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Lancetfish

BillyMaysChickenWings

Plecostomus
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I am very interested in a Longsnout Lancetfish. If anyone knows how to obtain a live specimen (around Richmond, Virginia) please inform me. I am told Skoolz Of Fish can get most any (legal) creature, but I'm not betting on that, considering the fish in question.
 
Do you have the system for one? I don't have any information, but judging by the looks...such a fish would need an incredibly large system....
 
Do you have the system for one? I don't have any information, but judging by the looks...such a fish would need an incredibly large system....
I have not set up a system, which I guess I should have made clear. However, I plan on constructing a quite large saltwater system over 1000g.
 
Lancetfish is definitely going to need alot more than 1000 gallons. Even asian aros look big in 2000s.
 
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You're talking about an almost 7 foot fish that is known to be pelagic, and therefore most likely active, in what is essentially a midget tank for a fish like that. The closest approximation I would know of, would be to compare them to captive care of other large billfish like sailfish and marlin, or highly active pelagic sharks like blues and threshers.

I know I commented on your thread on river sharks, but take a good hard read at the Elasmobranch Husbandry Manual, as well as its 2007 follow up counterpart. It took me 3-4 days to get through it, and that's reading at maximum speed and comprehension (for context, it takes me about 30-60 minutes to get through the first harry potter book). The ARV (active ram ventilator) sharks are going to be your closest approximation, and even then I might even double the recommendations.

A better option for a 1000 gallon pond might be something like fusiliers. You're going to be hard pressed to find a billfish lookalike. Fusiliers would also provide a pelagic fish that's highly active, colorful, and predatory.
 
Not to mention lancetfish are somewhat deep sea, so you're going to have problems with pressure there. Finding one alive would be comparable to getting neptune grouper. The reason neptune grouper are so expensive is not because they're rare or anything, but because of the skill and equipment needed to depressurize them and catch them alive.
 
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