Saw a Goliath Tiger Fish at the LFS Today!

[Dan F]

I was very tempted, except that I have nowhere to put it. It was about 3" and was going for $85.00.

I had never seen one before, are they getting more common?

 

[gazelle]

damn good price for a gatf, r us reu it was? if so u could resell it here haha

 

[jworth]

there is a 5"er at my lfs for $500!!

 

[Darth Scohin]

doubt it's a real GATF probably just a vittatus

 

[Diskboy12]

I agree, most likely Vittatus...

 

[Dan F]

I'm fairly certain it was the real deal - the LFS owner was just unbagging it as I got there and he was pretty excited about it. This guy has been in business for over thirty years and deals extensively with Oregon State University's School of Veterinary Medicine - he is the last person I would expect to misidentify a fish.

As far as the price, $85 is with the employee discount (I worked there for a summer), he said he was going to ask $125 for it. Normally his prices are a bit on the high side, so t is surprising to hear he is so low on this one. Maybe I should have jumped on the deal...

 

[Deep Blue Sea]

I think it was a vittatus the best deal on a 4" at my lfs was $200

 

[happymidgetpaul]

I think it was a vittatus the best deal on a 4" at my lfs was $200

 

[Experiment397]

i dunno i saw a definate goliath tiger fish, he was in with 5 vittaus, so i could see the difference. he was going for 200 and he was 8 inches long. too bad the owner died 3 years ago... that order was 2 years ago. it was the last fish order ever to come into that store...

 

[zenyoungkoh]

take a picture?