Mad Max the GATF and Chicxulub's other ATF

[Chicxulub]

Sucks! I think this fish should of never been sold. I kinda feel they knew this fish was in this bad condition when they sold it to you.

I agree completely. I'm PISSED.

After seeing your ATF collection, I want one
What a bummer about the brevis though

You'll like this picture then:



That's five of my seven ATF with pictures that were taken at about the same size. Unfortunately, I didn't have them all at the same time.

They are-

tatf
vatf
fatf*
batf
gatf

*- I'm actually beginning to think that this guy is a brevis as well as he gets bigger. I bought it under the assumption that it was fatf and never really looked into it to verify. I just rolled with my original assumption without ever fact checking myself (I know, I know ). As it grows however, I'm beginning to think it may be a brevis, just a very skinny one (I'm sensing a pattern here). It is however unusually colorful for a brevis, so we'll see.

I have access to myriad data on this subject, but the practical application of those data on very young specimens is non existent in the literature. Diagnosing the species for large specimens is academic and downright easy, anything less than a foot long can be a nightmare. We have a good grasp of things in the community for the southern hemisphere species, but for the sahelian species (fatf & batf), proper diagnosis of the babies remains elusive. I'm currently working feverishly to get my hands on some more little ones to try to figure it out.

If my little sahelian that is still alive proves to be fatf as it grows, then I'll consider the issue academic and resolved. If the little sahelian tiger proves to be batf, then I have more work to do.

All of this crap that I've been writing for the past year that you've all been following will ultimately be going into a research paper that I'm going to attempt to get published. I've had some interest from several editors when I proposed the idea, but we'll see what happens. I'm considering two articles, a proper academic paper and a layman's terms paper for TFH.

We'll see what happens though. I'm at least a year away from publication at this point. I'm still hungrily gobbling up data.

Boy did I ever get away from what I was talking about.

 

[Stuginski]

I'm VERY unhappy about this. I hope the seller and I can find an agreeable situation for this now that its died.

I'm sorry about this Chicx, this is a very sad situation. I hope you have a better luck with the new ones. Did you try to make a necropsy or something like that on batf?


Hails from Brazil


D.

 

[aceface562]

i have a very healthy batf and fatf for u. both are big and on pellets.

 

[Chicxulub]

I'm sorry about this Chicx, this is a very sad situation. I hope you have a better luck with the new ones. Did you try to make a necropsy or something like that on batf?


Hails from Brazil


D.

I'll admit that I didn't. He was so incredibly emaciated that I didn't think it was worth the effort, it seems fairly clear that he was starved to death before I got him. All I was able to do was delay the inevitable.

i have a very healthy batf and fatf for u. both are big and on pellets.

As soon as we can figure out shipping, I'm all over it brotha!

 

[DayumDanny]

So what did the seller of your dead batf do? I am sure you already contacted them

 

[Chicxulub]

So what did the seller of your dead batf do? I am sure you already contacted them

Not a damn thing. I haven't even gotten a response.

 

[strollo22]

I think you should let the cat out of the bag

 

[Chicxulub]

I think you should let the cat out of the bag

As a member of the staff, it'd be unprofessional of me to fry a vendor. If I wasn't staff, it'd get ugly though!

 

[strollo22]

If you don't get what deserve, I do think there should be something done one way or the other to make people aware. If he's willing to do this to a MOD, then imagine how many others may have had similar issues. You're too classy, I get it.

 

[Chicxulub]

If you don't get what deserve, I do think there should be something done one way or the other to make people aware. If he's willing to do this to a MOD, then imagine how many others may have had similar issues. You're too classy, I get it.

If it comes down to it, I may go public. I see what you're saying though, I'm just not ready to put them on blast yet. I just want to exhaust all possible avenues first.