, 06:47 PM

Well I did it, I just bought a wild collected bonded pair. I dont know for sure yet what condition they are in but I have them in a 10 gal quarintine tank with 5 gal of water from the tank that they are going to be going in. All I have in the tank is a heater and an air stone. I hope that is ok.
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criccio · #6 12/15/2003, 06:54 PM

pics, pics, pics. No holding out, let's see 'em. Is that the pair bonsai is talking about from Tongs?

Dlckwood · #7 12/15/2003, 07:19 PM

Who was talking about them. Possibly, I asked if they could them about two weeks ago and they said they could get two seperate ones. Today they called me and said they found me a pair.
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Dlckwood · #8 12/15/2003, 07:31 PM

Heres the best I can get right now

This next one is alnost black but you can see their color paterns better.

More to come later on.
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criccio · #9 12/15/2003, 07:41 PM

Awesome, good luck with those little guys.

Dlckwood · #10 12/15/2003, 08:05 PM

Do you think my quarantine tank sounds ok I dont have a spung filter but I could always buy one on wednesday.
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oceanarus · #11 12/15/2003, 08:34 PM

Is the one you are buying established. Putting a new filter in there will do no good. These fish don't need to be cycling a filter. If you have some spare LR put it in there and maybe a small powerhead for circulation. Do you have a redundant filter you could steal from another tank?

Feed lightly and clean heavily untill you get your filtration fixed and good luck, those are some good looking clowns.

Morgman · #12 12/15/2003, 09:08 PM

Make sure you put a cover on your tank. It would be a shame to have one of your fish go carpet surfing!!!!!!!! Not to mention 150 bucks down the drain.

BonsaiNut · #13 12/15/2003, 10:47 PM

I agree - put a net over the top of the tank. I lost a rare clown from jumping about a month ago and learned the hard way.

kris4647 · #14 12/15/2003, 11:43 PM

Of primary importance with these clowns is their very shy nature. If not hosted most of the Leuco's Ive have are frighteningly shy. Give them a rock or two to hide under. And yes they will jump out a lid is very important. Frequent water changes will alleviate the need for a complex filter system. Just dump a gallon from QT tank and add another from display tank on a daily (or more often than that based on water params) . Good Luck! They are my favorite! [Did my Avatar give that away

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Dlckwood · #15 12/16/2003, 12:19 AM

If I am going to try and breed them is it bad to put them into a tank with live rock and sand? Or would this invironment be better for them?
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Oh yeah, the water I used was from my already cycled tank and I added a new spong filter.

Atticus · #16 12/16/2003, 11:08 PM

If you are using a single tank breeding set up I suggest live rock and DSB. If you plan on plumbing multiple tanks into one central sump go with empty tanks and a pot. Either way make sure you have a removable substrate for them to lay on and hope they don't like glass!!!! LOL

3Tripnip · #17 12/19/2003, 04:04 PM

$175 seems pretty good for my area. I went to my LFS and he had one, which was priced at $600. He said that's the going rate for them now.... hmmm...

-Trip

keefsama2003 · #18 12/19/2003, 04:15 PM

any new pics of the caps DLCKWOOD? and how are they doing? its been a few days now and i talked to the lfs's around here and no one can get anything rare. cept for a rare piece of fake coral :-P

again congrats and hopefully some time in the future you are able to breed i would like one maybe two

Dlckwood · #19 12/19/2003, 04:34 PM

No new pictures yet but more to come. They are both doing great as far as I can see.
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JHardman · #20 12/19/2003, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 3Tripnip
$175 seems pretty good for my area. I went to my LFS and he had one, which was priced at $600. He said that's the going rate for them now.... hmmm...

-Trip

Hummm... If that is the going rate there I would hate to see the $100 A. ocellaris or the $200 maroons. WAY TOO HIGH!!!!

$600 for a spawning pair, sure, just right, maybe even a little low. But a single fish, no way.

keefsama2003 · #21 12/19/2003, 10:30 PM

if 600 is low for a spawning pair how did dlk do with his ? i know his arent spawning at least not yet but hopefully.

3Tripnip · #22 12/19/2003, 11:07 PM

JHardman - Yeah, I thought that was too high. He said that a pair of them would run me about 1200-1300, with a mated pair pushing 2000. Needless to say, I left the one there.

-Trip

Dlckwood · #23 12/20/2003, 12:07 AM

Just to let you know keefsama2003 my pair are not the ones that were first poster on this thread. My two are completely different ones with a different price. Still much less then the prices 3Tripnip
got from his LFS.
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JHardman · #24 12/20/2003, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by keefsama2003
if 600 is low for a spawning pair how did dlk do with his ? i know his arent spawning at least not yet but hopefully.

What he paid is pretty much average. You would pay more, about 2-3x more for "conditioned" fish, i.e. QT'ed for 4-6 weeks, eating prepared foods, not totally freaked out by people. But frankly finding someone selling conditioned clownfish is rare...

Dlckwood · #25 12/20/2003, 12:12 AM

Does inland aquatics sell Leucokranos Clowns? I would love to see how much he sells them for.
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