colby
In Memoriam
Ok so for me as I am sure with many of you, Latezonatus are my ultimate fantasy clownfish...
My lfs manager said he may be able to get me some Latz this summer, however I am not comfortable that I have the knowledge to try them yet..
Now I have spent hours searching through and reading every single post I could find on Latezonatus and the general concensus seems to be that they are hard/ close to impossible to keep alive due to diseases from shipping induced stress.
I also have noticed that most people who have had these guys and are sucessful getting them through acclimation later lose them to blindness or some other form of bacterial infection.
So I have had some ideas and I would like to start a thread about Latezonatus in an attepmt to come up with a general guideline fro keeping these guys and hopefully some solutions to the problems.
I was thinking in preperation for a pair of Latz I would like to try a different route than a bare bottom QT tank...
While I realize the necessity of a clean QT tank available in case it is necessary to medicate away from inverts, I have found that more often than not the best way to combat stress and to some small part disease is to place a fish in a clean, quiet natural- like tank.
In this case from what I gather an appropriate tank would be a largish lagoon like tank with a good amount of open sand with a few large "piles of LR." According to what I have read (I believe Mr Blue said it): while collecting Mcc's he and his friend saw some LAT's down deeper in the lagoon chilling in some LTA's, he also noted the temp range in the lagoon according to locals ranged annually between 64 and 80-something degrees farenheight. Now I would assum (got to be careful here though...:rolleye1: ) that the temp in the lower part of the lagoon would experience small temperature swings. So at any rate we can assume that a temp of around 73-75 may be the ticket to happy Latz (or part of it anyway...).
Herein lies one of the main problems for my rational...my success with anemones has been based upon the "facts" that parameters to include: 80 degree farenheight water, bright light and appropriate substrate are the keys to success with these touchy inverts...so how can I justify putting some LTA's in a cooler tank lit by primarily Actinic lights? Is it a geographical variation or will "all' LTA's and BTA"s do well in this temp water?
So to finish off my vision for this tank is a 40 gallon breeder with an open sandy substrate, a cove of LR and tons of large LTA's filling the tank to make the Latz feel right at home...
So that is my idea, a comfy natural like tank for the Latz with the theory that a stress free environment (as opposed to a bare 10g with a big scary looking rod and a weird looking clay something or other...:eek1: ) will ultimately win over the elusive Latz..
Clearly my plan is lacking many important details, so it is my hope than any and everybody will shre their experiences, knowledge and opinions.
Sorry so long...
Colby
My lfs manager said he may be able to get me some Latz this summer, however I am not comfortable that I have the knowledge to try them yet..
Now I have spent hours searching through and reading every single post I could find on Latezonatus and the general concensus seems to be that they are hard/ close to impossible to keep alive due to diseases from shipping induced stress.
I also have noticed that most people who have had these guys and are sucessful getting them through acclimation later lose them to blindness or some other form of bacterial infection.
So I have had some ideas and I would like to start a thread about Latezonatus in an attepmt to come up with a general guideline fro keeping these guys and hopefully some solutions to the problems.
I was thinking in preperation for a pair of Latz I would like to try a different route than a bare bottom QT tank...
While I realize the necessity of a clean QT tank available in case it is necessary to medicate away from inverts, I have found that more often than not the best way to combat stress and to some small part disease is to place a fish in a clean, quiet natural- like tank.
In this case from what I gather an appropriate tank would be a largish lagoon like tank with a good amount of open sand with a few large "piles of LR." According to what I have read (I believe Mr Blue said it): while collecting Mcc's he and his friend saw some LAT's down deeper in the lagoon chilling in some LTA's, he also noted the temp range in the lagoon according to locals ranged annually between 64 and 80-something degrees farenheight. Now I would assum (got to be careful here though...:rolleye1: ) that the temp in the lower part of the lagoon would experience small temperature swings. So at any rate we can assume that a temp of around 73-75 may be the ticket to happy Latz (or part of it anyway...).
Herein lies one of the main problems for my rational...my success with anemones has been based upon the "facts" that parameters to include: 80 degree farenheight water, bright light and appropriate substrate are the keys to success with these touchy inverts...so how can I justify putting some LTA's in a cooler tank lit by primarily Actinic lights? Is it a geographical variation or will "all' LTA's and BTA"s do well in this temp water?
So to finish off my vision for this tank is a 40 gallon breeder with an open sandy substrate, a cove of LR and tons of large LTA's filling the tank to make the Latz feel right at home...
So that is my idea, a comfy natural like tank for the Latz with the theory that a stress free environment (as opposed to a bare 10g with a big scary looking rod and a weird looking clay something or other...:eek1: ) will ultimately win over the elusive Latz..
Clearly my plan is lacking many important details, so it is my hope than any and everybody will shre their experiences, knowledge and opinions.
Sorry so long...
Colby