I've been after one of these ever since i saw one in a readers tank article in a copy of PFK back in 2001 but they proved impossible to find and never appeared on any stock lists unless they were in America or Singapore, that is until yesterday evening while having a look at Wildwoods updated stock list on Tropical Fishfinder suddenly the name was there jumping out at me.
First thing this morning i was on the phone to find out how much it was, I've recently had some health problems and had to have an operation which has kept me off work for most of the last 4 weeks so money is tight, I'd already discussed it with the mrs and she had agreed i could spend up to £100 on it but no more. When he gave me the price my heart sunk, £175 was far more than i could afford so i had to say i couldn't have it knowing full well that i might never see another one. A couple of hours passed when out of the blue my mrs said "do you really want that fish", she had a little money in another account that she had been saving and said that i could have the fish as long as when i get back to earning money i put the money back, i was happy to say the least
On ringing Wildwoods to reserve the fish the fish house manager who knows me quite well also very kindly dropped £15 off the price so i only had to pay £160 which might not seem a lot but makes a big difference to us at the moment, so thankyou to Keith and to my lovely fiance.
Anyway thats enough rabbiting here are the pictures.
Here you can see it side by side with a Chaca chaca, these fish have evolved completely seperately on two different continents and yet have filled the exact same ecological niche perfectly, the only difference is that the L.alexanderi grows to around 30 inches while the Chaca only reaches about 8 inches.
First thing this morning i was on the phone to find out how much it was, I've recently had some health problems and had to have an operation which has kept me off work for most of the last 4 weeks so money is tight, I'd already discussed it with the mrs and she had agreed i could spend up to £100 on it but no more. When he gave me the price my heart sunk, £175 was far more than i could afford so i had to say i couldn't have it knowing full well that i might never see another one. A couple of hours passed when out of the blue my mrs said "do you really want that fish", she had a little money in another account that she had been saving and said that i could have the fish as long as when i get back to earning money i put the money back, i was happy to say the least
On ringing Wildwoods to reserve the fish the fish house manager who knows me quite well also very kindly dropped £15 off the price so i only had to pay £160 which might not seem a lot but makes a big difference to us at the moment, so thankyou to Keith and to my lovely fiance.Anyway thats enough rabbiting here are the pictures.
Here you can see it side by side with a Chaca chaca, these fish have evolved completely seperately on two different continents and yet have filled the exact same ecological niche perfectly, the only difference is that the L.alexanderi grows to around 30 inches while the Chaca only reaches about 8 inches.
nice fish
Stunning fish!
