XANTO-my newest addition

[theunytedone]

Aloha all MFK!!!

Well long story short i took like a month deciding whether or not to get this fish. Most expensive fish ive ever bought (so far)...Finally last night i caved in and decided to get it. To my knowledge only a handful of people in the state have these. The entire last batch went to the mainland to high-end fishkeepers..

im real stoked, can't wait for him to settle in and get his gold on.

 

[Allan01230]

Wow! Too cool! How much if I may ask?

 

[theunytedone]

180+80 for all his wood

the last batch was about 350-400 from what the seller told me.
Hard to find info on them too. Bleagh.

 

[elting44]

wow, very cool.

Nice pick up

 

[shenzhenluohan]

Me all time favorite fish!!

 

[zerojquan85]

wow.. nice fish...

I've only seen this type once in my life.. and it was before i knew the real value of this type of fish..

Nice pickup man.. they are actually kinda scary looking.. but still a nice pleco.. they change colors depending on seasons i think...

 

[jay_leask]

awesome pick up man, very cool.

 

[theunytedone]

Thanks very much guys!! Are there any other Xanto owners out there?
I kind of made the purchase because its very rare, but now as i'm taking care of it (and going to great lengths to do so), im REALLLLLLLY appreciating the fact that im able to call the Xanto my "PRIZED" baby

its amazing how little information there is on these guys...
But according to the seller, about 1/15,000 get yellow, and its something along the lines of a platinum color gene in another fish. Soft brown water is supposed to help promote that yellow coloring. I guess we'll see if it varies with the seasons...Here in hawaii the weather is more or less constant year-round...He should reach about a foot in length? He also has a lot of odontodes which i also like. spikes.

He hasn't eaten much yet which does kinda worry me. But i just got him a 10oz of water softener media. Found it while browsing at LFS and decided it was the solution to not being able to spend insane amounts of money on wood.

So far he's really shy. Hides from the big common pleco that he's with...

I'll keep everyone updated and hopefully his yellow comes through.

Mahalo Nui (Big thank you)

 

[nigaharu]

Nice pick up. I also own the rare Xanto and it's also my prized pleco!

 

[bomber]

I had two in the past but I lose them both to meds.....

Costly Human error .

Good looking fish.