I want "THE" prehistoric fish...

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Yeah, see if that LFS can order a group of babies for me as well. I'd like to take a stab at breeding them in a colony. :screwy:

The coelacanth is a fascinating discovery, especially from Cryptozoology standards. I watched a show about that sonar "blip" noise that has been picked up by the navy in the ocean. The theory is that its a large sea serpent or prehistoric whale, but who knows...
 
ohh... sorry I ate at senior froggy's before I went to the beach.

it's amazing we know more about the moon then we do about the earth just because of the fact most of it's under water.
 
AmazonPredator said:
Yeah, see if that LFS can order a group of babies for me as well. I'd like to take a stab at breeding them in a colony. :screwy:

The coelacanth is a fascinating discovery, especially from Cryptozoology standards. I watched a show about that sonar "blip" noise that has been picked up by the navy in the ocean. The theory is that its a large sea serpent or prehistoric whale, but who knows...
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I doubt it would be a whale, they gotta breath air. So would a reptile. It would have to be a fish or other gilled animal.
 
That would be so cool if they would find an animal of that size in our open waters. The media would have a field day and the public’s attention would then draw closer to funding “Real” research in the deep oceans.

Not to get off track, But on NPR Radio today, They talked about the New Orleans Aquarium needed help and funding from the recent Flood and lost of power. They talked about how employees stayed as long as they could with the animals before being forced to evacuate. I think MFK should make a link to this organization for hobbyist to help in the re-building effort. I feel for those people.
 
DarthLungFish said:
Not to get off track, But on NPR Radio today, They talked about the New Orleans Aquarium needed help and funding from the recent Flood and lost of power. They talked about how employees stayed as long as they could with the animals before being forced to evacuate. I think MFK should make a link to this organization for hobbyist to help in the re-building effort. I feel for those people.
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..good idea, I think you should start a new thread for this.
 
I am New to MFK. I will try to make it happen.
 
BGG said:
Yep, I also agree that coelacanths should be left in the wild. It is correct that they were thought to be extinct until 1938, when one was found in fishing nets. Also, they've recently discovered another population in Indonesia (the original population was from east Africa primarily in the Comoros Islands). There are also thought to be other locations in which the coelacanth is found, and one of the locations that it has been guessed to inhabit is the Gulf of Mexico. For anyone looking for some great coelacanth info, I suggest "A fish caught in time: The story of the coelacanth" by Samantha Weinberg. It can be bought for a couple of bucks on ebay.
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where is it in Indonesia that this cool fish has been found? anymore information regarding this?
 
should've read the website more thoroughly before posting...here's some more info about Coelacanth in Indonesia (in North Sulewasi to be exact)

"Forty six years after the "discovery" of coelacanths in the Comoro Islands, a new population
has been identified (1998) by at least two specimens caught off of North Sulawesi, Indonesia"
 
the indonesian population has been found in shallower waters, probably making them possible to keep in captivity. They're listed on CITES, as endangered specie. But maybe there is a larger cryptic population around somewhere else.

They probably come to shallow water to feed at night. That picture with the girl diving, she's just in regular diving suit, so probably not too deep again.

Back 10 years ago, rumored that the Japanese were willing to pay $1 million for anyone that can capture and keep one alive. That was before this new discover, I read about it in the Academy of Science publication a few years back.

It has very oily flesh and not very palatable. And no, they don't catch enough to make it a staple food, even in Africa, but did catch them on "rare" occasions. I don't think is impossible to keep or obtain one, and it probably will happen sooner or later.
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There have been a couple of attempts to keep them alive in captivity, heres one but it only lasted 10 hours :(

http://www.dinofish.com/bkchapt15.html

Apparently the damage was done before the fish arrived at the location of the tank, due to it getting too hot during transport to the tank location.

The water temperature appears to be more critical when keeping them in captivity than trying to recreate the depth/pressure that they are found at.

There was also another guy on an island who was building a house with a "super big", cement tank attached to it with the purpose of housing some Coelacanth's. I coudnt find much info about this on the internet though :thumbsup:
 
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